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News and Press ReleasesCAMWorks 2008 introduced at Reseller meetings in U.S., Europe and AsiaConducts training for Resellers and shares future plans Scottsdale, Arizona. December 20, 2007 - Geometric Technologies recently held reseller conferences in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Mike Coleman, CEO of Geometric Technologies, hosted all the meetings and reiterated Geometric’s gratitude and continuing support to the Value Added Resellers (VARs) for promoting and supporting CAMWorks®. Commenting on the outcome of the meetings, he said, “With over 50 enhancements in CAMWorks 2008, our VARs were excited to learn how these new capabilities can help their customers to machine faster and more accurately. Our resellers are the first line of support for our customers and the training sessions prepared them to provide quality support services and training. In addition to the CAMWorks 2008 rollout, we outlined our plans for CAMWorks 2008EX and CAMWorks 2009. This will help our VARs to prepare for supporting the next major releases.” One of the key resellers, Mr. Lutz Feldmann from SolidLine AG commented, “The recent reseller meeting of Geometric in Amsterdam was time well spent. CAMWorks business is really getting better and better and the new opportunities especially with DFMPro are great!” Geometric Technologies has also added new VARs in Europe and Asia to strengthen its operations in these regions. Geometric Technologies releases CAMWorks 2008Over 50 enhancements and new features to machine faster and more accurately Scottsdale, AZ, November 27, 2007 – Geometric Technologies has released CAMWorks® 2008 with significant advances in 3 axis functionality as well as new features and cutting strategies for 2-5 axis milling, turning and wire EDM. CAMWorks 2008 also features performance enhancements including improved speed and toolpath reliability for multiaxis operations and improved simulation speed and quality. In addition, numerous user interface options for display and navigation make CAMWorks even easier to use. Highlights of the enhancements for 3 axis milling include:
New capabilities in 2.5 Axis Milling include offset roughing, contour spiral lead-in, improved contour milling in corners for high speed machining, and arc fitting for faster, smaller toolpaths. Faster Automatic Feature Recognition (AFR), additional detection of hole conditions and added functionality for local feature recognition make AFR even more powerful. Turning has been improved with enhanced feature recognition, back facing, automatic multi-start threading and arc fitting. Options for die and punch processing, defining stock allowance and cutting corners in 2 axis contouring help streamline wire EDM manufacturing. For advanced customization, internal changes have been made in CAMWorks 2008 that result in the availability of over 100 new API's. CAMWorks can be purchased to run with SolidWorks or as part of a cost-effective package that includes CAMWorks Solids, an integrated solid modeler. The copyrights of all products/ trademarks referenced herein are held by their respective companies.
TekSoft is now Geometric Technologies
Scottsdale, AZ, November 20, 2007 – Effective October 19, 2007, TekSoft, Inc. has been renamed Geometric Technologies, Inc. This follows the decision to adopt the “Geometric” brand across all operating companies by its holding company - Geometric Limited (formerly Geometric Software Solutions Company Limited).
The management team and structure of Geometric Technologies remains the same. “As we make this transition, we assure you of our continued commitment to the business,” commented Geometric Technologies CEO and President Mike Coleman. He further added, “You can look forward to many positive changes and innovative products.”
About Geometric Geometric is a specialist in the domain of engineering solutions, services and technologies. Its portfolio of Global Engineering services and Digital Technology solutions for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), enable companies to formulate, implement and execute global engineering and manufacturing strategies aimed at achieving greater efficiencies in the product realization lifecycle.
Geometric was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India. It is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE: 532312) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE: GEOMETRIC) in India. For its consolidated operations for the year ending March 2007, the company recorded revenues of 3.95 Billion Rupees (85 Million US Dollars), with market capitalization of 6.2 Billion Rupees (142 Million US Dollars).
Geometric’s Desktop Products and Technologies (DPT) business unit develops cutting-edge solutions that enhance design and improve manufacturing operations. The unit includes Phoenix AZ-based business subsidiary, Geometric Technologies, Inc., formerly TekSoft, Inc., which has over twenty five years in progressive product innovation. It develops and markets CAMWorks, a SolidWorks® certified Gold CAM product, besides marketing and distributing Geometric’s products and technologies.
