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Issue 118 (19 Dec 2002)

• Visit to think3 reveals their new strategy
• Dassault Systemes acquires KTI
• A look at Unigraphics NX Knowledge Fusion
• Need help in technology innovation?
• PLM initiatives are suffering
• New products: SolidWorks' new 3D ContentCentral, Alias SketchBook Pro, EMBRACE Collaborative Workspace 5.0, Teamcenter on the new Tablet PC platform, ToleranceCalc, AI*NASTRAN
• Upgrades: CoCreate's OneSpace Collaboration release 11.6, IX SPeeD, 3G.author 3G.central 3G.access, dwgBase V2.06, efd.lab 3.0, Collaboration Gateway -- version 2.0, MSC.Dynamic Designer, Alias Studio Personal Learning Edition, Proof Positive, Moldflow Plastics Insight 4.0, T-FLEX Parametric CAD 7.2, WAVE v5
• For software developers: D-Cubed Profile Geometry Manager and AEM V13, Spatial's R10 of ACIS 3D ACIS PHL V5 and 3D ACIS Deformable Modeling
• Marketing: Migrating to CADKEY 20+ Workshop CD, Polyplan Technologies to embed, license, and distribute EDS' PLM Vis toolkit, eRoom Technology and Cimmetry Systems announce eRoom Viewer for CAD Visualization, 35 independent software vendors deliver 50 CAA V5 based products, SolidWorks 2003 wins CADENCE Magazine Editors' Choice award
• Financials: think3's continued growth , Autodesk's third quarter revenues down 12.6% to $188.7 million
• Competitive wins: Toyota contracts for MSC.Dynamic Designer Suspension for CAA V5, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young U.S. LLC (CGE&Y) licenses MatrixOne's collaborative PLM for internal service development projects,Elysium supplies Mild Seven Renault F1 Team, Microsoft chose CoCreate's OneSpace Collaboration,TOYOTA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION reduces costs with IBM PLM solutions, TransMagic translators chosen by Origin International, Vortechnics slashes design time with Autodesk Inventor, LeTourneau implements Solid Edge Insight, SGI visualization systems power JSF
• On the move: People:Marc Cannon, think3; Dick Sowar, Geomonen; Edwin J. Gillis, PTC; Alon Zelzion, Cimatron; Willy Bakkers, LMS; Donald R. "Scotty" Walsh, Avatech
  Partnering: MatrixOne, Inc. and GlobalSpec, Inc., Translation Technologies and SolidWorks Corporation, Proficiency agreement with EDS PLM Solutions, Dassault Systemes and CENIT AG Systemhaus, PTC and Mensch und Maschine Software AG, STEP Tools Dassault Systemes' CAA, ANSYS and LMS Virtual.Lab, Spatial and IntelliCAD Technology Consortium
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Issue 117 (8 Nov 2002)

