SyBridge Studio Available on PTC Onshape App Store

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ITASCA, IL, June 11, 2024 – SyBridge Technologies, a global leader in design and manufacturing solutions, announced the launch of SyBridge Studio, a state-of-the-art manufacturing insights application, now available on the PTC Onshape App Store.

This advanced tool integrates a comprehensive suite of design for manufacturability (DFM) features, drawing upon SyBridge’s extensive expertise in injection mold tooling and production-grade additive manufacturing. Leveraging state-of-the-art logic and data-driven artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms built on a vast database of manufactured parts and tools, the application provides users with unparalleled insights to optimize designs early, assess production tradeoffs, and achieve superior results in cost, speed, and quality.

SyBridge is a portfolio company of Crestview Partners, a leading private equity firm with approximately $10 billion of aggregate capital commitments.

SyBridge’s new application integrates directly into Onshape, the industry’s foremost cloud-native CAD software, providing a powerful extension to the existing toolset available to Onshape users. The app’s user-friendly interface and robust features offer a significant enhancement to the design process, enabling engineers to produce high-quality, manufacturable designs efficiently.

Key Features of the SyBridge Studio include:

  • Automated Design for Manufacturability (DFM) Checks: Quickly understand manufacturing issues and how to mitigate them with 80+ Design for Manufacturability (DFM) checks across manufacturing processes: injection molding, CNC machining, and multiple 3D printing technologies.
  • Injection Mold Action & Insert Identification: Visualize parting directions and automatically identify various common tooling actions like slides, pins, inserts, lifters, bosses, and strippers.
  • Part Thickness Analysis: Visualize material distribution with a full-field colored heatmap on your part CAD to easily identify thin, thick, or non-uniform walls that could cause manufacturing quality issues like warpage or sink marks.

In addition to these powerful features, SyBridge is actively developing future enhancements to the application’s capabilities with a comprehensive roadmap including cost insights and analysis tools, a material recommendation engine, and the ability to purchase parts directly from Onshape via SyBridge On-Demand.

“Going from an industrial design to physical parts is a time consuming processes, typically requiring multiple iterations between different technical domains. With the launch of SyBride Studio, we are excited to provide designers and engineers with a tool that not only makes this process easier and more efficient, but works directly in their CAD environment,” said Byron J. Paul, CEO of SyBridge Technologies. “Our application’s integration with Onshape underscores our commitment to delivering innovative solutions that seamlessly integrate into our customers’ existing workflows to help simplify and accelerate the design and manufacturing process.”

“We are thrilled to welcome this app to the Onshape App Store,” said Jon Hirschtick, co-founder and chief evangelist of Onshape. “This app provides our users with invaluable tools to get feedback as they are designing, ultimately helping them to achieve their business goals more effectively.”

Onshape users can easily access and install the new application directly from the Onshape App Store, enabling them to quickly take advantage of its powerful features. For more information about SyBridge Studio and to download it, please visit the Onshape App Store.

About SyBridge Technologies

SyBridge Technologies is the global leader in technology-enabled design, prototyping and manufacturing solutions for complex, high-precision parts. Its mission is to use technology to simplify and accelerate how parts are designed and manufactured. SyBridge is one of North America’s largest injection molding tooling platforms and the largest private on-demand digital manufacturer. Our AI/ML technology platform is supported by an industry-leading team of software engineers, computational geometry experts and data scientists.  SyBridge Technologies is backed by Crestview Partners and comprises 15 acquisitions that bring together different products, services, and technologies into a unified technology-enabled platform. SyBridge is headquartered in Itasca, Illinois and operates through 18 locations across North America, Europe, and Asia.

For more information, please visit www.SyBridge.com.

About PTC

PTC is a global software company that enables industrial and manufacturing companies to digitally transform how they engineer, manufacture, and service the physical products that the world relies on. Headquartered in Boston, MA, PTC employs over 7,000 people and supports more than 25,000 customers globally.

For more information, please visit www.ptc.com.

AECOM Relaunches Fellows Program

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DALLAS, TX, June 11, 2024 – AECOM, the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, announced the relaunch of its AECOM Fellows program, a cornerstone of the Company’s TechEx strategic initiative, designed to honor exceptional technical leaders whose groundbreaking work has had a profound and lasting impact on AECOM, its clients, and the global infrastructure community. This year, AECOM will induct two visionary leaders: Dr. Rosa Gwinn, global PFAS technical lead and Ken Butler, P.E., global head of complex structures in AECOM’s Transportation business.

Dr. Gwinn and Mr. Butler each boast decades of unparalleled experience at AECOM. They have distinguished themselves as industry trailblazers and esteemed mentors within the Company, and their contributions have established new benchmarks for excellence in their respective fields.

