WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT, USA, May 5, 2020 – Under the terms of the new agreement, Concepts NREC will resell and support EUKLID GearCAM, the world’s leading software for generating 5-axis machining toolpaths for gears in the North American and Chinese markets. Concepts NREC is involved in all aspects of turbomachinery design and manufacturing. In almost all turbomachinery applications there is a gearbox involved in the system, so it is a logical place for Concepts NREC to extend its expertise. 5-axis machining of gears is very similar to machining of impellers and blisks so much of Concepts NREC’s existing expertise will be useful to customers manufacturing gears. According to Peter Weitzman, President of Concepts NREC’s software division “After a detailed review of the EUKLID GearCAM software we found it to be very well done, and complementary to our MAX-PAC software. We are looking forward to serving gear machining customers in the same way that we have been helping turbomachinery machining customers for decades”.

According to Heribert Kaiser, member of the Board and Manager of Sales, “We have been looking for a partner for the North American and China markets for some time, and found Concepts NREC to already be experts on 5-axis machining and the ideal partner to represent EUKLID GearCAM in these markets”.

About Concepts NREC

For over 60 years, Concepts NREC has led the turbomachinery industry in design, testing, manufacturing, and CAE and CAM software. Our team is committed to providing solutions that help our clients perform better.  ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100:2016 certified. For more information, visit https://www.conceptsnrec.com.

About Agile Engineering Design System

Concepts NREC’s Agile Engineering Design System® is a complementary suite of programs for Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) that covers the entire design process — from preliminary sizing through fluid dynamics and mechanical stress and vibration analysis. Final designs can be easily imported into our industry-leading CAM software, MAX-PAC™, to create efficient 5-axis machining strategies.

About Euklid CAD/CAM AG

Euklid CAD/CAM AG as a leading supplier in the field has more than 45 years of experience in the development of CAD/CAM systems and post processors. Euklid develops specialized applications, based on user requirements with the goal to produce solutions which are much faster, more comfortable and more efficient and therefore result in considerable cost savings. Euklid uses its expertise to achieve optimal results, which are free of compromises with respect to quality, comfort and complexity.

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MILWAUKEE, WI, USA, May 5, 2020 – Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), a global leader in industrial automation and digital transformation, announces that it has completed the acquisition of ASEM, S.p.A., a leading provider of digital automation technologies based in Italy.

ASEM provides a complete range of Industrial PCs (IPCs), Human-Machine Interface (HMI) hardware and software, remote access capabilities, and secure Industrial IoT gateway solutions.

This acquisition within our Architecture & Software business segment will further enhance the Control & Visualization hardware and software portfolio. ASEM is primarily a supplier to European machine builders with great opportunities in the North American market. ASEM’s products provide customers with a high degree of configurability for their industrial computing needs, allow them to achieve faster time to market, lower their cost of ownership, improve asset utilization, and better manage enterprise risk.

Rockwell announced its intent to acquire ASEM in February 2020. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

About Rockwell Automation

Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), is a global leader in industrial automation and digital transformation. We connect the imaginations of people with the potential of technology to expand what is humanly possible, making the world more productive and more sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Rockwell Automation employs approximately 23,000 problem solvers dedicated to our customers in more than 100 countries. To learn more about how we are bringing The Connected Enterprise to life across industrial enterprises, visit www.rockwellautomation.com.

SAN RAFAEL, CA, USA, May 4, 2020 – Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) announced that it will broadcast its first quarter fiscal 2021 financial results conference call live via its website Thursday, May 28, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time. Autodesk will host a live webcast call at www.autodesk.com/investors. An audio replay webcast and podcast will also be available after 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on Autodesk’s website at www.autodesk.com/investors. For more information, please call Autodesk Investor Relations at 415-507-6373.

About Autodesk

Autodesk makes software for people who make things. If you’ve ever driven a high-performance car, admired a towering skyscraper, used a smartphone, or watched a great film, chances are you’ve experienced what millions of Autodesk customers are doing with our software. Autodesk gives you the power to make anything. For more information visit autodesk.com or follow @autodesk.

