Aras Introduces Flexible Effectivity to Solve How Manufacturers Manage Complex Effectivity at Scale
Aras®, the leader in open product lifecycle management (PLM) software for the enterprise, today announced availability of version 11 SP14 of the Aras PLM Platform, which features Effectivity Services. Aras delivers a flexible, multi-factor approach to effectivity to enable manufacturers to manage complex effectivity at scale. Using Aras’ Effectivity Services, organizations are able to create and apply customized effectivity rules and manage all variants in a single, dynamic product structure. The result is a massively simplified approach for engineering teams to specify and manage large numbers of variants and customized product configurations, collaborate on designs, and incorporate effectivity into the Digital Thread.
Today we are introducing Onshape Enterprise, a new premium edition of Onshape designed for modern companies with sophisticated design processes that include multiple contributors across multiple locations. Onshape Enterprise helps these companies accelerate their unique design processes while protecting IP to a degree that is impossible with old CAD and PDM.
The 3D Printing Company That Could Transform Manufacturing
Desktop Metal, maker of 3D printers, is valued at more than $1 billion and recently brought on Ford Motor as a strategic investor. The Burlington, Massachusetts-based startup is developing 3D technology to print products in steel, aluminum and other metals that could transform manufacturing. Bloomberg's Anne Mostue reports
MecSoft Corporation, the developer of industry leading CAM software solutions, has announced the availability of AlibreCAM 2018, the latest version of MecSoft’s fully integrated CAM solution for Alibre Design 2018.
With 3D printed components, General Motors creates stronger, lighter, more fuel efficient parts
General Motors is now streamlining its design process by using a combination of 3D printing and algorithms. The automotive giant has announced that it is taking advantage of generative design software from Bay Area-based company Autodesk in order to manufacture lightweight parts for its future products. GM plans to incorporate the technology into its development of more efficient models including zero emissions vehicles.
Dassault Systèmes reassures users that desktop Solidworks won't disappear but it still dreams of Cloudy future. During January’s annual Solidworks World love-in, Dassault Systèmes made what could be perhaps its most important announcement in a decade: Desktop Solidworks is here to stay. This comes following the French company’s attempts to cloud-ify the software since 2007.
AMC Bridge’s latest technology demonstration, Similar Parts Search, explores how combining artificial intelligence (AI) with advanced 3D geometric processing can address these challenges and improve the discovery, reuse, and evaluation of structurally similar parts across engineering workflows.
Engineering and manufacturing organizations continue to face challenges when managing large repositories of 3D models, including manual shape comparison, inconsistent similarity assessments, and the time‑consuming navigation of extensive part libraries. Traditional CAD search and manual similarity methods rely heavily on metadata, naming conventions, or subjective human judgment—approaches that do not scale and often produce inconsistent results.
AMC Bridge’s latest technology demonstration, Similar Parts Search, explores how combining artificial intelligence (AI) with advanced 3D geometric processing can address these challenges and significantly improve the discovery, reuse, and evaluation of structurally similar parts across engineering workflows. By leveraging learned geometric representations of 3D models, the POC enables consistent, geometry‑aware similarity detection across large repositories, independent of how parts are named or categorized.
When the founders of AMC Bridge formed our company a quarter century ago, we wanted to help clients with digital transformation – but we realized that technical know-how alone wasn’t enough. We had to develop a deep understanding of our customers – their ambitions, their competition, their existential challenges. What we’ve learned from hundreds of clients while engineering their software ecosystems holds true across enterprises. To move decisively, modern organizations need a secure, open platform that connects data, automates high-value work, and gives stakeholders clear, current context for their next moves.
As software vendors modernize their 3D platforms, transitioning to a reliable and widely adopted geometry kernel becomes essential for improving modeling accuracy, streamlining development, and accelerating innovation. To support organizations on this journey, Siemens Digital Industries Software and AMC Bridge hosted a joint webinar focused on Parasolid implementation. Discover how vendors can speed up product development by leveraging a PLM Components–based ecosystem and collaborating with engineering teams experienced in advanced geometry workflows.
