3D Ubiquity

EnSuite Now Features An Enhanced Batch Translator

dprawel@longviewadvisors.com (David) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:38:00 -0600

Farmington Hills, MI, United States, 08/31/2010

CCE, a leading engineering software and services provider, announces an update to its EnSuite software.

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ZWSOFT Announces the Acquisition of VX

dprawel@longviewadvisors.com (David) — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:47:00 -0600

GUANGZHOU, China, -- ZWCAD Software Co., Ltd (ZWSOFT), a leading provider of CAD platforms, is pleased to announce that it has completed its acquisition of VX Corporation, an American pioneering CAD/CAM solutions provider since 1985. The acquisition is a continuation of the China based 2D CAD solutions provider's recent rapid growth in the CAD/CAM market. Currently, ZWSOFT services over 180,000 users in 80 plus countries around the world and is aiming to become a leader in both the 2D and 3D CAD/CAM market.

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Chrysler makes Move to Siemens NX

dprawel@longviewadvisors.com (David) — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:30:08 -0600

It has often been said to be careful of the doors you open. In recent years, I and many others have loudly discussed the huge cost of getting product data from V4 to V5. Dassault cannot imagine the problem they cause for themselves and, more importantly, for their customers, by not playing nicely vis a vis other product data formats.

Read about Chrysler's engineering software shift.

In the 2009 Collaboration & Interoperability Market Report (free PDF available here), there were a few very notable results from our survey, regarding Dassault's attitude with respect to interoperability, such as:

- "Our impression from speaking with many users over the year is that Dassault continues to be the least cooperative of CAD vendors with respect to helping their customers successfully share their product data in STEP or other non-CATIA data formats."

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QuadriSpace Revolutionizes 3D Large Model Support in Documentation Software

dprawel@longviewadvisors.com (David) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:11:00 -0600

I recently saw a demo of Quadrispaces technology. It does a nice job of easing the creation of tech docs from CAD files, maintaining product structure. It is well suited to smaller companies working with the likes of Solidworks and AutoDesk Inventor. About whether this announcement revolutionizes 3D large model support well, download a demo version and see what you think. - David Prawel

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RAND Worldwide Releases the Advanced Data Migration Import Tool (ADMIT) Version 2.4

dprawel@longviewadvisors.com (David) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:47:00 -0600

WALTHAM, Mass. (BUSINESS WIRE) RAND Worldwide, a global leader in providing technology solutions to organizations with engineering design and information technology requirements, announced today that its Professional Services division launched an enhanced version of the Advanced Data Migration Import Tool (ADMIT).

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3DVIA Supports COLLADA .dae Format

dprawel@longviewadvisors.com (David) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:20:00 -0600

CONCORD, Mass. and PARIS, France - Dassault Systèmes (DS) (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), the world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced that 3D models hosted on the 3DVIA.com library, including those created using the companys free 3DVIA Shape modeling application, will now be automatically converted to both Dassault Systèmes 3DXML format and the COLLADA open 3D format (.dae format) created by the Khronos Group. The addition of COLLADA support further connects the 3DVIA product lineup to the wide range of digital content creation (DCC) software and applications that also support the .dae format.

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Lattice Technology Releases Updated XVL System Toolkit Applications

dprawel@longviewadvisors.com (David) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:14:00 -0600

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Lattice Technology®, developers of digital manufacturing applications using the XVL® format, today announced that it has released updates to its applications that comprise the XVL System Toolkit. With updates to XVL Filter, XVL Reducer and XVL Processor, manufacturers can now handle XVL v10 files easily and quickly within their integrated manufacturing IT infrastructures.

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Bunkspeed Releases HyperShot v1.9

dprawel@longviewadvisors.com (David) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:06:00 -0600

New Version Adds new Capabilities to Make Material Finishes Look Even More Realistic

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CAD Exchanger Beta Update 1 - Release Notes

dprawel@longviewadvisors.com (David) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:57:00 -0600

The CAD Exchanger application provides an environment for importing, visualizing and exporting 3D models in different CAD formats.

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Lattice Releases XVL Converter 6.0 for 3D CAD Data

dprawel@longviewadvisors.com (David) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:13:00 -0600

SAN FRANCISCO - Lattice Technology, developers of digital manufacturing applications using the XVL format, today announced Version 6.0 of its XVL Converter applications, delivering the tools to convert 3D CAD data into the industrys most lightweight, most accurate 3D XVL format, plus new Converters for 64-bit CAD applications.

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Lattice3D Reporter 3.0 Released for 3D CAD Data

dprawel@longviewadvisors.com (David) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:03:00 -0600

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Lattice Technology, developers of digital manufacturing applications using the XVL format, today announced Version 3.0 of Lattice3D Reporter, the unique application for delivering interactive 3D data in Excel spreadsheets.

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Proficiency acquired by ITI TranscenData

dprawel@longviewadvisors.com (David) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:23:08 -0600

Well it finally happened merger of two great product families and the great people behind them. http://www.transcendata.com
Anyone in the interoperability market space knows Proficiency the small Israeli company who took on feature interoperability, one of the toughest problems in the business. And they did a very commendable job at it. Their customers love their solutions. Trouble is, there werent enough of them, fast enough. The feature translation problem is notoriously challenging, and often unique to each company. For Proficiency, time was already getting short, and then the economy tubed. Its great to see ITI TranscenData step up and keep this technology and people advancing this excellent toolset.
TranscenData is one of the great companies in the business. They are one of the oldest players in the interoperability software space, with very deep experience in many areas. They are among the most respected companies in the business less flashy than others, and slower to grow, but thats proven time and again to be the right combination in the fickle interoperability software market. They made it clear years ago that they would not play in the feature translation space. Rather, to meet customer requirements, they worked side by side with Proficiency in numerous customer situations. And Proficiency had their hands so full with features, they didnt want to invest a lot of time and money in everyday interoperability features, like STEP or IGES translators, and quality validation tools like TranscenDatas renown CADIQ product. This acquisition is a natural fit. Two very smart, very talented companies - now one.
My $0.02

January 2009 - ITI TranscenData Releases CADIQ 6.0

dprawel@longviewadvisors.com (David) — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:48:19 -0700

ITI TranscenData announces the release of CADIQ 6.0 as the latest edition of its innovative 3D CAD model validation and product data quality product. CADIQ identifies shape and fit problems and validates 3D CAD geometry, part features definitions and assembly product structure.
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New FormatWorks 2009 brings PMI CATIA V5, Pro/E and UG to SolidWorks

dprawel@longviewadvisors.com (David) — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:18:00 -0700

LEUVEN, Belgium - Capvidia announces release of FormatWorks 2009 Professional extension supporting Product Manufacturing Information (PMI) defined in native CATIA V5, Pro/E and UGX data. The PMI includes Functional Tolerance Annotation (FTA) and "Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance (GDT) information. PMI provides access to dimensions, tolerances, surface finishes, product manufacturing notes, etc. FormatWorks 2009 Professional supports PMI data stored with 3D CAD models in the following native formats: CATIA V5, Pro/E and UGX. The PMI information becomes now available for SolidWorks users working with imported native CAD data.

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Datakit Announces Range of CATIA V5, NX Converters

dprawel@longviewadvisors.com (David) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:37:00 -0700

SANTA BARBARA, CA and LYON, France - Datakit announces a wide range of new releases to start the year.

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