GUANGZHOU, China, May 4, 2020 – Electrode Focus, a third-party plug-in developed by FOV, is now available in ZW3D 2020 (Version: Standard, Professional, and Premium), providing specialized tools to deal with electrode design with ease and higher efficiency.

Based out of South Korea, FOV is an innovative company dedicated to providing professional mold solutions to improve design efficiency and product quality. Electrode Focus is one of its outstanding solutions. Take a look at how it helps with your electrode design.

Get things done by one set of tools

With specialized functions for face checking, electrode modeling, blank creation, electrode BOM and drawings generation, replacement, inspection, etc., Electrode Focus can satisfy your needs for the whole process of electrode design, saving your time to switch between different design solutions.

Figure 1. The overview of Electrode Focus functions

Intuitively check interference faces

By using the Check electrode face command, you can intuitively check interference faces with the virtual tool and holder, which can be customized to match the actual machining condition. Besides, it enables you to check the interference by randomly moving the virtual tool or selecting a specific point. In this way, you are able to find out the face to burn and do roughing by electrode discharge machining with ease.

Figure 2. Interference checking with the virtual tool and holder at the specified position

Flexibly create electrodes with Auto or Block

There are two ways to generate electrode geometry by Electrode modeling command—Auto and Block. Auto helps create electrode geometry by automatically trimming based on the selected faces or edges; while Block by doing Boolean subtraction operation between the selected geometry and its bounding box. With the powerful modeling commands, you can easily create electrodes, even the complex ones.

Figure 3. Create electrodes with Auto or Block

Efficiently design electrodes with powerful tools

Packed with powerful editing commands, such as Split Shape, Smart trim to face, Face Offset, DE Face Offset, Simplify, etc., Electrode Focus helps you design ideal electrode geometry in a short time.

Figure 4. Edit irregular electrode geometry with Split Shape

Export point data for accuracy inspection

By Inspection Point command, point data can be exported in both TXT and Excel formats for CMM (Coordinate Measuring Machine) inspection, helping you ensure the quality of machined products, especially for those with high accuracy requirements.

With the above powerful features of Electrode Focus, ZW3D now gets much stronger in electrode design. “We are happy to cooperate with ZWSOFT. Developing specialized electrode solution is the first step. We will have further cooperation in electrode machining solution, delivering more convenience to users,” said Simon Kim, President of FOV.

Now, the Electrode Focus package is available online with 30-day free trial. If you are working on electrode design, don’t miss it. Download ZW3D 2020 and Electrode Focus now>>

About ZW3D

ZW3D, an all-in-one CAD/CAM solution designed for the complete product development process, features the fast kernel for Solid-surface Hybrid Modeling, non-solid mold parting, and smart CNC Machining tactics from 2-axis to 5-axis. For more information, visit https://www.zwsoft.com/zw3d.

MUNICH, Germany, May 4, 2020 –  SimScale, the provider of the world’s first production-ready SaaS application for computer-aided engineering (CAE), released enhanced collaboration features and a multi-user licensing package to support design, engineering, and architecture teams with multiple people who use simulation in medium and large enterprises.

Screenshot of SimScale’s new collaboration features on the cloud-based CAE platform. Multiple users can now collaborate on one project together – in real-time.

Design projects with tight timelines and deadlines generally have multiple team members—some spanning various locations and timezones—running simulations of their CAD models. With traditional CAE desktop applications, virtual testing can only be done sequentially and in silos, which leads to long design iteration times. In addition, sharing simulation results in a traditional setup usually means sending back and forth static (PDF) reports via email. The information between stakeholders can quickly get out of sync, making knowledge sharing and collaboration difficult.

With the goal of tackling these hurdles, the enhanced features available as part of SimScale’s Team Plan allows an engineering team to always share and work on a “single source of truth” for all of their projects—live and interactive.

Designed to meet the needs of enterprise customers, the new plan improves the ease of use for teams through:

1. Efficient collaboration: Multiple users can work simultaneously without the need to copy projects back and forth, regardless if the team is working together from the same location or is dispersed globally.
2. Scalability of simulation expertise: Know-how can be shared using project examples.
3. Improved support: The SimScale team is able to more efficiently support customers by having the possibility to edit their simulation projects directly.
4. Dedicated success engineer: A dedicated customer success engineer will be assigned to a customer’s account.
5. Visibility: A shared dashboard that contains all projects created and worked on by a team provides a holistic overview of the current status of any project.
6. Cost control & Accounting: Users can filter computation jobs by project and/or time frame to get a core hour consumption summary. Any filter view can be exported and processed externally.

