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Issue Contents of 2000

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1999 Contents

13 December 2000 (Issue 73)

  • Inventor R4 and SolidWorks 2001 briefs, Building nanoscale objects
  • New products: A PDA way to view CAD files, PTC's new family piping and cabling systems
  • Upgrades: Informative Graphics Net-It Central web-publishing software, Moldflow Plastics Adviser release 5.0, STEP Tools demos the STEP-NC Super Model
  • CAD on the web: Autodesk adds a PC spider and an XML/Data Extension tool for developers, Miller Electric adds eCommerce service to existing channels, SME offers two online courses
  • Marketing: Use CADKEY at home for free, SolidWorks 2000 receives award
  • Competitive wins: Applied Materials orders Inventor, Kulicke & Soffa to use Metaphase and Accelis, US TOOL chooses Solid Edge
  • On the move: Pierre Bruno of the Open CASCADE Company, Cimatron signs with Mechanismus SA of Greece
  • Letters to the editor: Dr. Thomas Jensen, VP R&D, think3 replies (last comment on this thread)
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    • 6 December 2000 (Issue 72)

  • Unigraphics V17's Knowledge Driven Automation, the next killer app?
  • Autodesk and PTC change their reseller strategies
  • New products: GrafiCalc behavior modeling add-on for Autodesk Inventor, SplitWorks 2001
  • Upgrades: CADCAM-E.COM translations for $195 per part, CADKEY 19, DELMIA DPM for Assembly process planning, MAYA TMG Thermal and Flow Analysis in FEMAP V8, MYRIAD V5.0 unites, Gibbs SFP Express inside NC controllers, Delcam ArtCAM Pro
  • CAD on the web: ProtoMarket.com partners with ITI
  • Marketing: CIM Solutions goes from Solid Edge to CADKEY, DCS  to imbed Tolerance Simulation Software in CATIA V5, the first Virtual Engine Factory system, free Pro/ENGINEER CBT, EAI partners with CKGP
  • Competitive wins: from SDRC and SolidWorks
  • On the move: Ronald Schmitz, James Rusk, Cynthia White, William Carrelli, Max Utter all of SDRC, Mylena Ljubic of Dassault Systemes, Randy Williams of Cadcentre
  • Letters to the editor: Laufer of Dassault Systemes clarifies his comments on GSM, Vorwaller of Varimetrix writes about think3 claims
  • Upcoming events

    • 29 November 2000 (Issue 71)

  • UG V17 article due next week, PTC changes its channel partner strategy, Mike Payne CEO of Spatial Corporation explains his strategy
  • New products: SmartInventor
  • Upgrades: FloWorks Explorer 2000, FIELDVIEW 7 CFD post-processor adds automatic feature detection, SensAble's FreeForm creates CAD data, ANSYS 5.7 advanced simulation
  • CAD on the web: plasticszone.com adds Knowledge Zone
  • Marketing: Dassault Systems development agreements with ZEH Software, Silicon Graphics, and Intelligent Manufacturing Software, PTC extends Composite Design Technologies partnership, Cimatron allies with Numatix for high speed CNC, R&B and CoCreate to develop mold base design module
  • Financials: Autodesk revenues up 10% - mechanical segment declines, Spatial Inc. becomes PlanetCAD, MDI to acquire ESTECH, RAND to acquire Autodesk reseller, SolidWorks acquires CIMLOGIC
  • Competitive wins: IBM and Dassault Systemes in automotive racing vehicle design, PTC at Butler International and Mitsubishi Motors, SGI and ESI Group break performance barrier, Towa Korea buys Inventor
  • On the move: Jeff Lortz of Bowstreet, Walden Rhines and Gregory Hinckley of Mentor Graphics, Phil Bernstein of Autodesk, Pedro Leon of Delcam, Godfrey Sullivan of Promptu
  • Letters to the editor: Philippe LAUFER, Director of R&D at Dassault Systemes writes about Golbal Shape Modeling, Alain Massabo of think3 replies
  • Upcoming events

    • 15 November 2000 (Issue 70)

  • TechniCom looks at thinkdesign release 6
  • Caterpillar to use iMAN
  • New products: SurfaceWorks Solo, RasterVect
  • Upgrades: CADCAM-E.COM translates Pro/ENGINEER data to SolidWorksfor $95, ENOVIA Portal Solutions Version 5 Release 5, VERICUT version 5.0, PowerSHAPE 3, VX Vision Version 4
  • CAD on the web: Ariba Government Sourcing saves $2 million, GE Plastics to sell iMPA
  • Marketing: Cyco and SmarTeam make offers to Motiva Customers, ProtoMarket.com and Cimatron ally for online quotations
  • Financials: Dassault Systemes completes acquisition of Spatial, Moldflow files for sale of 2,335,000 shares
  • Competitive wins: ALSTOM Transport selects ENOVIA, Alusuisse Road & Rail AG selects CATIA Version 5, Eisenmann Grenoble selects CATIA Version 5, CoCreate multimillion-dollar contract with Agilent, ESAB to deploy SmarTeam, Fluke transitions 650 Sherpa seats to Metaphase
  • On the move: John Ryan of CADKEY, Patrick Riley and Norman Depeau of InterSense, Michael Bussler of ALGOR, Russell Henke of TechniCon, Mike Payne, Didier Bourcier, and Linda Lokay of Spatial
  • Letters to the editor: Gaetano Mazzanti of think3 responds to Ashlar, Michael Shook says AeroHydro can perform GSM
  • Upcoming events

    • 8 November 2000 (Issue 69)

  • Version 5 Release 5 of CATIA launches
  • Coming soon
  • New products: Oracle Product Development Exchange, Dell 1 GHz workstation with high end graphics for $3000
  • Upgrades: 2Dto3DCAD.com portal open for business, Delcam adds PS-Sketcher, i2 TradeMatrix Design solution
  • CAD on the web: MAYA web-based Thermal Wizard at CoolingZone.com, PlanDepot.com and ProjectVillage select Brava!, Covisint chooses e-Vis
  • Marketing: Centric Software to use Cimmetry technology, Global Shipbuilding CAD software goes faster, SolidWorks expands 3D PartStream.NET Service
  • Financials: MSC.Software revenues increase 11%, RAND Worldwide buys Autodesk reseller
  • Competitive wins: RAF selects Solid Edge, Missler licenses MachineWorksPro, MesaVista product development portal for Lockheed Martin, SDRC Metaphase and Accelis at BFGoodrich, University of Missouri gets CAD donation
  • On the move: Geometric Software Solutions forms new units
  • Letters to the editor: Ashlar takes exception, Prototek corrects us, more about the ten questions
  • Upcoming events