“As we relaunch the AECOM Fellows program, we are thrilled to honor Rosa and Ken as our newest inductees,” said Troy Rudd, AECOM’s chief executive officer. “Their remarkable expertise and technical leadership have significantly impacted our industry and our organization. This recognition underscores their unwavering commitment to technical excellence, innovation, and advancing our purpose of delivering a better world, while positioning us as the firm of choice for top talent.”

Once inducted as AECOM Fellows, Dr. Gwinn and Mr. Butler will continue to expand their influence, leadership and impact. They will support knowledge sharing across the Company through mentorship and career development, fostering the next generation of technical leaders, while helping ensure the highest standards of technical quality across AECOM’s projects. Their roles will also extend to strengthening strategic partnerships and advancing cutting-edge research and development.

“For decades, Rosa and Ken have played a vital role in cultivating our culture of technical excellence, and delivering innovative solutions to our clients’ complex challenges,” said Lara Poloni, AECOM’s president. “Their appointments as AECOM Fellows honor them as technical luminaries and celebrate their achievements in advancing our industry leadership. We look forward to their continued contributions to our success.”

Dr. Gwinn is a globally recognized authority in the identification and mitigation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), with over 30 years of experience at AECOM and its legacy companies. As the leader of AECOM’s Global PFAS Initiative, she has developed innovative PFAS evaluation protocols and contributed to critical publications and global presentations. Her expertise is highly sought after by regulatory bodies, exemplified by her invitation from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to join an industry and technology roundtable focused on accelerating innovation in addressing PFAS in drinking water.

Mr. Butler, internationally recognized for his exceptional work on high-profile bridge projects, has dedicated 27 years of his career to AECOM. He has been instrumental in the design and construction of 38 complex bridge projects with a combined construction cost exceeding $10 billion. Ken has published and presented 34 technical papers on long-span and complex bridges, and he regularly conducts design training workshops for state and federal transportation agencies, and lectures at the collegiate level, further establishing his reputation as a trusted and valued expert in bridge engineering.

The relaunch of the AECOM Fellows program marks a significant milestone in AECOM’s ongoing commitment to technical excellence and innovation. By celebrating the achievements of leaders like Dr. Gwinn and Mr. Butler, who will be formally inducted in October 2024, AECOM reinforces its dedication to advancing the infrastructure sector and inspiring future generations of innovators.

Previously named AECOM Fellows include: Bill Hanway, global sports and social infrastructure lead; Marc Colella, global buildings and system engineering lead; Dr. Robert ‘Bob’ Edelstein, who helped pioneer the field of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS); Professor John Endicott, a thought leader in the geotechnical and tunneling fields; and Ant Wilson MBE FREng, an expert in building engineering and sustainable design.

For more information on the AECOM Fellows program, visit aecom.com/fellows.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy, and the environment, their public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Their teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023.

For more information, visit https://aecom.com/.

Bluebeam Partners with Suffolk Technologies

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Bluebeam has partnered with Suffolk Technologies, the venture capital affiliate of Suffolk, for its fifth annual BOOST program. This intensive eight-week program is designed to ignite growth and equip pioneering startups in the built world with the right tools to transform the industry.

Throughout the intensive eight-week program, the selected startups will be launched into the built environment with direct access to jobsites and testbeds around the world, as well as an influential network of industry leaders and academics. As an Operating Partner, Bluebeam will work alongside these startups, providing product feedback, industry expertise, connections, and opportunities to test their technology in the field.

“In the fifth year of BOOST, we’re excited to harness the powerful ecosystem that’s emerged around this program over the past few years,” said Parker Mundt, vice president of platform for Suffolk Technologies. “Our 25 alumni remain deeply involved, alongside more than two dozen global Operating Partners and a network of industry advisors who’re excited to engage with innovators in our space. Together, they’ll play pivotal roles in guiding our new BOOST 5 cohort. We believe this group is poised to create exciting new opportunities for efficiency, cost savings, sustainability and so many other benefits for the industry as a whole.”

Startups that have participated in BOOST over the past several years have benefitted greatly from the program, with the first four cohorts collectively raising more than $505 million of venture funding after completing the program. BOOST alumni companies include startups such as CANVAS, Moxion Power, Passive Logic, Wint, Rugged Robotics, Exodigo, and Trunk Tools.

“It’s a profound experience to grow a company from inception, and Bluebeam is proud to be among those sharing insights to innovative startups during this critical business phase,” said Don Jacob, chief innovation officer and one of the founding members of Bluebeam. “The AEC industry was in a much different place when we started out in 2002, and like many technology startups, Bluebeam was scrappy. Working with early-stage companies in the BOOST 5 program is a wonderful way to pay it forward, and we’re eager to share our learnings to help them make informed business decisions that will propel them and the built world toward further success.”

The application window will close at 11:59PM (PDT) on June 15, 2024. Suffolk Technologies will invite a select group of applicants to participate in an interview process for a coveted spot in this year’s program. Successful applications will highlight team collaboration, well-defined industry challenges that can be solved by innovative technologies, and bold visions for the future of the built environment.