“We hear that our customers want and need to work collaboratively on their simulation projects and, as a cloud-based platform, we are uniquely positioned to offer real-time, global collaboration,” said Jon Wilde, Vice President of Product at SimScale. “With these enhanced features, SimScale is responding to the needs of our users to work on simulation projects simultaneously versus sequentially, saving time and enabling a much more iterative design process. It is exciting that they can now collaborate from any location, while using such a powerful, browser-based simulation platform.”

To learn more about SimScale’s collaboration features and multi-user licensing plans, refer to this article or ask for more information on the website.

About SimScale

Founded in 2012 with offices in Munich, New York, and Boston, SimScale is the world’s first production-ready SaaS application for engineering simulation. By providing instant access to computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and finite element analysis (FEA) to over 150,000 users, SimScale has moved high-fidelity physics simulation technology from a complex and cost-prohibitive desktop application to a user-friendly cloud application accessible via a subscription-based pricing model. For more information, visit www.simscale.com.

BALTIMORE, MD, USA, May 4, 2020 – ASCENT- Center for Technical Knowledge is pleased to announce the release of Autodesk Inventor 2020: Introduction to 2D Milling, its newest title available in print and eBook formats for students and instructors, and in ProductivityNOW for self-paced eLearning. The hands-on, practice-intensive content teaches key skills and knowledge required to take the 3D model, set it up in the CAM environment, and assign the toolpaths needed to generate the code required by 2D milling machines.

“ASCENT’s Inventor curriculum has benefited countless design professionals over many years,” says Paul Burden director of product development, ASCENT. “With Inventor CAM now available in the Product Design and Manufacturing Collection, users have an integrated solution for CNC programmers and designers to work together in one software platform. This new ASCENT learning content provides the foundational skills to help those in need of CNC programming that may not have traditional design skills, to successfully use Inventor CAM to create 2D Milling CNC machine code. By combining theory and practice-intensive learning content, students are able to quickly advance their skillset and recognize the benefits of the integrated design and CAM tools.”

Highlights of topics covered in this introductory guide to Inventor’s integrated CAM solution include:

1. Locate, modify and create tools in the Tool Library
2. Set up machining operations using Inventor CAM
3. Create a Face, 2D Adaptive, 2D Pocket, 2D Contour, and Drill toolpath using the Inventor CAM interface
4. Use the Simulation option to visualize toolpaths

For a complete listing of the topics covered in this learning guide, visit the ASCENT website.

To learn more, read the blog post from lead author Jennifer MacMillan, “Looking to learn Inventor CAM 2D Milling?” Orders for both the learning guide and instructor guide can be placed through the ASCENTeStore.com, Amazon.com (print only) or by calling (866) 527-2368.

About ASCENT

ASCENT- Center for Technical Knowledge, a division of Rand Worldwide (OTCBB: RWWI), is an Authorized Publisher and Developer of Autodesk curriculum, developing professional training courseware and technical documentation for engineering applications including those from Autodesk, Dassault Systèmes and PTC. For more information, visit the ASCENT website and follow ASCENT on Twitter at @ASCENT_CTK.

About Rand Worldwide

Rand Worldwide is one of the world’s leading providers of professional services and technology to the engineering community, targeting organizations in the building, infrastructure and manufacturing industries. www.rand.com

NORCROSS, GA, USA, May 4, 2020 – Estonian Railways Ltd., a state-owned company responsible for Estonia’s railway administration, has selected Hexagon’s Geospatial division to implement a transportation system that will automate and digitize the railway’s infrastructure maintenance, construction and traffic management processes. The combined asset management system and GIS platform will support the company’s more than 700 employees to efficiently manage assets and workflows.