    • 1 November 2000 (Issue 68)

  • A preview of thinkdesign Revision 6
  • Unigraphics Version 17 with imbedded KBE
  • Metaphase Express explained
  • New products: TransDesign harness design for vehicles, Microsoft Speech SDK used by think3
  • Upgrades: Alibre Design 2.0, AutoVue integrated into Windchill, PAM software uses Massively Parallel Processing, Delcam optimizes cutter paths for constant rate of metal removal
  • Marketing: IBM acquires OpenOrders Inc., Invention Machine enhances CoBrain.com
  • CAD on the web: Alventive and Agile ally, DP Technology adds SAT and Step, Surfware receives SME Award
  • Financials: Moldflow revenue up 70%, ANSYS revenue up 17%, Rand revenue up 2.1%
  • Competitive wins: Briggs & Stratton expands Metaphase deployment, Litton Industries chooses SolidWorks, Mazda chooses MTS for physical testing, PTC wins at Manitowoc Cranes and ITT Industries, RPI to install PDM/Works, Delphi Automotive to become one of UGS' largest customers, Toyota System Research and LMS cooperate
  • On the move: Guri Stark, Charles Kennedy, Peter Brooks, Varimetrix acquires, Stephen Sivitter, ADV Group adds
  • Upcoming events

    • 25 October (Issue 67)

  • TechniCom looks at Solid Edge V9
  • New products: SDRC's new Metaphase Express, Looking for a REALLY large display?
  • Upgrades: SDRC's Accelis V2.0, CIMLOGIC's AutoPOL 8, Design for Assembly version 9.0, Delcam's new rendering module PS-Render
  • Marketing: think3's strong sales results, want to use your PDA for CAD updates?
  • Financials: SDRC revenue down 3%, PTC revenue down 16%, Dassault Systemes revenue up 24%, Mechanical Dynamics, Inc. revenue up 19%, Unigraphics Solutions revenue up 10%, ANSYS, Inc. reported revenues up 17%
  • Competitive wins: From PTC, SDRC, Exa, and Agile
  • On the move: Motiva bites the dust
  • Letters to the editor: Jonathon Rimmer of D-Cubed replies to the 10 questions
  • Upcoming events

    • 18 October 2000 (Issue 66)

  • Pam CRASH - Virtual Try Out Software reduces number of automobile prototypes needed
  • Ten Questions to Ask Your MCAD Vendor
  • Upgrades: Windchill Release 5.0, eMPower Quality System 2.1
  • Marketing: Nanotubes stronger than steel, iSIGHT and S-PLUS data analysis combine for design optimization, MXintegrations help integrate eMatrix, PACW CAM software to use MachineWorks, Think & Do goes on TV, Alibre to use Microsoft Exchange 2000
  • CAD on the Web: quote-a-part eases shop planning
  • Financials: SDRC third quarter revenues to be below expectations, Unigraphics Solutions  consummates EAI acquisition
  • Competitive wins: Altera Corporation to use Agile Anywhere, Richard Childress Racing uses Geomagic Studio for pistons, Land Rover adopts SDRC's Metaphase and I-DEAS, Michigan Technological University gets Unigraphics donation, F.X. Meiller Fahrzeug- und Maschinenfabrik-GmbH & Co. selects ENOVIAVPM
  • On the move: Rudi Weekers of LMS International; Charles Hutchins, James Fall, Bruce Nourse of OpenCNC software; W.R. "Tim" Timken, Jr. of The Timken Company; Vic Sanchez of Autodesk; Dr. Albert L. Klosterman; R&B; CAD Potential and CADtechnologies Europe; Tecnomatix Technologies and Zuken
  • Upcoming events

    • 4 October 2000 (Issue 65)

  • SolidWorks' 3D PartStream.NET service
  • Manufacturing activity in the United States shrinks
  • Spatial eliminates up-front license fees for ACIS
  • New Products: Agile Agile Buyer 6.0, Agile Integration Server, Agile Anywhere 7.0, AutoCAD CAD Standards Extension, RevQuick enables machining of point clouds
  • Upgrades: Buzzsaw.com's two new services, ME10 2000+, Cyco Software's AutoManager Meridian 2.1, Delcam Millwizard, DELMIA Assembly Process Simulation, EAI's 3.0, e-Vis, SmartSketch 3.0 LE
  • Marketing: Agile and Centric Software partner, Informative Graphics Brava!  integrated into AECit!
  • Competitive wins: Fini Compressors and think3's thinkdesign, Sanders and MatrixOne's eMatrix, Smit Transformers selected Unigraphics, PTC's $8.6 million contract from Lockheed Martin Space Systems, PTC uses Teamscape Learning Portal
  • On the move: CollabWare opens Pasadena research center
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    • 27 September 2000 (Issue 64)

  • About SolidWorks 3D Instant Website
  • New Products: LMS International new LMS Test.Lab, Pro/ENGINEER Shipbuilding Solutions
  • Upgrades: MechSoft.com provides Solid Edge Engineering Handbook, FloWorks 2000, Version 4 of DesignQA, SolidView version 3.55, EAI VisFactory 6.3, MSC.visualNastran 2001 for Solid Edge
  • Marketing: COSMOS/Works outperforms ANSYS DesignSpace, ESI couples stamping and simulation, 33% off PTCís Flexible Engineering package
  • CAD on the web: ANXeBusiness and CADKEY to use PlanetCAD offerings, Cimmetry joins ASP Consortium
  • Financials: CADCENTRE acquires Open Plant, Delcam reports first half record sales and profits
  • Competitive wins: Lockheed Martin orders Centric Software, Parker Hannifin selects  PTC's InPart
    On the move: Heinz Hoereth and Jack Rothrock CoCreate, Pier Carlo Falotti of Centric Software.
  • Letters to the editor: Ganesan of Imagecom corrects us
  • Upcoming events

