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From May 6th to 9th, pay a visit to our partner Magestic Systems if you are attending the SAMPE* event 2013 in Long Beach, California. During these four days, you will have the opportunity to learn more about advanced materials and processes. Magestic Systems will be demonstrating their entire composite manufacturing ?portfolio, which is designed to optimize composite and advanced material manufacturing processes both ?manual and automated during this cross-industries event attended by more then 5000 professionals.This is an unique opportunity to see the value of their best sellers solutions fully working the Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE Platform: TruNEST for composite nesting, TruLASER View for laser projection, TruFIBER for fiber placement/tape laying and TruPLAN for design-for-manufacturing optimization. Stop by MSI’s booth, #D48 to meet the company's experts and discover the value brought by its solutions.*Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering [more...]

Robust and High Quality V6 Data Translator will be available soon...With Elysium's technical know-how that has been accumulated in its history of translation to/from CATIA V4 and V5, sophisticated geometry/topology healing technology, and direct access to CATIA V6 data stored in ENOVIA V6 by this official partnership, Elysium releases robust and high quality data translator between CATIA V6 and other CAD systems or formats. You will no longer need to fight with the problems in the data exchange. This will maximize your job efficiency as you can concentrate in your actual job thanks to Elysium’s trustful Data Exchange Kernel. Here is the functional advantage of Elysium's CATIA V6 translator: • Bi-directional translation between CATIA V6 and other CAD systems • Translation of exact geometry representation, assembly structure, and graphic PMI (FD&T) information • Heals errors automatically in translation • Support V6 representation and 3DXML • Direct translation of CATIA V6 data stored in ENOVIA V6 As for now, you can get a quote on the following V6 translators via your Dassault Systèmes Reseller and the PLM MarketPlace: Elysium V6 MultiCAx-Pro/E Plug In, Elysium V6 MultiCAx-Parasolid Plug In, Elysium V6 MultiCAx-UG Plug In and MultiCAx-JT 3DXML V6 Plug In. For further information, please contact to Elysium at marketing@elysium.co.jp or TEL: +81-53-413-1002. You can also refer to the following announcement regarding this partnership [more...]

The international research project “ITER” started 2008 with the implementation of the well-known software Q-Checker. The target was to maintain and improve product data quality (PDQ) as well as design methodology in CATIA for all project participants. A challenging task as the domestic agencies and suppliers are spread all over the globe. With Q-Checker, Transcat provides a management system for PDQ to reduce project costs by avoiding rework- and incorporation time.To have a better understanding on the role played by Transcat PLM on the ITER fusion reactor program, download the ITER-Transcat PLM success story.Take also some time to discover Transcat PLM product range, perfectly integrated within Dassault Systèmes' CATIA software and covering various domains (data quality check, data exchange, vehicle architecture [more...]

The international research project “ITER” started 2008 with the implementation the well-known software Q-Checker, developed by Transcat PLM. The target was to maintain and improve product data quality (PDQ) as well as design methodology in CATIA for all project participants. A challenging task as the domestic agencies and suppliers are spread all over the globe. With Q-Checker, Transcat provides a management system for PDQ to reduce project costs by avoiding rework- and incorporation time.To have a better understanding on the role played by Transcat PLM on the ITER fusion reactor program, download the ITER-Transcat PLM success story.Take also some time to discover Transcat PLM product range, perfectly integrated within Dassault Systèmes' CATIA software and covering various domains (data quality check, data exchange, vehicle architecture [more...]

Our long-term partner Dimensional Control Systems (DCS)will demonstrate the Closed-Loop Quality Solution for aerospace manufacturing at AeroDef Manufacturing 2013. The event will take place March 19-21, 2013 in California, USA and will focus on how to reduce costs, expedite production times and maintain manufacturing competitiveness in the Aerospace & Defense industry. Just to remind you, DCS is a key partner from Dassault Systèmes in the field of quality assurance and variation analysis. Their software 3DCSis fully integrated in the3DEXPERIENCE Platform. Moreover, and this is why DCS will exhibit at AeroDef Manufacturing 2013, the company has expertise as well as many customers in the industry such as Airbus, Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman. 3DCS Variation Analyst for CATIA V5. If you wish to see 3DCS in action and understand the kind of challenges it can help you meet, stop by DCS' booth (#740) and meet with Don Jasurda, VP of Sales and Rick Rots, Account Manager. We hope you will enjoy the visit! The DCS & PLM MarketPlace team [more...]