The end-user products from Geometric include CAMWorks, eDrawings Publisher, DFMPro and GeomCaliper. eDrawings Publisher is a lightweight intuitive collaboration tool for 3D models that enables publishing of 3D model from all major CAD systems. DFMPro is an automated intuitive tool for designers to accurately predict the manufacturability of models. GeomCaliper is an integrated, automated and easy to use thickness checker for 3D CAD models.
The key technologies from Geometric are NestLib, Feature Recognition (FR), GeomDiff and 3DSearchIT. Geometric licenses these technologies to OEM partners and also designs and implements customized process solutions using these technologies for industrial customers.
For further details about Geometric, please visit www.geometricglobal.com For further details about Geometric’s DPT business unit and Geometric Technologies, Inc., please visit www.geometricglobal.com/products or call +1-480-367-0132 ext. 5.
The copyrights of all products/ trademarks referenced herein are held by their respective companies.
Geometric releases DFM Pro for manufacturability analysis of designsPowerful and automated tool helps designers quickly assess the manufacturability of designs Mumbai, India. October 29, 2007 - Geometric Limited announced DFM Pro - the latest in its series of DFM family of products. DFM Pro implements a set of critical DFM rules to check designs from a manufacturing perspective. DFM Pro is available for SolidWorks 2007 and 2008. DFM Pro is a revolutionary "Design For Manufacturing" product developed for designers to facilitate upstream manufacturability validation and identification of areas in design that are difficult, expensive, and impossible to manufacture. DFM Pro is engineered for quick and in-depth examination of product manufacturability. It includes advanced design rules for manufacturing processes like milling, drilling, turning and sheet-metal fabrication. It also contains rules to process manufacturing tolerances specified using SolidWorks® Intelligent Feature Technology (SWIFT™). DFM Pro enables faster, cost-effective and optimized product development, as well as greater in-depth examination of product manufacturability than was possible earlier using the most intensive iterative design processes. Tightly integrated with SolidWorks as an add-in, DFM Pro allows designers to perform complete design checks and analysis for manufacturability directly from within SolidWorks sessions. "DFM Pro provides a sophisticated environment for designers to custom configure the default design rules for manufacturing processes," said Mike Coleman, CEO of Geometric's Desktop Products & Technologies Business Unit. "Providing simple, accurate and robust design analysis based on manufacturability rules, DFM Pro ultimately leads to better products by giving designers the confidence and capabilities to build superior models. Designers are free to innovate, secure in the knowledge that they won't pass potentially costly mistakes down to manufacturing." Benefits of DFM Pro:
DFM Pro can be customized by licensing DFM Enterprise. Customization of DFM Pro assists companies in automating in-house DFM guidelines and locking integrating followed best practices into their overall standard operating procedure to enable fully optimized workflows and optimal cost-effective product design processes. Customization can include:
DFM Pro is an advanced version of DFMXpress, a free tool shipped with every seat of SolidWorks 2008. For detailed product information, please visit: http://dfm.geometricglobal.com/ Geometric Software Solutions Company changes its nameOctober 16, 2007 - Geometric Software Solutions Company announced that the Government of India - ministry of corporate affairs, registrar of companies (ROC) Maharashtra, Mumbai, has accorded final approval for change of name of the company to Geometric and has accordingly issued a fresh certificate of incorporation dated 15 October 2007 reflecting the new name of the company Geometric. The company made this announcement during the trading hours today, 16 October 2007. On 23 August 2007, Geometric released GeomCaliper for CATIA V5, with support for 64 Bit Windows XP. GeomCaliper is an innovative tool for measuring and checking wall thickness of CATIA V5 3D models. On 10 August 2007, the company’s wholly owned subsidiary Geometric Software Solutions, Inc bought 17.74% equity stake in TekSoft, USA. The company already holds 82.26% stake of TekSoft. With this buy out TekSoft is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the company. Geometric’s net profit rose 41.68% to Rs 8.94 crore on 2.30% fall in net sales of Rs 38.16 crore in Q1 June 2007 over Q1 June 2006. The company's principal activity is to provide innovative software services and products. Geometric’s DFMXpress Tool for Manufacturability Analysis Included with SolidWorks 2008
Mumbai, India. October 2, 2007 -- Geometric Software Solutions (Geometric) today announced that DFMXpress has been included in SolidWorks® 2008. With this free tool that is fully integrated into SolidWorks, designers can easily gain insight into the cost-effective manufacturability of their design. DFMXpress accelerates and enriches the entire design through manufacturing process by automating the iterative design process via a series of rules-based checks for manufacturability.
