Quickie: Siemens adds Atlas 3D to 3D printing bench

Quickie: Siemens adds Atlas 3D to 3D printing bench

Nov 13, 2019 | Hot Topics

Blog Siemens announced yesterday that it will acquire Atlas 3D, Inc. before then end of November. Atlas 3D makes Sunata, software that helps designers optimize print orientation and support structures for direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) printers via sophisticated...
Quickie: ANSYS beats expectations in Q3

Quickie: ANSYS beats expectations in Q3

Nov 7, 2019 | Hot Topics

Hot Topics I’m battling the flu/plague/chest infection/dunno so this has to be written between sneezes and coughs. I’ll be more thorough after I’ve listened to the earnings call. ANSYS reported Q3 revenue and earnings ahead of their own forecasts,...
Quickie: ANSYS beats expectations in Q3

Quickie: Hexagon’s Q3 dragged down by electronics woes

Oct 30, 2019 | Hot Topics

Hexagon Hexagon just reported results for the third quarter — and they’re not awesome: Total revenue was up 1% as reported to €956 million but down 3% in constant currencies/on an organic basis (cco). That’s about 1% slower growth than expected,...
Quickie: Siemens adds Atlas 3D to 3D printing bench

Quickie: ANSYS snaps up Dynardo for PIDO

Oct 24, 2019 | Hot Topics

Blog ANSYS just announced that it is will acquire long-time partner Dynardo, maker of optiSLang, a process integration and design optimization (PIDO) tool. I first became aware of Dynardo years ago, when it presented at a conference about the work it was doing in...
Quickie: ANSYS beats expectations in Q3

Quickie: AVEVA reports positive momentum in CQ3

Oct 24, 2019 | Hot Topics

AEC Schneider Electric reported Q3 results today, so AVEVA (partly owned by Schneider Electric) also issued a quick statement about its progress in the six months ended September 30. The company said that it “achieved low double-digit” (constant currency)...
Quickie: ANSYS beats expectations in Q3

Quickie: PTC’s Q4 revenue up 7%

Oct 24, 2019 | Hot Topics

Day: October 24, 2019 This is going to be very quick, because I haven’t had time to listen to the earnings call replay — but I can report that PTC saw total revenue up 7% (up 9% in constant currencies) in its fiscal Q4 to $335 million, beating Wall...
Quickie: Siemens adds Atlas 3D to 3D printing bench

Quickie: PTC acquires Onshape

Oct 23, 2019 | Hot Topics

Day: October 23, 2019 PTC and Onshape just announced that they’re teaming up to, as Onshape founder Jon Hirschtick puts it “broaden the scope of what we deliver to [customers[, and broaden our reach in the market to bring Onshape to more users even...
Quickie: ANSYS beats expectations in Q3

Quickie: MuM says Q3 revenue up 38%

Oct 21, 2019 | Hot Topics

Hot Topics Mensch and Machine Software just announced Q3 results that show revenue was up 38% on a combination of high organic growth boosted by “strong figures” from SOFiSTiK, in which MuM recently increased its stake. Why does this matter? MuM is...
Bentley adds traffic modeling to Digital Cities offering

Bentley adds traffic modeling to Digital Cities offering

Oct 21, 2019 | Hot Topics

Hot Topics Bentley Systems today announced two acquisitions that will extend its Digital Cities offering to traffic modeling, analytics and planning — what digital cities types call mobility. By adding Citilabs and Geospatial Technologies to the company’s...