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SOLIDWORKS for Startups: Driving Faster Product Development and Innovation

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Sachin R Nalawade
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For manufacturing startups, the challenge is not just designing a product—it’s about bringing that product to market quickly, cost-effectively, and at scale. This requires a CAD platform that is not only powerful, but also widely accepted, easy to learn, and capable of supporting the entire product development lifecycle.

SOLIDWORKS has emerged as one of the most trusted platforms for startups worldwide, backed by strong adoption, a massive user base, and dedicated startup programs.

Massive Global Adoption & Startup Ecosystem

One of the strongest indicators of SOLIDWORKS’ suitability for startups is its global adoption scale.

  • More than 20,000 startups engaged through its startup ecosystem

This clearly shows that SOLIDWORKS is not just a CAD tool—it is a proven platform for startup innovation.

Even more importantly, about 94% of startups continue using SOLIDWORKS after the program, highlighting long-term value and satisfaction.

1. Industry Standard = Faster Market Acceptance

For startups, credibility matters.

SOLIDWORKS is widely used across:

  • Automotive suppliers
  • Medical Devices
  • Defence Sector
  • Industrial machinery manufacturers
  • Consumer product companies
  • Aerospace and engineering firms

Because of this:

  • Vendors and suppliers already understand SOLIDWORKS files
  • OEMs prefer standardized formats
  • Hiring engineers becomes easier

Startups avoid compatibility issues and gain faster acceptance in the manufacturing ecosystem.

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2. Complete Product Development in One Platform

Startups often cannot afford multiple tools for design, simulation, PDM and manufacturing.

SOLIDWORKS provides:

  • Parametric 3D modeling
  • Assembly design
  • Sheet metal and weldments
  • Drawing generation
  • Simulation and analysis

This means:

  • No need to switch between software
  • Reduced licensing costs
  • Faster iteration cycles

A startup can go from concept → prototype → production-ready design within a single platform.

3. SOLIDWORKS for Startups Program: Removing Cost Barriers

Cost is one of the biggest challenges for startups—and SOLIDWORKS directly addresses this.

Program Benefits:

  • Free access in early stages
  • Discounted pricing as startup grows
  • Training and onboarding support
  • Access to mentors and ecosystem

This allows startups to use enterprise-grade CAD without heavy upfront investment.

Additionally, the program supports collaboration and networking, helping startups grow faster through shared knowledge and resources.

4. Ease of Learning = Faster Productivity

Startups operate under tight deadlines, and training time is a critical factor.

SOLIDWORKS is known for:

  • Intuitive interface
  • Feature-based parametric design
  • Large availability of tutorials and courses

It is also widely taught in universities and training institutes, ensuring:

  • Availability of skilled engineers
  • Reduced onboarding time

Engineers can become productive quickly, which directly impacts speed-to-market.

5. Strong Manufacturing Integration

Unlike many design-focused CAD tools, SOLIDWORKS is deeply aligned with manufacturing processes.

Key capabilities:

  • Design for Manufacturability (DFM)
  • BOM (Bill of Materials) generation
  • Integration with CAM and CNC workflows
  • Sheet metal flattening and fabrication tools

This ensures designs are not just visually accurate, but ready for real-world production.

6. Simulation Reduces Prototyping Cost

Physical prototyping is expensive—especially for startups.

With SOLIDWORKS Simulation: CAE, FEA, CFD, Plastics Simulation

  • Test stress, thermal, and motion behavior
  • Identify design flaws early
  • Optimize designs before manufacturing

This reduces:

  • Number of prototypes
  • Material costs
  • Time delays

For startups, this translates into significant cost savings and faster development cycles.

7. Scalable as Startups Grow

A startup’s needs evolve rapidly—from a small team to a full-scale organization.

SOLIDWORKS offers scalability through:

  • Advanced simulation modules
  • Product Data Management (PDM)
  • Cloud collaboration via 3DEXPERIENCE

Startups can scale operations without changing platforms, avoiding costly migration.

8. Strong Global Community & Support

SOLIDWORKS has one of the largest engineering communities:

  • Millions of users worldwide
  • Large partner and reseller network
  • Extensive online forums, tutorials, and training

This ecosystem provides:

  • Quick problem-solving
  • Access to best practices
  • Continuous learning opportunities

9. Proven Success Rate for Startups

The SOLIDWORKS startup ecosystem shows strong success metrics:

  • Around 35% startup success rate in the program—significantly higher than average

This indicates that access to the right tools and ecosystem plays a major role in startup survival and growth.

10. Relevance for Indian Manufacturing Startups

For startups in India working in:

  • EV – 2W, 4W
  • Automation systems
  • Machinery design
  • Consumer hardware
  • Aerospace
  • Drones
  • Medical Devices
  • Defence Sector

SOLIDWORKS offers:

  • Affordable entry through startup program
  • Alignment with global manufacturing standards
  • Easy collaboration with suppliers and OEMs

This directly supports Make in India and global export readiness.

For manufacturing startups, success depends on:
✔ Speed
✔ Cost efficiency
✔ Scalability
✔ Industry acceptance

SOLIDWORKS delivers on all these fronts.

With millions of users, hundreds of thousands of companies, and tens of thousands of startups already using it, SOLIDWORKS has proven itself as a trusted platform for innovation and product development.