Whether you are in the business of the Virtual Reality or just curious about the topic, there is an event you can't miss between March 20th and March 24th in Laval, France: Laval Virtual.During five days you will be able not only to discover specific VR solutions but also to test them live and see how they can benefit and boost your business.You can register online for free and have access to conferences, meet dozens of VR key players (including Dassault Systèmes and its partner ESI Group), test the latest innovations and also meet your peers in various industries.Just to give you some figures showing how important this event is, in 2012 during the previous edition: 4400 professionals visitors, 84 exhibitors, 51 conferences, 7 keynotes,...See you there (for real [more...]

Did you know that the composites industry is worth €77 billions, employs 550 000 people in the world and registers a 6% growth rate a year? There is definitely huge business to do there! And wether you are a user, a software provider or an integrator, the JEC Europe 2013 (March 12, 13, 14 in Paris, France)is the composites event you can't miss! Dassault Systèmes will be there, as well as two of our best software partners in the category: ESI Group and Magestic Systems. Take advantage of the trade-show to pay them all a visit and discover how you can get the ultimate 3D experience by combining a 3DS solution with our partners' software!The major industries served by Dassault Systèmes will be represented: Transportation & Mobility (Bombardier, Renault,...), Aerospace and Defense (EADS, Boeing, Embraer,...), Architecture-Engineering-Construction (Bouygues, Lafarge,...) and many other.JEC Europe 2013 is the right place if you want to network, discover the latest innovations, look for new partnerships and, of course, increase your business in the composite area [more...]

3DEXPERIENCE, CATIA, Manufacturing,... Does all this ring a bell to you? In a nutshell, how well do you know the 3DEXPERIENCE Platformfrom Dassault Systèmes?Take the quizz from our partner CENIT and Dassault Systèmes to measure your knowledge and skills!You can test your knowledge by February 28th and win some great prizes such as an iPad Mini or an iPod!Good luck [more...]

We now know who is India's 3DS best VAR for 2012 and guess what, we could have published the same blogpost as last year! Indeed, EDS Technologies has just been awarded VAR of The Year by Dassault Systèmes India.In addition, the company was awarded for its Sales Achievement, Brand Diversification and Best Aligned Operations Team.Since they are receiving this award for the 12th time, we send 12 "bravos!" to the entire EDS Technologies teams [more...]

A few weeks ago during the CES held in Las Vegas, AMD offered visitors a pretty interesting experience called the "SurRoundHouse". You thought that immersive 3D environment couldn't make it home? Then, you're wrong!As Forbes describes it, "SurRoundHouse is a hyperbolic demonstration of just how immersive computing output can be. The demo is actually a house, which will be situated outside the Las Vegas Convention Center. Viewers will enter into what looks like a “farm cabin” with 10 windows, each of which is actually a 55” LED TV. These TVs are tied together by AMD Eyefinity display technology, which allows them to be run from a single PC with three AMD FirePro graphics cards.".Did you have the chance to be at the heart of this 3D experience during the last CES? Which usages do you imagine with such technology [more...]

Don Jasurda, VP of Sales, and Rick Rots, Account Manager, of Dimensional Control Systems (DCS), a developer of dimensional quality solutions, will be attending the upcoming SolidWorks World 2013 International Reseller and User Conference and Exposition. The event will be held January 20 through the 23 in Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin, Orlando, Florida. DCS is excited to have the opportunity to meet with SolidWorks’ resellers as well as demonstrate to SolidWorks’ users the functionality of 3DCS Variation Analyst with SolidWorks CAD. Leveraging their 12 years of experience as a CATIA V5 Gold Software Partner, DCS looks to carry that same success beyond CATIA into SolidWorks. To learn more or to see a live demonstration, stop by kiosk 1144-C at SolidWorks World 2013 or visit DCS on the web at www.3dcs.com. The DCS Tea [more...]

