CD-Adapco Star CCM

CD-adapco, the largest privately held CFD-focused CAE provider, announced the release of STAR-CCM+ 8.06, the third release in 2013 of their flagship simulation tool.

Enhanced User Experience

The Simulation Assistant is also the perfect tool for introducing new or inexperienced engineers to their simulation process, following a tailored step-by-step approach that guides the engineer through each of the stages necessary to obtain high quality results.

ANSYS 15.0 PDF Documentation

ANSYS, Inc. announced the availability of its leading engineering simulation solution, ANSYS 15.0, providing new, unique capabilities and enhancements that offer the most advanced approach to guide and optimize product designs.

Included:

- ANSYS Inc. Product PDF Documentation for Release 15.0
- ANSYS Inc. Release Notes 15.0 PDF Documentation

GT-SUITE 7.4

Gamma Technologies announces a new release of GT-SUITE 7.4 software of the multi-physics platform, wich includes new features based on customer requests.

The GT-SUITE software from Gamma Technologies offers a multi-physics platform for developing complete vehicle models for energy management studies, basic controls and calibration development, drive cycle analysis and powertrain architecture synthesis. GT-SUITE offers a comprehensive set of EV and HEV modeling elements such as lithium-ion battery, electric machines, A/C circuitry and controls, which can be integrated with market-leading models of engine, vehicle and powertrain dynamics, thermal management and detailed aftertreatment in a single comprehensive model ideally suitable for system-level optimization.

ANSYS Tutorials

ANSYS 14.5 provides a great number of new and advanced features that bolster product performance and integrity through deeper design insight. The many new features in ANSYS 14.5, combined with ANSYS Workbench, deliver additional physics depth and breadth that can be scaled to meet the changing needs of customers.

Built on a platform that accurately streamlines workflow among simulation applications, ANSYS 14.5 delivers critical multiphysics solutions, enhancements to pre-processing and meshing capabilities as well as a new parametric high-performance computing (HPC) licensing model to make design exploration more scalable.

ANSY 14.5

CD-Adapco Star CCM+ 8.06

CD-adapco, the largest privately held CFD-focused CAE provider, announced the release of STAR-CCM+ v8.06, the third release in 2013 of their flagship simulation tool. New release enhances its user experience, simulation scope and turnaround time.

Enhanced User Experience

Simulation Assistant, an interactive user interface that allows users to reproduce best practices and deploy them across the whole organization, ensuring repeatability of processes and enforcing consistency of results.
The Simulation Assistant is also the perfect tool for introducing new or inexperienced engineers to their simulation process, following a tailored step-by-step approach that guides the engineer through each of the stages necessary to obtain high quality results.
STAR-CCM+ v8.06 also introduces STAR-SpaceClaim, a new CAD Client and bi-directional and associative connectivity for all CAD clients. This means that parametric design studies are driven by the simulation model while geometry is updated by the CAD package, again ensuring ease-of-use and a single source geometry file.

PTC Arbortext IsoDraw CADprocess 7.3 M020

PTC’s Arbortext dynamic information delivery software enables companies to repurpose product design and business operations data to automatically deliver product-specific information to improve the operation and support of products at every point in their lifecycle.

Arbortext IsoDraw automates the creation of high-quality 2D and 3D technical illustrations and animations directly from CAD data or from scratch, in order to convey intricate product details for easier comprehension.

Delcam PowerSHAPE 2014 SP6

PowerSHAPE 2014 provides new tools to increase productivity and reduce lead times. Prepare parts for manufacture faster by using the new Smart feature Manager to extract multiple features in a single operation. Divide parts into mould pieces quickly and efficiently using the new cavity/core wizard. Create smoother

PowerSHAPE 2014 includes a wide range of new features to simplify preparing parts for manufacture. New features and enhancements include:

Delcam Exchange 2014 R2 SP1

Delcam Exchange is a powerful tool that converts CAD data from one format to another. With Delcam Exchange you can import CAD models into your CAD or CAM system reliably, no matter which CAD
software created the original data


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FTI FormingSuite 2013 build 1803

Forming Technologies Inc. (FTI) the industry’s leading developer of solutions for design, simulation, planning and costing of sheet metal components, announced the worldwide release of FormingSuite 11.0 software. The main objective of FormingSuite software is to introduce new leading edge technology to stamping simulation and to provide continuous improvement to all users in a unified collaborative environment.




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Elysium CadDoctor EX 5.2

CADdoctor is the ultimate desktop application software for 3D data translation, PDQ (Product Data Quality) validation, repair, and transformation. CADdoctor supports highly precise and reliable data translation among multi-CAD as well as strict PDQ validation and automated or guided geometry repair functions.

Translate and Repair

CADdoctor properly converts the mathematic explanation and topological representation to usable forms in the different CAD systems. To translate data from one CAD system to another with CADdoctor, the user only needs to specify input and output formats. It’s that easy.