    • 20 September 2000 (Issue 63)

  • CoCreate Software splits from HP
  • Solid Edge Version 9 offers built in 2D to 3D conversions
  • New Products: STEP Tools to perform the first demonstration of STEP-NC
  • Upgrades: Algor expands hydrostatic load elements, Ariba Sourcing provides online collaborative sourcing technologies, Cimatron Version 11 continues its focus on toolmakers, Parasolid XVL Converter generates concise and fast CAD images
  • Marketing: Andersen Consulting and PTC team up, DesignStudio used to create the Olympic torch, More on transitioning from MICROCADAM and CADAM to SDRC and Unigraphics
  • Cad on the Web: 2Dto3DCAD.com pay-per-use site, Looking for parts - try GlobalSpec.com, PlanetCAD betas Bits2PARTS.com, WebEx meeting center services incorporated into Windchill, SDRC4me customer portal
  • Financials: iEngineer.com acquires Vuent, Revit Technology gets funding from Dassault Systemes
  • Competitive wins: Autoliv GmbH orders Tecnomatix eMPower Assembly, EADS Military Aircraft Business Unit selects ENOVIAVPM, Mazda expands use of Metaphase and I-DEAS, Parker Hannifin selects InPart, Tokuda Kougyo reduces design cycle time with thinkdesign
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    • 13 September 2000 (Issue 62)

  • Parasolid free for 1 year, Dassault ups bid for ACIS
  • Revit Technology adapts the world of 3D to architecture
  • New Products: mySmarTeam.com
  • Upgrades: RealityWave uses SolidWorks XGL
  • Cad on the Web: Andersen Consulting allies with Agile, portal for surplus heavy equipment
  • Financials: ANSYS to acquire ICEM CFD
  • Competitive wins: OpenCNC software adds lathe models, Mazda orders Tecnomatix eMPower, UGS wins Italins press order
  • On the move: LMS engineering center in Germany
  • Upcoming events

    • 6 September 2000 (Issue 61)

  • think3 and myb2o.com visits
  • New Products: Cimatron introduces Quick Tooling suite, Document Control Systems releases MASTERFlow
  • Upgrades: Delcam PowerMILL 3
  • Marketing: Deloitte Consulting and PTC service Windchill, Purdue University receives IronCAD, ANSYS offers nCode durability technology
  • Financials: Ariba completes acquisition of SupplierMarket.com
  • Competitive wins: Unigraphics at Edinburgh University, Sun Yang Tech, Kloeckner Desma GmbH, Russian Ministry of Railways; Sandvik orders SDRC Metaphase, FG Wilson implements Motiva eChange, Jomico Metal Fabricators selects CATIA Version 5
  • On the move: John Sutton of XOX
  • Upcoming events

    • 30 August 2000 (Issue 60)

  • Back from vacation, CAD on the web growing, Revit Technology
  • New Products: GTXScanClean automatically cleans scanned documents, Want to live in a plastic house?
  • Upgrades: Alias|Wavefront enhances reverse modeling workflow in Studio|Tools, Alventive released its first set of Alventive Application Services and the Alventive Application Server Release 2.0, Actrix Technical OEM 2000, CIMLOGIC Toolbox/SE 6.0, ANSYS/DesignSpace Version 5.0.2, Moldflow Plastics Insight (MPI) 2.0, PTC CADDS 5i -- Release 11
  • Cad on the web: CADCAM-E.COM offers $1 Unigraphics to Pro/ENGINEER translations, PTC outlines its Netmarkets strategy, 3Dshare.com offered through Point A, ManufacturingQuote.com Version Two Web Site, STEP Tools reaches 10,000 STEP data translations
  • Marketing: AristaSoft deploys Agile Anywhere using an ASP, Autodesk  and I3 MICROCADAM Migration Program, Moldflow patents Dual Domain technology, SolidWorks ships 100,000th copy of SolidWorks, SDRC joins RosettaNet consortium
  • Financials: Autodesk revenue up 12%, haptic technology companies merge, Moldflow reports record results
  • Competitive wins: CAD Potential and 3M, CoCreate selected by the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Dennis Eagle, Friedrich Grohe and CMC-Hymer Group choose Solid Edge and UG, CATIA HEAT program enrolls 100th university, Nissin of Japan opts for thinkDESIGN, Paper Converting Machine Company selects SolidWorks, ASIS adopts UGS MoldWizard, SDRC extends Metaphase at Boeing
  • On the move: Michael Ducatelli and Robert Williams of CNT, and Dr. Dennis Nagy of Engineous Software
  • Upcoming events

    • 9 August 2000 (Issue 59)

  • Geometric Software Solutions offers plug-ins to end users
  • Pro/ENGINEER's new FREESTYLE feature coming soon
  • eWeekly editor answers questions about the recent Spatial acquisition
  • Upgrades: ANSYS DesignSpace for Inventor, Cimmetry 2D and 3D SolidWorks format support,  CADCAM-E.COM releases SolidWorks to CATIA translation module
  • Marketing: Interesting case study on automating parametric design, CADKEY's 100th WebStore product, Studio Tools for HP-UX, PTC and CSC help implement Windchill
  • Cad on the web: Discreet expands 3D web content
  • Financials: ANSYS reports revenue growth of 6%, Mechanical Dynamics reports 21% increase in revenue, MatrixOne reports 89% increasein revenue
  • Competitive wins: Datex-Ohmeda to use MatrixOne's eMatrix, Rolls-Royce selects ANSYS as the principal FEA vendor, Ford implements EAI's FactoryCAD and FactoryFLOW, Hallmark Cards to use Cyco's AutoManager Meridian
  • On the move: William Gascoigne and Mitchell Tyson of SDRC
  • Letters to the editor: Pro/ENGINEER GUI
  • Upcoming events

    • 2 August 2000 (Issue 58)

