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Siemens Managing Board Sets Up COVID-19 Aid Fund

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MUNICH, Germany, Apr 14, 2020 – Effective immediately, the Managing Board of Siemens AG has decided to set up a COVID-19 aid fund. Under the auspices of the community-serving nonprofit organization Siemens Caring Hands e.V. (“Caring Hands”), this aid fund is to provide support, without red tape, to relief organizations and medical facilities as well as to individuals impacted by the COVID-19 crisis worldwide.

All Siemens AG employees worldwide can now make monetary donations to Caring Hands by specifying “COVID-19” as the purpose of the gift. Siemens AG will match every euro donated, meaning the company will donate the same amount to Caring Hands. In accordance with its articles of association, the charity itself will then channel the funds to those who need them most.

“Both medically and socially, COVID-19 is a challenge of a kind that the world as a whole has never seen before in peacetime. Now, acting responsibly is more important than ever – for our company’s future, for the health and economic security of our workforce and business partners, but also for the cohesion of societies around the world,” said Joe Kaeser, President and CEO of Siemens AG. “Many people have helped make us the strong, successful company we are today. And now we want to help those who are doing excellent work, day in and day out, in serving the sick and needy during this time of crisis. That’s why I’m calling on our management and employees worldwide to donate generously. Every euro counts. I want to start things off by personally contributing €1 million.”

As an alternative or as a supplement, the Managing Board and Senior Management will also have the option of voluntarily waiving vacation time. Siemens will then donate a corresponding amount to Caring Hands by reversing accruals for this purpose. No matching by the company is planned for this form of donation.

As a nonprofit organization, Caring Hands will use the donations to support coordinated projects and aid programs and to buy urgently needed products. The goal is to deliver aid rapidly and unbureaucratically to people affected by the coronavirus pandemic worldwide. The Board of Caring Hands will manage distribution of the aid fund.

Siemens Caring Hands e.V. is a charitable association that was founded at the initiative of Siemens AG in 2001. At the time, Siemens AG Management and employees wanted to provide direct, uncomplicated assistance to victims of the September 11 attacks. Caring Hands also reacted in 2004 to the large-scale tsunami in Asia and in 2013 to the historic flood of the Elbe River in Germany. The charity has also provided assistance in response to several other natural disasters. Siemens is fundamentally committed to making a significant effort to serve society. The company spends some €80 million for donations and charitable sponsoring each year.

About Siemens AG 

Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a global technology powerhouse that has stood for engineering excellence, innovation, quality, reliability and internationality for more than 170 years. The company is active around the globe, focusing on the areas of intelligent infrastructure for buildings and distributed energy systems, and automation and digitalization in the process and manufacturing industries. Through the separately managed companies Siemens Energy, the global energy business of Siemens, and Siemens Mobility, a leading supplier of smart mobility solutions for rail and road transport, Siemens is shaping the energy systems of today and tomorrow as well as the world market for passenger and freight services. Due to its majority stakes in the publicly listed companies Siemens Healthineers AG and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (as part of Siemens Energy), Siemens is also a world-leading supplier of medical technology and digital healthcare services as well as environmentally friendly solutions for onshore and offshore wind power generation. In fiscal 2019, which ended on September 30, 2019, Siemens generated revenue of €86.8 billion and net income of €5.6 billion. At the end of September 2019, the company had around 385,000 employees worldwide. Further information is available on the Internet www.siemens.com.

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Leica Launches 3D Laser Scanning Bundle, Integrates with Autodesk Ecosystem

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HEERBRUGG, Switzerland, Apr 10, 2020 – Leica Geosystems, a Hexagon company,  announced a new 3D laser scanning bundle for the Leica BLK360 and greater integration with Autodesk ecosystem.

 

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This new bundle consists of the Leica BLK360 imaging laser scanner, Leica Cyclone REGISTER 360 (BLK Edition) desktop software, and Cyclone FIELD 360 for tablets and phones. Customers can get started straight out of the box with seamless connectivity and workflows from Leica Geosystems Reality Capture products to Autodesk’s Reality Computing and design solutions. With this bundle, Leica Geosystems will deliver point cloud production while Autodesk’s technology will consume the data.

“We have been on a path with Autodesk to democratize the reality capture landscape through a blend of software and sensor technology,” said Faheem Khan, Leica Geosystems Vice President of Survey Solutions. “This new bundle provides an improved and seamless capture-consumption workflow for our customers with direct connectivity into the Autodesk ecosystem.”