Design for Manufacturing (DFM) is a revolutionary technology framework developed for designers by Geometric that facilitates upstream manufacturability validation and identification of areas of a design that are difficult, expensive or impossible to machine. DFM is engineered to advise the designer on common problems faced in the manufacturing process. It is based on Geometric's industry-leading Manufacturing Feature Recognition technology, and leverages SolidWorks Intelligent Feature Technology (SWIFT™) and manufacturing tolerances.
DFMXpress features include: * Explanations and recommendations that help designers identify and rectify manufacturing feasibility issues * Basic set of rules for drilling, milling, turning * Configurable rules parameters * Integrated and designer-centric graphical user interface
"DFMXpress is perfect for the designer who needs manufacturability analysis, but is not necessarily a manufacturing expert," according to Mike Coleman, CEO of Geometric's Desktop Products & Technologies Business Unit (DP&T). "Finding errors and correcting possible manufacturing problems during the design stage is the optimal way to achieve high quality and cost effective products."
Fielder Hiss, Manager of Product Management at SolidWorks Corp. added, "I am very excited about the value that DFMXpress will bring to our customers using SolidWorks 2008. Everyone cares about manufacturability and now with DFMXpress users can perform checks on their designs right from within SolidWorks.”
As analysis needs change, DFMXpress customers can switch from DFMXpress to Geometric's more powerful DFM products:
* DFM Pro is engineered for designers who want greater in-depth examination of product manufacturability. DFM Pro includes all the features of DFMXpress plus advanced design rules for manufacturing processes like milling, drilling, turning and sheetmetal fabrication. It also contains rules to process manufacturing tolerances specified using SolidWorks SWIFT technology. DFM Pro is available as an add-on to SolidWorks 2007 and later.
* DFM Enterprise involves the customization and integration of DFM Pro into a company's own environment to enable fully optimized workflows and optimal cost-effective product design processes. DFM Enterprise can support multiple CAD platforms and geometry kernels.
For more information, visit: http://dfm.geometricglobal.com/
About Geometric Geometric is a specialist in the domain of engineering solutions, services and technologies. Its portfolio of Global Engineering services and Digital Technology solutions for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), enable companies to formulate, implement, and execute global engineering and manufacturing strategies aimed at achieving greater efficiencies in the product realization lifecycle.
Geometric was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India. It is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE: 532312) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE: GEOMETRIC) in India. The company recorded revenues of 3.95 Billion Rupees (85 Million US Dollars), with market capitalization of 6.2 Billion Rupees (142 Million US Dollars), for its consolidated operations for the year ending March 2007.
The company has two main business subsidiaries. Modern Engineering, Inc., headquartered in Rochester Hills MI, provides product engineering and manufacturing engineering solutions to the automotive and industrial sectors. TekSoft, Inc., headquartered in Phoenix AZ, develops and supplies cutting-edge productivity solutions for manufacturing operations. Geometric employs over 2500 people delivering solutions from 10 global delivery locations in the US, France, Romania, India, and China. The company is assessed at SEI CMMI Level 5 for its software services and the engineering operations are ISO 9001:2000 certified.
Geometric has a joint venture with Dassault Systemes, 3D PLM Software Solutions Ltd., which was set up in 2002 with an equity participation of 70% and 30% respectively. For further details about Geometric, please visit www.geometricglobal.com.