  • SDRC I-DEAS 8 report
  • New Products: DirecTool eliminates interim prototype tooling, PTC previews new interactive surface design
  • Upgrades: Autodesk Inventor Release 3, AutoVue views 2D and 3D Solid Edge models, EAI WorldToolKit Release 9
  • Marketing: GKN Westland Helicopters inspects with Photogrammetry, iSIGHT granted patent for its Directed Heuristic Search technique, UG/Quick Shape goes from shape to manufacturing, PlanetCAD goes to Japan, SolidPLM SAP interface Gold Product for SolidWorks
  • Cad on the web: ANSYS MEMS site (Borg technology?), Engineering-e.com connects outsourcers,  PTC opens web store for direct buying, soluSource helps identify alternative solutions
  • Financials: EAI revenue up 3%, MSC.Software revenue up 30%, Rand A Technology revenue up 10%, Unigraphics Solutions revenue up 21%
  • Competitive wins: Lansing Linde goes with Unigraphics, Nanyang Polytechnic chooses Mechanical Desktop and 3D studio max, Washington University adds UG software
  • On the move: Pierre Bruno of Matra Datavision, Mark Alessandrini, James Rusk, Ronald Schmitz, Donald Tolle, Cynthia White, all of SDRC
  • Letters to the editor: Pro/ENGINEER menu structure criticized
  • Upcoming events

    • 26 July 2000 (Issue 57)

  • SDRC I-DEAS 8 review to be published next week
  • Web-Based Product Development facilitates high returns
  • UGS DesignKNet goes beyond visual collaboration and Parasolid V12 direct modeling
  • New Products: 3rdTech DeltaSphere Laser 3D Scene Digitizer, Spatial ACIS Revenge Husk
  • Upgrades: TurboCAD Professional v6.5, solidThinking 4.0, COSMOS/DesignSTAR for Solid Edge
  • Marketing: Arius3D collaborates with Raindrop Geomagic and Paraform, ProtoMarket.com's partners Materialise, SDRC ICCON Conference draws, Wildcat 4210 graphics accelerator scores at top
  • Cad on the web: Centerline signs with Speed to Market, Datastream Systems adds MSC, Tecnomatix and Agile partner for the electronics assembly industry
  • Financials: Dassault Systemes revenue increases 22%, SDRC revenue up 6% - license revenue down
  • Competitive wins: Airbus to order 2,500 seats of CATIA and ENOVIA Solutions, PDM/Works, DBWorks chosen by DATACARD, Parker Hannifin selects Autodesk Inventor, Embraer signs up for DIVISION visualization software, Seagate orders $1 million of I-DEAS software and services, GM awards Alias|Wavefront its largest, single software order
  • On the move: UGS promotes Chuck Grindstaff, Ted McFadden, Raj Khoshoo
  • Upcoming events

    • 19 July 2000 (Issue 56)

  • PlanetCAD acquires Prescient Technologies
  • Parasolid Bodyshop Version 2.0 and Enhanced XT (eXT)
  • New Products: Boeing and UGS commercialize Composite system, SolidWorks feature converter for Mechanical Desktop 4.0.
  • Upgrades: Autodesk incorporates the Microsoft VBA, SRAC Feature Suppressor, Parasolid Version 12.0 offers direct modeling, CATIA Version 4 (Release 2.3) and CATIA Version 5 Release 4 announced, MSC.Marc 2Go bundled on Dell computers
  • Marketing: Free 30-day evaluation of Alias/Wavefront DesignStudio, 110,000 copies of Solid Edge Origin registered
  • Cad on the web: IndustrialVortex.com collapses
  • Financials: PTC CAD license revenues continue to decline
  • Competitive wins: Renault deploys to 3,000 Metaphase users, MDI partners with FEV for engine dynamics software, Kimberly-Clark to add 250 seats of SolidWorks, PTC receives orders from Maytag, the Dover Corporation, Asyst Technologies, and Conexant Systems, R.A. Jones selects 54 seats of Solid Edge, VA TECH TMS GmbH & Co orders $600K worth of Tecnomatix eMPower
  • On the move: Tony Affuso and Chuck Bay
  • Upcoming events

    • 10 July 2000 (Issue 55)

  • Dassault Systemes to acquire Spatial's 3D software components business
  • AutoCAD Mechanical 2000i and Mechanical Desktop 5 announced
  • Unigraphics Solutions signs massive, 3 year $139 million software and services contract with GM
  • New Products: Cimatron's new Quick Tooling, MSC.Nastran DMP (distributed memory parallel) on Linux, ESI Group PAM-DIEMAKER 2000 develops run-offs and binder surfaces
  • Marketing: e-Vis powers CapacityWeb, Purdue, IBM and Dassault Systemes create PLM center, Dassault Systemes and Mentor Graphics to develop Electromechanical Design Solution
  • Cad on the web: Mass customization and online product catalog available
  • Financials: Engineous Software receives investment
  • Competitive wins: Mitsubishi Motors selects ENOVIAVPM, Compaq selects Agile Software and Cyco, BorgWarner Cooling Systems selects 50 seats of SolidWorks, Buzzsaw.com enables ten million dollar development project, CoCreate's WorkManager selected by Raytheon for the ASTOR Project
  • On the move: Delcam appoints three resellers, Minoru Tomijima to CollabWare, ADV Group becomes Alventive channel partner
  • Letters to the editor: Marshmallow retracted, Lightwork Design correction
  • Upcoming events

    • 4 July 2000 (Holiday - no issue for this week)

    27 June 2000 (Issue 54)

  • Review: Knowledge Technologies KBE and KPM software solutions
  • New Products: Autodesk's OnSite enterprise software, CADKEY PARAMETRICS released
  • Upgrades: ENOVIA Portfolio 2, IBM new partnerships, and a new PLM organization, Geometric Software feature recognition  for Autodesk Mechanical Desktop and Inventor, PTC ships Windchill 5.0
  • Marketing: the fobplastics network, Open CASCADE Developer Challenge, BuyPlastics.com to use Windchill Netmarket solution, Pro/ENGINEER 2000i2 Student Edition, 3Dshare.com on Automotive Network eXchange, think3 grants $4.3 million in software
  • Financials: Ariba to acquire SupplierMarket.com
  • Competitive wins: Victorinox to implement Unigraphics and UG/Manager
  • On the move: Steve Weisberg, John Mazzola, Tony Affuso, Martin Jetter, Jr.
  • Letters to the editor: Marshmallow eWeekly, Alventive is NOT 'beating the daylights"
  • Upcoming events

