This is more and more obvious: 3D is not only the future: it is still the present. We build cars in 3D, we watch movies in 3D, we design our living-room in 3D, etc… But why is it so successful? Maybe because people can easily translate visually what they think of and interact with their peers to share emotion, opinions, ideas,…
 
In parallel with the development of powerfull and easy-to-use 3D technologies such as 3dvia, social networks are more and more popular. People interact with each other on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn either on their computer and thanks to their iPhone for instance. Sharing ideas and sending messages “in 3D” has never been so easy.
 
Doing what we say
 
The aim of PLM MarketPlace is to deliver more value to our customers thanks to the cooperation between our Solutions Providers and our Value Added Resellers. In other words, we sell 3D solutions all day long. This is nice but not enough.
 
We now want to go a step ahead and build a kind of “PLM MarketPlace in 3D”. In the end, this is quiet logical for people promoting 3D technologies! This is why we have built a virtual showroom allowing people to discover the program in 3D! With your own-made avatar, you can walk through the scene, watch videos, read products data sheet and presentations, interact with other people visiting the scene at the same time, contact us, and much more!
 
Be our guest!
 
This PLM MarketPlace in 3D is available now, feel free to enter by following the instructions below. 
 

For those of you wanting to share the experience with customers, colleagues, partners,… you can share the link of the demo video as well.

 
This is a first step for us and we are looking after your comments, suggestions and ideas to improve the next scenes we are working on with our partners part of the PLM MarketPlace.
Feel free to share your feedback by leaving comments on this blogpost!

FOKKER ELMO is one of the world largest providers of systems and wiring for the aerospace and defense industry. The company has developed a tool (WDMS - Wiring, Design and Manufacturing System) to handle the increased complexity of wiring harness design, development, integration, and production, which involves both control and process of an enormous amount of data. In 2009, FOKKER ELMO signed a contract with the Canadian aircraft manufacturer BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE to design and supply the electrical wiring Interconnection system for the new CSeries aircraft family.

Recently, FOKKER ELMO contracted ELSYS’s solutions to convert existing wiring system diagram and started new harness design add-on’s.

Both companies started two projects, combining their knowledges and expertises.

The first project was the implementation of an automatic retrieval and transfer of the existing PTC CADDS 5 schematics and data into the ELSYS’s ELECTRE software for electrical schematics.

Then, in the frame of the CSeries project, FOKKER ELMO and ELSYS are setting up an application that will automatically generate wiring diagrams from both WDMS and external supplier’s data.

For more information please visit http://www.fokker.com/elmo and www.e-elsys.com

 

GKN Aerospace, a Tier One supplier to the global aviation industry, sought to eliminate the time-consuming process of troubleshooting composite lay-ups on the shop floor and avoid data translation concerns.
Leveraging Dassault Systèmes PLM solutions, the company reduced manufacturing engineering time and greatly improved collaboration throughout the extended enterprise. In that process, Pertinence Suite from Intercim was chosen to ensure digital continuity from engineering to production. The solutions enable GKN Aerospace to electronically deliver planning and work instructions to the shop floor, monitor information, and generate activity and quality reports to tightly connect the physical world of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) with the virtual world of PLM.

A Picture Is Worth One Thousand Words

Powerpoint presentation and brochures are really important to understand what a product can do. But it’s not always enough. The best way to understand something is to talk with someone who will explain all the features you have to know. A few weeks ago Intercim made a webinar about composite manufacturing and they had the great idea to record it. Everybody can now access to this webinar and see what Pertinence Suite can do.

Watch the recorded Webinar, « Operational Excellence for Composite Manufacturing »

As the chinese proverb says “A Picture Is Worth One Thousand Words”, here is a video about Intercim that is worth watching if you want to have an overall idea of what these guys do, in just 4 mins.

Last week, Dassault Systèmes hosted two major events at its Paris DS Campus: the SwYm Conference (formerly DEVCON) and the 2010 Partner Summit. Attendees had the opportunity to enjoy cool demos of 3DVIA Studio: the game Billions and a realistic 3D and interactive view of a city.

Guests were wowed by this experience thanks to two of our technology partners: Hewlett-Packard who brought its latest HP Z800 Workstation and AMD with its high-end ATI Eyefinity technology 3D graphics card.

Using ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology allows professionals as well as gamers to get the most out of the 3DVIA product range to have superior lifelike experiences. The 3D professional graphic cards are also fully certified for working with a variety of other Dassault Systèmes brands, including CATIA.

Watch Antoine Reymond (AMD Senior Strategic Alliance Manager) and Tom Schorr (Dassault Systèmes Technology Partner Programs Manager) demoing the power of 3DVIA Studio and ATI Eyefinity technology running together.

If you attended the SwYm Conference / Partner Summit, what are your impressions about the ATI Eyefinity 3D graphics card showcased there?

Anthony Rosendo, on behalf of the PLM MarketPlace Team

For product designers, simulation specialists and manufacturers, there is an ongoing desire to increase innovation and reduce design time and costly errors. To help address that need, the new ATI FirePro^™ desktop and mobile workstation professional graphics delivers ground-breaking features and performance for Dassault Systèmes’ CATIA users working with challenging design and engineering projects, while helping boost productivity and pushing designs to the limits throughout the manufacturing process.