Final Thought

For a startup, every decision matters.

Choosing SOLIDWORKS is not just about selecting a CAD tool—it’s about building on a platform trusted by millions to turn ideas into successful products.

For more details/Guidance on the Startup Program in India – Contact BEACON India

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For personalized guidance or eligibility questions, reach out to the BEACON India team through the link above and take the next step in your product innovation journey.

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ESTECO Announces Keynote Speakers for Users’ Meeting Italy 2026

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Nitin Patil
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TRIESTE, Italy, Mar 20, 2026 – ESTECO is pleased to announce the first keynote speakers for the ESTECO International Users’ Meeting 2026, taking place in Marina Monfalcone, Italy, on June 16-17, 2026.

John Bloomberg is a Senior Engineer and Digital Integration Leader in Systems Engineering at GE Aerospace in Cincinnati, Ohio. He leads the digital engineering strategy for major programs, ensuring alignment with customer requirements and contract commitments. He’ll present “Using VOLTA’s BPMN to manage and link engineering handoffs across product design”.

Bob G. Tickel is the Director of Multidisciplinary Simulation at Cummins Inc. Bob is a veteran engineering leader with nearly four decades of experience in advancing simulation driven product development. His keynote focuses on “Simulation based product development at Cummins Inc. and the evolution of optimization, automation and robustness”.

Ivan Flaminio Cozza is Analysis Technical Leader Automation and Optimization at Dumarey Automotive Italia. Ivan drives process optimization, CAE automation, and SPDM initiatives to improve efficiency, ensure data consistency and strengthen workflow integration across product development activities. He’ll present on “VOLTA as an enabler of Dumarey’s digital transformation and AI/ML adoption”.

Read more about their talks and discover all confirmed speakers on our dedicated page.

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.

Hexagon Updates BendingStudio XT, TubeInspect for Tube, Wire Inspection

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Nitin Patil
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COBHAM, UK, Mar 20, 2026 – Hexagon has made a major update to its tube and wire inspection software that helps series production lines slash cycle times, with further improvements that optimize the manufacturing processes of electric vehicle components. Integrated support for handheld 3D scanners now extends game-changing tube and wire measurement and process digitalization capabilities of BendingStudio XT to any metalworking operation to use on a project basis.

At the core of Hexagon’s enhanced offering is the TubeInspect system – its purpose-built inspection cell that provides near-instant non-contact inspection of parts directly on the shopfloors of leading global manufacturers. High-speed optical measurement delivers precise results in seconds, ensuring every component meets tight tolerances regardless of shopfloor conditions. The system is engineered to deliver repeatable accuracy even in oily, dusty, or high-temperature environments, benefitting from advanced temperature compensation and ISO 17025-certified calibration.

With the latest release of BendingStudio XT, TubeInspect transforms shopfloor productivity through comprehensive, simultaneous multi-part measurement. Busy manufacturing professionals can now instantly check multiple identical parts, enabling faster quality assurance and efficient batch processing. The system provides an immediate, green, or red-light evaluation, streamlining quality control without requiring deep metrology expertise. It connects directly with existing production systems, offering a highly efficient workflow feeding back real-time correction data to bending machines to reduce waste and control product consistency.

Expanding its capabilities to meet modern automotive production demands, the updated BendingStudio XT now includes specialized correction reports for electric motor hairpins. This targeted functionality ensures that manufacturers producing complex components for the rapidly growing electric vehicle market can maintain strict quality standards and achieve higher precision in their manufacturing processes.

To provide flexible measurement solutions across all levels of production, the new BendingStudio XT software introduces full support for Hexagon’s handheld 3D scanners. ATLASCAN Pro integration delivers a powerful, entry-level tube and wire measurement solution, enabling smaller companies – or those that need the freedom to measure parts in their installed position – to achieve accurate and reliable measurement without the capital expenditure required for automated series production systems.

Large parts such as industrial pipework and extensive exhaust systems can now be measured using Hexagon’s HYPERSCAN handheld 3D scanner, which delivers accuracy in challenging environments. This tube and pipe measurement solution enable operators to take the scanner directly to the part on the shopfloor, ensuring reliable measurement of varied tube geometries of up to 5.5 m length in almost any location, without sacrificing precision.

Hexagon continues to reinforce seamless CAD integration within BendingStudio XT to measure the position and orientation of fittings, brackets, and end forms directly against design data with a new CAD Adapter for rectangular profiles such as the busbars used in electric mobility applications. This functionality reduces inspection setup time and gives manufacturers the confidence to verify complex profiles and maintain stringent quality standards and document traceability from design to manufactured part.

“Tube and wire component manufacturers are experts at what they do, and they are grappling with skills shortages to deliver new capabilities – often at the same cost,” commented Christoph Dold, Senior Product Manager at Hexagon, “With this release, our dedicated team of tube and wire measurement experts has shown what can be achieved when expertise, innovation, and passion come together and we look forward to standing by our customers as bits and bytes translate into value in their daily work.”

BendingStudio XT is available immediately to customers and anyone with a tube and wire measurement challenge. The easy and flexible deployment of TubeInspect or portable scanner solutions means shopfloor operators can quickly adopt its workflows, minimising any disruption to production and quickly boosting manufacturing productivity.