Autodesk AutoCAD Electrical 2014

AutoCAD Electrical design software is AutoCAD for electrical controls designers. It includes all the functionality of AutoCAD software plus a complete set of electrical CAD features, including comprehensive symbol libraries and tools for automating electrical design tasks.

AutoCAD Electrical 2014 Service Pack 1.1 Readme: this

Autodesk AutoCAD Architecture 2013

AutoCAD Architecture software is the version of AutoCAD software specifically for architects. Architectural drafting features enable you to design and document more efficiently, in the familiar AutoCAD environment. Start working in AutoCAD Architecture and experience productivity gains right away, while learning new features at your own pace.

Mentor Graphics FloEFD 13.0 Suite

Mentor Graphics Corporation (MENT) announced the latest release of its award-winning FloEFD 13 concurrent computational fluid dynamics (CFD) product. Try concurrent FloEFD 13 software, fully embedded in Creo Parametric and Wildfire, CATIA V5 or Siemens NX.

FloEFD is the ONLY computational fluid dynamics analysis tool that is truly embedded into major MCAD systems. These include Creo, CATIA, Siemens NX and SolidWorks; and tight integration with Inventor and SolidEdge. FloEFD is a full-featured 3D fluid flow, heat transfer analysis package that is both fast to learn and to use because it doesn’t come with the numerical complexity and meshing overheads of traditional high-end CFD.


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Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional 2014

In a continuing effort to provide high quality products, Autodesk has released Robot Structural Analysis Professional 2014 Service Pack 3, which fixes or addresses a variety of issues discovered by customers and by Autodesk's internal testing team.

Robot Structural Analysis Professional software provides structural engineers with advanced building simulation and analysis capabilities for large, complex structures. The software offers a smooth workflow, enabling engineers to more quickly perform simulation and analysis of a variety of structures.

Autodesk Robot Structural Analysis Professional 2014 Service Pack 3 Readme: RSA2014_SP3_readme.htm

Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013

In a continuing effort to provide high quality products, Autodesk has released AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 Service Pack 2, which fixes or addresses a variety of issues discovered by customers and by Autodesk's internal testing team.

AutoCAD Civil 3D software is a civil engineering design and documentation solution that supports Building Information Modeling workflows. Using AutoCAD Civil 3D, infrastructure professionals can better understand project performance, maintain more consistent data and processes, and respond faster to change.
AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 Service Pack 2 Readme: AutoCAD_Civil_3D_2013_SP20.htm

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AutoCAD Mechanical

AutoCAD Mechanical design and drafting software is AutoCAD software for manufacturing. It includes all the functionality of AutoCAD, one of the world’s leading 2D CAD mechanical design software applications, plus libraries of standards-based parts and tools for automating common mechanical CAD tasks and accelerating the mechanical design process.

AutoCAD Mechanical 2013 Service Pack 2 Readme: this

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Converge

CONVERGE is a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) code that completely eliminates the user time needed to generate a mesh through an innovative run-time mesh generation technique. Because of this, CONVERGE:

- allows moving boundaries to be handled completely automatically
- eliminates the deforming mesh issues typically associated with moving boundaries
- allows for perfectly orthogonal cells resulting in improved accuracy and simplified numerics
- maintains the true geometry, independent of the mesh resolution

Our Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR) technology is a fully customizable technique that refines the mesh at run-time automatically where it is needed. You will never again have to guess where to add resolution ahead of time. AMR increases accuracy while decreasing run-times by using more mesh where it’s needed and less where it’s not.

Our detailed chemistry solver SAGE and our pioneering Genetic Algorithm optimization tool CONGO are also included in CONVERGE.

www.convergecfd.com

BETA CAE Systems

BETA CAE Systems S.A. announces the release of the new 14.2.0 version of ANSA & µETA pre- and post-processing suite. A number of new features have been added enhancing the capabilities and the solutions that our suite offers.

In this version we have deepened ANSA’s functionality throughout its implementation during the CAE processes. From CAD data translation, geometry handling and design, meshing and modeling to model set up in the numerous decks the v14.2.0 of ANSA offers a fully augmented solution in your daily CAE working ways.

In the same notion, the v14.2.0 of µETA has also been enriched raising the bar of effective post-processing to even higher levels. Amongst the numerous enhancements of this version of our suite the following are the most notable.

www.beta-cae.gr

LUSAS Finite Element Analysis

LUSAS finite element analysis software is available in LT, Standard or Plus versions dependent upon the software product. Each product is designed for use by engineers in particular industries.

- LT versions are suitable for linear static analysis of structural frames and grillages.
- Standard versions of software are suitable for everyday linear static and linear dynamic analysis.
- Plus versions allow for more advanced analyses to be undertaken and include an extended advanced high-performance element library.