For example, the ATI FirePro^™ V8800 features 1600 Stream Processing units that offer up to 2.6 TeraFLOPS of power with 147.2 GB/sec of memory bandwidth¹. Using ATI Eyefinity technology, ²CATIA professionals can increase their desktop real estate and workflow productivity to view large scale models and multiple applications by running up to four independent and simultaneous 30-inch displays from a single card³.

The ATI FirePro^TM product range includes:
- Entry Level: Workstation quality for balance price and performance
ATI FirePro^™ V4800 Professional Graphics Cards
- Mid-Range: Advanced features and outstanding performance for complex visualization
ATI FirePro^™ V5800 Professional Graphics Cards
- High End: 4 to 6 outputs and extreme performance for the most demanding visualization and compute jobs
ATI FirePro^™ V8800 Professional Graphics Cards or ATI FirePro^™ V7800 Professional
Graphics Cards

AMD works with Dassault Systèmes to tune, optimize, and enable the real-time manipulation of very large PLM data sets as well as realistic rendered models using ATI FirePro graphics, giving manufacturing companies the ability to accurately model and analyze product performance characteristics while limiting the number of physical prototypes.

Antoine Reymond is Senior Strategic Alliances Manager at AMD. His posting is his own opinion and may not represent AMD’s positions, strategies or opinions. Links to third party sites are provided for convenience and unless explicitly stated, AMD is not responsible for the contents of such links sites and no endorsement is implied.

Meet AMD!
Don't miss the opportunity to meet AMD and discover their tremendous ATI FirePro graphics cards and ATI Eyefinity technology: join the DS SwYm Conference!

¹Based on comparison of 1600 stream processors and 147.2GB/s memory bandwidth for ATI FirePro^™ V8800 vs. 240 CUDA processors and 102GB/s for NVIDIA QuadroFX 5800, as reported on http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_11761.html as of 3/16/10. As of 3/1/2010, ATI FirePro^™ V8800 has the highest number of stream processors of any graphics card.

²ATI Eyefinity technology can support up to 6 displays using a single enabled ATI FirePro^™ professional graphics card with Windows Vista or Windows 7 operating systems. The number of displays may vary by board design and you should confirm exact specifications with the applicable manufacturer before purchase. ATI Eyefinity technology works with games that support non-standard aspect ratios, which is required for panning across multiple displays. To enable more than two displays, additional panels with native DisplayPort^™ connectors, and/or certified DisplayPort^™ adapters to convert your monitor’s native input to your cards DisplayPort™ or Mini-DisplayPort^™ connector(s), are required. Driver version 8.66 (Catalyst 9.10) or above is also required.

³Based on support for up to four displays using ATI Eyefinity technology on ATI FirePro^™ V8800 graphics vs. two displays for typical prior single-card technology

On May, 12th 2010 took place the DS PLM FORUM in Slovenia. For Noomeo, present as a sponsor, this was the opportunity to meet CAD-CAM companies, Dassault Systèmes' solutions distributor. This meeting has been an opportunity for “live” in common demonstrations on Noomeo booth, which presented point clouds acquisition thanks to OptiNum scanner and data integration in the CATIA platform.

Noomeo booth @ PLM Forum Slovenia

From May 26th to 27th, 2010, was held DS PLM FORUM in Czech Republic. Noomeo, as a sponsor, got the chance to meet Technodat, a Dassault Systèmes VAR. From this collaboration was born for Noomeo the opportunity to become known in this region of EMEA, as Technodat would like to integrate Noomeo supply in its next communications.

Noomeo booth @ PLM Forum Czech-Republic

Noomeo attended to the DS PLM FORUM in Belgium on June, 2nd 2010. The innovative company participated in partnership with Keonys, a Noomeo solutions distributor, and first Dassault Systèmes solutions distributor and integrator in Belgium. This association has been a success thanks to common “live” demonstrations where visitors were introduced to a complete process: the combination between 3D OptiNum scanner point clouds acquisition and the integration of these data for use in CATIA.

On June, 9th 2010, took place 2 events at DS Campus in Paris: “Les Rencontres” (the French event for Customers) through a conference on the V6 and last Dassault Systèmes news and also “La Tribu” presenting a panorama of Dassault Systèmes 3D and virtual technologies for the children of its customers.
Noomeo team had the pleasure to be on “La Tribu” way with its OptiNum 3D scanner. This was an opportunity to share an unique 3D experience with children: scanning their faces with OptiNum, followed, in partnership with IMMERSION, by exploitation and manipulation of 3D face in their Holocubtile.
In parallel to this animation, M.Vincent LEMONDE, Noomeo CEO, in partnership with Dassault Systèmes represented by M. Sébastien ROSEL, head of Design Studio designers, have participated to a conference session on “Co-Design Engineering”.

Did you have the opportunity to meet us at one of these events? Do you want to know more about the potential of 3D scanners for your business? Then don't hestitate to leave comments here, we'd love to talk about it with you!

The Noomeo Team