To learn more about Bluebeam’s focus on innovation to improve productivity for AEC professionals, please visit www.bluebeam.com, and to learn more about the Suffolk Technologies BOOST program and to apply, please visit www.suffolktech.com/boost.

Valeo Partners with Dassault

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PARIS, France, June 11, 2024 – Valeo, a world leader in mobility technologies, and Dassault Systèmes  announced their partnership. Valeo will rely on Dassault Systèmes’ “Global Modular Platform” and “Smart, Safe & Connected” industry solution experiences based on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to accelerate the digital transformation of the Group’s research and development activities.

Valeo will deploy Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform to more than 15,000 users across the Group to manage growing product complexity and contribute to Valeo’s leading offer in terms of software and hardware solutions for electrification, advanced driving assistance systems and lighting.

With the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, multiple activities across Valeo will be able to capitalize on existing legacy data to boost innovation and take informed decisions leveraging intelligent data by benefiting from technology on the platform that is always up-to-date.

“At Valeo, we are proud to be the key innovation partner of our clients. Our more than 20,000 engineers develop innovative solutions combining hardware and software and leveraging AI to make tomorrow’s mobility safer and more sustainable. Thanks to our partnership with Dassault Systèmes, our teams will have more efficient solutions enabling digital continuity to support our world leading R&D activities,” said Christophe Périllat, chief executive officer, Valeo.

“The automotive industry is highly competitive, and companies continually strive to address the imperative of sustainability and generate experiences that consumers love. We’re elevating our long partnership with Valeo to foster this spirit of innovation and further support its transformation to a tech company for the automotive industry,” said Pascal Daloz, CEO, Dassault Systèmes. “Creating new mobility usages and universes of experiences requires proven capabilities for styling, electrification and software-defined vehicles. Our 3DEXPERIENCE platform is this differentiator. It leverages the power of generative AI to connect models from science to data from experience, along the full lifecycle of the vehicle.”

About Valeo

As a technology company and partner to all automakers and new mobility players, Valeo is innovating to make mobility cleaner, safer and smarter. Valeo enjoys technological and industrial leadership in electrification, driving assistance systems, reinvention of the interior experience and lighting everywhere. These four areas, vital to the transformation of mobility, are the Group’s growth drivers.

Valeo in figures: 22 billion euros in sales in 2023 | 112,700 employees at December 31, 2023 | 29 countries, 175 plants, 66 research and development centers and 20 distribution platforms.

About Dassault Systèmes

Dassault Systèmes is a catalyst for human progress. By creating virtual twin experiences of the real world with our 3DEXPERIENCE platform and applications, their customers can redefine the creation, production and life-cycle-management processes of their offer and thus have a meaningful impact to make the world more sustainable. The beauty of the Experience Economy is that it is a human-centered economy for the benefit of all –consumers, patients and citizens. Dassault Systèmes brings value to more than 350,000 customers of all sizes, in all industries, in more than 150 countries.

For more information, visit www.3ds.com.

Siemens Announces ‘Techcellence Awards for Europe’ Winners

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MUNICH, Germany, June 10, 2024 – At Realize LIVE 2024 Europe, held in Munich this week, Siemens Digital Industries Software announced the winners of its Techcellence Awards for Europe. First introduced at Realize LIVE Americas earlier this year, the awards have been developed to recognize companies that are striving for change through transformation and sustainability, as well as individuals who are leading through innovation and acting as a champion for digital technology and sharing their knowledge with the Siemens community in Europe. Winners receive VIP attendance passes for Realize LIVE Global 2025, which will take place in June 2025 in Detroit.

Techcellence winners received their awards on stage at Realize LIVE Europe

“We introduced the Siemens’ Techcellence Awards to celebrate our customers’ remarkable contributions to drive digital transformation and sustainability initiatives across the European region. We’re continuing to spotlight individuals who champion the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio, pushing the boundaries of innovation within their organizations,” said Robert Jones, executive vice president, Global Sales and Customer Success, Siemens Digital Industries Software.

The Sustainability Impact award celebrates an organization that demonstrates exceptional commitment to sustainability by leveraging Siemens technologies to drive positive environmental and social impact. It recognizes leaders in decarbonization, energy efficiency, resource management, circularity, as well as those empowering communities and embracing data-driven sustainability insights.

Blendhub aims to make healthy and affordable food and nutrition available to all people in all places. With its food-as-a-service model, Blendhub not only reduces the ecological footprint of food production but also aims to revolutionize the food industry. Its portable micro-factories, powered by digital twin technology, enable local production of nutrient-dense food powders, ensuring freshness and reducing environmental impact and transportation costs. Blendhub, the Sustainability award winner, showcases an unwavering commitment to traceability which guarantees transparency and high-quality standards while minimizing the environmental consequence throughout their production process. Although Blendhub is unable to be here in person, we still want to recognize its remarkable achievements as a deserving winner of the 2024 Techcellence Sustainability impact award.