About SolidWorks Corporation SolidWorks Corporation, a Dassault Systèmes S.A. (Nasdaq: DASTY, Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) company, develops and markets software for design, analysis and product data management. It is the leading supplier of 3D CAD technology, giving teams intuitive, high-performing software that helps them design better products. Visit www.solidworks.com. TekSoft Shows CAMWorks 2008 at EMO 2007Scottsdale, Arizona, September 14, 2007 – TekSoft is showcasing CAMWorks 2008 on stand G18, hall 6 at the EMO 2007 exhibition in Hannover. TekSoft's master reseller, Innovative Manufacturing Technologies (IMT) GmbH, is demonstrating this innovative product with advanced techniques to maximize machining efficiencies. CAMWorks is a SolidWorks® Certified Gold CAM Product that has provided state-of-the-art machining capabilities seamlessly integrated into the award winning SolidWorks 3D mechanical design software since 1997. CAMWorks 2008 delivers a powerful set of over 50 new performance enhancements, improvements to the intuitive user interface and cutting strategies to meet the machining requirements of diverse applications. Performance enhancements include improved speed and toolpath reliability for multiaxis operations and improved simulation speed and quality. In addition, numerous user interface options for display and navigation make CAMWorks even easier to use. New toolpath strategies and controls have been implemented for 2-5 axis milling, turning and wire EDM to improve quality and decrease machining time. For example, significant enhancements in 3 axis milling include:
According to Bruce Wiener, TekSoft's Director of Research & Development, "CAMWorks 2008 is the result of leveraging a strong foundation in CAM technology that allows TekSoft to increase its innovative edge in delivering CAM solutions and compete successfully in the expanding market for solids machining. We continually improve CAMWorks to meet the needs of the mold making and machining industries." CAMWorks can be purchased to run with SolidWorks or as part of a cost-effective package that includes CAMWorks Solids, an integrated solid modeler. Software, a Productivity PillSeptember, 2007 - The Medical Manufacturing supplement in the September issue of Manufacturing Engineering includes an article about the advantages of using CAMWorks for manufacturing medical devices. Read the entire article in the September issue or on the Manufacturing Engineering website. Software Turns a 100-Year Old Idea into RealityMay, 2007 - The May issue of Modern Application News includes an article about CAMWorks that highlights the benefits of working and machining with solids along with ease of use. Read the entire article in the May issue or on the Modern Application News website. TekSoft to demonstrate "Machining Intelligence" with CAMWorks at WESTEC 2007Scottsdale, AZ – March 20, 2007 – TekSoft announced that it will be featuring CAMWorks' powerful technologies and advanced automation tools which maximize machining efficiencies at WESTEC 2007, March 26-29, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. TekSoft will be offering personalized one-on-one demonstrations of Camworks 2007 plus the opportunity for users to speak with the company's top application engineers and executives. "In today’s manufacturing landscape, the most successful shops are constantly evaluating their entire process and methodology to streamline operations," said Domenic Lanzillotta, vice president of Sales for TekSoft. "By investing in the best-of-breed technologies and world-class adaptable automation tools in CAMWorks, shops worldwide have created more efficient workflows and instituted continually repeatable best practices to maximize machining efficiencies." CAMWorks was the first fully integrated CAM solution designed exclusively to operate inside SolidWorks. This seamless integration facilitates machining processes with familiar and easy-to-use commands with the click of a button, never having to leave your SolidWorks session to generate toolpath, the elimination of time-consuming file transfers, utilization of SolidWorks geometry ensuring that the part machined is exactly the same part modeled. In booth #3482, TekSoft will provide in-depth demonstrations of all the new capabilities in CAMWorks throughout the four day show. About TekSoft, Inc. TekSoft to demo "Machining Intelligence for Automation" with CAMWorks at SolidWorks World 2007Scottsdale, AZ – February 1, 2007 – TekSoft today announced that it will be featuring CAMWorks with
advanced techniques to maximize machining efficiencies at SolidWorks
World 2007, February 4-7, 2007 in New Orleans, Louisiana. TekSoft will
be offering personalized one-on-one demonstrations of CAMWorks 2007 plus
the opportunity for users to speak with the company's top application
engineers and executives. As a SolidWorks Gold Certified Partner, the
company will also present "Machining Intelligence for Automation" at the
Certified Partner Theater on Sunday, February 4, at 3:00 p.m. The
speaker, James Lurtsema, senior applications engineer, will demonstrate
CAMWorks’ seamless integration within SolidWorks as well as a suite of
powerful and adaptable automation tools to boost shop productivity. Interview with Mike Coleman in Manufacturing EngineeringJanuary, 2007 - In the January issue of Manufacturing Engineering magazine, Mike Coleman, President and CEO of TekSoft, discusses the current trends in CAM and how knowledge-based machining helps CAM users. Read the entire interview in the Newsdesk section of the January issue on pages 34-38 or on the SME website.
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