Preparing reality capture data in one streamlined workflow

With the new Leica Geosystems 3D laser scanning bundle, users can rely on a purpose-built workflow for preparing data from capture to registration and delivery. The new, streamlined workflow supports scan control, optional pre-registration, and GeoTagging in the field. It includes an automated and scalable registration and QA workflow that fully integrates with other Leica Geosystems reality capture solutions, such as Leica CloudWorx plug-ins for Autodesk products. Leica Geosystems continues to invest heavily in the CloudWorx family of plugins, enabling users to speed up or even use smart automation for common 3D laser scanning workflows.

“For years Leica Geosystems and Autodesk have shared a common vision to provide industry professionals with a near-seamless data experience, which we continue to build upon,” said Bryan Otey, director of Autodesk Reality Solutions. “The Autodesk technology ecosystem offers project teams the ability to use information more efficiently from design through construction.  From data capture to consumption, this is an important relationship for our customers.”

About  Leica Geosystems

Revolutionising the world of measurement and survey for 200 years, Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, creates complete solutions for professionals across the planet. Known for premium products and innovative solution development, professionals in a diverse mix of industries, such as aerospace and defence, safety and security, construction, and manufacturing, trust Leica Geosystems for all their geospatial needs. With precise and accurate instruments, sophisticated software, and trusted services, Leica Geosystems delivers value every day to those shaping the future of our world.

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 (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 21,000 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately 3.9bn EUR. Learn more at hexagon.com and follow us @HexagonAB.

Hexagon MI Launches 3D Form Inspect v2.8 SR2 for Machine Tool Measurement

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SURREY, UK, Apr 10, 2020 – Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division is pleased to announce the launch of 3D Form Inspect v2.8 SR2 for machine tools. The new 3D Form Inspect version 2.8 SR2 for machine tools allows users to deploy measurement data for statistical evaluations in Q-DAS, includes new extended reporting functions and enhances the setting of standard and individual tolerances.

 

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Uniquely flexible, functional and easy-to-use, 3D Form Inspect from Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division is a market-leading software for machine tool measurement. It allows manufacturers to quickly measure and record ruled geometries and forms on all sides of a part with all axes of a machine tool. Popular features include Best-Fit for automatically aligning parts on machines, as well as patented calibration strategies. And Hexagon’s investment in developing new capabilities ensures manufacturers can rely on 3D Form Inspect to help them adapt to changing market requirements.

Extended tolerance functions

The latest enhancements to 3D Form Inspect help manufacturers meet the growing demand for machined parts that attain the ISO2768 standard for production tolerances. With 3D Form Inspect users can inspect for ISO2768 tolerances with a single click, including individual tolerances for single measurement points, and publish results in the measurement report.

New reporting functions

Users of 3D Form Inspect value its clear measurement reports and the ability to adjust its design and data formats. In the latest version, deviation bars can be included for each value, clearly showing if the measured point is within tolerance.

Some production environments require parts to be measured both on the machine tool and on a coordinate measuring machine. 3D Form Inspect now makes it simple to compare measurement reports from machine tools and from CMMs that use PC-DMIS software, by displaying results from both software systems in a similar format.

Design of elements out of measurement objects

Many users need to determine elements, dimensions or distances that cannot be directly measured.

3D Form Inspect enables them to do so by generating lines or axes between two measurement objects, such as a bore or a cylinder, and determining the distances or angles. This is especially important when producing gears and powertrains, where the distances between axes are an extremely relevant indication of quality.

Q-DAS exports for statistical evaluation of measurement results

Measurement results are an important source of information about how to improve mid- and long-term production quality. 3D Form Inspect now enables manufacturers to undertake in-depth analysis by exporting machine tool measurement data for further processing by Q-DAS Statistical software.

Available on OPS eroding machines

In line with growing demand, 3D Form Inspect can now be installed on eroding machines from the manufacturer OPS. The software is compatible with Andronik 360 and System 1 controls.

The new 2.8 SR2 version of 3D Form Inspect is available immediately. Existing holders of a 3D Form Inspect software maintenance agreement will receive the update and training without additional fees.

About Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence Division

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 Manufacturing Intelligence division provides solutions that utilise data from design and engineering, production and metrology to make manufacturing smarter.

Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 20,000 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately 3.8bn EUR. Learn more at hexagon.com and follow us @HexagonAB.