The Digital Transformation award recognizes the achievement of an organization that is fully integrating digital technologies on their path toward becoming a sustainable digital enterprise. Driving transformation in new and innovative ways for businesses to achieve their digital objectives, while also streamlining processes faster, easier, and at scale. We applaud this organization for their displayed ability to combine the real and digital worlds in order to collect, understand, and meaningfully use the generated data to drive digital initiatives.

Rolls-Royce has demonstrated a clear strategic vision for digital transformation, using Siemens’ solutions to align its technology initiatives with long-term goals and objectives. Through its commitment to safety and maintaining the highest standards, Rolls-Royce is working with experienced partners, like Siemens, to develop digital thread capability to improve design efficiency, enable cost savings, and enhance customer experience. By adopting a comprehensive digital twin approach, Rolls-Royce has started the journey to enable faster product introduction, flexible manufacturing, and data-driven performance optimization. This has resulted in continuous innovation and excellence.

The Community Champion award recognizes an individual who has gone above and beyond by sharing their expertise with Siemens technology. This award honors an individual who helps peers by sharing their knowledge by providing answers, speaking at events and creating publications while championing Siemens products and providing valuable feedback and insight to make the products better. The Siemens community champion exhibits exemplary community leadership through their substantial public contributions.

Blas Molero Hidalgo from IBERISA has demonstrated exceptional commitment to the Siemens Community through his remarkable achievements, expertise and thought leadership. He showcases his expertise in Siemens’ CAE technology through insightful blogs, a YouTube channel and active participation in the Siemens forums – providing over 200 responses to users in 2023 alone. Supporting users at all levels of Simcenter FEMAP and NASTRAN, Blas’s blogs and YouTube channel have been invaluable resources for peers. As a long-standing beta tester, he has contributed valuable feedback and insights, shaping Siemens ’products and making a significant impact on the global Siemens Community.

The Innovation Leader award honors Siemens’ customers who exemplify creativity and forward-thinking by driving transformative change within their industries. These trailblazers are generating groundbreaking ideas, products or processes that redefine what is possible. We recognize and celebrate these customers that leverage Siemens technologies and solutions to drive organizational progress.

Johannes Hoelzle of MTU Aero Engines AG has demonstrated exceptional leadership and innovation by applying Siemens technologies and solutions to address specific challenges in his organization and industry. With his visionary approach, Johannes Hoelzle, together with Lutz Seidenfaden CIO of MTU Aero Engines AG, set up the project in a new and agile way and tailored the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) environment to the specific requirements of different roles and disciplines, overcoming the conflict between the IT department’s interest in easy maintenance and the users’ demand for user-friendly customization. With the successful introduction and adoption of innovative solutions utilizing Siemens technologies such as Mendix, Johannes has achieved measurable results and tangible benefits, including improved user experience, reduced IT maintenance efforts and automated processes.

About Siemens Digital Industries Software

Siemens Digital Industries Software helps organizations of all sizes digitally transform using software, hardware and services from the Siemens Xcelerator business platform. Siemens’ software and the comprehensive digital twin enable companies to optimize their design, engineering and manufacturing processes to turn today’s ideas into the sustainable products of the future. From chips to entire systems, from product to process, across all industries. Siemens Digital Industries Software – Accelerating transformation.

Nota AI, Advantech Sign Strategic MoU

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SEOUL, South Korea, June 10, 2024 – AI model optimization technology company Nota AI (Nota Inc.) has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with global industrial AIoT leader Advantech to collaborate in the burgeoning field of edge AI. This agreement marks a significant step forward for both companies as they aim to develop generative AI solutions at the edge and expand the application of edge AI across various industrial sectors, including smart cities and transportation.

Nota AI and Advantech sign strategic MOU to pioneer edge AI market

Nota AI specializes in hardware-aware AI model optimization and generative AI. Through its proprietary platform NetsPresso, Nota AI enables the lightweighting and optimization of AI models, enhancing their applicability across diverse industrial fields. The company has gained particular attention in sectors such as AIoT, smart factories, intelligent transportation systems, and smart cities.

Advantech is a global leader in industrial computer and IoT solutions, offering innovative hardware and software across a range of industries, including smart factories, smart cities, and smart transportation. The company focuses on utilizing advanced technologies such as edge computing, artificial intelligence, and 5G to develop cutting-edge solutions. As an eco-partner in the edge AI field, Advantech fosters ecosystems through partnerships with various AI specialized companies.

Myungsu Chae, CEO of Nota AI, expressed optimism about the partnership, stating, “The collaboration with Advantech is expected to extend the application of Nota AI’s technology to a broader range of industrial fields. We will strive to meet the diverse needs of our customers through optimized edge AI solutions.”