    • 20 June 2000 (Issue 53)

  • Review: DesignGateway from SofTech
  • Next week: A review of Knowledge Technology Inc. software
  • New Products: Autodesk's plan to create an open XML standard for communicating design-related data on the Web, Autodesk's e-Learning program, Linius Technologies delivers EmbassyWorks wire harness design software, Moldflow's Internet based Moldflow Plastics Xpert
  • Upgrades: Algor adds Ogden material model, Ashlar releases Vellum Solids 2000, Moldflow announced C-MOLD 2000.7, SupplierMarket.com version 5.0, SolidWorks 2000 Student Edition
  • Marketing: R&B MoldWorks software available, NTT Communications to offer OneSpace, Mechanical Dynamics earns ISO 9001 registration
  • Web based CAD offerings: CollabWare to sell CADMAX
  • Financials: LightWork Design acquires Sirius Systems, GE Fanuc acquires DataViews
  • Competitive wins: Arizona State selects 50 licenses of Solid Edge, Scania selects EAI's VisFactory, Focus: HOPE makes Humvee pistons with UG, Nissan orders $1.1 million of SDRC I-DEAS, Boeing complete SDRC's Accelis pilot, Valmet to use MatrixOne's eMatrix
  • On the move: Noel G. Posternak replaces Steven Walske at PTC
  • Letters to the editor: IronCAD and help delivered
  • Upcoming events
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    • 13 June 2000 (Issue 52)

  • Review: Pro/ENGINEER 2000i2
  • Review: SolidWorks 3D Meeting demo
  • Opinion: IronCAD future bleak as a stand alone CAD product
  • Upgrades: HALODECK FrameWorks, low cost 3D reverse engineering software, LMS SYSNOISE Rev 5.5 new modules and enhancements, ACIS 3D Toolkit and Husks Release 6.2 with better performance and added functions, Brava! viewer integrated with Documentum 4i eBusiness Edition, Paraform 2.0: more modeling formats and more automated
  • Marketing: CSC replaces Helix with Catia V5 plan, Dassault Systemes created the DELMIA brand, Moldflow partners with CACO for mold process control technology, OneSpace to be backbone for 100% Solution Alliance, ANSYS software on SGI's Linux
  • Web based CAD offerings: Official launch of PlanetCAD, Tecnomatix/PlanetCAD quote-A-part ASP, CollabWare releases GS-Design version 1.0
  • Competitive wins: JDS Uniphase orders 121 seats of Solid Edge, UG helps Cleveland Golf design irons in record time, Groupe Forsym selects SolidWorks, Dow Chemical to use Intergraph and Aspen for process plant life cycle, Cimar relies on CATIA for rapid product development, Behr GmbH uses SDRC Metaphase for PKM
  • On the move: Workgroup Technology fills Board, Jason M. Lowry to Cyco
  • Upcoming events
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    • 6 June 2000 (Issue 51)

  • Pro/ENGINEER 2000i2
  • Organizing data in an enterprise
  • New products: SolidWorks 3D Meeting
  • Ask the consultant bulletin board
  • Upgrades: Tecnomatix eMPower V4, Unigraphics Solutions ProductVision V3
  • Marketing: FloWorks Gold for SolidWorks 2000, SRAC donates, SofTech wants to migrate Helix customers
  • Web based CAD offerings: cadverter.com
  • Competitive wins: PTC  wins $22 million Airbus contract, and Nike order, Philips Semiconductors implements ENOVIAPM, TRW Automotive selects EAI VisMockUp and VisConference, Unigraphics Solutions to implement Thailand initiative
  • On the move: Workgroup Technology replaces Board members
  • Upcoming events

    • 30 May 2000 (Issue 50)

  • Correction: Simply Motion pricing
  • New products: Autodesk OnSite, making shoes - look at Delcam's PS-Shoemaker, try Windchill based collaboration on a subscription basis
  • Upgrades: EAI's Classic Jack 2.2i internationalized version
  • Marketing: Surfware and Applied 3D Science (A3DS) partner to make the part construction process easier, MechSoft.com Certified Gold for SolidWorks 2000
  • Web based CAD offerings: MatrixOne Supplier Central provides integrated set of B2B applications
  • Competitive wins: ANSYS preferred service provider for S&S, Doboy Division will use 50 seats of SolidWorks, Kent State University opts for 100 seats of Solid Edge, Krebs Engineers reduces product design time with CATIA, Matra Datavision provides multi million Franc development services to Samtech for Open CASCADE, PTC received a $1.7 million order from Fiat Ferroviaria SpA and wins with Windchill at US Army TARDEC, Rolls-Royce invested over $2.5 million  with KTI
  • On the move: Michael J. Young, MDI
  • Upcoming events

    • 23 May 2000 (Issue 49)

  • TechniCom reviews SRAC's design optimization, and likes what it sees
  • New products: ANSYS Drop Test simulation software, Fluent's Airpak for CFD-based HVAC system design
  • Upgrades: ESI Group's PAM-FORM 2000 for forming simulation, TekSoft's CAMWorks 2000, CGTech's VERICUT exports an "as-machined" solids, Delcam's CopyCAD reverse engineering software, MDI's Dynamic Designer/Motion 2000 for SolidWorks, DesignSource's PDM/Works 2000
  • Marketing: SDRC and think3 win awards
  • Web based CAD offerings: EAI's jtStream, MatrixOne joins RosettaNet initiative
  • Financials (it's not so bleak after all): Alibre raises $16 million in 2nd round venture financing, Autodesk first quarter revenues up 11.5%
  • Competitive wins: CATIA users experience reduced design times, JPL implements e-Vis.com, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center selects UGS and iMAN, Planar Systems selects SolidWorks
  • On the move: SDRC gets new president, CADCENTRE and SRAC expand
  • Upcoming events
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    • 16 May 2000 (Issue 48)