CIMdata Adds Data Governance Consulting Practice

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ANN ARBOR, MI, USA, Apr 10, 2020 – CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the addition of a Data Governance consulting practice. This practice will focus on the strategic expansion of PLM to provide actionable insight on where to begin, how to define, implement, and maintain data policies, procedures, and structures. It will also address the supporting organizational roles and responsibilities.

CIMdata senior consultant, Ms. Janie Gurley, will be responsible for leading the Data Governance practice. Ms. Gurley will also continue to manage the services CIMdata delivers to PLM solution providers, including the coordination of CIMdata’s global Community and associated solution provider strategic management consulting activities.

Ms. Gurley has over 26 years of professional experience in understanding and supporting strategic business execution with broad-based expertise in product development solutions within manufacturing. She has worked on projects in numerous industries, including aerospace, steel, steam engineering product solutions, engineered flow solutions (pumps, valves, and seals), mechanical and industrial engineering (oil and gas, power, chemical, water, pharmaceuticals, and bio-based consumer goods), in-store and retail bakery ingredients/food production, coffee and brewers, fiberglass yarn, and casino slot games.

“As digital transformation spreads throughout business, the need for effective Data Governance is gaining importance, benefiting every task and process where reliable data is indispensable. Digital transformation is only one of the drivers of the need for Data Governance. Many other changes are sweeping through today’s successful enterprises, including fundamental shifts in the ways that products are planned, developed, marketed, and serviced,” stated Ms. Gurley. She continued, “Fundamentally, data governance is a discipline that ensures an organization’s data can be trusted and that any problems can be identified before analysis or a decision is made based on bad data.”

CIMdata’s data governance methodology recognizes that successful planning, selection, and implementation of new business strategies and enabling solutions involves an ongoing and cyclical process comprising eight phases that successfully define and implement a data governance strategy and supporting structures. This methodology applies to every organization—whatever the industry, whatever the specific requirements or applications, and whatever the desired result. Each phase is separate, unique, and of equal importance. For the outcome to be successful, each requires a set of targeted activities and deliverables. CIMdata is ready to provide support during each phase.

The Data Governance practice will leverage CIMdata’s more than thirty-five years of experience serving industrial companies and software and service providers through strategic management consulting, market research and analysis, and best practices education. For more information, contact CIMdata at info@cimdata.com or +1 734.668.9922. or visit https://www.cimdata.com/en/consulting/focused-consulting-practices.

MSC to Offer Free Offline Licensing, Remote Access Options to its Customers Amid Corona Outbreak

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NEWPORT BEACH, CA, USA, Apr 9, 2020 – MSC Software Corporation (MSC), a global leader in Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) simulation software and services and part of Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division, has announced that it will provide its customers with free offline licensing and remote access options to help them remain productive while working from home as COVID-19 closes customers offices globally.

In the past, remote working has posed a challenge for the manufacturing industry, with many of its tools and processes being rooted in old-fashioned workflows. The COVID-19 mitigation measures, which have led to vast swaths of the engineering workforce forced out of the factories and offices, have driven the need for a more flexible, distributed mode of operations.

Computer-Aided Engineering and simulation tools can support this evolution, and MSC’s customer-centric move to flip their licensing model to allow for use in the home is proof in point.

Roger Assaker, Chief Customer Engagement Officer of MSC Software, said: “We are adapting to the needs of our customers, and are also adding a helping hand to support their business continuity so they can continue to design, engineer and perform virtual testing outside their place of work. We are facilitating the access to our software, knowledge base and support to enable the creation of even more value with our tools, helping companies to maintain productivity and innovation when many manufacturing lines are down.

“We have seen a dramatic increase in the demand for e-learning programs and remote software licensing since launching this initiative – nearly 500 users in the past month – which has been accompanied by extremely positive feedback. This not only shows that this measure is needed now, but also suggests that the appetite for more flexible use of CAE software could be sustained after the COVID-19 pandemic has passed.”

“We appreciate that these are very challenging times for many of our customers, and we can guarantee that we will be supporting them to the best of our ability, every step of the way.”

The offering from MSC Software includes:

  1. Extension of licences for work-from-home support or alternative access options for MSC Software CAE solutions
  2. Free access to online learning for MSC Software solutions

About Hexagon | MSC Software

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.

MSC Software, part of Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division, is one of the ten original software companies and a global leader in helping product manufacturers to advance their engineering methods with simulation software and services. Learn more at mscsoftware.com. Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division provides solutions that utilise data from design and engineering, production and metrology to make manufacturing smarter.

Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 21,000 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately 3.9bn EUR. Learn more at hexagon.com and follow us @HexagonAB.

BETA CAE Systems Releases ANSA, EPILYSIS, META Suite v20.0.3

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LUCERNE, Switzerland, Apr 9, 2020 – BETA CAE Systems announces the release of v20.0.3 for BETA Suite products. Apart from fixes in the detected issues, this version also hosts a few noteworthy enhancements and implementations.

 

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The most important enhancements and fixes are listed below:

Enhancements and known issues resolved in BETA Suite

Communication with License Manager

ANSA and META could fail to cycle through all the available License Servers, when trying to re-acquire License credits.

ANSA could fail to turn in Idle Status, while remaining in Launcher window mode.

For more details about the new software features, enhancements and corrections please, refer to the Release Notes document.

Enhancements and known issues resolved in ANSA

Enhancements in ANSA

Modular Run Management

It is now possible to add the following ANSA generators into Model Browser Containers:

  1. RESULTS_MAPPER
  2. INVERSE_FORMING
  3. DAMPING_PATCH
  4. COUPON_TEST (Abaqus only)
  5. FS COUPLING (NASTRAN only)

Additionally, from now on GEBs are not pulled automatically into Subsystems based on their connectivity. Instead, they are managed manually with drag and drop.

Connections & Assembly

Apart from the significant performance improvement in the Connection Manager and, specifically, in the Seam welds [Auto-Connect] function, the DYNA SPOT WELD FE Representation has also been enhanced, in the following ways:

  1. Upon realization of connections with PSOLID or PCOHESIVE Body Property that lie too close to bounds, the error message “Connections were too close to bounds !” is now printed in the ANSA Info window.
  2. Moreover, in case no projection is detected, the error message “No projection found within specified ‘Search Dist’ !” is now displayed.

Shell / Volume Mesh

The script function base.GetNormalVectorOfShell() has been enhanced to work also with SOLIDFACETs.

Known issues resolved in ANSA

CAD Import / Export

Excessive time would be required to translate specific IGES files

Model Browser

The Model Browser window would not open for ANSA DBs that contained a big number (>10000) of Include entities.

TOPO

Unexpected termination might occur while deleting Faces with joined Perimeters via Faces > Delete function.

Volume Mesh

Abnormal termination would occur upon execution of Volume > Extrude function or when trying to read DB containing old extrude volumes.

Feature Manager

Hole zones would not be preserved upon Change Diameter execution under Design Actions.

Safety

Focusing on Seatbelt tool, Tension tool would not work correctly, when tria and line elements were used in the Seatbelt entity.

NASTRAN

Unexpected termination would occur when applying a GEB_MT with NSM representation and blank SID.

LS-DYNA

Unexpected termination would occur when outputting file with negative offsets in Include Transform card.

Abaqus

Unexpected termination would occur when adding or removing output variables in Output Requests upon STEP [New > Loadcase] execution.

Fluent

Fluent HDF files output from ANSA could not be read in the latest version of Fluent 2020.

For more details about the new software features, enhancements and corrections please, refer to the Release Notes document.

Known issues resolved in EPILYSIS

Optimization

Unexpected termination would occur when parameter DESPCH1 had a negative value.

SOL103

Unexpected termination would occur if RESVEC was requested but no items were found.

For more details about the new software features, enhancements and corrections please, refer to the Release Notes document.

Enhancements and known issues resolved in META

Enhancements in META

Decks

New element types and classes are now supported for MARC.

User Toolbars

CompositePost toolbar advances in reading of result labels for all layers and all states.

In Crash & Safety area, THOR-50M v1.7 and THOR-05 dummy are now supported under Occupant Injury Criteria toolbar.

Known issues resolved in META

Decks

Unexpected termination could occur when loading:

  1. For Actran, multiple result files.
  2. For nCode, nodal results from ∗.fer files.
  3. For Medina, second order results for a first order geometry.

NVH Calculators

In the area of Modal / FRF Correlation, apart from the erroneous reading of Ansys complex results, erroneous behavior was also noticed when trying to animate modes from Pam-Crash, DYNA3D decks and METADB.

META Viewer

Unexpected termination would occur when trying to copy a window.

For more details about the new software features, enhancements and corrections please, refer to the Release Notes document.