• Pro/CONCEPT, an application for industrial designers
• Autodesk ships Autodesk Inventor 6
• Version 5 Release 10 of CATIA, ENOVIA SMARTEAM, and DELMIA announced
• Unigraphics NX ships
• PTC product development strategy roadmap
• New products: Capvidia’s FormatWorks, Cadpo Authoring and Publishing, Cadpo deploys i.get.it through General Motors' Knowledge Center, Digital Immersion’s Presenter 3D, Axiom SequenceEditor
• Upgrades: Mastercam Direct for Rhino, MSC.DataMart, Magics 8, TASysEdge 2002 tolerance analysis for Solid Edge v12, PDMWorks, ALGOR Alibre Import Extender, Cimmetry Systems solution for Brightspire
• Marketing: Alibre Design 5.0 for $495
• Financials: Autodesk Inc. third quarter results to be below expectations, PTC 4Q revenue drops 18%, Workgroup Technology to be acquired by Softech, ESI Group to acquire VASci
• Competitive wins: Airbus installs more CATIA V5, Budde Sheet Metal implements Solid Edge Insight, companies create first-of-their–kind products with Autodesk Inventor, Emerson Motor purchased 34 licenses of Solid Edge, Pratt & Whitney uses iSIGHT for design exploration and optimization, Pratt & Whitney Canada develops new engines with IBM PLM solutions, Lockheed Martin uses more FiberSIM, EdgeCAM at Parker Hannifin, Timken Company adopts Epogy, Hon Hai Precision selects eMPower
• On the move: People: Chris Garcia to SolidWorks, Larry McArthur to SGI, Ken Shain to Synaps, Jim Baum to Proficiency Board, Gil Efron, Roni Or, Kirk Schlappi to Proficiency, Dan Staples, Bruce Boes, Stephen Brown to Solid Edge, Robert J. Stevenson to TTI, Ken Bado to Autodesk, Hibbitt, Karlsson & Sorensen, Inc. changes name to ABAQUS, Inc.
  Partnering: Dassault Systemes and Geometric Software Solutions; ANSYS and Honeywell Engines; Copalp and MDSI; Elysium and ENGINEERING.com; Exa and Stewart Reed Design; PTC and Fluent, Altair Engineering, Gibbs And Associates, ICEM Technologies, Okino Computer Graphics, Informative Graphics; GibbsCAM certified for Solid Edge; MotionInventor now Autodesk Inventor Certified
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Issue 116 (7 Oct 2002)

• IBM to Acquire EADS Matra Datavision, its largest reseller
• Dassault Systemes gets exclusive development rights for ImpactXoft Functional Modeling software
• Unigraphics NX available
• Solidworks 2003 announced; to begin shipping later this month
• New products: Intergraph IntelliShip, Geomate ToleranceCalc, ICAM Virtual Machine
• Upgrades: COSMOS 2003 product line, HKS ABAQUS Version 6.3, Autodesk Buzzsaw Professional, IGC released DrawBridge Central
• Marketing: Brava! WebKit supports Documentum, ANSYS probabilistic design seminars, PTC and BYU PLM conference for educators, C4W 3D ReBuilder, ATI's online, instant rapid prototypes quoting, conference on the state and future of Manufacturing Process Management, PTC named a leading vendor in the PLM market, Flux2D field simulator, machining by robot
• Financials: SofTech reports lower revenue and loss for last fiscal year, Autodesk completes acquisition of CaiCE, Dassault Systemes reduces its 2002 revenue objective to 4% growth, EDS expects lower revenues and earnings for its third quarter of 2002
• Competitive wins: PTC at Compal Electronics, SLKB to Autodesk Inventor Series, Avery Dennison's Fasterner Division orders Moldflow products, Bossong Engineering increases revenue using Autodesk Inventor, IntegWare to achieve Global Harmonization with NEC, Sony Espana orders PTC's MCAD solutions, PAM-RTM helps Ford Motor Company manufacture composite parts, Ericsson AB opts for IronCAD LLC's Inovate, Arken Designs, Lithonia Lighting, and WMH Tool Group turn to Autodesk Streamline, Ford buys SGI Reality Center, Ajax Magnathermic collaborates with SmarTeam, Pillar Industries efficient with Autodesk Inventor
• Letters to the editor: A reader defends the user group Inventor - SolidWorks benchmark
• On the move People, Partnering:
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Issue 115 (12 Sept 2002)

• Autodesk previews Inventor 6 and Streamline 4
• New products: ESI Group’s PAM-STAMP 2G
• Upgrades: DFM Concurrent Costing Version 2.0, Gibbs SFP 2002, CATIA V4 integrates SMARTEAM, SURFCAM Verify 4.1, MSC.visualNastran V5i family, EdgeCAM 7, SmartGateway V.2, Translation Technologies licenses Spatial's CAA V5
• For software developers: Spatial Corp. announced a Professional Services program
• Marketing: VX Corporation free trial program, Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire named Editor's Choice, Rayovac Corp. purchases the 200,000th seat of SolidWorks, FaceWorks 2.5 Gold Product status for SolidWorks 2001Plus.
• Competitive wins: Asahi Beer and CATIA, DaimlerChrysler saves with MSC simulation, PTC products designated "Industrial IT-Enabled" by ABB, PTC wins with Windchill at Guidant Corporation, 3D Systems sells 2 SLS systems to Boeing subsidiary, Beijing Switch Factory buys 40 seats of SolidWorks, LG Philips Displays opts for Autodesk Inventor, Redstone Arsenal simulates missile launchers with LMS
• On the move People, Places, Partnering: Paul Wilkinson of Delcam, four new SME Fellows, Capvidia new resellers, CoCreate Software enlisting new business partners, Gibbs and Associates to use PTC Granite technology, Nika Fluid Solutions distributes EFD.Lab
• Letters to the editor: Autodesk and others reply to our characterization of a recent benchmark "win"
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Issue 114 (13 Aug 2002)