The analysis capabilities of the standard and plus versions of all LUSAS software products can be extended further by using Nonlinear, Dynamic, Thermal/Field, Fast Solvers and other.



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MSC Marc 2013.0.0 Documentation

MSC Software Corporation, the leader in multidiscipline simulation solutions that accelerate product innovation, announced the new release of Marc 2013. The new capabilities of Marc help engineers improve product quality by simulating highly nonlinear behavior of their products efficiently and easily. Ease of use enhancements reduces user effort in model creation and saves time for companies.

www.mscsoftware.com

GibbsCAM 2013

Gibbs and Associates, a developer of CAM software for thirty years, announces its latest release, GibbsCAM 2013, with numerous productivity enhancements. GibbsCAM 2013 includes two powerful new options for CNC machining:

- The 5-axis multi-blade option supports simplified and versatile programming of turbo-machinery parts such as impellers, blisks, and turbines.
- The 5-axis porting option provides users with a broad selection of capabilities for programming components with variable internal containment features, such as ports and manifolds.

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Mentor Graphics FloEFD

The Mentor Graphics FloEFD product is a full-feature 3D fluid-flow analysis package that enables engineers to turn computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis into a plug in for CAD systems. This allows users to create virtual models of their designs, perform thermal analysis, and test design modifications quickly and easily before any money is spent on physical test models

Mentor’s FloEFD CAD-embedded CFD product for Creo provides a wide range of physical simulation capabilities for fluid flow, heat and mass transfer, including a special module for electronics cooling applications with extensive property libraries. FloEFDworks directly with native Creo geometry to keep pace with continuous design iterations and can reduce simulation time by as much as 65 to 75 percent in comparison to traditional CFD tools. Therefore, it enables users to optimize product performance and reliability while reducing physical prototyping and development costs without time or material penalties.

The FloEFD product features the industry’s best solutions for integrating with MCAD and EDA software. Native data from Creo Parametric, (formerly Pro/Engineer,) Solidworks, CATIA and other MCAD and EDA software can be imported into FloEFD, which automatically prepares the geometry for efficient and accurate analysis

http://www.mentor.com/products/mechanical/products/floefd/

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NUMECA

NUMECA International develops automated and customized Flow Integrated Environments (FINE). These allow for rapid design, simulation, and optimization of flow problems and cover a wide range of applications, while providing feature-specific modules.

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Mentor Graphics FloTHERM XT

Mentor Graphics Corporation announced the FloTHERM(R) XT software that enables the industry's first integrated MDA-EDA electronics cooling simulation solution--from conceptual through detailed design--to dramatically shorten the process.

This solution addresses two of today's trends which are electronic challenges and geometric complexity. The electronic challenges are driven by increasing speed, density, and power consumption of ICs, PCBs and electronic systems. The increasing geometric complexity is driven by decreasing size and the increased influence of industrial design which requires handling of complex shapes. The FloTHERM XT technology efficiently interconnects mechanical design automation (MDA) and electronic design automation (EDA) domains and addresses the needs of design engineers as well as thermal specialists.







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Pratt Whitney PT6A

http://www.pt6nation.com/en/articles/article/history-a-day-with-a-pt6-pioneer/

CATIA User Companion V5R21

CATIA User Companion is a paid official training bundle for CATIA users, it covers most necessary topics for easy familiarizing with new CATIA products.

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DS CATIA V5R20 ENOVIA MultiCax Plug-in

The ENOVIA MultiCAx Plug-ins provides the ability to handle multiple data formats including most common data standards and proprietary data from a large number of CAD systems.

The MultiCAx products enable the import of 3D data from I-DEAS, Pro/ENGINEER, Unigraphics, SolidEdge, Inventor, SolidWorks, ACIS, Parasolid, DELMIA, CATIA Version 4, CATIA Version 5 and various other formats (IGES, STEP, STL, SLP, OBJ Wavefront, VRML, I-DEAS IFF ). The MultiCAx products may be used in conjunction with ENOVIA Portal products to visualize a multiCAx digital mock-up that include multiCAx parts and in conjunction with CATIA to enable data coming from non-CATIA systems to be used in a hybrid product development environment.

DS Catia V5-6R2013 PLM-Express

Designed specifically for small and medium enterprises, CATIA PLM Express provides an affordable and easy access to PLM for companies like yours.

 CATIA PLM Express is mapped to industry and job-related needs so that you can easily take your first steps towards achieving business transformation through



PLM. You can rapidly and easily define the solution that matchesiness needs, embarking on the expressway to immediate deployment time reduction and rapid return on investment – critical efficiencies for all businesses, regardless of the industry.

