Global Shop Solutions, a provider of ERP software to manufacturers around the globe, is proud to celebrate the 5th year anniversary of its Cloud ERP product. An investment of high importance to customers, the adoption of Cloud ERP greatly surpassed the five-year forecast.

Designed to make technical support easier and reduce the total cost of ownership for manufacturers, Global Shop Solutions says that Cloud ERP simplifies the software through increased speed, improved accessibility, stronger security, automatic data and systems back-ups, and more.

According to George Thuo, director of cloud technology at Global Shop Solutions, Cloud ERP caught the attention of current and prospective customers from the start: “Several years ago, a growing number of prospective ERP buyers began asking if our ERP system was offered in the cloud. Based on demand, I assembled a team to develop the product. Five years later I’m proud to say we have more than doubled our forecasts for the number of Cloud ERP users and made ERP software better for hundreds of manufacturers.”

With Cloud-based ERP, companies can maintain ERP at a reasonable price because the ERP vendor performs these tasks for the customer. Another advantage is the ability for employees to access their company’s ERP system from anywhere, including at-home workstations or in real time at multiple facilities.

At time of launch, about 25% of new Global Shop Solutions customers opted for Cloud-based ERP. Currently, about 65% of new customers choose that route. Thuo expects these numbers will continue to climb, in large part due to the concerns of manufacturers regarding cybersecurity threats.
For further information www.globalshopsolutions.com

CNC Software, developer of MastercamCADCAM software, is partnering with CAMWERK to provide customers with an easy to use fully-integrated machine solution called NC2Check.
The integration gives Mastercam customers a solution for avoiding machine damage, downtimes and failures, and makes production and programming even more efficient and error-free.

N2Check precisely simulates the CNC machine and the entire process of machining. By verifying the NC code through NC2Check, users have an NC code-based virtual machine simulation of all movements. NC2Check helps users detect errors that lead to machine downtime, damage to the workpiece, or even expensive collisions on CNC machines before actual machining even begins.

“We are excited to partner with CAMWERK on a complete mapping of the entire machine tool and simulation of NC programs based on G-code and make it available to over 300,000 users,” says Stas Mylek, partnership programmemanager at CNC Software. “The collaborative effort between both companies provides Mastercam users complete machine simulation for detecting issues such as travel limits or potential workpiece collisions before machining takes place.”

NC2Check is an add-on to Mastercam that installs as a single button on the ribbon bar interface. The single button allows users to launch NC2Check to provide full simulation and G-code verification from within the Mastercam session.

Bircan Öztürk, director for CAMWERK, says: “With NC2Check, you can see collisions and errors directly on your PC and run on your machines completely virtually. We do not offer G-code simulation in the classic definition, we offer our customers the freedom to create ideas and creatively use ideas elsewhere in the company instead of looking for errors in the NC program.”
For further information www.mastercam.com

PTC has announced the availability of cloud-native simulation as part of its Onshapeproduct development platform. Onshape Simulation enables designers and engineers to perform FEA in a fast and simple way, supporting them to make informed design decisions with structural analysis throughout the product development process.

According to PTC, Onshape is the only CAD and product data management (PDM) tool to offer simulation interwoven with the core design and assembly environment, which helps reduce the time, effort and workflows required to set up and calculate structural analysis.

“This is the first time that CAD, PDM and simulation have all been unified in one cloud-native environment,” says Greg Brown, vice president of Onshape Product Management.
“It’san extremely efficient way for designers to simulate full assemblies, helping them make important time, material and quality decisions earlier in the design process.”

With Onshape Simulation, designers receive accurate mechanical guidance, such as strength and rigidity, without ever leaving the design environment. The CAD model and the simulation model are the same definition, which simplifies the assembly set-up for simulation.

Notably, Onshape uses the existing assembly mates in the definition of the part-to-part interactions, eliminating the need to de-feature, simplify or set up connections for models before running simulations. Users can also explore design variations quickly by simultaneously designing and analysing assemblies with no pre-processing or meshing required. Simulation results automatically refresh when users make changes to Onshape models.

As part of an Onshape document, simulations are version-controlled with built-in PDM – including simulations for all design variations – allowing instant sharing with other users for simple collaboration and decision making.
For further information www.onshape.com