For more information tube and wire inspection and correction solutions, please visit https://hexagon.com/products/product-groups/measurement-inspection-hardware/tube-and-wire-inspection.

About Hexagon

Hexagon is the global leader in measurement technologies. We provide the confidence that vital industries rely on to build, navigate, and innovate. From microns to Mars, our solutions ensure productivity, quality, safety, and sustainability in everything from manufacturing and construction to mining and autonomous systems.

Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 24,800 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately 5.4bn EUR. Learn more at hexagon.com.

Tekna, Farsoon Strengthen Collaboration to Industrialize Ti-6Al-4V Powders for PBF-LB Manufacturing

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Nitin Patil
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SINDELFINGEN, Germany and ARENDAL, Norway, Mar 20, Tekna (OSE: TEKNA), a world-leading provider of advanced materials and plasma systems to industry, is pleased to announce the strengthening of its collaboration with Farsoon Europe GmbH to accelerate the industrialization of coarse Ti-6Al-4V powders for Powder based Fusion with Laser Beam (PBF-LB) additive manufacturing.

Farsoon Europe GmbH marked ten years of its “in Europe, by Europe, for Europe” strategy by demonstrating its open and industrially focused approach to metal additive manufacturing. As part of this milestone, titanium components were successfully produced using Tekna’s TEKMAT™ Ti64-53/20-G23 powder on the Farsoon FS721M-H-8-CAMS system, highlighting the compatibility between Tekna’s plasma-atomized powders and Farsoon’s open platform systems.

Building on this milestone, Farsoon and Tekna are deepening their collaboration to industrialize the use of coarse Ti-6Al-4V powders in PBF-LB, responding directly to market demand for higher productivity, safer powder handling, and lower cost per part. 

From Powder Safety to Industrial Scalability 

Conventional fine powders used in PBF-LB are often classified as flammable, leading to complex safety measures and increased operational costs. 

Tekna’s Ti64 coarse powder (TEKMAT™ Ti64-90/45) offers lower oxygen sensitivity, enabling safer powder handling, recycling, storage, and transport. This directly supports industrial-scale deployment by reducing both risk and cost throughout the powder lifecycle. 

Productivity by Design: Thick Layers with Stable Processing 

Farsoon’s open platform philosophy enables users to expand process windows beyond conventional parameters. By leveraging coarse powder and thicker deposition layers, build times can be significantly reduced while maintaining stable process conditions. 

Testing on FS273M-2 and FS721M-H-8-CAMS systems using a 90 µm layer thickness has demonstrated that, despite the increased layer thickness, as-built Ti-6Al-4V mechanical properties remain fully aligned with standard PBF-LB benchmarks: 

  • Yield strength ≥ 850 MPa 
  • Ultimate tensile strength ≥ 900 MPa 
  • Compared to a typical 60 µm layer thickness, the theoretical build rate increases by more than 20 %, directly translating into higher machine productivity and lower manufacturing costs.

Shaped Beam Technology: Unlocking the Next Level of Throughput 

To further accelerate industrial adoption, Farsoon is extending process capability beyond conventional Gaussian beam exposure through its shaped beam technology. 

Unlike Gaussian beams, shaped beams allow: 

  • Larger and tunable spot sizes 
  • Customized energy distribution 
  • Improved melt pool stability at large layer thicknesses 

This capability is essential for reliably processing coarse powders at elevated layer thicknesses, enabling a step change in productivity. By combining higher layer thickness and shaped beam exposure, the theoretical build rate per laser can be increased by more than 80 % compared to processing at 90 µm with a Gaussian beam. 

Shaped beam technology therefore represents a key enabler for series and mass production, shifting PBF-LB from prototype-oriented manufacturing toward economically competitive serial production. 

One Powder Platform, Faster Qualification 

Tekna’s ability to supply coarse and fine PBF-LB powder fractions from the same dedicated plasma atomizers simplifies material qualification. This approach allows end users to: 

  • Qualify multiple process strategies faster 
  • Reduce material approval effort 
  • Lower overall industrialization costs 

Open Innovation for Serial Production 

Serial production powered by innovation is the core of Farsoon’s open philosophy. 
Through close collaboration with ecosystem partners such as Tekna, Farsoon continues to break traditional productivity boundaries in PBF-LB, enabling customers to reduce costs per part, improve operational safety, and scale additive manufacturing toward true industrial production. 

About Tekna

Tekna is a world-leading provider of sustainable, advanced material solutions, headquartered in Sherbrooke, Canada. The company specializes in high-purity metal powders used in critical applications such as additive manufacturing (3D printing) across the aerospace, defense, medical and consumer electronics industries. The company is positioning itself in the fast-growing market of advanced nanomaterials for the microelectronics sector.

Tekna also develops cutting-edge induction plasma systems designed for both industrial research and production. Its unique, IP-protected plasma technology is powering its hypersonic wind tunnels, PlasmaSonic, which enable simulating material exposure conditions in space.

With over 30 years of experience, Tekna is a trusted partner to a broad portfolio of multinational blue-chip customers for its high-quality products and innovation. Its material solutions help enhance productivity, enable more efficient use of materials and support the transition to more resilient supply chains and a circular economy. For more information, visit https://www.www.tekna.com.