How often do engineers get the chance to make their most cherished yet craziest project a reality? It’s exactly this opportunity Creaform is putting forward through the 2013 edition of its Put us to the test! contest. With this contest, companies both big and small can submit a 3D engineering project that truly challenges our experts! Among all the entries received, Creaform will select one project, which will be awarded $25,000 to make it happen, on top of our guidance and expertise. Make sure you watch and share our video about the contest, which provides all the details. And while we’re at it, we’d love if you took a look at last year’s winning project, which enabled the Australian Institute of Sports to design a kayak that was custom fitted to Olympic athlete Jessica Fox. The project, made possible with the help of one of our application engineers, took Ms. Fox on the podium at the recent London Games, where she won the silver medal! Did her incredibly ergonomic kayak play a role in her victory? Well, we don’t hate the idea. The Creaform Tea [more...]

To our customers, software/hardware/services partners, resellers, all the people we had the chance to meet in real life or online: we wish you a very happy new year 2013!Thanks for the interest you have shown in our partners' solutions during the last year. There are many great things to come in 2013, stay tuned!Click on the image to launch the animation.All the best for you and your relatives in 2013.The PLM MarketPlace Tea [more...]

IGE+XAO is a Dassault Systèmes' partner established in 1986. The group focuses in systems design, electronic harness design but also services.The company grew fast and is now present in 17 countries, and more to come in 2013. In 26 years, 67 400 licenses were sold to companies from various industries such as aerospace, automotive, shipbuilding or industrial equipment.Watch the video below to discover IGE+XAO in depth and have the company's strategy explained by its CEO [more...]

We shared our partner TraceParts' Christmas Tree design contest a few weeks ago. A total of 40 contestants used TraceParts' free libraries to design very original Christmas trees. The winner is now known, with the creation below: You can click here to discover the three winners of the contest! Merry Christmas [more...]

CD-adapco STAR Global Conference 2013 is approaching very fast. The conference will take place from March 18 to March 20, at the Sheraton Lake Buena Vista, in Orlando (FL).This event is an unique opportunity for you to discover the latest innovations in the area of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), not only at CD-adapco's but also innovations from their partners.Also, it will be the time to learn from the experts by attending one of the best Practice Trainings including: Heat Transfer, Turbulence Modeling, CAD 2 Mesh, Meshing Strategy, Engine Simulation and more...You can already register (don't wait, last year's passes sold out very quickly!) on the event's special website. Visit this website on a regular basis to get more info about the agenda, sponsors and practical information about the event [more...]

As part of the Gravotech Group, our partner Type3 benefits from a brand new visual identity in order to better reflect the values of the group and its different brands.The Gravotech Group specializes in permanent marking, and its range of equipment covers four key technologies: LASER, mechanical engraving, scribing, and micro-percussion which are all complemented by a wide range of engraving materials and other compatible consumables.Type3, one of the group's brand, develops versatile and productivity-driven artistic CAD/CAM solutions for industrial applications. Among them, Type3CAAV5 Based, a CATIA V5 add-in that considerably increases the opportunities to easily include lettering and graphical applications earlier in the product lifecycle. Through their new visual identity, the group intends to strengthen its values, present in all its brands: continuous development, innovation and the promotion of products and services of quality.Gravotech's Type3 is widely used in many industries by customers such as Sidel, Metabo or Fingscheidt, among others.The whole Type3CAAV5 Based product range is available on the PLM MarketPlace: Type 3 Gateway CAAV5 based, Type 3 Graphic CAAV5 based and Type 3 Graphic Wrap CAAV5 based [more...]

AMD is a major long term Dassault Systèmes' Technology Partner. Our customers had the opportunity to meet them at our latest 3DEXPERIENCE Forum Europe last month in Brussels. Together with Fujitsu, they showed all the value they can bring to people using Dassault Systèmes' 3DEXPERIENCE platform.In an interview made by CADplace France, Matthias Willecke, AMD Business Development Manager Workstation Graphics, gives a few benefits of using AMD technology such as connecting up to six monitors with full 3D performance. Also, discover a new kind of tablet by Fujitsu, including an AMD CPU running 3D models based on 3Dvia. Discover also what rendering you can get when combining a W7000 graphic card with one of the most powerful configurations in terms of workstations [more...]

