CAE software provider EPLAN is now offering new licences for its products exclusively on a subscription basis. This change will offer more flexibility to companies wishing to benefit from Eplan’s engineering packages who will now be able to do so on more convenient terms. Although the new (more...)

Volkswagen has released the sixth generation of its VASS (Volkswagen Audi Seat Skoda) Standard, which includes an update to Eplan Version 2.9. The standard has also been expanded to include 3D functionality in switchgear system engineering and information for bi-directional exchange with PLC project (more...)

Since taking over LCA Group in 2017, Managing Director Alan Sheppard has always maintained a focus on innovation, and the use of cutting-edge technology to further the firm’s manufacturing and assembly capabilities. The primary focus was on the investment in technologies that would speed up (more...)

RS Components is celebrating 10 years of DesignSpark, the company’s online design engineering platform, with the introduction of brand new features for its website and a new design, to reflect the usability and functionality requirements of its 970,000+ community members. To mark its 10th (more...)

CAE software provider EPLAN has re-launched its website (www.eplan.co.uk) to incorporate significant improvements that make it an even more valuable resource for current and prospective users of the EPLAN computer-aided engineering (CAE) software platform, as well for students and tutors in (more...)

EPLAN is reacting constructively to the changing market conditions by offering a comprehensive package of online services to support engineers working from home. The services are being implemented progressively and will ultimately include webcasts that provide practical support on key topics, (more...)

RS Components has announced that it is collaborating with Crowdcube, the leading UK-based online equity crowdfunding platform, to help members of its DesignSpark engineering community realise their product and business ideas. The agreement between RS and Crowdcube marks an important expansion of (more...)

The newly enhanced Data Portal from leading CAE software provider, Eplan, has achieved more than a million downloads for individual parts’ data in a month! The surge in uptake is a direct result of the Eplan’s decision to open the Eplan Data Portal free of charge to all engineers, (more...)

Autodesk is showing its new 2017 CAM products for a multitude of advanced manufacturing applications ranging from CNC mill and lathe programming to complex mould and die manufacturing. These new products combine the heritage of industry leadership in CAM software from Delcam with Autodesk’s 3D (more...)

RS Components is offering a special bundle that combines advanced 3D modelling software and 3D printing hardware, and which provides advanced and highly affordable 3D design and prototyping capabilities. RS is offering a 40% reduction in price of the RS IdeaWerk 3D printer (more...)