Compatibility and Supported Platforms

ANSA files saved by all the first and second point releases of a major version are compatible to each other. New major versions can read files saved by previous ones but not vice versa.

META Project files saved from version 20.0.3 are compatible and can be opened by META version 16.0.0 or later. To be readable by META versions earlier than v16.0.0, they have to be saved selecting the option “Version <16.0.0”.

Support for 32-bit platform has been discontinued for all operating systems.

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Where to download from

  1. Customers who are served directly by BETA CAE Systems, or its subsidiaries, may download the new software, examples and documentation from their account on our server. They can access their account through the “sign in” link at our web site.
  2. Contact us if you miss your account details. The Downloads menu items give you access to the public downloads.
  3. Customers who are served by a local business agent should contact the local support channel for software distribution details.

What to download

All files required for the installation of this version reside in the folder named “BETA_CAE_Systems_v20.0.3” and are dated as of March 18, 2020. These files should replace any pre-releases or other files downloaded prior to that date.

The distribution of this version of our pre- and post-processing suite is packaged in one, single, unified installation file, that invokes the respective installer and guides the procedure for the installation of the required components.

For the installation of the software on each platform type, download from the respective folders, the .sh file for Linux or the .msi file for Windows.

In addition to the above, optionally, the META Viewer is available to be downloaded for each supported platform.

The tutorials and the example files reside in the folder named “TUTORIALS”. This folder includes the complete package of the tutorials and example files, and a package with only the updated ones.

The Abaqus libraries required for the post-processing of Abaqus .odb files are included in the installation package and can be optionally unpacked.

Earlier software releases are also available in the sub-directory called “Previous_Versions” or in a folder named after the product and version number.

About BETA CAE Systems

BETA CAE Systems is a private engineering software company committed to the development of state of the art CAE software systems that meet the requirements of all simulation disciplines. The company’s products, the ANSA pre-processor/ EPILYSIS solver and META post-processor suite, and SPDRM, the simulation-process-data-and-resources manager, hold a worldwide leading position across a range of industries, including the automotive, railway vehicles, aerospace, motorsports, chemical processes engineering, energy, electronics, heavy machinery, power tools, and biomechanics.

Committed to its mission to produce best-in-class CAE software systems, BETA CAE Systems offers products that consistently exceed expectations and provides exemplary technical support to its customers. The company’s continuously growth attest to the high level of customer satisfaction and user confidence. For more information, visit http://www.beta-cae.com.

Datakit Releases CAD Conversion Tools v2020.2

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LYON, France, Apr 9, 2020 – Datakit, specialist in data transfer between CAD systems, announces that version 2020.2 of its software is now available. It adds support for the latest versions of CATIA V5, CGR and NX formats, conversion of new entities for JT, Rhino and CATIA V5 formats, as well as reinforcement of BIM format conversion.

 

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The latest update of Datakit’s 2D and 3D data exchange software comes with many new features!

Reinforcement of BIM format converters

Datakit continues its development in the BIM world thanks to the reinforcement of its Revit and IFC file readers.

Reading Revit

Datakit’s Revit format library now supports .rfa (Revit Families) files in addition to the .rvt files that were already supported.
Therefore, it’s now possible to convert Revit families into many other 3D formats.

New conversion possibilities have also been added in CrossManager which allow users to export Revit files to 3DXML, 3MF, ACIS, COLLADA, FBX, GLTF, JT, OBJ, PARASOLID, STL and CGR formats. These interfaces have been added to those already available, which means that CrossManager can now save in up to 18 formats from .rvt or .rfa files.

Reading IFC

The new version of CrossManager can convert IFC files into SOLIDWORKS and CGR files. Therefore, users can convert .ifc files into almost 20 different formats.

To learn more about converting architectural formats, you can meet the Datakit team at the BIM World event in Paris on July 7th and 8th, 2020.

Support for new versions of CAD formats

Version 2020.2 also enhances the existing Datakit interfaces by adding support for new versions of CAD formats. All Datakit software benefits from these improvements:

Reading CATIA V5 and CGR

Datakit currently supports reading native files of the new version of CATIA V5. Datakit tools can now read and convert .CATPart, .CATProduct, .CATDrawing, and .cgr files from version R10 up to version V5-6R2020.

Reading NX

Siemens has released several new NX version over the past three months since Datakit’s V2020.1 release. V2020.2 supports all these new versions up until NX 1907.