CATIA V5-6R2013 PLM-Express its light version of CATIA V5-6R2013 P2 and includes most products CATIA V5-6R2013 P2

DS Catia V5-6R2013 SP2 Update

In April 2012, Dassault Systemes announced the industry’s best multi-version compatibility, allowing V5 and V6 users to share and edit parts at the feature level. OEMs or suppliers in all industries gained the flexibility to modify and exchange designs, whether they are V5- or V6-native, as they progress through the design process. V5-6R2013 extends the scope of this capability to include features created in the Freestyle workbench.

KISSsoft

KISSsoft


KISSsoft AG develops design software for engineers and designers in a wide variety of fields: whether they manufacture cable car systems, gears for construction equipment, Formula 1 race car transmissions or the tiny gears used in Mars rovers, more and more companies all over the world have come to rely on KISSsoft design software.

- KISSsoft
KISSsoft is a software package to perform sizing calculations for machine elements. The gears are the central element in the transmission. In addition, shafts, bearings, connecting elements, springs, as well as chains/belts can also be calculated. KISSsoft is rounded out by supplementary modules performing such tasks as tolerance calculations and conversions between different hardness systems.
- KISSsys
A complete system of machine elements can be depicted in KISSsys. KISSsys calculates the power flow and manages links between the various values. For the strength calculation of individual machine elements KISSsys uses calculation modules from KISSsoft; for detailed definition of machine elements the system also relies on dialogs from KISSsoft. Calculation results are available in tabular and graphic form in KISSsys, which provides you with an overview of strength and service life of all elements in your design, at any time.

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Mastercam X7 for SolidWorks

Mastercam X7 for SolidWorks




Latest Mastercam X7 for SolidWorks package, which introduces new partnerships and significant new capabilities, including Lathe support, workflow improvements, the new 3D HST Project toolpath, and so much more.

- Lathe Support
Mastercam X7 for SolidWorks introduces many of Mastercam Lathe’s toolpaths. A few included are several types of roughing toolpaths to quickly remove large amounts of stocks; finish toolpaths to follow the contour of chained geometry; groove toolpaths for machining indented or recessed areas; our new Dynamic Rough toolpath is designed for hard materials; and Plunge Turn is designed for special plunge turn tools only (specifically the ISCAR plunge and turn inserts).
- ISCAR Partnership
Mastercam has been working with ISCAR on technology designed specifically to run ISCAR’s latest tools. The joint partnership creates more consistent tool loads, reduces tool wear, and makes the most of your tooling investment. Stop by booth #123 to discuss your needs with a Mastercam and ISCAR representative, and find out how you can receive a free ISCAR cutting tool.
- Tool Manager
Mastercam for SolidWorks’ new Tool Manager provides a whole new way to organize and create your tooling. It offers a lot of power and flexibility for all your mill tools. The Tool Manager has been designed from the ground up as a flexible and efficient way to manage tools and tool holding components and to create tool assemblies that can be used in Mastercam for SolidWorks. It also integrates work material and cut parameter data so that you can take advantage of a manufacturer’s cutting recommendations.

http://www.mastercamforsolidworks.com/X6-MCfSW-webPDF.pdf



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ADINA System

ADINA System

he ADINA System offers a one-system program for comprehensive finite element analyses of structures, fluids, heat transfer, electromagnetics and multiphysics.

A brief descripton of the different ADINA System modules is presented below:

- ADINA Structures
The premium finite element program for linear and highly nonlinear analyses of solids and structures.
- ADINA CFD
CFD program for the analysis of compressible and incompressible flow with state-of-the-art capabilities for moving boundaries and automatic remeshing.
- ADINA EM
The ADINA EM module provides capability for solution of the general Maxwell's equations, governing electromagnetic phenomena. The resulting electromagnetic effects can be also coupled with fluid flows.
- ADINA Thermal
Module for the heat transfer analysis of solids and field problems.
- ADINA FSI
The ADINA FSI (fluid structure interaction) program is the leading code used by industries for fully coupled analysis of fluid flow with structural interaction problems. This module is available to users who license both the ADINA Structures and ADINA CFD modules.
- ADINA TMC
This module provides capabilities for thermo-mechanical coupled (TMC) analysis, including analysis of contact with heat transfer. By licensing both the ADINA Structures and ADINA Thermal modules, the user automatically has access to this module.
- ADINA Multiphysics
The ADINA Multiphysics package includes all ADINA solvers for solids and structures, heat transfer, CFD and electromagnetics as well as multiphysics capabilities such as fluid-structure interaction, thermo-mechanical coupling, porous media, piezoelectric, Joule heating and many more!
- ADINA User Interface
The ADINA User Interface program (AUI) provides complete pre- and post-processing capabilities for all the ADINA solution programs.

