NEi Software has announced the addition of an explicit dynamics program to its simulation software suite - NEi Explicit 2010. The code has been enhanced for customers in the aerospace, automotive and maritime industries. NEi Explicit solves nonlinear

Siemens has introduced software that integrates manufacturing planning with the shop floor machining operations associated with producing parts. The software is designed to maximise productivity by tightly linking Teamcenter software from Siemens PLM

National Instruments has announced Labview 2009, the latest version of its graphical system design software platform for test, control and embedded system development. Labview 2009 has been launched to simplify the development challenges of complex t

Webdock has introduced the Dataport data collection and monitoring software package for programmable logic controllers, such as the Allen-Bradley PLC/SLC and Controllogix platform controllers. The software package supports RSLinx, Kepware and PLC Dir

The imminent release of ISO 6892-1:2009 signifies a new level of testing-machine control and is intended to improve the reproducibility of test results obtained from a tensile test on metal. This new specification focuses particularly on closed-loop

Bowens International, manufacturer of professional photography equipment, has updated its Jetcam software. The chassis and components of most of Bowens' products are manufactured in-house. Blair Stephenson, mechanical research and development enginee

Dimensioning software from Lenze identifies the energy used throughout a drive train, and makes it possible to reduce it. The Software Drive Solution Designer (DSD) is a tool that permits optimisation of the complete drive. It is based on 17 real-lif

Dimensioning software from Lenze is able to identify the energy used throughout the drive train and gives the ability to reduce it. At the end of the process, an energy certificate records the predicted costs and the CO2 equivalent. The Drive Solutio

Maplesoft's recently released Maplesim multi-domain modelling and simulation tool and its Maple computing software for engineers, mathematicians and scientists are now available from Adept Scientific. These products are based on Maplesoft's core tech

Top Systems has released T-Flex CAD 11 Student Edition, a no-cost variant of the company's professional engineering software that features complete parametric and 3D design technology. The free product includes all the tools students and educators ne

Guttermaster, a leading supplier of innovative rainwater systems, cappings and covers, has placed its free rainwater calculator software on the web site. With construction budgets under pressure and the cost of over-specifying rainwater systems is, q

Wago Corporation has announced the release of version 5.2 of its Proserve product development software suite. Among the additions to the 16,000+ products of Proserve 5.2's Productlocator are those in the Speedway (Series 767) range of modular IP67 I/

Deskartes has launched the 3Data Expert 8.1, Dimensions Expert 8.1 and View Expert 8.1 software packages. 3Data Expert and other Expert series tools are designed for data preparation for 3D printing, simulation and augmented reality applications. The

Mathematical modelling is moving far beyond the R and D lab and is starting to make a real difference in manufacturing processes. Jose Feigenblum of RocTool finds it hard to imagine that his company's primary process, its rapid composite moulding tec

Connaught Engineering's Hybrid+ retro-fit diesel hybrid technology is being delivered to a number of UK companies. The Hybrid+ has a lightweight design and reduces CO2 emissions by an average 15% across an average fleet usage profile, as well as redu

CADnection provides a seamless exchange between AutoCAD, the widely used engineering and architectural drafting program and SharePoint, Microsoft's integrated suite of server capabilities for facilitating information-sharing, content management, sear