Charlie Chung, general manager of Advantech Korea, added, “This collaboration will significantly enhance our ability to provide optimal solutions to our customers by combining edge computing hardware with Nota AI’s optimized AI algorithms. We are committed to broadening our market presence through ongoing innovation.”

With the signing of this MOU, Nota AI and Advantech plan to initiate various projects that apply edge AI solutions across multiple industries. Additionally, both companies aim to expand their market share through joint marketing and sales activities.

Nota AI recently showcased its innovative technologies at the 2024 Embedded Vision Summit in San Jose, California. The company highlighted the capabilities of its generative AI technology at the edge and its flagship solution, NetsPresso, which supports devices from NVIDIA, Raspberry Pi, Renesas, and others, as well as the Arm IP. Visitors experienced a prototype demo of Nota AI’s Vision Language Model (VLM) at the booth. At NVIDIA GTC 2024 in March, Nota AI demonstrated its VLM application, showing how generative AI can automatically detect road traffic anomalies, reducing human intervention and streamlining workflows to improve traffic management efficiency.

For more information about Nota AI, visit website.

Zuken Rleases eCADSTAR 2024.0 for PCB Design

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BRISTOL, UK, and WESTFORD, MA, June 10, 2024 – Zuken announces the 2024.0 release of eCADSTAR, Zuken’s next-generation PCB design system for small and medium businesses. The new release includes a number of improvements ranging from enhanced design reuse, simplified revision tracking, and more robust schematic design.

eCADSTAR 2024 supports PCB designers in meeting the increasing demand for compact, high-performance, energy-efficient, and environmentally friendly electronic devices. Addressing the challenge of special components like Planar Transformers or limited PCB space, the 2024.0 release optimizes the placement of etched parts (like resistors) on inner layers, essential for the termination of critical signals. The intuitive footprint editor allows for easy customization of size and shape, ensuring accurate resistance values and enhancing design efficiency.

Design Comparison Capability for Revision Tracking

The new release introduces a comprehensive design comparison capability that allows designers to easily identify differences between two PCB or schematic designs. This feature is invaluable for understanding revisions made over time, especially when the documentation of changes is deficient. In addition, the shape comparison tool aids in reverse engineering efforts by highlighting discrepancies in copper and routing patterns.

Efficient Component Transfer

The new “Copy Complete Part” feature allows designers to effortlessly transfer a component, along with its comprehensive set of data including PCB footprint, schematic symbol, padstacks, and 3D model, from a customer-specific or prototype library directly to a central library in a single action. This capability not only saves valuable time, but also ensures consistency and accuracy in the design process – a significant improvement over the piece-by-piece transfer processes of the past.

Schematic Updates for Improved Design Experience

eCADSTAR Schematic Editor has received several updates to improve the design experience. The documentation enhancements now include support for variant text. The drawing of nets and buses has been optimized to make the process of connecting components much easier. In addition, the introduction of new Design Rule Checks (DRCs) helps identify potential problems early on, streamlining the design process, reducing overall design time, and minimizing the need for later revisions.

eCADSTAR is available in perpetual or subscription licenses with various bundles to fit individual needs. To learn more, or to request an evaluation, please visit www.ecadstar.com/en/resource/evaluation/

About eCADSTAR

eCADSTAR is a modern, internet-connected 3D PCB Design software suite that combines the power of modern electronic design automation (EDA) technology with the flexibility of the internet through a unified user interface and a centralized library that supports all PCB design stages from schematic and placement/routing through to manufacturing outputs. eCADSTAR helps ensure that electronic engineers and PCB designers achieve top-class designs through an easy-to-use integrated design experience.

To learn more, please visit www.ecadstar.com.

About Zuken

Zuken is a global software company delivering electrical and electronic design solutions. Founded in 1976, Zuken has a consistent track record of technology innovation and financial stability in the electronic and electrical design automation (EDA) industry. With its CR-8000 and E3.series product families, Zuken provides a robust lineup of system-level 2D/3D electrical and electronic toolsets complemented by comprehensive design data and configuration management capabilities.

Most recently, Zuken has embraced digital transformation and, more specifically, digital engineering as the way forward with its entry into the model-based systems engineering (MBSE) industry. Today, Zuken delivers world-class design solutions combining MBSE products and services with a mature, proven electrical and electronic design suite to address the needs of a broad range of industries across the globe.

For more information about the company and its products, visit www.zuken.com.

Gideon Partners with NVIDIA

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DOVER, DE and TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 10, 2024 – Gideon, a robotics and AI company specializing in autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) powered by proprietary spatial AI and 3D vision technology, announced it is collaborating with NVIDIA to accelerate supply chain automation with the power of AI.