About Farsoon

Founded in 2009, FARSOON Technologies is a system provider of industrial AM platforms for polymers and metals. With an open parameter strategy, high-performance hardware, and local support through FARSOON Europe GmbH, the company enables its customers to scale additive manufacturing with high quality, flexibility, and cost efficiency. For more information, visit: https://www.farsoon.com/

Giant Selects Farsoon Metal AM Systems for High-End Bicycle Manufacturing

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Nitin Patil
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CHANGSHA, China, Mar 20, 2026 – Global cycling leader Giant has integrated Farsoon Technologies’ FS273M and FS350M series metal 3D printing systems into its production workflow, leveraging advanced additive manufacturing to push beyond traditional constraints and deliver next-level performance innovations for serious cyclists.

As one of the world’s most recognized bicycle brands and part of Taiwan-based Giant Global Group, the company has spent decades refining its craft. With full control over its vertically integrated supply chain, Giant continues to set the standard for quality and innovation in the cycling industry.

Metal 3D Printing for Integrated Bicycle Structural Components (Source: Giant)

What will Farsoon metal 3D printing bring to the rider?

• Stronger, Safer Frames: Integrated structure produced by Metal AM eliminates the weak points found in traditionally welded frames, giving cyclists greater confidence in every ride.
• Lighter, Smarter Design: Topology optimization and complex geometry capabilities free designers from the limits of standard tubing, enabling weight reduction where it matters most—without compromising strength.
• Faster Innovation and customization: Production cycles shrink from weeks to days, accelerating development and opening the door to truly personalized equipment tailored to individual riding styles and preferences.
• Sustainable Manufacturing: Additive manufacturing help reducing material waste and supporting more sustainable production—an important step forward as the industry moves toward low-carbon footprint practices.

The FS273M system Giant has adopted is a proven workhorse for production environments. With a build volume of 275 mm × 275 mm × 355 mm and flexible single or dual laser configurations, it delivers stable, high-quality processing of materials like titanium alloy—backed by closed-loop powder management and long-life filtration for safe, efficient operation.

For higher-volume needs, the FS350M series steps up with a 433 mm × 358 mm × 400 mm build chamber and 4/6 laser options. Combined with bidirectional powder coating, it boosts productivity by up to 38%—ideal for producing premium bicycle components at scale.

Farsoon Technologies continues to drive innovation across industries, offering a full portfolio of metal and polymer additive manufacturing solutions. By expanding into sporting goods and consumer applications, Farsoon helps partners like Giant unlock new possibilities, transform how products are made, and deliver greater value to the people who use them.

About Farsoon

FARSOON Technologies, founded in 2009 in China, is a system supplier of industrial grade plastic laser sintering and metal laser melting systems. Farsoon has developed a team of world-class experts with competencies in electrical/mechanical engineering, laser, scanning and optics, thermal controls, as well as material development and applications engineering. As a globally diverse company, Farsoon was founded with the clear vision and core commitment to creating open platform systems which will give the industry the freedom to innovate and expand the implementation of additive manufacturing in the global product’s marketplace. For more information, visit www.farsoon-gl.com.

Cadence, NVIDIA Unveil Accelerated Engineering Solutions Purpose-Built for Agentic AI Chip, System Design​

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Nitin Patil
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SAN JOSE, CA, USA, Mar 20, 2026 — Cadence announced an expansion of its broad collaboration with NVIDIA to accelerate Cadence’s Design for AI and AI for Design strategy. The next generation of agentic AI design solutions includes autonomous, long-running agents that require accelerated, trusted, physics-grounded engines to translate design intent into automated flows, generate designs and debug errors, and manage long, complex, end-to-end workflows. Cadence’s leadership in agentic AI is expanded by integrating its portfolio of industry-leading chip and system design solutions with NVIDIA’s accelerated computing stack.

“The fusion of agentic AI and physics-based design is transforming how the world’s most advanced chips are engineered,” said Anirudh Devgan, president and CEO of Cadence. “Through our expanded collaboration with NVIDIA, we’re bringing together Cadence’s expertise in agentic IC design and physics-driven optimization with NVIDIA’s accelerated computing to advance a new era of AI-driven chip innovation. Together, we’re enabling customers to design more intelligent, efficient silicon that will power the next generation of computing and AI infrastructure.”

“AI is driving the largest infrastructure buildout in history—spurring the creation of new chips, systems, and AI factories around the world,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “Together, NVIDIA and Cadence have created the Cadence Millennium M2000—a revolutionary AI supercomputer built to tackle the immense scale and complexity of designing the world’s next generation of infrastructure.”

Broadest-Ever Portfolio of Accelerated Design Solutions

To give agents and engineers the tools they need, Cadence has expanded its design solutions accelerated with NVIDIA Grace CPUs and NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs—and as a turnkey deployment on the Cadence® Millennium™ M2000 Supercomputer—delivering up to 80X greater throughput and up to 20X lower power consumption. This expanded offering now spans analysis, optimization and design, with key solvers deeply optimized with NVIDIA CUDA-X. One example is the Cadence Clarity™ 3D Solver demonstrating that a Millennium M2000 system configured with 8X NVIDIA RTX pro 6000 GPU servers is up to 5X faster, or 4X better cost iso-performance, compared to an equivalent CPU-based solution, when extracting complex and large-scale designs.

