Like shuffling along in a crowd? No? Simulation to the rescue!
At last year’s Bentley Year in Infrastructure, I was introduced to something I had never seen before: pedestrian modeling. In my naïveté, I assumed that engineers observed humans moving through spaces and used that to inform how they design subway stations,...
PTC’s FQ1: a mixed bag with lots of Creo love
Investors were underwhelmed at PTC’s fiscal first quarter 2019 earnings news, since the company said its bookings were at the lower end of its guidance, leading to weaker FQ2 revenue guidance. I’m a glass half-full type of person and prefer to look at the...
ANSYS buys Granta for materials intel
You saw this one coming, right? Two in one week, though …. ANSYS announced last night that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Granta Design, maker of materials intelligence solutions, critical for accurate simulations of material and device...
ANSYS grows EMAG offering, acquires Helic
ANSYS just fired the next shot in the battle to control the electromagnetic (EMAG) simulation landscape, announcing that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Helic, which makes electromagnetic crosstalk solutions for systems on chips (SoCs). ANSYS says that...
Hexagon adds j5 to factory operations offering
Hexagon today announced that it has added j5 International to its PPM division. j5 makes data collection solutions that replace papers, clipboards, spreadsheets and many of the (old school) processes used to gather operating data with a structured, configurable and...
Simcenter Prague: towards digital twin maturity
Last month I spent time with the Siemens Simcenter team and a couple hundred of their top customers, talking all things CAE. We covered CFD, how AR/VR fits into simulation workflows, where optimization can and should be applied, how to leverage the intersection of...
Nemetschek acquires to boost building ops portfolio
Nemetschek just announced that its MCS Solutions business will acquire Axxerion, developer of facility and property management software, for €75 million. This adds to Nemetschek’s existing “Manage” offerings to address what the company sees as a...
Hexagon acquires Etalon to further autonomous production
Serial acquirer Hexagon just announced that is has bought Etalon AG, maker of equipment calibration products. Etalon’s metrology solutions measure geometry, analyze these measurements and, when needed, initiate compensation to ensure the dimensional accuracy of...
