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Issue 137 (Feb 2005)

What's with the 3D publishing (viewing) industry? We discuss: Lattice3D, Adobe Systems, Right Hemisphere, Immersive Design, Agile Software acquires Cimmetry Systems, UGS JT allies with Autodesk DWF, U3D standard submitted, and NavisWorks.
Arena offers a free version of its Arena PLM Workgroup Edition
New products:PTC Windchill Aerospace & Defense Module, IBM/DS PLM Industry Solution for aerospace suppliers, Actify Publisher 2005
Upgrades: Pro/CONCEPT 3.0, Femap Version 9, MEDUSA NG 2003, PolyWorks Version 9, model morphing toolset in VX Version 10, ToolWorks BOM Manager
Marketing: The "game-changing" role of PLM, Intergraph leads the global plant creation and shipbuilding software markets, SolidWorks embeds engineering search tools and joins forces on MEMS, TransMagic Autodesk Inventor certified, Doctor Walt's KEYCREATOR 4 Workbook, Raindrop Geomagic NSF grant, The Partcard Technical Reference Center
Competitive wins: Isuzu Motors Limited - UGS NX Nastran, The Permasteelisa Group buys 1,200 licenses of SolidWorks, UGS - Volvo Group, UGS - Vitra, UGS - AMF, UGS - American Axle & Manufacturing, UGS - Lockheed Martin, Toyota Motorsport GmbH -CATIA V5, Joy Mining Machinery - Elysium's CADfeatur, Aviation Enterprises - Kubotek KeyCreator
Financials:2004 was agood year for the PLM software business: UGS exceeds US 1 billion in revenues for 2004, IMSI quarter revenues exceed $6.0 million, MSC.Software finds that information was withheld, think3's revenue increase 14% or 33%, Agile Software's quarterly revenue increases 31%, Autodesk fiscal 2005 revenues rose 30%, Autodesk to acquire the assets of COMPASS systems GmbH, Rand Worldwide to acquire Sage CAD, UGS increases its loan amount, Tecnomatix 2004 revenue up 16%, MatrixOne quarterly revenue up 31%, Moldflow's second quarter revenue grew 53%
On the move: People: Dave Shirk - UGS, Frank Perna - MSC.Software, William J. Weyand - MSC.Software, Tilman Schad - KollabNet, Rick Smith and Bernard Pezzimenti - RuleStream, Cary Love - 3D Systems Corporation Partners: UGS and Capgemini U.S. LLC, UGS and HP, Siemens AG - JT Open, IRISCO -Autodesk, Mentor Graphics - UGS, Unlimited Innovative Technology - RealityWave, SolidWorks -SURFCAM, SpatiaX Infosystems- Cimmetry
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This newsletter has links to our comments - What we think of >> Lattice3D, Agile Software / Cimmetry acquisition, UGS JT / Autodesk DWF alliance, Arena's free offer, PLM justification, think3's revenue report.

Issue 136 (Jan 2005)

Editor at SolidWorks World
UGS buying spree continues with the acquisition of Tecnomatix
New products: PolyWorks V9, PDQWorks, JT2Go
Upgrades: GAMBIT 2.2, NavisWorks JetStream, KeyCreator 4.0, Moldflow Plastics Advisers 7.1, Adobe Acrobat 7.0, stereoscopic support for SolidWorks, Parasolid version 16.1, 2D Dimensional Constraint Manager, Profile Geometry Manager, NX Nastran Version 3
Marketing: Elysium's CADfeature translates features, GibbsCAM 2004+, COSMOS 2005 wins award
Competitive wins: Roman Showers - SolidWorks, Dorner Manufacturing -3D PartStream.NET, Emirates Team New Zealand - SolidWorks, Sagrada Fam'lia Cathedral - CATIA, Mark Richey Woodworking - Autodesk Inventor, Burton Snowboards - SolidWorks, Krones AG -Solid Edge, Besser Company - SolidWorks and COSMOS, Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG - NX and Teamcenter, Comau Pico - MatrixOne, Swingline - Aras
Financials: IBM acquires KeyMRO, RAND Worldwide and Dassault Systemes conclude arrangement, OnCourse sells TekSoft and Cimtronics to GSSL, PTC continues to return to good financial health
On the move: People: Christopher L. Gorgone -Moldflow, Shantanu Narayen - Adobe, Michael Coleman - TekSoft, Gary Fulton - Cimtronics, Ilya Mirman - SolidWorks, Pat Kruse - UGS, John Graham - UGS. Partners: Autodesk and Microsoft, SolidWorks - 3D Systems, UGS and ADINA R&D, UGS - Design Automation Associates
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Issue 135 (Dec 2004)

Feature Articles: Productstream 2, Windchill on demand, CATIA V5R14, Microsoft - Dassault Systemes alliance.
New products: Delcam race line machining, i.get.it e-learning solution for COSMOSWorks, PolyWorks/IMView, SolidWorks price-quoting service, FaroARM interface for SURFCAM, JT2Go no-cost 3D viewing products, Mastercam Art, bringing brings its power and experience to artistic relief design and cutting.
Upgrades: KeyCreator 4.0, IntelliShip, R14 of the Spatial 3D Modeling and Data Interoperability product lines, FormatWorks 2005, Bluebeam Pushbutton Plus for SolidWorks, Brava! Enterprise content visualization server, Designer Modeling 2005, Visual-Crash for PAM, Geomagic Studio 7, ToleranceCalc, GibbsCAM 2004+, rapidformXO Verifier, Alias StudioTools 12 - Alias ImageStudio 2 - PortfolioWall 2, CADSTAR Express free PCB design suite, LMS Pimento Rev 5.1, Moldflow CAD Doctor, Document3D, EdgeCAM Solid Machinist for CATIA V5, ANSYS 9.0.
Marketing: IBM and Dassault Systemes at Purdue University, Alibre offers AutoCAD LT upgrades, Lattice3D wins award from DoD, Proficiency wins INDUSTRYWEEK award, AVEVA appreciated by DAEWOO, PTC strengthens electronics and high tech offerings.
Competitive wins: Elettronica - MatrixOne, Babcock & Wilcox - RuleStream, SARGENT Manufacturing, Tempus Computers, and Nutek Singapore - SolidWorks, Superior Die Set - 3D PartStream.NET, Schilling Robotics - SolidWorks, Avio - MSC.Software, Aperto Networks and Mobile Digital Media - Arena, Nikon Corporation - COSMOSDesignSTAR, Hydro-Quebec and Northrop Grumman - IBM and Dassault Systemes PLM, leading printer manufacturers - CoCreate OneSpace Designer Modeling, superDimension Ltd. - SMARTEAM, Delcam PowerINSPECT - General Motors, Malmo University of Sweden - IronCAD, DARPA - PTC, three German engineering universities - SolidWorks, Transport Design International - VX CAD/CAM.
Financials: ANSYS revenue up 15%, Autodesk revenue up 28%, RAND Worldwide revenue down 5% - losses continue, UGS revenue up 18%.
On the move: People: Trenton H. Brown - Proficiency, Marc Dulude - Proficiency, Todd McCall - Cyon Research, Gregory P. Spivy and William J. Weyand - MSC.Software. Partners: Lattice3D - 5 new resellers, ALGOR - FatigueWizard, IGC - SealedMedia, CAXA - Dassault Systemes, CADopia - SolidWorks, CoCreate - Systinet, Delphi Technologies - Design Solutions, ImpactXoft - MCG, Spicer Corporation - JT Open.
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