Cadence accelerated solutions that will be available in 2026 include:

  • Electronic Design Automation (EDA): The industry’s leading place-and-route solution, Innovus ™ Implementation System; chip, chiplet and 3D-IC analysis and optimization with Celsius ™ Thermal Solver and Voltus ™ IC Power Integrity Solution; advanced memory and circuit analysis with EMX ® Planar 3D Solver and Liberate ™ MX Memory Characterization; and Spectre ® X Simulator and Quantus ™ Field Solver for circuit analysis.
  • System Design Automation (SDA): Industry-leading advanced package and PCB optimization with the Allegro ® X Design Platform, Clarity 3D Solver, Celsius EC Solver; system-level multiphysics analysis with Fidelity ™ CFD Software; and Cadence MSC Actran ™ for physical AI system analysis and optimization.
  • Life Sciences / Bio: ROCS X is an AI-enabled virtual screening solution that enables scientists to conduct 3D searches of over 200 trillion drug-like molecules. Target X is a physics-based AI solution that detects potential druggable pockets, achieving a success rate of over 90%.

The Cadence Allegro X Design Platform and the Cadence Reality™ Digital Twin Platform also integrate with NVIDIA Omniverse libraries for photo-realistic visualization, critical for multi-disciplinary engineering and design. Cadence’s MSC Virtual Test Drive™ (VTD) is being integrated with NVIDIA Cosmos and NVIDIA Omniverse NuRec for advancing the state of the art in physical AI.

Design for AI and AI for Design

Industry leaders use Cadence’s full suite of accelerated agentic solutions to design the next generation of AI infrastructure. The Cadence Reality Digital Twin Platform helps teams use physics-based models and AI to design and operate AI factories, accelerating deployment timelines and unlocking new revenue streams across the data center portfolio.

Cadence is advancing AI-driven engineering with its agentic AI solutions, led by the Cadence ChipStack™ AI Super Agent, to help engineers deliver higher quality, more complex designs. Cadence and NVIDIA are also collaborating on future agentic AI innovations in custom and analog design and building deep research and long-running agents for engineering NVIDIA NemoClaw, an open source stack that simplifies running OpenClaw always-on assistants, more safely, with a single command. As part of the NVIDIA Agent Toolkit, it installs the NVIDIA OpenShell runtime—a secure environment for running autonomous agents, and open source models like NVIDIA Nemotron.

From Silicon to Turbofan Engines, Customers Achieve the Previously Impossible

Cadence customers across semiconductors, automotive, aerospace and life sciences are using agentic AI, GPU-accelerated solutions and the Millennium M2000 Supercomputer to tackle design challenges that are not achievable with traditional approaches.

Honda is using Cadence Fidelity CFD Software, accelerated on the Millennium M2000 GB200 NVL72 system, to pursue time-accurate, full turbofan engine simulation—a grand challenge in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) previously impractical for routine design use.

“This capability opens the door to a more exploratory design methodology—one where our engineers can evaluate tradeoffs earlier and innovate with greater confidence as we develop the next generation of high-performance gas turbine engines,” said Keiji Otsu, CEO, Honda R&D.

Micron is integrating GPU-accelerated Cadence design technologies and Cadence’s agentic AI solution directly into its HBM memory design flow to accelerate iteration and maintain accuracy at leading-edge scale.

“As our HBM and next-generation memory designs grow in scale and complexity, reducing the cycle time for our most demanding verification and simulation steps has become essential,” said Sanjay Mehrotra, Chairman, president and CEO, Micron. “Through our expanded collaboration with Cadence, we’re integrating GPU-accelerated design technologies—powered by NVIDIA computing—and building agentic AI directly into our development environment.”

Larsen & Toubro Semiconductor is using the Cadence Spectre X Simulator, accelerated up to 5X with NVIDIA GPUs, to shorten design cycles for next-generation AI and data center chips as the company advances India’s sovereign semiconductor ambitions.

“Faster design iteration and verification directly translate into competitive advantage and time to market for the highly customized AI silicon we’re building,” said Sandeep Kumar, CEO, Larsen & Toubro Semiconductor. “GPU-accelerated performance from Cadence’s Spectre X Simulator gives our teams the throughput to confidently move complex, AI-ready chips into production faster.”

For more information, visit https://www.cadence.com/en_US/home/company/nvidia.html.

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About Cadence

Cadence is a market leader in AI and digital twins, pioneering the application of computational software to accelerate innovation in the engineering design of silicon to systems. Our design solutions, based on Cadence’s Intelligent System Design™ strategy, are essential for the world’s leading semiconductor and systems companies to build their next-generation products from chips to full electromechanical systems that serve a wide range of markets, including hyperscale computing, mobile communications, automotive, aerospace, industrial, life sciences and robotics. In 2024, Cadence was recognized by the Wall Street Journal as one of the world’s top 100 best-managed companies. Cadence solutions offer limitless opportunities—learn more at www.cadence.com.