• Solid Edge V12 designs with Insight
• FISHER/UNITECH rolls out QuickDesign, a Knowledge Based Engineering product
• Autodesk Inventor and SolidWorks products butt heads at AutoCAD user group meeting
• New products: Cadpo has five new courses, IX Design uses D-Cubed 3D DCM, Leica IMS Horizon
• Upgrades: Version 2.0 of Teamcenter Aerospace and Defense solution, Mastercam Version 9, Mastercam Lathe Version 9, Maya 4.5, DYNAFORM-PC Version 2.0, Agile Engineering suite
• For software developers: 3D ACIS PHL, 3D InterOp Exchange and 3D Viz Exchange, Presenter 2.1, Shape Healer
• Marketing: IBM and Dassault Systemes increase their joint sales and marketing growth plan, Cimmetry Systems Visualization and Collaboration seminars, Virtual Vantage visualization software, on line demo of VX, FASTBLANK released, GibbsCAM, EdgeCAM, InCAD and Synergis Adept 5 are Autodesk Inventor Certified, EdgeCAM optimizes for high speed machining, Delcam previews new five-axis strategies
• Financials: ANSYS 2Q2002 revenue shows slight increase, Autodesk to acquire CAiCE,a plethora of poor revenue and earnings reports from PTC, Moldlfow, and MatrixOne
• Competitive wins: Causeway Technologies licenses AutoVue, Georgia Tech and Dassault Systemes form strategic development partnership for PLM, Chengdu Engineering Machinery Group buys 50 licenses of Inventor Series, Renault assembles with Tecnomatix eMPower, Scania adds 3,000 seats of ENOVIA, Evans Consoles cuts cycle time by 3/4 with CoCreate, Wood Group Pressure Control reduces errors with SolidWorks, Johnson Security opts for SolidWorks, Rademaker Group migrates to SolidWorks, Bimba Manufacturing 3D PartStream.NET, Fiat Group gains access to all MSC.Software products, customers save with Windchill ProjectLink, Saturn uses PowerINSPECT, Rayovac Corp. buys the 200,000th seat of SolidWorks
• On the move People, Places, Partnering
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Issue 113 (29 July 2002)

• Autodesk's Inventor Certification Program replaces the MAI program
• EDS PLM Solutions analysts meeting updates the company progress
• New products: SolidWorks Internet directory, TransMagic's new CAD translation software
• Upgrades: Informative Graphics MYRIAD 6.0, SmartBOM Version 2.0, solidThinking LT 5.0, version 3.1 of LMS OPTIMUS, MSC.visualNastran V5i family of products, AutoVue 16.1, release 10 of StudioTools
• For software developers: New release of 2D DCM
• Marketing: SURFCAM Step Reduction Milling cited, SolidWorks new Education Edition, Constellation-an indoor GPS system, KB4 DriveWorks KBE solution
• Financials: CoCreate Software secures second round of financing, think3 secures $10 million+ in additional financing, Dassault Systemes earnings up 8%
• Competitive wins: Pioneer Hi-Bred International standardizes on Autodesk Inventor, Moffat Ltd. designs bakery equipment with Autodesk Inventor, Moldflow wins with Plastics Insight at a bevy of companies, Ford Powertain selected LMS Virtual.Lab for virtual powertrain development, SmarTire Systems uses MSC.visualNastran, Wescast Industries selects Teamcenter Automotive Supplier software, Astrium uses CATIA and DELMIA, BMW purchases 128 Exa PowerFLOW licenses, Honeywell licenses Geomagic Qualify 4.0 for quality inspection
• On the move People, Places, Partnering: James Baum, T-Systems and Dassault Systemes, MatrixOne and Informative Graphics, Elysium and Spatial, Mecalog and Dassault Systeme, MSC.Software and Free Field Technologies, Geometric Software Solutions and Dassault Systemes, CADKEY Corporation and Cadwaves and Mechanical Job Solutions, Tecnomatix and Majenta Solutions, Neuvotec and WestCAM Technologies
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Issue 112 (30 June 2002)

• Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire announced
• Dassault Systems 3D PLM system - V5R9, introduces product morphing
• Late breaking news: think3, Inc., secured more than $10 million in additional financing led by top-tier venture firm New Enterprise Associates. The funding comes on the heels of several major machinery design customer wins, the release of a new product suite and the appointment of an industry veteran to head up worldwide sales.
• Upgrades: RealityWave VizStream Platform, Synergis Adept 5, Design Expert 5.1, EMbassyWorks4.0, Autodesk Mechanical Productivity Extension
• For software developers: LightWork Design to provide industry specific content
• Marketing: Mystery of`bending' free kicks solved, scanning for quality, ALGOR FEA optimizes a wide-range oxygen sensor
• Competitive wins: Agusta, Ferrari, and Lamborghini to use ICAM's CAM-POST, Cox Automation Systems selects Autodesk Inventor, Federal Mogul optimizes with LMS OPTIMUS, Centric Software helps Lockheed Martin Aeronautics design avionics displays, Gentex Corporation uses SolidWorks, Kohlbach GmbH & Co. fires up with Autodesk Inventor, EADS expands IBM's and Dassault Systemes' PLM, Townsend Engineering process with Autodesk Inventor
• On the move People, Places, Partnering: Bruce Boes to Solid Edge, Remco Bos to ManufacturingQuote, Neuvotec distributes through Fisher/Unitech, Inflow Technologies, Axis Technologies and Shounco Design Studios, CEIMIS Enterprises joins the PTC Alliance Partner Program, Eigner and Spicer Corporation extend relationship, IBM and SMARTEAM doubling resources, RAND completes agreement with IBM and Dassault Systemes.
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Issue 111 (7 June 2002)

• ImpactXoft announces a free trial program
• SolidWorks new lineup of PDM solutions
• think3 unveils new version of thinkteam
• New products: HOOPS 3D Part Viewer, 3DCaliper, Spatial CATIA V5 Reader/Writer
• Upgrades: Version 12 of Solid Edge, Autodesk Revit 4.5, PartsNow!, PAM-RTM 2002, Autodesk Mechanical Desktop-to-GibbsCAM Add-In, NavisWorks 2.2, CircuitWorks IV, PowerINSPECT, DP Technology Add-in for Autodesk Inventor, OneSpace Designer 2002+, Moldflow Plastics Advisers 6.0, CADKEY Workshop Version 20, TASysWorks Tolerance Solutions, i2 SRM for Teamcenter, ACIS Modeler Version 8.0
• For software developers: Spatial Corp. becomes channel for CATIA V5 CAA to software developers
• Marketing: OneSpace Designer Drafting 2002+, PowerMILL wins award, AutoManager View 3.2 wins award, Pro/DESKTOP and Pro/ENGINEER for educators, MSC.Software and IBM deliver analysis solutions for PLM, Agile Leverages Cimmetry, America's Cup tests with COSMOS/Works, Delcam SDRC translations
• Financials: Autodesk reports 1Q revenue down 7%
• Competitive wins: Proficiency adopts Spatial CAA V5, Cox Automation selects Autodesk Inventor, PTC gets order from Bose, United Airlines implements CATIA Version , Hardinge upgrades to the Autodesk Inventor, Hawker de Havilland powers analysis with MSC.Linux, Lockheed Martin Information Systems buys 55 licenses of SolidWorks, Toyota Motor Corporation selects Pro/ENGINEER, Hawker de Havilland powers analysis with MSC.Linux, Townsend Engineering upgrades 27 seats to Autodesk Inventor
• On the move People, Places, Partnering: Kurt Nolte to IronCAD, Scott W. Rudy III to think3, Steve Cakebread to Salesforce.com, Intercim promotes two, ManufacturingQuote partners with Thomas Register, ISTAG and ESI Group partner, MSC.Software joins SmartSim Community

