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Autodesk’s AEC division regroups
Dec. 4 | Progress' new CEO, Jay Bhatt The surprise move put the AEC division under an unscripted spotlight at last week’s Autodesk University. It is a good time for a shake-up in the division; Bentley is gaining ground. In a move seen as positive by...
ClearEdge3D wins National Science Foundation grant
Oct. 3 | The maker of wicked fast 3D scan technology for feature extraction will work on eliminating blind spots and extending the technology’s use from single buildings or plants to whole facilities and city blocks. ClearEdge3D has won a research grant...
Aveva Plant portfolio update tightens 3D links
Sep. 29 | New features include deeper integration between modules, enhanced reporting capabilities, and extended language support. Elements from schematics may be compared with the master 3D plant model. Aveva today announced the 12.1 release of Aveva Plant,...
Salamander Energy selects Aveva for enterprise asset management
Sep. 20 | The oil and gas exploration firm will use Aveva WorkMate to improve operations in Indonesia and Thailand. Asian oil and gas exploration firm Salamander Energy has selected Aveva operations management solutions for its on-going exploration work in Indonesia...
Kineo CAM finds a software shortcut for nuclear plant robots
Aug. 31 | New technology skips the conversion of 3D point clouds to CAD geometry to create an automatic path finder. Nuclear plant operators use as-built models to determine access paths for equipment and mobile robots, which must traverse areas humans cannot generally...
Autodesk deal with Bayer Technology pushes Intergraph aside
Jul. 18 | Bayer will use a wide variety of Autodesk products in the design, construction, and operation of chemical and pharmaceutical plants worldwide. Four years ago Intergraph SmartPlant was supposed to do the same thing. Bayer Technology Services has signed...
New Edgewise Plant find pipes within massive 3D scans
Jun. 16 | The software automatically extracts pipe geometry from 3D point cloud data, reducing pipe modeling time 50% or more. ClearEdge3D (Warrenton, Virginia) is now shipping Edgewise Plant, a new software tool that automates the extraction of complex CAD geometry...
AVEVA reports record annual revenue of $286 million for FY 2011
Jun. 7 | The BRIC economies continue to be hot for the global vendor of plant design and operations software; North America is currently considered a “rough” market for the UK-based vendor. Plant design and operations software vendor AVEVA (LON: AVV)...
Simulia Abaqus update adds topology optimization, GPU support
May. 18 | The latest release of Dassault Systemes’ finite element analysis suite also offers new electromagnetic analysis capabilites among its 100+ enhancements. The new release of Simulia Abaqus, the unified finite element analysis (FEA) suite from Dassault...