- ADINA Modeler
The ADINA Modeler (ADINA-M) is an add-on module to the AUI that provides solid modeling capabilities and direct integration with all other Parasolid-based CAD systems.
- CAD/CAE Interfaces
Through the ADINA Modeler, users can directly import Parasolid-based (e.g., NX, SolidWorks, and SolidEdge) CAD geometry. We also provide interface programs to major systems such as I-DEAS and Femap. Where a direct interface is currently not available (e.g., CATIA), the geometry can be imported via our IGES interface.


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ANSYS Composite

ANSYS Composite



ANSYS Composite PrepPost empowers you to efficiently model the most complex composite structures and, at the same time, fully understand the potential failure of product models. Working in a low-risk virtual environment, you subject your product designs to simple physical stresses and compute progressive damage, delamination and cracking.

Composite materials are created by combining two or more layered materials, each with different properties. These materials have become a standard for products that are both light and strong. Composites provide enough flexibility so products with complex shapes, such as boat hulls and surfboards, can be easily manufactured.

Engineering layered composites involves complex definitions that include numerous layers, materials, thicknesses and orientations. The engineering challenge is to predict how well the finished product will perform under real-world working conditions. This involves considering stresses and deformations as well as a range of failure criteria. ANSYS Composite PrepPost provides all necessary functionalities for the analysis of layered composite structures.

ANSYS SpaceClaim Direct Modeler

ANSYS SpaceClaim Direct Modeler


 ANSYS SpaceClaim Direct Modeler  software is a new way to manipulate CAD models. The model becomes completely dynamic, allowing the user to move, stretch, add and remove with mouse movements. All changes to the CAD model occur in real time on the screen, providing instant feedback on a design.

This functionality will work with existing CAD from third party systems as well as CAD that was built directly within ANSYS SCDM. The user can also dimension these changes, resulting in a parametric CAD model from non-parametric imports. For example, an IGES file can be imported into ANSYS SCDM and moved as if it was fully parametric.

This type of geometry creation and manipulation is known as direct modeling and ANSYS SCDM connects to the ANSYS Workbench platform to allow rapid design changes and updated simulation results. Up-front design optimization becomes quicker and simpler with ANSYS SCDM.


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DLUBAL Composite Beam

DLUBAL Composite Beam


COMPOSITE-BEAM is based on the bidirectional communication between RSTAB and its add-on modules. However, to use COMPOSITE-BEAM, no RSTAB license is required (stand-alone operation is possible).

COMPOSITE-BEAM allows for the design of continuous composite beams according to:
- ENV 1994-1-1:1992-10 (EC 4 is in preparation).


Features
- Single-span and continuous beams with definable boundary conditions
- Automatic determination of effective cross-sections
- Free arrangement of construction supports for construction stage
- Free definition of concentrated, linear and linearly variable loads as fixed and variable loads with specification of concrete age on loading
- Freely definable construction loads as well as moving construction loads
- Automatic load combination
- Calculation of cross-section properties according to method 1 or 2
- Calculation of elastic internal forces with RSTAB
- Redistribution of moments
- Design for bending and shear force resistance with interaction
- Determination of required shear connectors and their distribution
- Design of longitudinal shear force resistance
- Output of governing support reactions for construction and composite stage including loads of construction supports
- Lateral-torsional buckling analysis
- Analysis for limitation of crack widths

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DLUBAL RFEM

DLUBAL RFEM

RFEM is a powerful 3D FEA program helping structural engineers to meet requirements in modern civil engineering. Intuitive handling, user friendliness and efficient data input make working with RFEM easy.




The RFEM program family is based on a modular system. The main program RFEM is used to define structures, materials and loads for planar and spatial structural systems consisting of plates, walls, shells and members. Creating combined structures as well as modeling solid and contact elements is also possible.

RFEM provides deformations, internal and support forces as well as soil contact stresses. Add-on modules facilitate the data input by creating structures as well as connections automatically and perform further analyses and designs.

Introductory video RFEM 5 



The modular approach allows you to combine all programs individually according to your needs. Upgrades at a later time are always possible. RFEM offering numerous interfaces represents the perfect tool for a smooth interaction between CAD and structural analysis in Building Information Modeling (BIM).

www.dlubal.com/rfem-5xx.aspx 

HBM nCode DesignLife

nCode, the leading brand of durability, test and analysis software offered by HBM, announced the version 9.0 release of nCode DesignLife. New enhancements and technologies for composites, welds, load reconstruction, multi-body dynamics, and data visualization provide unmatched capabilities for engineering durability and CAE fatigue analysis.

