SolidWorks 2009 Premium, the newest version of the most widely adopted 3D CAD software with a documented speed increase of up to 65 percent over SolidWorks 2008. No 3D CAD software is faster or easier to use in helping users transform their innovative ideas into intelligent 3D models that are ready for manufacturing. SolidWorks 2009 enhances what was already among the highest-performing products in the 3D CAD market. The new software reflects an intensive R&D effort focused directly on performance, which company research reveals is designers’ and engineers’ most valued CAD software trait.

The groundbreaking speed increase is calculated on documented productivity gains measured in the creation and modification of large assemblies and drawings using workflows adapted from real-world customer environments and data. Customer workflows were studied and tested to ensure that the overall design process was being improved, not just specific functions and tasks. More significantly, these performance gains were attained without new features and functions, meaning that users do not have to learn new techniques, settings, or functionality to take advantage of the power of SolidWorks 2009.For informative guides, reviews and technical details on 3D CAD, simulation, data management, see SolidWorks 2009 whitepapers.

Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division and a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced that Boeing, the world's leading aerospace company, has signed a new software license agreement for Teamcenter®, Siemens PLM Software’s digital lifecycle management solution. Siemens PLM Software technology currently enables Boeing to access current and accurate digital information wherever and whenever required. Boeing uses Teamcenter on several key programs to enhance collaboration and improve workflow management.

New release of upfront CFD solution improves first-time user experience, extends flow and thermal design study capabilities, and supports high-performance computing. Blue Ridge Numerics announces the availability of CFdesign v10 upfront CFD software, the company’s flagship application dedicated to empowering engineers with CAD-driven tools that optimize fluid flow and thermal performance during the digital design phase. In this major software release, CFdesign v10 focuses on further shortening the learning curve for first-timers and the occasional user while adding industrial-strength problem solving capabilities, including cavitating flow prediction and thermo-electric cooler analysis, to the engineering desktop.“We focused on the total user experience from a first-timer’s perspective,” stated Blue Ridge President Ed Williams. “CFdesign v10 is about democratizing fluid flow and heat transfer simulation."

With CFdesign v10 an engineer with limited or no previous engineering analysis experience can achieve extensive flow and thermal design studies in a fraction of the time it would take most CFD experts. "By knocking down the intimidation-factor," explains Willimas, "we believe v10 makes it easier for companies to move CFD further upstream in the design process. For companies striving to deliver innovation and improve first time quality and time to market, the value proposition is more compelling than ever.”

Autodesk, Inc. a world leader in design innovation technologies, announced the availability of the Autodesk Inventor Plastic Features Technology Preview on Autodesk Labs. This preview version of Autodesk Inventor software—the foundation of the Autodesk solution for Digital Prototyping—showcases exciting new technology that significantly simplifies the design of plastic products by allowing designers and engineers to automatically create thin-walled plastic parts and features such as grills, rests, bosses, snaps, lips, grooves and fillets.