Trey autonomous forklift in action

Gideon, a first-mover in automating trailer loading and unloading processes and an early adopter of the NVIDIA Isaac robotics platform, is further optimizing material handling processes  in the supply chain by teaming up with NVIDIA to leverage the potential of NVIDIA Isaac Perceptor across AMR space.

“Gideon’s collaboration with NVIDIA will help address unsolved complex robotics and automation challenges in the supply chain, by combining Gideon’s AI-powered AMR technology and NVIDIA’s accelerated computing.” says Josip Cesic, CEO at Gideon.

Automated solutions are transforming warehouses, driving efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Over $150 billion is spent yearly on trailer loading and unloading in the US, a workflow still essentially untouched by automation. By implementing automated truck loading and unloading solutions, companies reduce heavy lifting, achieve significant savings, and enhance safety.

Integrating Gideon’s autonomous AI-powered forklift TREY into loading and unloading processes transforms supply chain operations, streamlining workflows and achieving remarkable efficiency gains while reducing workplace injuries. The key enabling technology is an AI and 3D visual perception stack that allows the robot to understand the world in 3D with detailed semantics and dense geometry, making it easy to operate consistently, reliably, and safely in dynamic environments, side by side with people.

“Autonomous mobile robot solutions have the potential to transform the supply chain, warehousing, and logistics,” said Deepu Talla, vice president of robotics and edge AI at NVIDIA. “The integration of NVIDIA Isaac Perceptor modular libraries and AI models into Gideon’s technology stacks helps bring AI acceleration to the logistics sector.”

About Gideon

With entities in North America and Croatia, EU, the robotics and AI solutions company specializes in automating material handling processes for logistics, manufacturing, and retail businesses. Its autonomous mobile robots are powered by proprietary spatial AI and 3D vision technology, enabling businesses to automate the most complex warehouse and manufacturing operations and orchestrate workflows of humans, robots, and other equipment supported by real-time data.

For more information, visit www.gideon.ai.

ZWSOFT Releases ZWCAD MFG 2025

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GUANGZHOU, China, June 10, 2024 – ZWSOFT, a reliable all-in-one CAx solutions provider, announced the release of ZWCAD MFG 2025, the latest version of its advanced 2D CAD solution for the manufacturing sector.

Expanded Part Library

ZWCAD MFG is an advanced CAD solution for manufacturing professionals to improve design standardization and efficiency. Built on the powerful ZWCAD platform, it enables users to create standardized, high-quality designs easier and faster by offering an extensive library of standard parts, intelligent drawing tools and other productivity-enhancing features. Moreover, it can be seamlessly integrated into PLM systems to achieve efficient management throughout the product lifecycle.

Elaine Zhu, go-to-market manager of ZWCAD MFG, said, “In ZWCAD MFG 2025, we had implemented significant advancements in various aspects including compatibility, accessibility, part libraries, drawing functionality and specialized tools. We believe that this version can help designers and engineers create standardized designs more efficiently.”

Let’s dive into the key new features and enhancements in ZWCAD MFG 2025.

AutoCAD Mechanical Compatibility

Format compatibility is essential for seamless data exchange and collaboration. In ZWCAD MFG 2025, we expanded its compatibility with AutoCAD Mechanical. It now can correctly read and freely edit entities including frames, title blocks, balloons, part references, BOMs and mechanical symbols. With this enhancement, users can use their legacy drawings easily when migrating to ZWCAD MFG, saving time and money.

ZWCAD MFG 2025 now supports the import of AutoCAD Mechanical drawings from 2012 to 2018 version.

Expanded Part Library

A comprehensive standard part library is indispensable for mechanical engineers to enhance design efficiency. The latest built-in library not only expands existing standards like ISO and DIN, but also adds 14 national standards including JIS, IS, PN, KS, AFNOR, ANSI, BSI, EN, TCVN and more. This upgrade enables engineers worldwide to benefit from an extensive array of standard part libraries.

2D Hide

To address graphical occlusions, we’ve introduced the 2D Hide function that allows users to quickly hide background graphics behind the outer contours of parts, thereby improving clarity and saving time spent on manual trimming. To meet diverse user needs, we also offer various options for 2D Hide including Hide by Trimming, Hide by Covering, Reference Clip and Hide in Part Out.

Part Reference

Part Reference

The new Part Reference function supports data association by tagging parts as references. This automatically generates BOMs and keeps data synchronized among BOMs, balloons, and part references, streamlining workflows and minimizing errors.

Scale Area

The Scale Area function divides model space into regions with different scales, so you can plot appropriately scaled engineering drawings conveniently. Two scaling options are provided:

  • Length Scaling: It enlarges or shrinks geometry without touching the size of annotations.
  • Text Scaling: It enlarges or shrinks annotations without touching the size of geometry.