- Composites. nCode DesignLife, named the 2012 CAE Innovation of the Year by Automotive Testing Technology International magazine for its approach to the fatigue of composites, continues to expand its technology for composites at 9.0. Thicker components such as those created by injection molding polymers containing short glass fibers can now be analyzed for fatigue by using finite element models of solid elements. Additionally, new analysis methods for full 3D stress states and critical plane analysis allows for prediction of sub-surface failures within the part.
- Welds. When structural failures occur in ground vehicles and other fabricated metal structures, welded joints are often the critical locations. With nCode DesignLife 9.0, users can now assess thicker welds commonly used in off-highway and construction machinery or other applications that require 3-D solid models prior to physical testing. The approach uses the stress integration method outlined in the ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code VIII (Division 2) standard and has been made easy to use by being applicable to any arbitrary finite element mesh.
- Load Reconstruction. In order to simulate product durability, it is often necessary to perform the difficult task of directly measuring the forces on a component during operation. Available at no extra cost in nCode DesignLife 9.0, users can use load reconstruction to calculate input loads based on data from both a set of physical strain gauge measurements taken across the component and the results of a unit load FEA using DesignLife’s Virtual Strain Gauge capability. All supported finite element codes such as ANSYS, Abaqus and NASTRAN can be used with this approach.
- Multi-Body Dynamics Data. Another method of calculating the dynamic in-service loads is by using a multi-body dynamic simulation with known inputs such as a road profile. These loads are then used as input to fatigue simulations. In order to streamline this process, nCode DesignLife 9.0 now directly reads the output data from two leading multi-body dynamics codes: MSC Software AdamsTM REQ files and Altair MotionSolve® PLT files.
- Visualization.A new Animation capability enables users to better understand how a structure is deforming under dynamic loading and how to improve structures to avoid fatigue failures. The linear superposition that is commonly used for calculating the fatigue damage under load can now be used to calculate the total displacement at each instant in time and this can be viewed as a full 3-D model animation. This can be shown on the base model or together with a color contour showing the locations of predicted fatigue damage.

nCode DesignLife is released as part of nCode 9.0 which provides a robust set of tools for test and CAE simulation for durability. nCode 9.0 also incorporates nCode GlyphWorks, a graphical test data processing software and nCode Automation, a scalable web-based environment for collaborative engineering test data storage, analysis and reporting. Other new features include 3-D color scatter plots using a new “XYZ Display” to visualize the relationship between 3 or more quantities, the color coding of GPS data shown on maps to indicate vehicle speed or other measurements and enhanced reporting capabilities in both desktop and web-based products.

Established in 1982, nCode is the leading supplier of durability, test and analysis products to a range of markets including: Aerospace, Automotive, Defense, Off Highway, Rail Transport, Wind Energy. nCode’s global team delivers expertise and solutions in: Test & Measurement, Operational Monitoring and Product Design. nCode software and solutions are part of HBM, a technology and market leader worldwide, offering products and services across the entire measurement spectrum, from virtual to physical.

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Mastercam X7

Developed by CNC Software, Inc., Mastercam is Windows-based CAD/CAM software for 2- through 5-axis routing, milling and turning, 2- and 4-axis wire EDM, 2D and 3D design, surface and solid modeling, artistic relief cutting, and Swiss machining. The most powerful machining software yet – Mastercam X7, introduces many significant new capabilities, including the new Mill-Turn product and much more.

Mastercam Blade Expert

Blade Expert is a custom application designed to generate toolpaths to cut multi-bladed parts. Blade Expert will cut multi-split impellers, propellers, turbines, and more. The toolpaths first remove the material from between the blades. Next, they finish the blades and fillets, and then finish up with the floor. Blade Expert has a clear, precise user interface which follows the consistent flow of all existing 5-axis toolpaths. The end result is a smooth toolpath, precise finish, and a dramatic reduction in programming and cycle time.

New Mastercam Mill-Turn

Mill-Turn product makes machining on today’s high-powered turning centers and full-function machining centers simpler and easier than ever before. Mastercam Mill-Turn streamlines the programming process with intelligent job setups that are keyed to the exact machine in your shop. Intelligent work plane selection makes it easy to select the proper spindle and turret, and program your part with Mastercam’s proven milling and lathe toolpaths.

CNC Software, Inc. is dedicated to providing state-of-the-art software tools for CAD/CAM manufacturing markets. Our goal is to provide superior software products based on our users' needs to solve simple to complex design and machining problems. In addition to providing the software, it is also our goal to provide exceptional service and support to our customers.

Founded in 1983, CNC Software is one of the oldest companies in the PC-based CAD/CAM industry. The company was built on the concept of providing an inexpensive PC-based CAM system at a time when most other systems were expensive CAD-oriented products. CNC Software was one of the first companies to introduce CAD/CAM software designed for both the machinist and the engineer, providing a practical solutions to both markets. While the original version of Mastercam focused on two-dimensional (2D) CAM, it was also one of the first micro-based CAM packages to include CAD capabilities. With Mastercam, the engineer could construct his or her own parts quickly and easily as well as machine them, for an affordable price.

