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SolidWorks 2012 adds costing module and large design review technology

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Randall Newton

The emphasis for this year’s update is on automating repetitive processes and pushing forward into design tasks SolidWorks users have ...

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Siemens PLM launches Teamcenter Mobility for iPad

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Randall Newton

Five million Teamcenter PLM users are today adding the Apple iPad to their requisition lists. This is the first PLM ...

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2011 is a year of transition for the CAD industry

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Randall Newton

Our Editor-in-Chief reviews the year in CAD and looks ahead to 2011. At least it wasn’t 2009. By Kathleen Maher ...

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LG Electronics implements Enovia V6 PLM

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Randall Newton

Management likes standardized processes and ‘single version of the truth’ through complex configurations. LG plans to extend the initial deployment ...

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Guntert & Zimmerman Streamline Product Development with SolidWorks and Synergis Adept

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Randall Newton

When G&Z upgraded from AutoCAD to SolidWorks, its old Windows Explorer-based document management system could not keep up, and high-end ...

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2009: PTC’s New Windchill ProductPoint is Facebook for PLM

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Randall Newton

PTC introduces Windchill ProductPoint, a new product data management product based on Microsoft SharePoint. It is the first product ever ...

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Using IBM Rational Jazz for the Development of Mechatronics

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Randall Newton

PLM & PDM research and analysis firm CPDA takes a close look at the use of IBM’s tools for systems ...

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BOTW: Do SolidWorks Users Need/Want PLM?

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Randall Newton

BOTW = Best of the Web. [Editor’s Note: BOTW is a new category at VEKTORRUM, in which we recommend blog ...

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Chrysler to Dump CATIA for NX

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Randall Newton

Chrysler will convert all its design and engineering work from CATIA to NX over the next four years. It is ...

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Dassault Systèmes Net Income Rises 31% in First Quarter 2010

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Randall Newton

Cost-cutting and better-than-expected SolidWorks sales lifted Dassault’s results, despite total revenue rising only 1% from a year earlier. Dassault Systèmes ...