Seven Steps to Success: A PLM Buyers Guide
Gain insight with this white paper into what you need to have in place before embarking on the search for a PLM solution.

Teamcenter to Enable the Development of Advanced Satellites
Space Systems/Loral is implementing Siemens PLM Software technology this month – an implementation that will take place throughout 2012.

Reverse Engineering: Light-years Beyond What it Used to Be
Reverse engineering/as-built modeling from scan data is a growing field with many applications.

Exclude Unnecessary Features in SolidWorks
SolidWorks users often want to save an Assembly model in a way that excludes internal features.

How BIM was Used in LEED Certified Tuttle Courthouse Annex
A case study on how using Autodesk BIM solutions, two firms streamline design and construction on the Tuttle Courthouse Annex project.

Autodesk Adds New Platinum Club Members
The Platinum Club channel partners demonstrated strong sales performance and commitment to customer service during the 2012 fiscal year.

Dassault Systèmes AIM-IBC Chairman’s Award
Dassault Systèmes has won the Associated Industries of Massachusetts International Business Council (AIM-IBC) Chairman\'s Award.

Classic Style, Modern Sustainability
The Alliance for Environmental Sustainability highlights only the second new-construction LEED Platinum home in the State of Illinois.

Siemens PLM Software Releases Fibersim 2012
Fibersim helps reduce risk by optimizing the design and manufacture of composite structures.

PowerINSPECT 2012 Adds Mirror Command
PowerINSPECT 2012 features a number of new capabilities designed to make reverse engineering easier, including a mirror command and a larger range of dimensions.

Live Product Demo 3D_Evolution Quality Checker
The certified 3D_Evolution© Quality Checker verifies all 3D geometries irrespective of the CAD format.

Webinar: Change Management with Autodesk Vault
RAND Worldwide, IMAGINiT and Inventor Connections are hosting a webinar on May 24 revealing how companies can optimize their change management solutions.

Critical PLM and ERP Decisions
PLM and ERP. What data should go where?

Bentley Acquires Bridge Safety Software InspectTech
InspectTech helps owners plan inspections, collect and manage inspection data, and comply with government reporting requirements.

The Go-to Person for SolidWorks in NYC
Hear from the president of the recently started user group SWUGNYC in NYC.

Teamcenter Mobility 2.0 Adds New Capabilities
Siemens PLM Software has released Teamcenter Mobility 2.0 with the added abilities to browse product structures and initiate workflow processes.

Where is Cost Management in PLM?
Jim Brown, president of Tech-Clarity thinks there is a big opportunity for PLM to integrate more cost tools.

RedHawk-3DX Adresses Challenges of Low Power Computing
Apache Design introduced RedHawk-3DX, a tool to help meet the power, performance and price demands of low-power mobile, high-performance electronics.

Whole Building Analysis and Sustainable Design: A Good Pair
Whole building analysis naturally plays a big role in sustainable design, and the two combined support the trend of building green.

Lufthansa Tests Out Running Biofuels on their Airplanes
Lufthansa has become the first airline to begin long term testing of how biofuels operate during commercial flights.

Anark and Geometric Announce New MBE Capabilities
Anark Core MBEWeb allows users to transform native 3D CAD parts into high-resolution 3D HTML MBE documents.

Green Structures Voted Autodesk Inventor of the Year
Autodesk\'s December Inventor of the Month Green Structures developed an energy saving ventilation system for building retrofits.

Keeping Your Beer Cold on Game Day
In this case study \"Beer Fridge: a Personal Journey” Robin Bornoff explains how FloTHERM analysis software helped him build a colder mini-fridge.

Bentley Releases Comprehensive Engineering Design Solution
Bentley Systems, Incorporated released its comprehensive engineering design solution to advance GIS for electric utilities.

A Vision of PLM-to-Simulation Workflow
The integration of simulation management into PLM at Daimler enables a non-CAE expert to run simulations and drives the data across the whole process.

Advancements in Hardware to Make your Investment Go Further……
To some extent, being a CAD or architecture professional, you can only be as efficient as your hardware will allow……

Landscape Architecture Conquers New Ground……
Landscape Architecture is a small part of the design community in numbers, but the work they do is anything but……

Landscape Architecture Conquers New Ground……
Landscape Architecture is a small part of the design community in numbers, but the work they do is anything but……

Geospatial Industry Update……
Where in the World is that Building? Geospatial data is playing a more important role in AEC workflows. “Understanding place as……

Geospatial Update……
Where in the World is that Building? Geospatial data is playing a more important role in AEC workflows. “Understanding place as……

Going Strong with Plant Design……
There’s no question that plant design is an important facet of Bentley’s product offerings. Between AutoPLANT, the plant design environment……

Revit's Important Role in Plant Design……
With plant users making up one million of the AutoCAD user base, it is clear how important the plant industry……

Sustainable Building Products and Materials: From Novelty to Mainstream……
2011 has been a great year for green architecture. It’s been exciting to see the transformation of green architecture go……

The Green Building Community presents sustainable- and green-building technology to design and construction professionals, as well as others interested in this growing market. The Community’s mission is to bring the latest green building content to the web to serve companies selling products and services and professionals seeking the latest technology. Membership is up 670% in the past 18 months.