Trimble Releases Tekla 2026 for Constructible BIM, Structural Engineering, Steel Fabrication Management

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Nitin Patil
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WESTMINSTER, CO, USA, Mar 20, 2026 — Trimble introduced the 2026 version of its Tekla software for constructible Building Information Modeling (BIM), structural engineering and steel fabrication management, delivering data-driven workflows that connect design and construction. This release accelerates the entire design-to-detailing process by reducing manual effort and rework, enabling a wider scope of complex tasks without the friction and data-loss risks of switching between disparate applications.

The 2026 portfolio — including Tekla Structures, Tekla Structural Designer, Tekla Tedds, and Tekla PowerFab software — promotes project-wide consistency through a seamless flow of data that eliminates “black boxes” between stakeholders. Whether it’s viewing live project statuses directly within a 3D model, synchronizing project data through connected workflows, or linking drawings, models and field information across office, shop and site, Tekla delivers a single source of truth that updates in real-time.

Access to Trimble Assistant is embedded across the Tekla portfolio. It specializes in assisting new and existing users to take full advantage of features and troubleshoot issues without leaving the software interface. Additionally, the new AI Model and Drawing Assistant in Tekla Structures is an early preview feature (distributed through Trimble Labs) for modeling operations using natural language. This context-specific productivity tool helps users execute tasks through simple natural language prompts.

The shared foundation of AI, automated workflows and real-time connected insights delivers accuracy in every phase of the design-to-construction lifecycle through several new feature enhancements.

Tekla Structures 2026: Connected Data Workflow Productivity

  • AI Cloud Fabrication Drawings: A “human in the loop” AI service that uses user-defined drawing libraries from past projects to automatically generate fabrication drawings. It provides top suggestions that users can verify, significantly reducing setup and cleanup time.
  • Project Settings Management Console: First-ever user interface for administrators to manage customized environments and project settings from the cloud. It simplifies the installation process and ensures all users have consistent up-to-date settings throughout a project, promoting smoother collaboration.
  • Integrated workflows with Trimble Connect common data environment: Property sets, drawings metadata and status sharing across the Trimble ecosystem expand integration capabilities. Teams can manage live project data across systems and access a single source of truth directly from their working interface, helping accelerate decisions and reduce rework.
  • Simultaneous Model & Drawing Editing with Design Reuse: Enables detailers to work on General Arrangement drawings and the 3D model side by side, with changes reflected instantly. This, combined with the ability to reuse previous projects, can speed up design creation and reduce manual rework.
  • Layout Manager “Out of Tolerance” Workflow: Automatically flags discrepancies between the design model and as-built data (e.g., misaligned anchor bolts), allowing for corrections before steel parts arrive on site.
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Tekla Structural Designer 2026: Consolidating Design Tasks

  • Accurate Center of Rigidity (COR): A new, highly precise calculation for seismic design that replaces older approximations, allowing engineers to design structures with greater confidence and safety in mind.
  • Integrated Portal Frame Design (Eurocode): A new integrated portal frame design for industrial low-rise buildings and improved masonry design solutions for North American users.
  • Interoperability: Enhanced interoperability with Revit and SketchUp allows for tighter collaboration with architects. In addition, Tekla Structures models can now be published to the cloud and pulled into Tekla Structural Designer for verification.
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Tekla Tedds 2026: Automating Calculations

  • New & Expanded Calculations: For the US market, a new Steel Beam Torsion (AISC360) calculation allows engineers to design for torsional forces without manual work. For Eurocode users, a new Wind Assessment calculation automates complex wind pressure analysis for any building site.
  • One-Click Access to Tekla Structural Designer LT: Every Tekla Tedds subscription now includes one-click access to a starter version of Tekla Structural Designer, allowing users to perform 3D analysis tasks (like floor vibration or composite beam design) without leaving their ecosystem.
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Tekla PowerFab 2026: Validating Shop Floor Quality

  • Pre-Shipment Validation: A new route validation feature prevents items from being shipped unless all manufacturing steps are complete.
  • Shop Floor Focus: New features in PowerFab Go ensure workers only see tasks relevant to their specific station, reducing distractions and errors.
  • Sustainability: Simplified LEED reporting allows fabricators to track material origin and recycled content with a single flag, automating what used to be a manual documentation process.
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“The Tekla 2026 software suite represents a significant leap in how AI and cloud-enabled tools can enhance productivity while maintaining the high levels of accuracy our customers require,” said Jari Heino, VP & GM, BIM and engineering solutions at Trimble. “By syncing the model and the drawing, and providing real-time data exchange, Tekla solutions bring connected insights to every phase of the design-to-construction lifecycle.”

Availability

The Tekla 2026 software suite available now at download.trimble.com. For more information, visit www.tekla.com/2026.

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Stratasys TrueDent Resins Achieve CE Class IIa Certification in Europe

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MINNETONKA, MN, USA and REHOVOT, Israel, Mar 19, 2026 – Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS) announced that its TrueDent resins have received CE marking as a Class IIa medical device, making them Europe’s first high-esthetic, monolithic 3D-printed denture solution to achieve certification in the more than $2 billion market. This milestone enables broader regulated clinical use and expands patient access to polychromatic, monolithic 3D-printed dentures, removable partial dentures, and crowns and bridges.

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The expanded indication now includes intraoral removables for long-term use of more than 30 days as well as crowns and bridges, allowing dental laboratories to address a wider range of restorative cases through a single, integrated digital workflow. As European providers continue scaling digital denture production, the certification supports broader clinical adoption while strengthening the commercial foundation for growth across the region.