Enhanced Moment of Inertia Calculation

Enhanced Moment of Inertia Calculation

Moment of Inertia Calculation is commonly used for the evaluation of structure reliability in industries like bridge building and steel profile manufacturing. In ZWCAD MFG 2025, we not only optimized its efficiency and accuracy, but also support the calculation of complex shapes, including closed shapes with holes, closed shapes with spline contours, discrete shapes, and shapes with centerlines. These enhancements enable users to handle intricate scenarios with more ease and confidence.

Deflection Calculation

Deflection Calculation

Deflection Calculation is another common function for the evaluation of structure reliability. In this version, we’ve added this function to improve design efficiency. It can quickly generate deflection lines and calculation result tables, helping engineers predict the deformation of beams under loads and optimize structures.

Sprocket/Pulley Design Tool

Sprocket/Pulley Design Tool

ZWCAD MFG 2025 now includes the Sprocket/Pulley Design Tool to help users quickly draw sprockets and pulleys. This specialized tool can draw sprockets and pulleys, calculate the length of chains and belts and draw chain and belt links. Additionally, when you change the position of sprockets and pulleys, the position of chains and belts will be updated accordingly, easing the process of design modification. This tool also supports the selection of national standards, ensuring that your drawing complies with the required standards.

Figure 5. Sprocket/Pulley Design Tool

Support for More Languages

Multi-language support is crucial for facilitating global collaboration and ensuring ease of use for users worldwide. In addition to Chinese, English, German, Japanese and Korean, ZWCAD MFG 2025 now supports Polish and Turkish. Users from these countries can use the application in their native language and get their work done easier.

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To learn more about the benefits of ZWCAD MFG and the enhancements in its latest version, check out the ZWCAD MFG product page.

Get Started with ZWCAD MFG 2025 Today

Contact us or download it now with a 30-day free trial and discover how it can help you create standardized designs easier and faster.

About ZWSOFT

ZWSOFT CO., LTD.(Guangzhou) is a reliable provider of all-in-one CAx (CAD/CAM/CAE) solutions with self-developed 2D CAD, 3D CAD/CAM, and electromagnetic/structural simulation technologies. Committed to advancing CAx technologies, ZWSOFT has set up 6 R&D centers in Guangzhou, Wuhan, Shanghai, Beijing, Xi’an and Florida as well as independently developed Overdrive, a 3D geometric modeling kernel.

Since 2004, ZWSOFT has sold its products to over 1,400,000 genuine users in AEC and MFG industries from more than 90 countries and districts. ZWSOFT has been recognized by well-known companies in mechanical, electronic, automotive, architectural, transportation, energy, etc. fields, such as CH. Karnchang, Deltamarin Poland, Dragados Offshore S.A., Hyundai KEFICO Vietnam, LG, and SIEMENS.

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Supermicro Unveils Plug-and-Play Liquid-Cooled AI SuperCluster

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Designed for Cloud-Native Solutions

SAN JOSE, CA and TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 7, 2024 – Supermicro, Inc., a Total IT Solution Provider for AI, Cloud, Storage, and 5G/Edge, is introducing a ready-to-deploy liquid-cooled AI data center, designed for cloud-native solutions that accelerate generative AI adoption for enterprises across industries with its SuperClusters, optimized for the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software platform for the development and deployment of generative AI. With Supermicro’s 4U liquid-cooled, NVIDIA recently introduced Blackwell GPUs can fully unleash 20 PetaFLOPS on a single GPU of AI performance and demonstrate 4X better AI training and 30X better inference performance than the previous GPUs with additional cost savings. Aligned with its first-to-market strategy, Supermicro recently announced a complete line of NVIDIA Blackwell architecture-based products for the new NVIDIA HGX B100, B200, and GB200 Grace Blackwell Superchip.

Plug-and-Play Liquid-Cooled AI SuperCluster

“Supermicro continues to lead the industry in creating and deploying AI solutions with rack-scale liquid-cooling,” said Charles Liang, president and CEO of Supermicro. “Data centers with liquid-cooling can be virtually free and provide a bonus value for customers, with the ongoing reduction in electricity usage. Our solutions are optimized with NVIDIA AI Enterprise software for customers across industries, and we deliver global manufacturing capacity with world-class efficiency. The result is that we can reduce the time to delivery of our liquid-cooled or air-cooled turnkey clusters with NVIDIA HGX H100 and H200, as well as the upcoming B100, B200, and GB200 solutions. From cold plates to CDUs to cooling towers, our rack-scale total liquid cooling solutions can reduce ongoing data center power usage by up to 40%.”

Visit www.supermicro.com/ai for more information.