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COMSOL Multiphysics

COMSOL Inc., the leader in multiphysics simulation software, announced the release of major new additions to the COMSOL simulation platform. The latest version of COMSOL Multiphysics, version 4.3b, introduces five new application-specific modules and expanded modeling and analysis tools.

New Application-Specific Modules

With the introduction of the five new modules, users in key application areas from major industries now have access to the new modeling and simulation tools offered by COMSOL.

- Multibody Dynamics Module – Provides users with the ability to analyze the assembly of rigid and flexible bodies. Transitional and rotational displacements, as well as locking, can be simulated for a variety of joint types, including prismatic, hinge, cylindrical, screw, planar, ball, slot, and reduced slot joints.
- Wave Optics Module – Allows users to analyze electromagnetic wave propagation in optically large structures, such as optical fibers and sensors, bidirectional couplers, plasmonic devices, metamaterials, laser beam propagation, and non-linear optical components.
- Molecular Flow Module – Offers the capability to simulate rarefied gas flow in complex CAD geometries of vacuum systems. This includes such applications as mass spectrometers, semiconductor processing, satellite technology, particle accelerators, shale gas exploration, and flow in nanoporous materials.
- Semiconductor Module – Enables the detailed analysis of semiconductor device operations at the fundamental physics level allowing for the modeling of PN junctions, bipolar transistors, MOSFETs, MESFETs, thyristors, and Schottky diodes.
- Electrochemistry Module – Tailored user interfaces are now available for electroanalysis, electrolysis, and electrodialysis. Typical applications include: glucose sensors, gas sensors, chlor-alkali electrolysis, desalination of seawater, waste water treatment, and control of electrochemical reactions in biomedical implants.

New COMSOL Multiphysics Capabilities

The new features delivered with the COMSOL product suite include enhancements to CAD importing and geometry handling, meshing, physics, solvers, results, and productivity tools that offer increased usability and performance throughout the product development process. COMSOL Multiphysics 4.3b brings tremendous enhancements to features in existing modules, thus augmenting simulation speed and the capabilities of the entire product suite.

- Geometry and Mesh – A new feature allows users to make quick what-if studies by taking a 2D geometry from the cross-section of a 3D geometry. A new curvilinear coordinate system tool makes it easier to define anisotropic materials in curved geometric shapes. Additionally, increased automated swept meshing capabilities allow for faster modeling.
- Interfacing and Productivity – The new One Window Interface with LiveLink for Inventor® allows users to work with COMSOL Multiphysics from within the Inventor environment. New updates in LiveLink for Excel allow the import of multiple models and export of material data from Excel to COMSOL.
- Electrical – A new magnetics solver facilitates faster stationary and time-dependent magnetics simulations. A new electrical contact feature is added to the AC/DC Module; the electric current flowing between two surfaces now varies according to surface properties and contact pressure. The periodic structures for electromagnetic waves feature is now available in the RF Module.
- Mechanical – Bolt pre-tension and beam cross-section analysis can now be simulated in the Structural Mechanics Module. Cumulative damage for fatigue analysis with random amplitude loads is now available in the Fatigue Module. The Heat Transfer Module has been enhanced with multi-wavelength surface-to-surface heat radiation, heat transfer with phase change, and thermal contact features.
- Fluid – The new frozen rotor feature in the CFD Module efficiently solves for the pseudo-steady flow field in rotating machinery for laminar and turbulent flow. A new thin screen feature for thin permeable barriers allows the simulation of wire gauzes, grills, and perforated plates. Additionally, the SST turbulence model and a new CFD solver are now available.





- Chemical – The new thin impermeable barrier for
mass transport feature allows users to represent thin walls as interior boundaries with a no-mass-flux condition on both sides.

 In keeping with the modeling simplicity and effectiveness that users have come to expect from COMSOL, the new modules and features implemented in the simulation platform follow the same intuitive modeling process. Since the modeling environment remains the same, both the new and existing modules can be combined and coupled to create simulations specifically designed by the user to address their unique simulation needs.

COMSOL provides simulation software for product design and research to technical enterprises, research labs, and universities through over 17 offices and a distributor network all over the world. Its flagship product, COMSOL Multiphysics, is a software environment for modeling and simulating any physics-based system. A particular strength is its ability to account for coupled or multiphysics phenomena. Add-on products expand the simulation platform for electrical, mechanical, fluid flow, and chemical applications. Interfacing tools enable the integration of COMSOL Multiphysics simulation with all major technical computing and CAD tools on the CAE market.

source  and more are available at  http://www.comsol.com/4.3b

Forming Technologies

Forming Technologies Inc. (FTI) the industry’s leading developer of solutions for design, simulation, planning and costing of sheet metal components, announced the worldwide release of FormingSuite 11.0 software. The main objective of FormingSuite software is to introduce new leading edge technology to stamping simulation and to provide continuous improvement to all users in a unified



collaborative environment.