According to a 2024 iData report1, the demand for denture solutions in Europe continues to grow as the region’s opportunity for dentures is projected to expand from USD 2.19 billion in 2023 to USD 2.45 billion by 2028.

Under the European Medical Device Regulation (MDR), Class IIa devices are subject to an independent third-party oversight and heightened regulatory scrutiny. For laboratories and clinicians, this classification reflects the regulatory standard commonly expected for restorative dental materials, strengthening confidence in routine clinical use and supporting broader market adoption across the region.

TrueDent-D was introduced in Europe in early 2025 under a CE Class I designation for denture production. While removable dentures are permitted under Class I, achieving CE Class IIa certification for TrueDent expands the indications and positions Stratasys to further penetrate the regulated European restorative market. It also gives dental labs, clinics, and patients even greater confidence in the validated biocompatibility, manufacturing controls, traceability and clinical safety and performance of the certified TrueDent resins.

“Achieving CE Class IIa certification for TrueDent is an important milestone and supports the continued expansion of our dental business in Europe,” said Chris Kabot, Vice President Dental, Stratasys. “By aligning TrueDent with the regulatory classification customers know and expect, we are providing additional clarity and confidence for clinicians and laboratories as they expand digital denture and temporary restoration workflows across the region.”

The transition to CE Class IIa requires no changes to print settings, formulation, workflow, or shelf life on the Stratasys J5 DentaJet printer platform. A defined conversion kit enables existing customers to move seamlessly from TrueDent-D to TrueDent certified resins, preserving established production processes and outcomes.

TrueDent resin colors include: TrueDent White , TrueDent Clear, TrueDent Cyan, TrueDent Magenta, TrueDent Yellow. For more information about the TrueDent digital denture application, visit the Stratasys TrueDent page.

1 – iData Europe Market Report Suite for Dental Prosthetics, February 2024

About Stratasys

Stratasys is leading the global shift to additive manufacturing with innovative 3D printing solutions for industries such as aerospace, automotive, consumer products, and healthcare. Through smart and connected 3D printers, polymer materials, a software ecosystem, and parts on demand, Stratasys solutions deliver competitive advantages at every stage in the product value chain. The world’s leading organizations turn to Stratasys to transform product design, bring agility to manufacturing and supply chains, and improve patient care.

To learn more about Stratasys, visit www.stratasys.com, the Stratasys blog, X/Twitter, LinkedIn, or Facebook.

AVEVA, NVIDIA Collaborate to Develop Lifecycle Digital Twin Architecture for Gigawatt-scale AI Factories

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LONDON, UK, Mar 19, 2026 – AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, announced a new collaboration with NVIDIA, where they’re integrating their engineering and operations software into the NVIDIA Omniverse DSX Blueprint. Together, the two companies are creating physical and digital modules that can be deployed in large-scale data centres, known as AI Factories. The approach replicates the methods used in engineering, procurement and construction projects.  The collaboration draws on AVEVA’s comprehensive portfolio, including the CONNECT industrial intelligence platform and industrial digital twin capabilities. It is projected to accelerate time-to-token for AI Factories, using domain-specific simulations, digital visualisation and collaborative design tools to maximise GPU efficiency and accelerate deployment of AI Factories at speed and scale.

AVEVA’s collaboration sits alongside its strategic partners Schneider Electric and ETAP. Together, they are jointly advancing the design, simulation, build, operation, and optimisation of the NVIDIA Omniverse DSX Blueprint for AI Factories. The collaboration extends the methodology and expertise that AVEVA is known for across many industrial sectors.

AVEVA is incorporating its solutions into the Omniverse DSX Blueprint, bringing benefits of digital twins to customers at every stage of the AI factory lifecycle:

  • Customers may bring OpenUSD SimReady assets into AVEVA Unified Engineering through a new converter, enabling them to reuse existing assets, design new ones, and leverage high-fidelity SimReady data and environments built on NVIDIA Omniverse libraries.
  • With a single source of truth from AVEVA Asset Information Management, customers can manage equipment, systems and make changes seamlessly, ensuring alignment from design throughout operations.
  • With AVEVA Process Simulation, customers can model and run simulations of advanced liquid-cooling networks for AI Factories to refine designs and maximise cooling efficiency.
  • AVEVA’s PI System enables customers to aggregate IT and OT data across NVIDIA Omniverse DSX Exchange. In time this will be extended to include the NVIDIA NV-Tesseract model for anomaly detection and forecasting, enabling customers to interpret telemetry in real time from BMS, EPMS, cooling systems, server racks and workloads, all at giga-scale. This will transform efficiency throughout the lifecycle.
  • Last, customers can use AVEVA Operations Control and Unified Operations Center to manage data centre infrastructure which comprises of electrical (UPS, switchgear, PDU, generator etc.), mechanical (chiller, CDU etc.) and safety systems into one scalable unified platform using a templatised situational awareness approach. This will enable operators to accelerate root cause analysis, recommend actions, monitor alerts and identify degradation trends as they push densities higher. This will enable customers to leverage AVEVA’s trusted expertise when delivering new high density AI Factories.