During the last 3DEXPERIENCE FORUM North America taking place last month in Orlando (FL), we had the opportunity to meet Don Jasurda, Vice President of Sales for our partner Dimensional Control Systems Inc (DCS).DCS has been a Dassault Systèmes' partner for more than ten years now and recently became a V6 Apps Partner. The company provides variation analysis solutions working with CATIA.Take a look at Don's interview, you will know more about DCS, its software, history, customers and all the benefits you can get by working with them.Any question? Need more info on a specific aspect of DCS' solutions? Don't hesitate to contact them at sales@3dcs.com or leave your comments below to share with the community [more...]

For the sixth year now, our partner TraceParts announces today its Christmas Tree Design Contest! Everyone can take a chance to win some nice prizes, including an iPad mini!Wanna try? Then read TraceParts' announcement*:TraceParts, a market-leading digital engineering 3D content company, today announced the launch of its sixth Christmas Tree Model Contest, taking place until December 19, 2012. The winners will be selected among the best Christmas tree renderings received. Contestants must build a Christmas tree using components downloaded from the TracePartsOnline.net CAD library. Three winners will be selected and best rendered images will be published on www.traceparts.com website. The prizes are - one Apple iPad Mini including a Smart Cover for the first place, - one Sony MDRRF865RK wireless headphone with a 20.-€ Amazon voucher for the second place - and one rotring Rapid Pro pen with a Moleskin notebook for the third. The Christmas trees should be designed in 3D, using any CAD or picture editing software, and using as many different components available in the TracePartsOnline.net CAD library as possible. Contestants must send the rendered images of their trees until December 19, 2012 to info@traceparts.com. The file size of the image should not exceed 1MB if possible. Have fun designing your Christmas tree! Your TraceParts Team Good luck to everyone!* TraceParts' Press Release can be read here [more...]

Geometric Limited, a Dassault Systèmes Software Partner, founded in 1994 in India just became a V6 Apps Partner. This new partnership strengthens the collaboration between our two companies.This means of course a new opportunity for our joint customers to get the most of the V6 platform. Geometric Limited will now provide new opportunities in the area of engineering services and platform deployment for instance.Stay tuned on PLM MarketPlace for more news in the near future about this new partnership between Dassault Systèmes and Geometric Limited [more...]

During the last 3DEXPERIENCE FORUM North America, we had the opportunity to meet our partner Geometric Ltd. They've been a Dassault Systèmes' partner for a long time now and on PLM MarketPlace since the early days of the program. We know them well but is it your case? Their software GeomCaliper (wall thickness checking and measuring) is pretty famous in the industry but their activity is wider than that. Watch the interview of their Senior Manager, Strategic Marketing to know more about it. Now, you can put a face, product, customer references, … on Geometric Ltd name! If you have question or need more information, don't hesitate to ask Hemant Koshti by leaving your comments below [more...]

We launched the 6th version of the PLM MarketPlace website a month ago and since then, we have a lot of very positive feedback. Thank you for your support!However, our aim is to constantly improve the program, the website and its social networks in order to highlight the value brought by our partners as much and well as we can.Wether you are a frequent visitor ofwww.plmmarketplace.comor not, we would really appreciate your feedback on the website and program by answering a few questions in less than 2 minutes! This will help us to make the program change in the right direction.Again, thanks for your involvement!>>Take the survey [more...]

