Design

EPLAN Pro Panel can be used to produce standardized mounting and production drawings quickly and easily with associative model views. It offers all necessary functions for populating mounting panels or defining power units and valve blocks, based on EPLAN Electric P8 or EPLAN Fluid. Online access to all the devices in the design, the EPLAN parts management, and the EPLAN Data Portal is included. The project design approach can be chosen freely. For example, the mounting layout can be planned flexibly even before a schematic exists. The user can, if necessary, start with populating a mounting panel and design the schematic afterwards. That means more than just a little more flexibility in the process. EPLAN Pro Panel constitutes a milestone in the process of parallelization of the product development process in electrical and fluid power design.

ISaGRAF, the leading automation software technology partner has begun shipping ISaGRAF version 6.0. ISaGRAF is the leading IEC 61131-3 and IEC 61499 compliant firmware and workbench for building industrial automation products.

Maplesoft have released of the newest version of the Maple™ Grid Computing Toolbox. Available from Adept Scientific (Letchworth, Herts) the Maple 14 Grid Computing Toolbox enables distributed computing using Maple; the primary tool for engineers to solve complex mathematical problems and create rich technical documents.

The Opera motor design software package is helping Air Bearings of Poole to extend the speed of spindle motors beyond 400,000 RPM. The package's integrated electromagnetic and thermal simulators are being used to identify optimisations that will make the motors more compact and efficient, to improve rotational speeds beyond their current maximum.

Catalog Data Solutions announces that GAM, Inc. has selected its CAD download solution for their website.

ON Semiconductor together with Transim Technology today launched its interactive GreenPoint online design simulation tool for high-efficiency LED based lighting applications.

piezo system specialist PI introduces a breakthrough development in nanopositioning stage control. The new E-709 provides digital functionality at the price-point of an analog controller, all in the volume of a paperback book! The true digital servo performance comes without compromise:

Manage application code complexity while enabling safer and more secure software

Altair Engineering, Inc., a leading global provider of simulation technology and engineering services that empower client innovation and decision-making, announced today that the German development department of the TADANO FAUN Group has selected the HyperWorks suite of computer-aided engineering (CAE) tools to develop and optimize the design of its cranes.

Metalcam S.L announced the new Version 16 of its flagship product Fikus Visualcam. The new version provides a user-friendly and efficient CNC programming solution for WireEDM as well as for Milling, Lathe, Millturn and NC Cutting & Routing applications. To speed up the user productivity, the new version supports SpaceBall® devices for the control of dynamic movements on screen and two new options for dynamic zoom, center the cursor or a fixed point, also used by CAD systems like SolidWorks.