Rob McGreevy, Chief Product Officer, AVEVA said: “AI Factories are fast becoming the industrial-scale engines of the global digital economy. To drive this transformation, AVEVA and NVIDIA are creating a new approach to digital twin deployments, founded on domain-specific expertise, pioneering software and operational excellence. Together, our companies are creating this new digital twin at scale, combining SimReady assets, NVIDIA hardware, and IT and OT data-driven insights to design, build and AI-optimise the intelligent industries of the future.”

“The rapid rise of gigawatt-scale AI Factories requires a new class of industrial intelligence to optimize the entire lifecycle of these massive data centers, from initial design to real-time operations,” said Vladimir Troy, vice president, AI Infrastructure, at NVIDIA. “By integrating AVEVA’s engineering and simulation software into the NVIDIA Omniverse DSX blueprint, we are providing developers with a unified digital twin architecture to accelerate the deployment and efficiency of the world’s most advanced AI infrastructure.”

About AVEVA

AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software, sparking ingenuity to drive responsible use of the world’s resources. The company’s secure industrial cloud platform and applications enable businesses to harness the power of their information and improve collaboration with customers, suppliers and partners.

Over 20,000 enterprises in over 100 countries rely on AVEVA to help them deliver life’s essentials: safe and reliable energy, food, medicines, infrastructure and more. By connecting people with trusted information and AI-enriched insights, AVEVA enables teams to engineer efficiently and optimize operations, driving growth and sustainability.

Named as one of the world’s most innovative companies, AVEVA supports customers with open solutions and the expertise of more than 6,400 employees, 5,000 partners and 5,700 certified developers. With operations around the globe, AVEVA is headquartered in Cambridge, UK. For more information, visit https://www.aveva.com.

IWT Extends Use of Aras Innovator

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ANDOVER, MA, USA, Mar 19, 2026 – Aras, a leading provider of digital thread solutions for product lifecycle management (PLM) and engineering AI, announced that IWT, a global specialist in the design, manufacture and installation of washing systems for the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries, is expanding its use of Aras Innovator. Since its launch in 2018, this long-term collaboration demonstrates how continuously evolving product data management can drive industrial performance.

From CAD-centric PLM to an enterprise-wide product platform

Prior to Aras Innovator, IWT relied on a legacy, CAD-centric PLM system supported by semi-manual processes to synchronize data across engineering, ERP, and manufacturing. Engineering change management lacked formal workflows, part classification was limited, and document management was fragmented. These challenges became more pronounced as IWT expanded rapidly in a highly regulated pharmaceutical market.

To address these issues, IWT initiated a transformation program with the goal of establishing Aras Innovator as the authoritative platform for managing and governing product data, while providing engineers with structured yet flexible processes.

Gradual and controlled implementation

Aras Innovator went live in 2019, with design teams returning to normal operations within two weeks, followed shortly by industrial engineering. Within the first year, 25,000 parts were released with enriched product data, greater flexibility in BOM management, and no additional workload for engineering teams. Since then, IWT has progressively extended its use of Aras Innovator in line with business priorities:

  • 2019: Engineering workflows and ECO management
  • 2021: Project data management to support compliance requirements driven by growth in the pharmaceutical sector
  • 2022: Spare parts management and maintenance kits for highly customized equipment
  • 2025: Quotation management, from customer request to pricing

Next steps currently under evaluation include implementing a digital twin to support post-production equipment monitoring. Aras Variant Management has already been successfully tested and is planned for rollout in 2026 .Today, 80% of IWT’s employees use Aras Innovator as their primary access point to product information, with 150 direct contributors. This level of adoption has transformed the platform from an engineering solution into an enterprise-wide product management backbone.

“After eight years of successive projects with Aras, we at IWT are now much more aware of the strategic importance of having centralized, interlinked product data without duplication. We strongly believe that the digital thread improves the quality of our data and supports our overall performance,” said Maurizio Cosolo, Operations Director, IWT.

Tangible and long-term business benefits

With Aras Innovator at the center of its product data ecosystem, IWT has significantly improved data quality, consistency, and accessibility across the organization. Rework caused by data discrepancies has nearly disappeared, ECO priorities now are managed in real time based on business needs, and internal information requests have declined as users gain direct access to reliable product data. Aras’ low-code flexibility has enabled IWT to tailor approximately 20% of its functionality to address specific business requirements, while keeping overall complexity low and continuing to benefit from the core platform capabilities.

About IWT

With over three decades of experience, IWT is a global leader in high-end cGMP solutions for the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and cell & gene sectors. Operating from a world-class 20,000-square-meter facility near Milan, the company integrates advanced 3D design and robotic manufacturing to deliver precision-engineered cleaning, isolation, and decontamination systems. By focusing on strict compliance with the latest EU Annex 1 standards, IWT ensures maximum safety and flexibility for even the most sensitive production environments. This blend of Italian engineering excellence and deep regulatory knowledge makes IWT a trusted partner for facilities seeking reliable, future-proof equipment for their critical processes.

About Aras

Aras provides a digital thread platform for product lifecycle management and engineering AI. Built on an AI-native, low-code foundation, it enables the rapid delivery of flexible solutions. Aras connects teams across disciplines and functions to critical product data and agentic AI throughout the product lifecycle and extended value chain. Visit www.aras.com to learn more and follow us on YouTube, X, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

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