A few days after Orlando, we have now landed in Brussels where we are delighted to meet you for the 3DEXPERIENCE FORUM Europe. The agenda of these two days is pretty dense but it is really worth attending! (By the way, we had the chance to ear Joseph Pine in Orlando, we're sure you'll appreciate his speech too...).We've just finished to set up the PLM MarketPlace booth in the Agora where we found a lot of logos we are familiar with. See by yourself, you will have the chance to meet 13 partners part of the PLM MarketPlace. Keonys, Tata Technologies, Technia, Processia and T-Systems on the PLM Solutions Partners (VARs) side. Geometric Ltd, IGE+XAO, OPTIS, Theorem Solutions, Transcat and AIRBUS CIMPA on the Software Partners side. Last but not least, our Technology Partners AMD and Noomeo will be there too to showcase their latest innovations.Don't hesitate to stop by the PLM MarketPlace booth at any time, should you need more information about our partners or the program. We are here to help!And, as for Orlando, follow the #3DXforum hashtag on Twitter to get live news from the forum!See you tomorrow, now it is time for a "gaufre" and a "bière" :- [more...]

Here we are, at the Marriott Orlando World Center for the 3DEXPERIENCE FORUM North America. The Technology Showcase is almost ready with our partners setting up their booths. PLM MarketPlace will have its booth too, and it will be our pleasure to welcome you and give you an insight on our ecosystem of software and hardware partners.Follow the signs to the 3DEXPERIENCE FORUM North America!As said above, some PLM MarketPlace partners will be there, pay them a visit at their booth: Coastal Logic, Elysium, Geometric, Technia, Adaptive Corporation, Idex Solutions, Processia, Tata Technologies.Some representatives of other PLM MarketPlace partners will be there too (DCS, Transcat, AMD,...), don't hesitate to ask us if you need some help to meet the right person!If you couldn't make it to Orlando, don't worry, we'll be tweeting from the event, just keep an eye on the hashtag #3DXforum on Twitter!See you tomorrow [more...]

Thanks to our partner Dimensional Control Systems (aka DCS), SolidWorks 2012 users have now the chance to get variation analysis with 3DCS Variation Analyst Multi-CAD.The benefits are clear for designers and engineers. They will use 3DCS Variation Analyst Multi-CAD and SolidWorks software to predict the dimensional variability of their designs and assembly processes so that manufacturing issues can be resolved before production, with optimized tolerances and assembly methods. All of this, of course, in a shared environment in order to promote better productivity, efficiency and product quality.You can read more details in the Dassault Systèmes / Dimensional Control Systems joint press release and contact Ben Reese for more information about this new solution [more...]

We are pleased to launch today the latest version of the PLM MarketPlace website! This is the sixth release since the program was launched in 2005! After some tests during the past months, but also following discussions and exchanges with some of our users and visitors, we decided to redesign the website. Our main concern with this new release was to offer more visibility to the outstanding solutions of our partners. The challenge was to help you find the right solution at the early beginning of your visit on www.plmmarketplace.com but also to make you discover other solutions that you may be interested in… We hope you'll like this new PLM MarketPlace as much as we do. We're still thinking about the next improvements, so if you have some ideas, don't hesitate to share them with us [more...]