  • A review of CADKEY Parametrics
  • SupplierMarket.com replies to our editorial, IBM proposes Helix users migrate to CATIA V5
  • New products: Cimmetry Systems announces jVue, a Java viewer
  • Marketing: IndustrialVORTEX.com and Nematron partner, InnovMetric's PolyWorks Inspector V2.1, Parasolid passes 500,000 active end-users, Spatial and Freightliner announce management and routing of web design data
  • Competitive wins: Mold-Masters signs up for SDRC SPACE program, TechniCom to place free copy selecting report report soon, SCI Systems orders Tecnomatix-Unicam, Brandt orders 80 Solid Edge licenses
  • Upcoming events

    • 9 May 2000 (Issue 47)

  • Solid Edge Version 8 adds exciting new function
  • Marketing: Autodesk to offer SpecSearch on Point A; KPMG, MatrixOne, and HP Design2Profit, KTI will resell data exchange software; Sun CEO McNealy takes a dim view Of `B2B' exchanges; Moldflow introduces www.plasticszone.com; 23 applications Certified Gold for SolidWorks 2000; Bidcom's online bidding service; PTC's partners with SEAT to build rally car fast; SDRC expands systems engineering in Europe; ANSYS granted a web-based engineering data reporting patent
  • New products: Brava! viewer integrated with eMatrix
  • Upgrades: SolidDesigner 2000+; MSC.visualNastran; Imageware Version 10; Pro/MECHANICA 2000i2 and Pro/DESKTOP 2000i2
  • Financials: Unigraphics Solutions has another strong quarter; MSC.Software revenue up 28%; Tecnomatix  revenue up 27%
  • On the move
  • Upcoming events
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    • 2 May 2000 (Issue 46)

  • Firm rumor: MICROCADAM to close its operations
  • A brief on our Alventive visit
  • New products: CaRD America releases SolidPLM - a direct SAP R/3 SolidWorks interface, Cimatron's QuickElectrode, Spatial's 3Dpublish.com
  • Upgrades: Algor releases Superview 13, Varimetrix configures VX Vision as Mold Edition
  • Marketing: 3D Systems sells 10 SLA machines for manufacturing, Alias|Wavefront DesignStudio has free trial and special lower price, SRAC's COSMOS/Works certified Gold for SolidWorks 2000.
  • Financials: 3D Systems Corp. reports positive earnings and increases sales, 3Dlabs revenue up 84%, MatrixOne, Inc. revenue increased 89% - loss widens, Rand Worldwide reports flat revenues, Spatial reports lower revenues and investments in PlanetCAD
  • Competitive wins: Gretag Imaging buys ENOVIA, PTC receives $1.6 million in orders from Lawrence Livermore, W.A. Whitney to use $850K of I-DEAS for manufacturing metal punching tooling, Clairis Technologies to implement Centric Software's PIVOTAL CVPD, SIUE School of Engineering to deploy 100 licenses of UG and Solid Edge
  • On the move: Jeff Jones to CollabWare
  • Upcoming events

    • 25 April 2000 (Issue 45)

  • eWeekly editor travels to Alventive and SRAC - report due next week
  • Correcting a PTC earnings error from last week's newsletter
  • New products: Linius Technologies launches HarnessHub.com, Actuality Systems start up, Pathtrace announces EdgeCAM Solid Machinist for Inventor
  • Competitive wins: Unigraphics Solutions wins at AM General Corporation and C. F. Taylor, Unilever selects VX Vision
  • Financials: MDI and SDRC both report flat revenue and lower earnings, SRAC revenues increase 32%, Dassault Systemes revenues increase 19.6% with SolidWorks revenues up 51%
  • On the move: James Smith to Think & Do
  • Upcoming events

    • 18 April 2000 (Issue 44)

  • Goodbye VDS, hello Alventive
  • Spatial's Bits2Parts.com streamlines rapid prototyping
  • New products: Framework Technologies C-Commerce for project management
  • Upgrades: CoCreate releases OneSpace 5.0, CADCAM-E.COM and PS-Exchange offer secure translations
  • Marketing: CATI selects MechSoft-PROFI as flagship, Immersive Design receives award, SRAC forms COSMOS/Japan, Sigmund 1D goes tolerancing gold, HP to sell OneSpace, Unigraphics Solutions opens first Asian VPD site, thinkcare gets better
  • Competitive wins: eM-TolMate software implemented at Lockheed Martin, PTC Windchill at SKF Group, PTC Pro/E at SCP Global
  • Financials: PTC's revenue drop 5%, CENIT AG Systemhaus acquires L&H, EAI loses $40,471,000, Moldflow Corporation finalizes C-MOLD acquisition
  • Upcoming events

    • 11 April 2000 (Issue 43)

  • SDRC clarifies its corporate strategy for the Internet
  • Autodesk announces the Point A portal
  • Autodesk spins off RedSpark, Gallello to be CEO
  • New products: think3 visualization partnership with Metastream, ITI CADScript, Oce output management for CATIA, Revit - the first parametric AEC system launched, free CADKEY Viewer
  • Upgrades: CATIA for Windows 2000, a story about a successful PDM installation, availability of VisView 3.0 and VisMockUp 3.0, PAM-CEM 2000 Electro-Magnetic simulation software, 3Dshare.com ready for CATIA, Pro/E, and STEP
  • Marketing: IntraVISION enhances OneSpace, PACE donates
  • Competitive wins: Mahindra & Mahindra standardizes on SDRC, Mikron AG and HR Textron implement Unigraphics, Knauf Group orders Moldflow Plastics Xpert, Saunier Duval orders for Tecnomatix eMPower Assembly, School Board buys 500 educational seats of CADKEY, PTC receives orders from YASDA, Izumi,and TATUNG
  • Financials: 3Dlabs acquires Intense3D from Intergraph, Geometric Software Solutions completes IPO in India
  • Upcoming events

    • 4 April 2000 (Issue 42)

