Visualize This!
[Editor's Note: Our usual policy of providing the visuals is being pre-empted so you can obey the headline.]
Events of recent weeks have shaken the status quo in the CAD/PLM business. In no particular order:
1. Dassault Systemes unveiled "PLM 2.0" which can be summarized as "visualize whirled parts."
2. Autodesk bought Moldflow, which can be summarized as "visualize plastic parts."
3. PTC released a new version of CoCreate, which can be summarized as "visualize our hand in your pocket. Please."
4. SpaceClaim is still in business, which can be summarized as "visualize working for a buyout."
5. Siemens PLM Software "launched" (which in PR language is an intermediary step between "announced" and "shipped") new versions of NX and Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology. This can be summarized as "visualize us with hot new technology and an 18-month lead on our competitors."
6. Siemens PLM also announced the delivery of Teamcenter licence number 4 million. This can be visualized as a mountain when compared to the total sales of "pure" PLM seats (PDM on steroids) from all competitors combined.