Issue 110 (14 May2002)

• Bentley Systems files to go public
• PlanetCAD merged into Avatech Solutions
• New products: Cadpo adds CATIA line of courseware, Dynamic Designer Motion for CATIA V5, COSMOS/FloWorks
• Upgrades: Actify's SpinFire Enterprise and SpinFire Professional, GrafiCalc 3.0, HighRES 3D reverse engineering software suite for SolidWorks, Windchill PDMLink, Unigraphics NX to ship in August, PAM-CEM Solutions 2002, ANSYS version 6.1, HOOPS 3D Application Framework v7.0, IronCAD InnovationSuite 2002, Surfware Advanced Hole Processing software, Pro/ENGINEER Routed Systems Designer (RSD) 3.0
• Marketing: CIMdata lists EDS as the leading PLM technology supplier for cPDm, Release 10 of StudioTools, SMARTEAM Smart Multi-site
• Financials: Intel Corp. to pay $300 million to Intergraph, Moldflow revenue up 3%-earnings down two thirds, Dassault Systemes 1Q2002 revenue up 11%-earnings up 34%, MatrixOne 3Q2002 revenue declines 16%-earnings becomes loss, PlanetCAD 4Q2001 revenue up slightly-loses $4.1 million, Workgroup Technology Corporation 4Q2002 revenue down 11%-loses $440K, Autodesk expects net revenues to be lower than expected, ANSYS 1Q2002 revenue up 17%-earnings uo 24%, MSC.Software 1Q2002 revenues up 49% (due to acquisition)-loses $2.4 million  
• Competitive wins: G.D standardizez on thinkdesign, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics licenses T-Systems' CATIA Metaphase Interface, students design with Autodesk Inventor and Autodesk Streamline, Championship Racing switches to SolidWorks, Babcock & Wilcox uses SolidWorks and KBE software, LATECOERE implements ENOVIA, Baker SPD uses SolidWorks, Wilhelm Karmann GmbH selectes PAM-CRASH and PAM-STAMP, Perry Slingsby Systems selectes SMARTEAM, Boston Gear uses 3D PartStream.NET, Seats Inc. converts to Solid Edge
• On the move People, Places, Partnering: Mark Cutler, of CoCreate, ESI Group and Renault Group, HKS and Elysium, Proficiency and PTC, The State Marine Technical University of Saint-Petersburg and IBM and Dassault Systemes, MatrixOne and Cimmetry Systems, former SDRC partner Streamline Technology Group and PTC

Issue 109 (24 April 2002)

• Rand becomes major IBM-Dassault reseller-integrator
• Centric Software clears the air on the Innovation Center
• New products: EDS PLM Open architecture, E-vis 4.0, Windchill PDMLink
• Upgrades: SolidWorks and GlobalSpec ally, Axiom SpellCheckerPlus for MicroStation V8, Version 4.0 of FiberSIM, new Wizards for PS-Moldmaker, OpenCNC Version 6.2, latest Trace Parts version contains >300,000 components, ESPRIT 2002, QuickNC
• Marketing: SRAC consulting revenues up, Nihon Unisys to use CATIA V5 architecture for die development processes, Spicer releases Image a*X 7.0 
• Collaboration: DrawingRoom.net offers users free document and drawing collaboration, Materialise starts STLfix.com
• Competitive wins: Allied Systems migrates to Autodesk Inventor, Caterpillar signs contracts for PLM with EDS, Dassault Aviation chooses Dassault Systemes, Elkay Manufacturing cuts prototype time with OneSpace, Tecnomatix Unicam subsidiary wins at Harris, Open Text Corporation selects AutoVue, PTC progresses in JSF program, Bosch selects iTAC's easy works
• Financials: PTC 2Q revenue declines 25% compared to the same quarter last year, cPDm market grew 25% last year, MatrixOne expects lower revenue this quarter, Workgroup Technology not interested in SofTech offer either
• On the move People, Places, Partnering: Dr. Ken Short, Hibbitt, Karlsson and Sorensen; HKS to integrate ABAQUS into the CATIA V5 user environment, Forming Technologies partners with CAA V5 for sheet metal forming, Pacific Automation to resell FaceWorks NC software