Powered by Hexagon’s GeoTrAMS, a web-based system for tram and light-rail infrastructure, and GeoMedia, a flexible GIS management platform, Estonia Railway will be able to visualize assets on a map while integrating with other companies and external systems. Hexagon’s state-of-the-art registry will serve multiple information systems and users at the same time, centralizing the use of asset and spatial data while avoiding data duplication and ensuring that users have access to the most up-to-date information.

“As a company, we are in a unique situation of simultaneously implementing Hexagon-specific spatial data modules for rail infrastructure management and Microsoft’s ERP for asset management, gathering and digitizing different fragmented data, unifying different workflows and applying new data management principles,” said Maia Sokk, innovation manager at Estonian Railways. “Based on our strategic goals for the next four years, we are significantly modernizing our traffic management systems. Implementing Hexagon’s technologies is an important link in this ambitious plan.”

Prior to selecting Hexagon, Estonian Railways used a fragmented system of disparate software applications to manage assets and infrastructure across its 750 miles of railroad, 129 platforms and 60 stations. With the new solution in place, Estonia Railway will be able to improve operational efficiency and transparency, better control expenses connected to the infrastructure and streamline administrative tasks.

“Estonian Railways is forward-thinking in its use of location intelligence for managing infrastructure and operations,” said Mladen Stojic, president of Hexagon’s Geospatial division. “We are excited to deliver an integrated solution that will help the railway effectively monitor and maintain its assets while also ensuring successful management of rail traffic, construction projects and services.”

Estonian Railways has been responsible for ensuring the smooth operation, management and maintenance of the country’s railway infrastructure since 1870.

Learn more about how Hexagon helps organizations close the gap between the geospatial and operational worlds with its transportation solutions.

About Hexagon 

Hexagon is a global leader in sensor, software and autonomous solutions. We are putting data to work to boost efficiency, productivity, and quality across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, safety, and mobility applications.

Our technologies are shaping urban and production ecosystems to become increasingly connected and autonomous — ensuring a scalable, sustainable future.

Hexagon’s Geospatial division creates solutions that visualize location intelligence, delivering a 5D smart digital reality with insight into what was, what is, what could be, what should be, and ultimately, what will be.

Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 21,000 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately 4.4bn USD. Learn more at hexagon.com and follow us @HexagonAB.

PLANO, TX, USA, May 4, 2020 – The latest release of open software technology for geometric modeling from Siemens Digital Industries Software is set to benefit hundreds of software applications and millions of their end-users. The latest improvements in Parasolid software can help enable engineers to solve the toughest technical challenges and achieve a clear and growing advantage when implementing 3D printing and scanning based workflows.

Vendors of design and manufacturing software applications that license Parasolid can help deliver the benefits of new lattice modeling functionality to their customers.

Further advances in Convergent Modeling give engineers greater efficiency in workflows that need to mix facet and B-rep geometry, while new functional foundations have been implemented to support lattice structures. Lattices are comprised of repeating networks of nodes and beams and were extremely difficult to manufacture until the advent of 3D printing. Lattices offer increased strength-to-weight ratio compared with solid material, so engineers can design parts with reduced material requirements and mass, while maintaining the required structural integrity. Additive manufacturing techniques are now bringing the performance benefits of lattice structures into production, driving new requirements for lattice modeling in the design process. Vendors of design and manufacturing software applications that license Parasolid can help deliver the benefits of new lattice modeling functionality to their customers.

The Parasolid geometric modeling kernel is used in Siemens’ own Solid Edge software and NX software and is at the core of the Xcelerator portfolio’s open and flexible ecosystem. Parasolid is also used by over 350 other products including many world-leading CAD/CAM/CAE/AEC software applications.

For more information, please see here.

About Siemens Digital Industries Software

Siemens Digital Industries Software is driving transformation to enable a digital enterprise where engineering, manufacturing and electronics design meet tomorrow. The Xcelerator portfolio helps companies of all sizes create and leverage digital twins that provide organizations with new insights, opportunities and levels of automation to drive innovation. For more information on Siemens Digital Industries Software products and services, visit www.sw.siemens.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Siemens Digital Industries Software – Where today meets tomorrow.

