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Volume 5, No 8, August 2004

SolidWorks 2005 Top Ten List
 by Keith Schaefer, Technical Analyst, CATI
SolidWorks is once again about to turn out another new release. This is nothing new to SolidWorks users, we’ve all become so accustomed to getting a new major release at least once a year that we take it for granted. If we don’t take that point for granted we take for granted the sheer amount of enhancements and innovations that are contained in each release. For complete article, click here

CAT Tale - A Customer Success Story
 Plastic Services Group - Arlington Heights, IL
There are a lot of tools on the market designed to make Engineers’ jobs easier.  But how many of those tools also make Engineers’ jobs more enjoyable? Dan Bendixon, owner of Plastic Services Group (PSG) in Arlington Heights, Illinois, said the highlight of his job is doing contract design work and using SolidWorks. For complete article, click here

FREE i.get.it SolidWorks 2005 Update Training
Experience the power of SolidWorks and i.get.it with an ONLINE SolidWorks 2005 Update Training Course at no charge for 90 days! All current SolidWorks customers qualify for this great offer. Click here for more information.

SolidWorks 2005 CATIpult Sessions
Join CATI to see the latest version of SolidWorks. SolidWorks 2005 includes more than 250 customer-requested features and enhancements that help machine designers, mold designers, consumer product designers, and others become faster, more accurate, and more productive as they bring their innovations to market. These enhancements make SolidWorks 2005 the most expansive product in its market and the only one to encompass 3D design, analysis, product data management, collaboration, and injection-molded plastic part validation software in a single offering. Click here to register.

From Design News: Software Packages Offer Users More Power - New 3D CAD and CAE Upgrades Cater to a Global Industry
"It's evolution, not a revolution," Senior Mechanical Designer Mark Termion tells his coworkers at Life Fitness who are resistant to change. The evolution he speaks of has less to do with the next exercise fad or the next fitness equipment to replace the currently popular elliptical machine, as it has to do with the behind-the-scenes design regimen of each of these machines. Click here for complete article

Web Services Works for PLM, Too
The much-anticipated shift in the enterprise software business from a perpetual license capital expenditure model to
software-as-service model is taking root in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) with the continued success of Arena. Arena not only sells a growing application (PLM) through a growing business model (Web services), it targets the large and untapped midmarket. If the fast-emerging vendor can catch three growth waves at once, the market may be in for an exciting future Initial Public Offering (IPO). For complete article, click here (pdf)

Product Lifecycle Management
 Online Seminar - Wednesday August 11, 2004
Attend this online seminar to gain a better understanding of product lifecycle management (PLM), and to hear how Arena PLM can help you. Click here to register

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