Issue 108 (8 April 2002)

• New products: Sign-it for AutoCAD, Centric Software Innovation Center, Opticore Opus for Solaris
• Upgrades: MSC.visualNastran 4D 2002, new format for high-speed continuous 5-axis machining, Dynamic Designer for Inventor, solidThinkingRELEASE 5
• Marketing: Cadpo's CATIA courseware, awards to: SolidWorks 2001Plus Best of Show, CoCreate OneSpace Solution Suite one of the top 10 products, Solid Edge Showstopper Award Best of Show awards
• Competitive wins: IBM and Dassault Systemes collaborate with Toyota, ABB Canada's drys with Autodesk Inventor, CDI Engineering Services collaborates with CoCreate's OneSpace Solution Suite, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics opts for IBM PLM solutions for JFS, Pacific International Tool & Shear cuts design cycle time with Autodesk Inventor, PROTON ergonomizes with DELMIA, TRW Automotive saves with PTC solutions
• Financials: PTC expects lower revenue for quarter ended last month
• On the move People, Places, Partnering: Delcam and SensAble, RealityWave ICT of Hong Kong, Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries and Dassault Systemes and IBM PLM, 3Dconnexion and Dassault Systemes
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Issue 107 (22 March 2002)

• MSC.Software to acquire Mechanical Dynamics
• PTC to interoperate with EDS PLM Solutions
• New products: Phraselator Conquers the Tower of Babel, 3D Grapher
• Upgrades: Vis Concept 3.0, Moldflow EZ-Track 2.0, Solid Edge Insight, Raindrop Geomagic Studio 4.1, PolyWorks/Inspector V7, Delcam PS-Electrode, VX Version 6
• Collaboration: NetVendor Collaborative Workspace 4.2, Cyco AutoManager Meridian 2002, TeamVault AutoCAD Client, SpecStation for MatrixOne
• Marketing: News from Autodesk's analyst meeting, SolidWorks 2001 award, Solid Edge awards Certified Select to 33 solutions, iSIGHT wins PACE award
• Tools for software developers (new): CollabView 2.0 framework, RealityWave adds file format exporters, PTC and Tech Soft ally on HOOPS 3D Application Framework (HOOPS/3DAF)
• Competitive wins: Researchers use CFdesign, Quasar orders Tecnomatix Unicam, Citadon licenses AutoVue,
  Global Helicopter adds Autodesk Inventor, A-B-C Packaging Machine wraps up Autodesk Inventor order,
  Sikorsky doubles FiberSIM use
• Financials: MSC.Software fiscal year revenue up 33% to $236.1 million, but net earnings dropped 10% to a meager $10.3 million, Autodesk announces 2-for-1 stock split, Workgroup Technology in play!
• On the move People, Places, Partnering: Chris Jones of SMARTEAM Europe, Informative Graphics Europe office, GoEngineer number one SolidWorks reseller; PTC partners with carat robotic innovation, Right Hemisphere, ForeFront Engineering & Design; NKK Corporation, ICAM Technologies with Dassault Systemes; Raindrop Geomagic with Open Technologies and Genex Technologies; Autodesk with Immersive Design
• Letters to the editor: John Callen of Gibbs and Associates points out that our STEP-NC comments were not entirely correct!
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Issue 106 (7 March 2002)

