Quickie: FieldView now part of Vela Software
CFD Just saw the press release: on November 8, 2019, Intelligent Light announced that it had sold the right to develop, sell and support FieldView to Vela Software International, the company that bought Tecplot four years ago. According to the press release, and with...
Quickie: Hexagon adds Volume Graphics to inspection software offering
Hot Topics Hexagon just announced that it will acquire Volume Graphics, maker of the VGSTUDIO suite of industrial computed tomography (CT) software. VGSTUDIO and related products let a quality engineer take the mesh created via a laser scan, touch scan or other...
Quickie: Siemens gets into material science with MultiMech
CAE Goodness: Two acquisitions in one week. They have been busy! Siemens just announced that it will acquire MultiMechanics, Inc., maker of the MultiMech suite of material analysis tools. MultiMech uses finite element methods to do microstructural analysis,...
Quickie: Siemens adds Atlas 3D to 3D printing bench
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: DS gets closer to Medidata, reports CQ3 revenue up 11%
Day: October 24, 2019 (This is the last one today, I promise!) Dassault Systèmes just reported Q3 results that have non-IFRS total revenue up 10% to €914 million and software revenue of €798 million, up 11% as reported. The press release mentions some big wins as...
Quickie: PTC acquires Onshape
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...
Altair says PollEx bridges the gap between mechanical and electrical
As I noted earlier today, Altair will be acquiring Polliwog to expand its EDA portfolio to printed circuit board (PCB) design and analysis. We learned a bit more about Polliwog (though not why the whimsical name, which is of course the most important part of this...
Quickie: Siemens invests in Built Robotics
So much news these days: TechCrunch reported yesterday that Siemens AG has participated in a $33 million Series B financing round at Built Robotics via its Next47 investment division, joining other investors Building Ventures, Founders Fund, Presidio Ventures, Lemnos...