At COMPUTEX 2024, Supermicro is revealing its upcoming systems optimized for the NVIDIA Blackwell GPU, including a 10U air-cooled and a 4U liquid-cooled NVIDIA HGX B200-based system. In addition, Supermicro will be offering an 8U air-cooled NVIDIA HGX B100 system and Supermicro’s NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 rack containing 72 interconnected GPUs with NVIDIA NVLink Switches, as well as the new NVIDIA MGX systems supporting NVIDIA H200 NVL PCIe GPUs and the newly announced NVIDIA GB200 NVL2 architecture.

“Generative AI is driving a reset of the entire computing stack — new data centers will be GPU-accelerated and optimized for AI,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “Supermicro has designed cutting-edge NVIDIA accelerated computing and networking solutions, enabling the trillion-dollar global data centers to be optimized for the era of AI.”

The rapid development of large language models and the continuous new introductions of open-source models such as Meta’s Llama-3 and Mistral’s Mixtral 8x22B make today’s state-of-the-art AI models more accessible for enterprises. The need to simplify the AI infrastructure and provide accessibility in the most cost-efficient way is paramount to supporting the current breakneck speed of the AI revolution. The Supermicro cloud-native AI SuperCluster bridges the gap between cloud convenience of instant access and portability, leveraging the NVIDIA AI Enterprise, allowing moving AI projects from pilot to production seamlessly at any scale. This provides the flexibility to run anywhere with securely managed data, including self-hosted systems or on-premises large data centers.

With enterprises across industries rapidly experimenting with generative AI use cases, Supermicro collaborates closely with NVIDIA to ensure a seamless and flexible transition from experimentation and piloting AI applications to production deployment and large-scale data center AI. This result is achieved through rack and cluster-level optimization with the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software platform, enabling a smooth journey from initial exploration to scalable AI implementation.

Managed services compromise infrastructure choices, data sharing, and generative AI strategy control. NVIDIA NIM microservices, part of NVIDIA AI Enterprise, offer managed generative AI and open-source deployment benefits without drawbacks. Its versatile inference runtime with microservices accelerates generative AI deployment across a wide range of models, from open-source to NVIDIA’s foundation models. In addition, NVIDIA NeMo enables custom model development with data curation, advanced customization, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) for enterprise-ready solutions. Combined with Supermicro’s NVIDIA AI Enterprise ready SuperClusters, NVIDIA NIM provides the fastest path to scalable, accelerated Generative AI production deployments.

Supermicro’s current generative AI SuperCluster offerings include:

  • Liquid-cooled Supermicro NVIDIA HGX H100/H200 SuperCluster with 256 H100/H200 GPUs as a scalable unit of compute in 5 racks (including 1 dedicated networking rack)
  • Air-cooled Supermicro NVIDIA HGX H100/H200 SuperCluster with 256 HGX H100/H200 GPUs as a scalable unit of compute in 9 racks (including 1 dedicated networking rack)
  • Supermicro NVIDIA MGX GH200 SuperCluster with 256 GH200 Grace Hopper Superchips as a scalable unit of compute in 9 racks (including 1 dedicated networking rack)

Supermicro SuperClusters are NVIDIA AI Enterprise ready with NVIDIA NIM microservices and NVIDIA NeMo platform for end-to-end generative AI customization and optimized for NVIDIA Quantum-2 InfiniBand as well as the new NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet platform with 400Gb/s of networking speed per GPU for scaling out to a large cluster with tens of thousands of GPUs.

Supermicro’s upcoming SuperCluster offerings include:

  • Supermicro NVIDIA HGX B200 SuperCluster, liquid-cooled
  • Supermicro NVIDIA HGX B100/B200 SuperCluster, air-cooled
  • Supermicro NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 or NVL36 SuperCluster, liquid-cooled

Supermicro’s SuperCluster solutions are optimized for LLM training, deep learning, and high volume and batch size inference. Supermicro’s L11 and L12 validation testing and on-site deployment service provide customers with a seamless experience. Customers receive plug-and-play scalable units for easy deployment in a data center and faster time to results.

About Super Micro Computer, Inc.

Supermicro (is a global leader in Application-Optimized Total IT Solutions. Founded and operating in San Jose, CA, Supermicro is committed to delivering first-to-market innovation for enterprise, cloud, AI, and 5G Telco/Edge IT infrastructure. They are a Total IT Solutions manufacturer with server, AI, storage, IoT, switch systems, software, and support services. Supermicro’s motherboard, power, and chassis design expertise further enable our development and production, enabling next-generation innovation from cloud to edge for our global customers. Their products are designed and manufactured in-house (in the US, Taiwan, and the Netherlands), leveraging global operations for scale and efficiency and optimized to improve TCO and reduce environmental impact (Green Computing). The award-winning portfolio of Server Building Block Solutions allows customers to optimize for their exact workload and application by selecting from a broad family of systems built from our flexible and reusable building blocks that support a comprehensive set of form factors, processors, memory, GPUs, storage, networking, power, and cooling solutions (air-conditioned, free air cooling or liquid cooling).

For more information, visit www.supermicro.com.