  • New CAD Rating bulletin board announced
  • Autodesk Inventor R2 announced
  • TechniCom's actual experience with Inventor R2
  • Another poor quarter for PTC
  • New products: Algor's new actuator element technology, CollabWare's new web portal, Geometric Software Solutions GeometricTools, Cimatron's QuickCompare
  • Upgrades: RealityWave VizStream
  • Marketing: Tecnomatix integration with Mitutoyo CMMs, Spatial's ACIS on  Linux, IBM's CATIA sale
  • Competitive wins: Procomp and Changchun Railway Car implement SolidWorks, Martin-Baker Aircraft selects iMAN, OmniQuip Textron opts for ADAMS, Renault adds 700 CATIA licenses, Linde AG selects Solid Edge
  • Financials: Buzzsaw.com buys PageMasters, EAI sells EAI-DELTA GmbH $31 million, Delcam record sales and profits for 1999
  • Upcoming events

    • 28 March 2000 (Issue 41)

  • We meet with Mark Vorwaller, the CEO of Varimetrix Software; Joe Costello, president and CEO of think3; and Scott Hopkins, vice president of IBM's Global Engineering Solutions
  • Marketing: Unigraphics Solutions partners with Tecnomatix for dimensional control, Digital Immersion's forthcoming Merlin 3D, a preview of Alibre Design, MechSoft.com launches
  • New products: GEOMATE launchesGrafiCalc
  • Upgrades: Solid Edge Version 8
  • Financials: think3 raises $20 million, Autodesk to buy 8 million more shares, MatrixOne jumps 188 percent on its opening trade, Moldflow announces IPO of 3,000,000 shares
  • Competitive wins: Alcatel selected EAI's e-Vis.com and VisView Web, Chinaís Kelon Electrical to implement iMAN, Newport News Shipbuilding chooses ENOVIA
  • Upcoming events
  • eWeekly publisher information

    • 21 March 2000 (Issue 40)

  • New products: SDRC I-DEAS 8, Cyco Software AutoManager Meridian 2.0, R&B MoldWorks
  • SDRC's bevy of new products includes: Digital Dashboard, MDcyberCAD.com, EngineeringOnTap.com
  • Toolkit for convereting Pro/ENGINEER and CATIA data files to Parasolid
  • Upgrades: VERICUT 5.0 from CGTech, SensAble's FreeForm Version 2, LightWorks v5.5, SmarTeam Version 4.0
  • Marketing: Actify's 3Dview supports all major design formats, Project Lead the Way chooses Autodesk Inventor, think3 national 3-D education pact
  • Competitive wins: Square D/Schneider Electric orders 1,000 copies of Autodesk's mechanical products, Dell implements Agile Anywhere, SolidDesigner at Matsushita, Dornier 728JET aircraft opts for EAI, Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)  uses Windchill, Toyota Motorsport uses CATIA and ENOVIA, Daikin Industries Ltd. selects Solid Edge
  • Financials: Rand A Technology enters the AEC market, Autodesk to repurchase of up to 8 million shares
  • Upcoming events
  • eWeekly publisher information

    • 14 March 2000 (Issue 39)

  • Notes from the Daratech CAD/CAM, CAE Strategy Workshop
  • Interesting items: ANSYS web-based engineering data reporting patent raises concerns, PTC's newly released Pro/ENGINEER 2000i2
  • New products: Accelis from SDRC, about WebSphere, Cimatron's ShopNC 2.0
  • Upgrades: EAI's e-Vis.com version 2.2, Spatial 3DShare Enterprise
  • Marketing: DFMA shows dramatic product cost savings, Student Version of Cimatron, LMS to use Dassault Version 5 Architecture, Deloitte and Unigraphics ally, Delcam partners for digitizing, Paraform collaborates with Unigraphics, What another portal? dabaweb.com, SDRC deploys OneSpace
  • Competitive wins: UGS wins $13 million Hamilton Sundstrand order
  • Financials: EAI delays financial results, NC Microproducts acquired
  • On the move
  • Upcoming events

    • 7 March 2000 (Issue 38)

  • eWeekly editor attends the Daratech CAD/CAM/CAE Strategy Conference
  • UGS announces in-KEY
  • CAD-Portal.com information
  • New products: Alibre Design service, e.visualNastran 4D, NetIDEAS Windchill ASP, Translation Technologies ASP, Spatial translation for Pro/ENGINEER, CATIA systems, and STEP.
  • Upgrades: Deneb/ QUEST Version 5.1, CAST training for Solid Edge
  • Marketing: CADKEY adds five resellers, PTC partners with AVL List GmbH for powertrains, Autodesk sells AutoCAD 2000 directly via its e-Store, EdgeCAM for Mechanical Desktop, Rand Engineering.com, SupplierOne.com for sourcing
  • Competitive wins: Tecnomatix order from BMW Group, Brembo Group expands its usage of CATIA, Corning buys 100 copies of Autodesk Inventor, Kinetic Concepts selects SolidWorks, Mercedes-Benz Passenger Car Development standardizes on Metaphase
  • Financials: Cimatron reports flat results, Dassault Systemes to acquire EAI-DELTA GmbH
  • On the move
  • Upcoming events

    • 29 February 2000 (Issue 37)

  • Parametric Technology's new corporate strategy
  • Marketing: think3 books 3,000 subscriptions, Manusoft to build mold design software on SolidWorks, where parts sourcing is going, ANSYS and MDI broaden alliance, CapacityWeb.com for frictionless buying and selling, Dassault Systemes receives ATW award, SRAC joins Autodesk MAI program
  • New products: Cimsoftek's Unigraphics - CATIA direct translator, Tech Soft America free Parasolid parts viewer
  • Upgrades: ME10 2000, GibbsCAM 2000, Parasolid to support Linux
  • Financial reports: Diehl Graphsoft acquired by Nemetschek, Agile Software third quarter revenue up 46%, RAND Worldwide fourth quarter revenue up 24.5%, Spatial secures financing for PlanetCAD
  • Competitive wins: MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG of Munich buys CATIA, MTD Products selects SDRC Metaphase, Polytechnic University of Turin adopts SolidWorks, Bosch chooses Unigraphics
  • On the move
  • Upcoming events

    • 15 February 2000 (Issue 36)