Writing Open CASCADE

Datakit offers import plug-ins for Open CASCADE. They allows to load many 3D formats in applications based on this technology. Datakit’s plugins are now compatible with the latest version of this well-known C++ library for CAD applications development: Open CASCADE 7.4.0.

New modules availability

New data types are available in this latest version, allowing more and more data to be read and written in 3D files.

Layers and layer filters in JT reading

Datakit’s JT format reading library now allows Layers to be differentiated. It also supports Layer Filters. This allows users to convert JT files while keeping the visibility setting that was previously applied to the different parts depending on the layer they were originally on, and according to the layer’s visibility setting in the filters.

Converting Rhino textures

Datakit has been working on reading and writing textures in Rhinoceros. Users can now:

  1. Read textures in .3dm files, and therefore recover them with the CrossCad/Ware SDK, or convert them into other formats that support textures with CrossManager.
  2. Import different file formats with their textures into Rhino, with Rhino import plug-ins.
  3. Export Rhino models with their textures to formats that support them, such as 3D PDF, using export plug-ins for Rhino.

Reading Annotation Set Results in CATIA V5

In some cases, PMI (Product and Manufacturing Information) is stored in CATIA V5 files in graphical form in “Annotation Set Results”. Datakit’s CATIA V5 reader now supports reading these types of annotations, in addition to the “classic” PMI that was previously supported. This upgrade is also available for CATIA V5 2D files, with the support of annotations contained in “Drw Results”.

Improvements for the whole software set

V2020.2 also benefits from the continuous improvement of dozens of CAD interfaces provided by Datakit. They are, in fact, in permanent maintenance to improve their quality and support new entities, while also optimizing execution time.

These improvements apply to all Datakit product lines: for end-users using plug-ins or the CrossManager converter, as well as for software vendors incorporating Datakit technology.

Users who wish to test Datakit software can download a demo license from the official CrossManager and CrossCad/Plg websites.

Software developers interested in the Datakit SDK can visit the CrossCad/Ware presentation page and contact Datakit for information tailored to their area of activity.

About Datakit

Datakit is a leading company founded in 1994, specialized in CAD data exchange solutions and services. It offers standalone converters, plug-ins and SDK that import, analyze and export a large number of CAD formats. Datakit exposes a wide range of geometrical and semantic data (assemblies, annotations, metadata, PMI…) through its varied range of products. It also provides support services for the migration of CAD databases to help customers choose the best data transfer solutions. It works closely together with independent software vendors that currently integrate its CAD data exchange solutions to their own software. For more information, visit www.datakit.com.

Sandvik Coromant, Microsoft to Form a Joint Venture to Shape the Future of Manufacturing

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SANDVIKEN, Sweden, Apr 9, 2020 – Sandvik Coromant has embarked on a unique venture with Microsoft to drive forward the development and digitalization of the manufacturing industry. Combining Sandvik Coromant’s expertise in machining with technical solutions from Microsoft, the collaboration will seek to link up parts of the production chain to create solutions for the next generation of manufacturing. The contract also includes an acceleration of the internal digitalization network for Sandvik Coromant.

 

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Sandvik Coromant’s CoroPlus offering, developed in part with Microsoft, is based on Azure IoT Suite, Cortana Intelligence Suite and Dynamics 365 for Field Service. Among other things, the offering connects people, machines, tools and data on a single platform to offer Sandvik Coromant’s customers a better basis for decision making, and provides an overview of the various developments in the manufacturing process. This can enable savings, for example, by reducing machine downtimes.

“We see this collaboration with Microsoft as key to the success of our digital strategy. We have a historic relationship with them and look forward to continuing our journey, creating value by working together to develop and implement solutions for the manufacturing industry to guarantee efficiency, sustainability and growth. This unique partnership represents a new way for our companies to work together more closely to develop our competence,” explained Nadine Crauwels, President of Sandvik Coromant.

One unique aspect of Sandvik Coromant’s CoroPlus® offering is that data is not only gathered at machine level to adjust equipment, notify technicians about maintenance requirements and warn managers about potential problems. Data is also gathered at tool level, which means that the customer’s industrial tool becomes “smart” and can be adapted and adjusted at any time for efficient use and to prevent production stoppages.

The partnership with Microsoft adopts an integrated approach to digitizing the data, expertise and experience used on a daily basis by Sandvik Coromant to guide their customers, and will serve as an additional tool to facilitate streamlining of production.

