Success at Microsoft and Airbus: Can Aras Battle Their Way into the PLM Big Leagues?
The battle for a place on the podium in the PLM “olympics” is fierce, but usually among the same competitors. After 15 years with the same few dominant players, aren’t there any new ones that can seriously threaten Dassault Systèmes, Autodesk, Siemens PLM, IBM, PTC, Oracle and SAP PLM?
MecSoft Corporation, the developer of industry leading CAD/CAM software solutions, has announced the launch of a new configuration to the Milling module of its popular CAM software product line, called Xpress. This configuration is tailored for the growing community of makers, tinkerers, and DIY’ers who are looking for an easy to use, inexpensive but powerful software solution for programming CNC mills. MILL-Xpress will be available for VisualCAD/CAM, RhinoCAM and VisualCAM for SOLIDWORKS.
Exa's Q1 shows some customers, at least, favoring cloud
Earnings keep coming and the news is increasingly positive -- in our PLMish world, at least, customers are buying and using technology to continue to innovate. One recent announcement comes from Exa, the CFD maker. Exa reported that first quarter fiscal 2017, which ended April 30, 2016, revenue was $16.8 million, up 14% as reported and up 13% in constant currencies (cc) -- at the high end of the company's range for the quarter.
Product development often involves sourcing foreign CAD data from other design teams and suppliers; reuse of this data is vital when cost pressures and tight schedules drive production, yet proprietary data formats force designers to spend countless hours in rework. The industry-leading migration tools within Solid Edge ST9 deliver even more power and value with advancements in Solidworks drawing migration. In this demonstration we’ll see how the Solidworks Data Migration Tool maintains the native design intelligence within 3D models and their association to 2D drawings.
Stratasys rolls out 3D printing app, GrabCAD Print
Following up on the release of more sophisticated hardware, the 3D printing company now turns its attention to software. More and more U.S. manufacturers are embracing 3D printing, but serious technical limitations are still a drag on the industry: There are limits to what kinds of materials can be used. The product doesn't always look like the design. The printing process can be long, and the workflow for 3D design can be cumbersome.
National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB Selects Aras as Global PLM Backbone and Minerva as Implementation Partner
Aras®, the next leader in enterprise Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software, today announced that National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB (Nevs), a Swedish holding company that develops electric vehicles and sustainable mobility services, has selected Aras Innovator® as the global PLM backbone.
Hosted by Aras and moderated by Josh Epstein, Chief Marketing Officer at Aras, the webinar “From Strategy to Execution: How MIT Lincoln Laboratory Advances Digital Engineering” brought together leaders from MIT Lincoln Laboratory, INCOSE, and AMC Bridge to explore how organizations are connecting engineering information, improving decision-making, and accelerating innovation through digital engineering. The discussion provided practical insights into how digital threads, model-based systems engineering (MBSE), and AI-enabled technologies are helping organizations create more connected and resilient engineering environments.
By Igor Tsinman, President and CEO, AMC Bridge. Most APS projects fail between prototype and production scale. In our work with enterprise engineering organizations, we see a recurring pattern: the platform decision has been made, APIs are available, prototypes show promise, and then the project stalls. Not because of missing capabilities, but because of everything surrounding them: authentication, cost governance, CI/CD pipelines, maintainability, and the effort required to move from demo to production.
The company provides Bentley users with custom development, system integration and workflow automation across design and asset platforms.
AMC Bridge continues strengthening its collaboration with Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, through its listing in the Bentley Ecosystem Catalog, a centralized resource that helps infrastructure professionals discover complementary applications, data solutions, and professional services to streamline workflows and improve project delivery.
3D engineering data is no longer confined to engineering. It now supports manufacturing, service, supply chain collaboration, digital twins, and emerging AI-driven initiatives. Yet many organizations struggle with a critical question: Should they build custom solutions to unlock and leverage engineering data, buy commercial tools, or combine both approaches? Join industry experts as they explore the growing demand for 3D engineering data across the digital thread and reveal how leading manufacturers are approaching the build-versus-buy decision. The webinar will examine the technical and business challenges of making engineering data accessible across the enterprise, the surprising reality of hybrid build-and-buy strategies, and the factors driving organizations to rethink traditional software decisions.