SUZHOU, China, May 1, 2020 – GstarCAD Mechanical 2020, the world’s only CAD software that’s compatible with ACM, has just been released. This new release is packed with many new features and improvements that greatly improve the productivity of all areas including manufacturing, design, software re-engineering, etc.

Why choose GstarCAD Mechanical 2020?

1. Upgraded BOM functionality

GstarCAD Mechanical 2020 supports import & export of BOM and parts list in file formats of excel, txt, csv, html, etc.

2. Upgraded API

GstarCAD Mechanical 2020 has greatly upgraded its API for Pro version with 22 BOM-related interfaces being added, which are mainly used to easily traverse, read, write, import and export data.

3. All functions from GstarCAD 2020

GstarCAD Mechanical 2020 has all the functions of GstarCAD 2020 including the user-friendly User Interface.

4. Compatibility with ACM

The bidirectional data exchange has greatly improved the compatibility with ACM, allowing users to modify data created by ACM and send them back to ACM.

5. Compatible with CADprofi library

GstarCAD Mechanical 2020 covers all fields of mechanical designing and engineering. It supports the latest parts library from different countries and region standards including CADProfi library.

Try now & buy now

For more features about GstarCAD Mechanical 2020 and the free trial, please click here https://www.gstarcad.net/mechanical.

About Gstarsoft

Founded in 1992, with more than 25 years of experience in CAD business, Gstarsoft has gained a large number of users and global partners through quality products and premium service. The worldwide distribution networks cover over 50 countries and most partners have more than 10 years of cooperation with Gstarsoft. With 4 R&D centers and over 150 software development professionals, Gstarsoft keeps devoting to streamlining the design procedures and revolutionizing the design industry by providing more innovative CAD solutions with new technologies in the fast-changing market. For more information, visit http://www.gstarcad.net.

RICHMOND, Canada, May 1, 2020 – Transoft Solutions Inc., developers of transportation engineering design software, has announced the release of the latest version of the TORUS Roundabouts with new and enhanced features.

Designers and engineering professionals in North America have increasingly turned to roundabouts as a safer and more cost-efficient alternative to signalized intersections. Studies have also shown that under certain conditions, roundabouts offer additional advantages to other road users.

What’s New in Torus 6.0

1. Advanced 3D Grading and Terrain Modeling - Generate a 3D grading and terrain model to view profiles, super elevation and more.
2. 3D Modeling Using Assemblies – Create a 3D model quickly to ensure that the design intent is confirmed early in the design process to save costly revisions later during the project.
3. Generate 3D Corridors in Civil3D – Produce a 3D model of a design based on alignments, profiles, and assemblies with one click.
4. Non-circular Roundabouts – Design different shapes such as teardrop, ellipse, dumbbell, dog bone, peanut and more to address right of way constraints and other geometry challenges.
5. Newly Added Design Guidelines – Use the High-Speed Approach guidelines as preferred by many DOT’s and other jurisdictions that focus on slowing vehicles at roundabout entries.

“As roundabout designers balance safety, cost (determined by the roundabout size and effect on right-of-way) and performance aspects for their projects, TORUS 6.0 users will benefit from the software’s immediate and dynamic feedback for fastest path speed computations, sightline and design vehicle analysis which are based on in-built design guidelines such as NCHRP 672,” says Mr. Daniel Shihundu, Sr. Vice President, Transoft Solutions. “The software allows users to focus on applying engineering judgment to designs and being more productive by reducing manual calculations, repetitions and iterations.”

About Transoft Solutions

Transoft Solutions develops innovative and highly specialized software for aviation, civil infrastructure, and transportation professionals. Since 1991, Transoft has remained focused on safety-oriented solutions that enable transportation professionals to work effectively and confidently. Our portfolio of planning, simulation, modeling, and design solutions are used in over 130 countries serving more than 50,000 customers across local and federal agencies, consulting firms, airport authorities, and ports. We take pride in providing the highest quality of customer support from our headquarters in Canada, and through our 12 offices in Sweden, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Australia, Germany, India, Belgium, and China. For more information on Transoft’s range of aviation, civil design, and vehicle simulation solutions, visit transoftsolutions.com.