  • Multiple eWeekly copies received?
  • Our visit to SolidWorks and all about SolidWorks 2000
  • Unigraphics Solutions financial results show impressive growth
  • Moldflow to acquire C-MOLD
  • About Solid Edge Version 8 Cognitive Assembly Design
  • New products and upgrades: InnovMetric PolyWorks/Modeler, C-MOLD Advanced Solutions 2000.1
  • On the education front, Cimatron and Macomb Community College, SolidWorks and ENG CITA, Unigraphics et al donate to PhAME; Testing manufacturing applicants
  • Web - CAD related announcements: SRAC's new website, B to B for negotiating volume discounts and finding job shop suppliers
  • think3 ends 1999 with 3,000 subscriptions
  • Competitive wins by SDRC at Singapore Technologies Aerospace, Unigraphics Solutions at Koenig & Bauer Group
  • Tecnomatix and ANSYS announce record financial results
  • Upcoming events

    • 8 February 2000 (Issue 35)

  • Visit our sponsors: CAD-Portal.com for links, the latest daily news, channels, free software, and other engineering resources and SRAC COSMOS design analysis software
  • Dassault Systemes revenue up 22%, reports substantial gain in market share
  • New products: Delcam moldmaker estimating package, data translation toolkits for Parasolid and PS/Bodyshop, CADfix for ANSYS
  • Upgrades: Alias|Wavefront StudioTools, Cyco AutoManager WorkFlow and View, Moldflow Plastics Xpert R2, Autodesk Actrix Technical 2000
  • Marketing: Perot Systems - an ASP for OneSpace,
  • Financials: OnCourse Technologies acquires TekSoft, Mechanical Dynamics, Inc. revenue up 2% for 1999, Spatial Inc. revenue up 4%, reports loss for 1999.
  • Competitive wins: Jaguar selects LMS FALANCS, Siemens AG partnering with SDRC, Yale University selects Solid Edge, Renault orders Tecnomatix software and services, think3 wins at adidas-Salomon
  • Upcoming events

    • 1 February 2000 (Issue 34)

  • Visit our sponsor CAD-Portal.com for links, the latest daily news, channels, free software, and other engineering resources
  • Tech Soft America demonstrates Linux Parasolid port and offers free developer toolkit
  • Dassault Systemes and Intergraph to form strategic shipbuilding alliance
  • IMSI exits retail business
  • TI CEO says era of the PC is ending
  • MainWin used by PTC for Unix rehosting
  • InPart Mechanical now exceeds one million parts
  • SAP AG is Autodesk's first Enterprise Partner
  • COSMOS/DesignSTAR integrated with Autodesk Inventor, new Pro/MECHANICA Fatigue Advisor
  • Competitive wins by SDRC at DENSO, Pro/E contributes to cruise ship Voyager of the Seas, Solid Edge at Biesse, Metaphase and I-DEAS at MascoTech, MatrixOne wins order and announces IPO
  • ESI Group purchases OPTRIS stamping simulation product
  • SDRC fourth quarter shows a dramatic 16% decline in license revenue
  • One the move Mike deFisser and Bob Alfieri of CoCreate, Hansel E. Tookes II to CEO of Raytheon Aircraft
  • Upcoming events
  • eWeekly publisher information

    • 25 Jan 2000 (Issue 33)

  • Points2Polys available, Centric Software clarification, CAD prediction reply
  • TechniCom reviews CADMAX Solid Master V9
  • New products - Informative Graphics inViso low cost viewer, Spatial IntraVISION modules for Pro/ENGINEER and CATIA 3D CAD file formats
  • Upgrades of Vericut 5.0, Icepak 3.1, Virtual CNC version 3.3
  • Competitive wins from Tecnomatix, LMS International, Parametric Technology, SolidWorks, and Unigraphics Solutions
  • Upcoming events

    • 18 Jan 2000 (Issue 32)

  • TechniCom prognosticates on the future
  • Centric Software's Pivotal provides independence from CAD and data management software
  • Moldflow donation, who won at Volkswagen?, ENOVIA also wins Boeing data management, CADKEY distribution causes changes
  • Informative Graphics Brava! license changes, Immersive Design's new IPA WebView, LMS International release of LMS OPTIMUS Rev 2.2
  • TGS Amapi 3D for $399, C-MOLD 3D QuickFill predicts sink marks
  • Parametric Technology reports license revenue down almost 35%
  • CoCreate wins at Saft and Square Deal Tooling, Seagate standardizes Metaphase, Hitachi Automotive Products selects ANSYS DesignSpace, Boeing selects CATIA and ENOVIA as standards, Delphi Automotive Systems adopts EAI VisProcess
  • On the move: Joe Costello of think3 to Saba Board; Oliver Digel to Vice President, Agile Software
  • Upcoming events

    • 11 Jan 2000 (Issue 31)

  • Paraform, Inc. upgrades Paraform 1.5 and offers free Points2Polys software
  • SDRC acquires Sherpa Systems and Inso France Development
  • SRAC introduces COSMOS/Flow, Gibbs and Associates ships Gibbs SFP Version 5.1, Linius Technologies releases EMbassy v2.5, LightWork Design released of MachineWorks 4.1, MDSI developed a SERCOS servo interface
  • Agile Software completed its public offering of 1,645,000 shares, Parametric reaps rewards but misses revenue and earnings targets, Tecnomatix acquires FABMASTER, Autodesk declares quarterly cash dividend of $0.06, Microsoft completes acquisition of Visio
  • FARO Technologies wins award for 3D FaroArm, RAND Worldwide expands it exclusive Pro/ENGINEER sales reach, Unigraphics Solutions announces e-store for purchasing certified UGS workstations and extends partnership with Tata Consultancy, Visionary Design Systems and British Aerospace Airbus engineers wins awards
  • Kapp GmbH selects Unigraphics and iMAN, INDUSTRIAS ROMI chooses SolidWorks, Tecnomatix wins at Canon and Scientific-Atlanta, PTC wins $12 million Windchill order at Siemens AG, and PTC wins at NASA
  • Michael O'Gara joins EAI as VP, Nitzan Sapir to CEO of Cimatron, James C. Ivey becomes CTO at SDRC Metaphase
  • Upcoming events

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