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Altair revs its rendering engine

Sep 14, 2016 | Hot Topics

Altair revs its rendering engine Altair announced today that it has acquired Solid Iris Technologies, maker of the Thea Render photorealistic rendering engine that’s already in use in Altair’s solidThinking Evolve concept design solution. Thea Render...

Quickie: GE all in on 3D printing

Sep 6, 2016 | Hot Topics

General Electric, the global megacorp that includes aircraft engines in its huge manufacturing portfolio, announced today that it is acquiring two European 3D printing companies for a total of $1.4 billion, making ever more real its vision to supply more complex...

Big changes coming at ANSYS

Aug 29, 2016 | Hot Topics

ANSYS just announced that longtime CEO Jim Cashman will be stepping aside as CEO but will remain with ANSYS as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Taking the CEO reins will be Dr. Ajei Gopal, who has been a member of ANSYS’ Board since 2011. Dr. Gopal became...

Quickies: Acquisitions continue in the PLMish world

Aug 29, 2016 | Hot Topics

Just because you’re lying on a beach, don’t assume everyone is. We’ve had a couple of acquisition announcements come across the transom in the last week, and they’re noteworthy. SofTech continues its shift in focus away from PLM. You may have...

Q&A Friday: CD-adapco and CAE at the Olympics

Aug 19, 2016 | Hot Topics

It’s a gorgeous summer day here in New England — a perfect time for a little A to some of the Qs that have come in to the Schnitger Corp. website: Who is the CEO of CD-adapco? Bob Ryan has been the CEO of CD-adapco since June. You may know Mr. Ryan from...

Hexagon acquisition boosts construction accountability

Aug 15, 2016 | Hot Topics

Dire reports about poor productivity on construction sites (plus, to be honest, the public perception that most workers are just standing around) means that this is an industry ripe for PLMization. Bentley, Trimble and Autodesk have been selling technology to this...

A primer: How do I pick the best [CAD/CAE/PLM/CAM/etc] solution?

Aug 12, 2016 | Hot Topics

I get a lot of question from readers but, by FAR, the most common one is: What’s the best [CAD/CAM/CAE/CFD/PIDO/PLM/etc] on the market? It would be so easy, wouldn’t it, if there were one easily identifiable answer to that question. And the vendors, of...

Dassault Systèmes’ V6 finally gaining traction, 36% of NL* in Q2

Aug 5, 2016 | Hot Topics

By now, you’re likely aware that Dassault Systèmes reported a Q2 that matched expectations, with good growth from the ENOVIA and SOLIDWORKS brands offsetting weaker performance from CATIA. DS left its guidance for the rest of 2016 unchanged, on the...

Q&A Tuesday: AVEVA, Bentley IoT, Geometric and earnings podcasts

Jul 27, 2016 | Hot Topics

Yes, I know it’s Wednesday. But it IS a Q&A, so let’s get to it: AVEVA NET Shell I’m going to guess that this reader was looking for information on Shell’s use of AVEVA Net. Shell was an early AVEVA Net adopter, using it on a project in...

Quickie: MuM intends to double profit in 2016 even in subs transition

Jul 25, 2016 | Hot Topics

Germany’s Mensch und Maschine Software released earnings today, saying that the first half of 2016 succeeded in meeting its ambitious goals. Sales for the 6 month period were €88 million, up 8%, led by M+M Software which grew 12% to €23 million. The VAR...

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