Engineers across many manufacturing industries are faced with dimensional engineering challenges as their organizations increase the use of automation on the plant floor. A critical part of the engineers’ dimensional engineering process involves verifying that the parts being produced meet the tolerances and dimensional specifications they’ve outlined. Yet, cycle time reductions resulting from increased automation have limited the windows of time they have to confirm these “as-built” measurements. This is where having a comprehensive closed-loop dimensional engineering process in place is not only desirable, but necessary. Closed-loop solutions In a closed-loop dimensional engineering process, dimensional quality data reports are generated as the product enters preproduction and initial runs begin. Engineers refer to the reports and check key points to ensure that measurement plans for the detail parts are being followed and that end-products achieve the quality targets expected based on the results of all prior steps in the dimensional engineering process. With these results, they are able to quickly conduct root-cause analyses of quality issues as they arise. If the end-products are not achieving the quality expected, engineers can “loop back” to find out where problems originated and initiate corrective actions as needed. This closed loop approach is referred to as such because it closes the product lifecycle management loop and allows engineers to apply world-class dimensional engineering to their products from start to finish, a critical component of an overall quality program.While there are many dimensional engineering tools on the market today, few provide meaningful, measurement-based data all the way across the product lifecycle, through the production phase. And even fewer can function well in an automation environment with tight cycle times. Dimensional Control Systems’ software tools (3DCS and GDM) are among the few that function well in a highly automated event. They provide comprehensive virtual simulation and analyses of variation and tolerances in product design from the initial product development and into production, ensuring that the value of the dimensional analysis is maintained across the full product lifecycle, regardless of cycle time. The 3DCS software tool is a CAD-based tolerance analysis solution for predicting the amounts of part and process variation and identifying their sources. It allows manufacturers to thoroughly appraise design, fabrication and assembly robustness by quickly evaluating embedded Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T), assembly tooling and build sequencing – all well ahead of production release. The 3DCS tool uses a Monte Carlo random number generator to randomly select points, (representing random production builds) within each tolerance and distribution, one sampling at a time. The tolerance simulation identifies areas of concern, potential failure rates, and statistical results for each measurement, such as percent out of specification. A sensitivity analysis then looks at each tolerance as it relates to each measurement, and it identifies the percentage contribution or affect on each measurement. Based on the output of 3DCS, measurement plans are created with GDM. The plans define which critical-to-quality characteristics are to be inspected for dimensional variability. GDM is a quality data management reporting and monitoring system, which allows users and managers to review and control their processes from anywhere in the world. By providing real-time analysis of measured quality data, trends can be detected and potential problems rectified well before parts or assemblies start to fail more traditional quality checks. For the first time it will be possible to ‘close the loop’ from manufacturing back to design, providing real feedback for engineers, directly improving overall product quality. By relying on these virtual simulations and feeding measurement inspection data back into the tolerance model, engineers can quickly pinpoint issues and perform corrective actions -- avoiding the need to chase problems through their build process by trial and error. An example In a typical application of 3DCS to a product design, the engineer identifies key points within its design that it wants to control closely. For example, key points typically exist where a door fits to a body or a hood interfaces with the headlamp or fender. All parties involved focus on holding these points precisely as the design moves into manufacturing. While 3DCS can predict and show through virtual simulation the variation of hundreds of features with corresponding measurement points in the design stage, these vast amount of data would be too cumbersome to interpret, and root-cause analyze, for the plant floor engineers in a highly automated environment. In this environment, the number of points they can actually check must be limited in order to meet their tight cycle-time requirements, and or measurement cell/tooling budget restrictions. When measurements of key points are taken through automated in-line inspection devices, the number of points that can be checked at each manufacturing cell are far fewer than the limits often applied in manual processes. For example, a manual process on a coordinate measurement machine, or CMM, can easily measure 300-plus points over a couple of hours. To optimize this process for an automated inline application, a 90 percent reduction in points is required. To meet the constraints of the faster cycle times associated with increased automation, many engineers use the Advanced Analyzer Optimizer (AAO) feature of 3DCS. This feature compares the hundreds of focal features identified through the 3DCS core functions then further sorts them to identify those that have the very highest influence on the overall quality of the product. This process gives engineering and quality to tools to effectively and efficiently identify critical features and plant floor quality tooling requirements. In practice America’s premium truck manufacturer, Peterbilt, is one of the companies that can speak to the value of the 3DCS approach. The company has been using 3DCS tools to manage dimensional quality throughout the design process for many years. As it moves more heavily into inline automated process, the company is pleased to be able to extend the value of dimensional engineering more fully into the production environment. As its use of automation increases, the company believes that having agile dimensional engineering tools built into its quality processes will help it continue to meet quality and cost goals while speeding its product turnaround times. The flexibility of 3DCS enables Peterbilt engineers to continue to use the power of a closed-loop dimensional engineering approach to identify the key points that most affect the fit, function and finish of their products-- even as the allowable number of points is reduced.Think about the number of points you are typically able to check using your automated in-line inspection devices. How many key points can you measure within your time constraints? How much time can you ultimately save by identifying the key points for measurement? The Dimensional Control Systems Inc. TeamNote that the following solutions from DCS Inc. are available on the PLM MarketPlace catalog: 3DCS Advanced Analyzer/Optimizer, 3DCS Analyst CAA V5 Based, 3DCS Designer CAA V5 Based, 3DCS FEA Compliant Modeler, Geofactor [more...]