FormingSuite is a user-friendly combination one-step, implicit and explicit incremental analysis solution that provides a complete virtual die development and tryout for tool and die makers. It requires no FEA background. It offers many new advanced features such as automatic blank size, shape and location, automatic process setup, and automatic binder closing and wrap.

www.forming.com

Delcam FeatureCam 2013

 Delcam launches the 2013 release of FeatureCAM feature-based CAM software. This will offer a new series of options for three-axis milling and enhancements in five-axis machining.

FeatureCAM was the world’s first feature-based programming software when it was launched in 1995. Constant development since then has ensured that the system has retained its leadership in programming speed and ease of use, while an increased range of strategies has been added to provide more efficient toolpaths giving greater productivity on a wider range of machines.

www.featurecam.com

Prokon 2.6.05

PROKON Structural Analysis and Design software Trusted by structural engineers worldwide Developed by Engineers, for Engineers.

PROKON Structural Analysis and Design is a suite of over thirty structural analysis, design and detailing programs. The first PROKON programs were developed in 1989, and today PROKON is used worldwide in over eighty countries. The suite is modular in nature, but its true power lies in the tight integration between analysis, design and detailing programs.

- Refinements to Frame Analysis model imports.
- Added some features to facilitate automatic benchmarking.
- Sumo now exports self-weight only cases correctly.
- Sumo models can now be opened with a double click on the file.
- Corrected reinforcement calculation.
- Additional error checking on second order moment and shear plotting.
- Added analysis model checking for solids.
- Added analysis model checking for supports.
- Added analysis model checking for sections.
- Added analysis model checking for nodal loads.
- Added analysis model checking for element loads.
- Added analysis model checking for shell loads.
- Moved the table context menu from left click to right click.
- Corrected various issues with groups and design groups that caused crashes on closing models.

www.prokon.com

CAD-E Lab Objetta

Objetta makes complex calculations easy by decomposing modeling problems into distinct smaller tasks. This is a professional solution for simulation of various technical systems. It features expandable class repository and embedded Pascal language with integrated debugger. Objetta combines convenience of graphical representation of objects and models with advantages of conventional programming and debugging.

Objetta is a Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) system. It is not intended for drawing, it is intended for complex calculations, which are made easy by decomposing the whole system [being modeled] into distinct objects. You can compose a model of the whole system using objects as building blocks.


 source: http://www.objetta.com/index.htm 

CAD Viewer

CAD Viewer


CAD Viewer is designed to be easy to use for the non-CAD user, but CAD professionals will also appreciate features such as Back and Forward browsing, multiple file selection and batch printing. Supports all DXF and DWG versions to AutoCAD 2009 as well as HGPL and multiple raster formats.

FEATURES:
- View and print all AutoCAD DXF and DWG drawings up to AutoCAD 2010 NEW
- View PDF drawings NEW
 - Save to PDF
- Intuitive User Interface
- Inquire Coordinates NEW
- Auto-orientation of print NEW
- Hold and Drag Pan method NEW
- Layers Control, including Named Layer States
- 3D pre-defined and user defined Views
 - Can be called by other applications as a window for Viewing and/or Printing CAD drawings.
- Enquire on Attributes attached to entities, Xdata supported.
- Read BMP, CAL, GIF, GP4, JPEG, PNG, TIFF raster formats.
- View ESRI shapefiles
- Read HPGL, HP-GL/2 (.PLT) plotter formats
- Read DWF (Drawing Web Format)
- TrueType fonts mapping
- 3D Shade / Render
- Can be used for 'slide show' presentations.
 - Thicken printed line widths
-High quality print output
- Print to Exact Scale
- Save to BMP, JPG, TIF, CAL, GIF, PNG
- Print single or multiple drawings via the command line with no limit on the number of drawings to print NEW (requires - Batch Command license.)
- Reads Xrefs
- Paper Space / Model Space toggle
- Layouts support
- View, print, save, convert via the command line.
- Supports Viewports
- Multiple drawings selection via File Open or Windows Explorer
- Text Search

 
http://www.cadviewer.com/ 

ProfiCAD

 ProfiCAD is the quickest and easiest way to create electrical documentation and schematic diagrams. Although it is very easy to learn and use.

Features of ProfiCAD - electrical diagrams editor
• easy to learn and use - just drag symbols onto the drawing
• low system requirements - runs on any PC with Windows 2000 and higher
• supports Unicode - can use any language, any technical symbol
• ships with cca 700 symbols - new symbols can be easily created
• downloads quickly, installs quickly, starts quickly, takes 5MB on hard drive and can be run from a flash drive
• automatic update - always have the latest version
• continuous numbering of symbols
• intelligent renumbering of symbols when copying
• automatic save - saves your documents automatically
• generates netlist and bill of material
• generates list of wires and calculates total of lengths

www.proficad.com/

CATIA