The Green Building Community Digital Digest arrives in Members’ mailboxes every Tuesday.

The Revit Community represents the users of Autodesk Revit Architecture software, the Autodesk Architecture, Engineering & Construction suite and third-party companion products. Revit Architecture is Autodesk’s primary Building Information Modeling (BIM) software, designed to support all phases of design and construction documentation, used by architects and other members of the building team. The Community aims to serve the users of Revit Architecture, Revit MEP and Revit Structure.

The Revit Digital Digest, the e-newsletter of the Revit Community, goes to Members every Tuesday.

Sun-Enews serves the business to business needs of alternative energy product and service providers and interested consumers. Though small, the Community has grown exponentially almost entirely through word-of-mouth, 32% just this year. We expect this Community to continue to explode as the interest in non-fossil fuel energy sources grows.

The Sun-Enews e-mail newsletter arrives in Members’ mailboxes every Tuesday.

The ENOVIA Community covers Dassault Systèmes’ ENOVIA product suite, including ENOVIA, ENOVIA SmarTeam, ENOVIA VPLM, and other related products. Industries covered are Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, Consumer Products, Medical Devices, Shipbuilding, and more.

The ENOVIA e-newsletter is sent out ever second Wednesday of the month.

Creo Community replaced www.proe.com in June 2011 and is an online community for users of Creo Elements/Pro (formerly Pro/ENGINEER), Creo Elements/Direct (formerly CoCreate), Creo Elements/View (formerly ProductView), Windchill, and other PTC affiliated products. Creo is our largest community with coverage that builds upon 20 years of Creo content, including CAD business and technical articles, tips, case studies, and Q&A, galleries and calendars.

Creo Digital Digest, the e-newsletter for the Creo Community, goes out to Members every Thursday morning.

The SolidWorks Community is an extremely active and involved Membership base. Membership in this Community is up 54% just this year. SolidWorks products, including the SolidWorks Office line, PDMWorks data management, and COSMOSWorks analysis, are used in the Industrial, Medical, Scientific, Consumer, Educational, Technology, and Transportation industries.

SolidWorks Digital Digest, the e-newsletter for the SolidWorks Community, is sent out every Wednesday morning.

The new Teamcenter Community covers new developments in Siemens PLM Software’s Teamcenter software suite, companion products, and also includes other industry focused coverage. Siemens PLM Software products covered include Teamcenter, Teamcenter Express and other Teamcenter solutions.

The Teamcenter Community e-newsletter arrives in member's mailboxes every first Wednesday of the month.

The CATIA Community covers Dassault Systèmes’ CATIA PLM suite, including CATIA, ENOVIA, DELMIA, SIMULIA, and SMARTEAM. In conjunction with IBM, Dassault sells CATIA PLM primarily to the Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, Consumer Products, Medical Devices, Shipbuilding, Electrical & Electronics, Semiconductor industries.

CATIA Digital Digest, the e-newsletter for the CATIA Community, is sent every Tuesday.

The new Siemens PLM Community covers new developments in the Siemens PLM Software suite, companion products, and also includes other industry focused coverage. Siemens PLM software products covered include NX, Solid Edge and The Velocity Series and more.

The Siemens Community Digital Digest, the e-newsletter of the Siemens PLM Community, arrives in member's mailboxes every Wednesday morning.

Windchill Connections covers PTC’s PLM product suite including Windchill, Windchill Compliance (formerly InSight), Windchill FRACAS (formerly Relex) and other PTC affiliated products. Industry coverage includes Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, Consumer Products, Medical, High Tech & Electronics and Footwear and Apparel.

Windchill Connections e-newsletter is sent every third Wednesday of the month.

The MicroStation Connections Community represents the users of Bentley Systems’ MicroStation product. MicroStation is used in the architecture/civil engineering/construction (AEC) industry for “work on buildings, civil engineering projects, power plants and geospatial information.” Though MicroStation is also a CAD program, the MicroStation Connections Community membership only partly crosses our MCAD sites but also has much in common with the Green Building Community.

MicroStation Connections Digital Digest goes to Members every Thursday.

Inventor Connections serves the community of Autodesk Inventor professionals. Autodesk’s major push to move users from 2D to 3D has resulted in one of the fastest growth curves in MCAD software. Our Inventor Connections membership has grown 183% since its launch. Inventor is maximized for “Tube and Pipe design, Cable and Harness design, Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for design validation, and Dynamic Simulation to test real world performance.”

Inventor Connections Digest, the enewsletter of the Inventor Connections Community, arrives in Members’ mailboxes every Tuesday.