• EDS and Autodesk agree to interoperate
• New products: PTC adds Groove technology, ALGOR's new fast solvers - how fast?, Dassault Systemes and Hitachi Zosen ally, Dassault Systemes releases V5R8, Mechanical Dynamics adds four new products to ADAMS 12.0
• Upgrades: Unigraphics NX, EdgeCAM Version 6.50, Powerinspect, STEP-NC, CADKEY Workshop Version 20, RapidForm2001 Plus Pack 1, 3D InterOp version 3.0
• Collaboration: HOOPS Net Server used in TeamWorks, TTI debuts licensed Acc-u-Trans
• Marketing: Free Maya software?, TASysWorks certified for SolidWorks 2001+, PDM/Works 2002 adds function, PTC's Product First architecture, IronCAD to use PTC's Granite One, Jacobs Associates joins PTC Global Services' Alliance
• Competitive wins: Boeing Company purchases FiberSIM, Caterpillar to deploy Proficiency Collaboration Gateway, Country Coach selects Autodesk Inventor, EDS sells collaborative software to JSF Program, Georgia Tech adds TeamVault, Venture Industries selects OneSpace, Wink opts for Synergis Adept, Bandai designs with FreeForm, DaimlerChrysler deploys CATIA vehicle packaging, DELMIA flows with Airbus A380, TGV rides on SolidWorks designed bearings, China State Shipbuilding purchases 10,000 Autodesk Inventor licenses, DaimlerChrysler purchases CAM2 SPC
• Financials: Autodesk reports a strong finish last year
• On the move: William Gascoigne of CoCreate, Tilman Schad of CoCreate, INCAT to sell TTI, TTI adds Granite, TRIRIGA licenses AutoVue, ANSYS integrates with Engineering Technology Associates
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Issue 105 (21 February 2002)

• SolidWorks announces TeamWorks at SolidWorks World
• PTC announces free solid modeling
• Autodesk repackages Inventor Series : offers Inventor free to MDT users
• IBM Global Services becomes a Dassault Systemes Consulting Partner and adds MatrixOne product line
• Late breaking news: Autodesk acquires Revit for $133 million
• New products : CADKEY OEMs KEYMILL 2-AXIS
• Upgrades : Parasolid 13.2, GEOMATE's SketchCalc , TurboCAD V8, PolyCAPP V2.60, Expert Mold Designer V19.5, Moldflow Design Link 3.0
• Collaboration :  CoCreate series targets plastics mold base manufacturing, ENGINEERING.com Version 2.5, ImpactXoft 's IX SPeeD Suite builds on Spatial's ACIS Modeler
• Marketing :  AutoCAD user group chooses Revit, GibbsCAM 2002 shows Autodesk Inventor-to-GibbsCAM Add-in, TransCAT joins Dassault Systemes program, TASysWorks tolerance analysis software certified Gold for SolidWorks 2001+
• Competitive wins :  Sao Paulo buys 3000 Interactive Physics licenses, Ford implements Tecnomatix MPM solution, Delta Air Lines flies with FiberSIM , Shimizu buys 1,500 seats of AutoCAD LT 2002, Taylor-Dunn Corporation deploys Inventor, John Deere creates product information graphics with IPA, Ford expands CAD model quality with CADIQ, Therma-Wave, manages data with PDM/Works
• Financials : ANSYS revenue up 18%, Dassault Systemes revenue up 15%, Mechanical Dynamics revenues up 14%, LightWork Design spins off NavisWorks Division, Geometric Software Solutions and Dassault Systemes form joint venture, Moldflow revenue down down 12%
• On the move : Carl Bass, Autodesk; Doug May, Autodesk: Emmanuelle Delormes, Cimatron France; Dennis Barker, Desktop Engineering; David Hushbeck, PlanetCAD;
  Jim Bracking, PlanetCAD; Thomas Butta, PTC; INCAT partners; Delcam new Joint Venture; Microsolid Solutions ranks #1
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Issue 103 (8 Jan 2002)

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