“Sandvik Coromant is a world leader in machining and has a track record of driving development in the industrial sector both in Sweden and internationally. It is incredibly inspiring that they have chosen to take the next step of the journey with us, and this is a really striking example of how digitalization can create new opportunities for the company to develop and become even better at what it does,” states Hélène Barnekow, CEO of Microsoft Sweden.

The new joint venture between Sandvik Coromant and Microsoft gets under way in the first quarter of 2020 and will involve operations both in Sweden and abroad.

About Microsoft

Microsoft is one of the world’s leading tech companies in the cloud services, software and computing sector. Microsoft’s mission is to Microsoft’s products and services include Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Cloud, Xbox, LinkedIn, Minecraft, Skype and the Bing search engine. Microsoft was founded in 1975, with its Swedish arm inaugurated in 1985. Microsoft Sweden now employs around 600 staff and has offices in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Linköping.

About Sandvik Coromant

Part of the global Sandvik Group, Sandvik Coromant is a leader in providing machining tools, machining solutions and expertise that drive up industry standards, alongside innovation for the future of the machining industry. Training support, large-scale R&D investment and strong customer relations underpin the development of machining technology to shape, lead and drive the future of manufacturing. Sandvik Coromant holds more than 3100 patents throughout the world and employs over 7900 staff in 150 countries. For more information, visit https://www.sandvik.coromant.com/.

Xerox, Vortran Join to Ramp Up the Production of GO2Vent Disposable Ventilators

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NORWALK, CT and SACRAMENTO, CA, USA, Apr 8, 2020 – Xerox Holdings Corporation (NYSE: XRX) and Vortran Medical Technology are teaming up to speed and scale production of Vortran’s GO2Vent ventilator and related Airway Pressure Monitor (APM-Plus) for hospitals and emergency response units fighting the battle against COVID-19.

 

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Vortran’s GO2Vent Ventilator

 

The two companies expect to work together to quickly respond to the shortage of critical ventilation equipment necessary to support patients breathing. Assuming a stable supply of essential parts, the companies will be rapidly scaling up production from approximately 40,000 ventilators in April to between 150,000 and 200,000 ventilators a month by June. Together, Xerox and Vortran could produce as many as 1 million ventilators in the coming months.

While the GO2Vent is not a replacement for ventilators found in intensive care units (ICUs), it is widely used in emergency situations, inter-hospital transport and MRIs. Given the shortage of ICU-grade ventilators, medical professionals are utilizing tools like this and other technology to support patients who do not yet or no longer need an ICU-level breathing device, which can be freed up for another patient.

“Our smartest minds met (virtually) with Vortran’s smartest minds and figured out how to mass produce this critical technology,” said John Visentin, vice chairman and chief executive officer, Xerox. “We want to help make sure doctors, nurses and paramedics on the frontlines have the resources they need to help the rising number of patients with COVID-19.”

Xerox plans to manufacture these FDA-approved ventilators and APM-Plus devices at its facility outside of Rochester, NY, where the company was founded and maintains a large presence. Vortran will continue to manufacture ventilators at its current facility in Sacramento, CA.

“The partnership with Xerox has one clear goal – to help save as many lives as possible. With Vortran’s proven technology and Xerox’s ability to hyper-scale manufacturing, we believe we can supply healthcare providers as many as 1 million ventilators in the coming months,” said Vortran Co-founder and CEO, Gordon A. Wong, M.D. “For all of us, this will be the most important thing we ever do.”

Vortran’s GO2Vent was designed for emergency use, natural disasters and disease outbreaks such as the COVID-19 pandemic. A gas-operated, disposable ventilator that can be set-up within minutes and discarded after use by a single patient, it provides support via a secure airway and can be operated on a compressor, oxygen or air with a minimum of 10 liters per minute flow rates.

The GO2Vent can provide continuous ventilatory support for up to 30 days and operates independent of Vortran’s APM-Plus. The APM-Plus is a battery operated, portable device that connects to a GO2Vent and provides enhanced monitoring of patient status and key respiratory parameters. Given the need to confirm key supplies, the companies are actively assessing how quickly production can ramp for the APM-Plus devices.

In addition to scaling up production of the GO2Vent and APM-Plus, Xerox and Vortran expect to compile and analyze data and feedback from healthcare professionals on the frontlines of the battle against COVID-19 in order to design and mass produce external, in-line modifications that can be added to the GO2Vent to expand the potential applications of this life-saving equipment.

Both Xerox and Vortran will distribute the products.

