Autodesk, Inc. a world leader in design innovation technologies, announced the availability of the Autodesk Inventor Plastic Features Technology Preview on Autodesk Labs. This preview version of Autodesk Inventor software—the foundation of the Autodesk solution for Digital Prototyping—showcases exciting new technology that significantly simplifies the design of plastic products by allowing designers and engineers to automatically create thin-walled plastic parts and features such as grills, rests, bosses, snaps, lips, grooves and fillets.

Siemens PLM Software, a division of Siemens Industry Automation Division and a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced Version 6 of NX™ software is now available to Siemens customers worldwide.

“NX 6 promises to do two things. First, the work done to integrate Siemens PLM Software’s synchronous technology should bring on-stream an incredibly powerful way of working that’s unlike anything on the market today,” said Al Dean, editor, DEVELOP3D Magazine. “When you consider background in knowledge-based design, automation, and complete process coverage, the addition of synchronous technology to NX software should make it an even more compelling solution. The second promising area in NX 6 is the addition of new levels of intelligence to the simulation environment and that’s something on every users mind at the moment – how to use simulation more effectively and more efficiently.”

“It [CAM Express version 6] contains a substantial number of important and distinctive new capabilities that will further Siemen’s leadership position in the CAM software market and in CAM software technology,” said Alan Christman, chairman, CIMdata. “It will likely set new industry standards in several key segments of CAM.”

Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of Siemens Industry Automation Division and a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) products and services, today announced the release of NX™ 6 digital product development software that provides features driven from Siemens PLM Software’s recently announced synchronous technology.

Siemens PLM Software made the announcement in conjunction with its annual industry analyst event that begins today in Boston.

“NX 6 delivers on the breakthrough in design productivity we announced last month,” said Joan Hirsch, vice president of NX product development, Siemens PLM Software. “We’ve integrated synchronous technology into the NX comprehensive toolset, delivering major enhancements to design, simulation and manufacturing. This release enhances our strong momentum and the market share growth NX is experiencing.”