About Xerox

Xerox Holdings Corporation makes every day work better. We are a workplace technology company building and integrating software and hardware for enterprises large and small. As customers seek to manage information across digital and physical platforms, Xerox delivers a seamless, secure and sustainable experience. Whether inventing the copier, Ethernet, the laser printer or more, Xerox has long defined the modern work experience. Learn how that innovation continues at xerox.com.

About Vortran

VORTRAN Medical Technology has been providing medical device excellence since 1983. We are a research, development, and manufacturing company of advanced medical respiratory and ambulatory devices. We serve domestic and international markets with a superior line of products for hospitals, emergency medical services (EMS), disaster preparedness, and MRI/CT applications in hospitals, acute care, post acute, homecare and EMS situations.

ESTECO’s VOLTA, modeFRONTIER 2020 Spring Release Available

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TRIESTE, Italy, Apr 8, 2020 – ESTECO is pleased to announce that, the new VOLTA and modeFRONTIER Release 2020 spring is now available.

 

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The new VOLTA and modeFRONTIER Release 2020 Spring is now available. With the latest improvements, you can rely on an even more easy-to-use optimization experience, regardless of your level of expertise. Make the most of the simulation democratization and accelerate your engineering process.

Whether you are a simulation and optimization expert, or you don’t have solid knowledge in design exploration, you can benefit from the enhanced usability of our technology. Find the best design in less time for products that perform well in real life, keeping all uncertainties and errors into consideration with our quality engineering approach. With little expertise and efforts required, you can also access all the information you need to make the best decisions, leaving complexity out of the picture.

Optimization-Driven Design: 

Design high-quality products, quickly and at low cost with quality engineering technology

Benefit from the best-in-class approach to deliver high-quality products while considering all uncontrolled factors during the production or the operating phase. Along with our consolidated multi-objective robust design optimization technology, you can now rely on the Taguchi-based quality engineering method.

When dealing with products that may undergo failures due to external and internal causes, minimizing such quality loss is more cost-effective than trying to control their source. Apply the Taguchi method now available in modeFRONTIER at the early design stages. It will help you identify the best set of parameters that makes the entire system less sensitive to uncertainty. With the evaluation of a few designs, you can quickly find the perfect balance between product and engineering quality and production costs.

Find the best solution faster with autonomous design space exploration

Whether you need to start understanding your engineering problem, or you want to optimize your design, you can rely on our intelligent algorithms without any setting required. Choose the automatic approach to machine learning and focus on the improvements you want to reach rather than on the configuration of your optimization strategy. Our well-trusted autonomous AI technology ensures you the best trade-off between the quality of the solution and the time necessary to find it. Our algorithms are now even easier to use with the planner environment both in modeFRONTIER and VOLTA: be guided through your design exploration experience and save your time to innovate.

Engineering Data Intelligence: 

Ease communication with the enhanced visualization capabilities of VOLTA advisor

Describe, take notes and visualize all information on the same dashboard. When collaborating with other teams, making information easily understandable for everyone, is essential to make informed decisions and minimize evaluation errors.

With the new reporting features, you can add notes and images to make data easier to read and understand. Streamline the comparison and evaluation of different design solutions and support your analysis with information that help your company easily understand your results.

Simulation Data Management:

Enhance productivity and collaboration with VOLTA API-fication

Benefit from system integration through VOLTA APIs and make your simulation data stored in VOLTA available to other users, both within and outside your company.

Allow other teams or external stakeholders to access complex simulation predictions while hiding the entire simulation complexity and exposing only the information they need. With the integration of external systems and interfaces in VOLTA, you won’t need to duplicate data. This allows you to enhance your productivity and reduce the chances of error. At the same time, you can enable external users to focus on their processes instead of getting lost in simulation complexity and huge amount of data.

About ESTECO

ESTECO is an independent software provider, highly specialized in numerical optimization and simulation data management with a sound scientific foundation and a flexible approach to customer needs. With more than 15 years’ experience, the company supports leading organizations in designing the products of the future, today. ESTECO smart engineering suite brings enterprise-wide solutions for design optimization, simulation data management and process integration and automation with the aim of helping companies excel across this innovation journey. Over 300 international organizations across many different industries have chosen ESTECO to consolidate specialized expertise, streamline teamwork and boost product development. Founded in 1999, the company is headquartered in Trieste (Italy), with offices in Michigan (USA), Pune (India) and an international network of channel partners. For more information, visit www.esteco.com.

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