http://www.vero-software.com/ http://www.vero-software.com//rss.php The latest news and information from Vero Software Copyright: (C) Vero Software Vero Software Plc, a leading supplier of CAD/CAM software, is pleased to announce Original Concepts Design, Inc. (www.vero-var.com) as a Value Added Reseller for the American Central Atlantic Region. Based in Mount Laurel, NJ, Original Concepts Design was founded in 1993. With many years experience in the tooling and design trades, they have steadily grown and added highly skilled employees, conceptual expertise, unparalleled consulting and state of the art software and hardware.The services they offer, from grass roots manufacturing perspective, led to a steady growth since its inception. Original Concepts Design will initially focus mainly on selling and supporting VISI Flow, the Vero breakthrough application for the plastic flow analysis, but their activity will gradually encompass the entire VISI and PEPS lines of product. Gregory Janice, President of Original Concepts Design, comments “We were looking for a system that covered all aspects of the engineering and manufacturing spectrum for the tooling industry. We must be able to provide not only consulting and services but also a software solution that improves our customers’productivity. After evaluating several systems we selected VISI as the most complete and powerful solution on the market”. “We are very pleased to have the opportunity to work with Original Concepts Design” says Giovanni Opimitti, President of Vero USA. “Their long experience and deep knowledge of the industry constitutes a very valuable addition to the Vero sales and support network in the US”. http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=17 2008-07-09 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=17 Vero Software Plc, a leading supplier of CAD/CAM software, is pleased to report on the success of a recently hosted world dealer seminar to provide an 'early peek' at the forthcoming developments for its flagship VISI product. Richard Youhill, Operations Director for Vero explains “We now have more than 90 partners in over 40 countries and this is an ideal opportunity to get them together and show them what they can expect to see in later in the year. VISI16 has seen the software take a big leap forward with the inclusion of some very advanced and new technology.” VISI16, due for release later in the year will include an updated user interface and enhancements to the CAD for electrode design, surface creation, annotation and product documentation for concurrent design. VISI Mould continues to be a key product and includes improved cooling circuit design; assembly explode management and an even tighter integration with VISI Flow. This unique feature enables mould and component designers to base their design principles using the integrated flow analysis to detect potential manufacturing issues before committing to the tool manufacturing process and saving value time and costs – such as welding lines, air traps, best gate location, etc, providing the maximum time frame for a corrective solution. This is only made possible through an integrated CAD/CAM/CAE analysis. VISI Progress, for 3D progressive die design sees some major enhancements to the unfolding of non linear edges, bending management outside of the parametric tree, blanking with constraint edge mapping, strip enhancements and a new feature manager. VISI Machining will see significant dramatic improvements in the realms of automated machining using automatic feature recognition techniques directed towards automatic plate machining. New ‘compass’ technology will allow the user to define a number of rules that will uniquely link specific geometry with a sequence of predefined operations/parameters. This will allow a company to implement adaptable toolpath strategies and proven cutting parameters to any geometric model. Other improvements include high speed milling techniques within 2D toolpaths, improved drilling cycles, enhanced 3+2 management, an updated 3D toolpath engine and a new tooling library. Emma Adamson, Dealer Sales Manager concludes, “The meeting was a great success, with many countries attending including representatives from Australia, Asia, Africa, South America and Europe. The software looks great and we are looking forward to the next release and what it will bring.” http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=16 2008-06-03 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=16 Vero Software Plc. (AIM: VERO), a leading supplier of CAD/CAM software, is pleased to announce Kenana for Engineering and Trading as a reseller for the Egyptian and Middle East market. Based in Nasr City, Cairo, Kenana started as a training and consultancy centre in 2007 with a vision to become a leader in providing industrial Software and CNC solutions to the Middle East. Ahmed Baghdady, Exclusive Manager comments “The Egyptian market includes companies that already have good solutions; including software, machining centres and reverse engineering systems. We are in a continuous process of evaluating new products and were looking for a system that covered all aspects of the engineering and manufacturing spectrum. To be able to compete we must be able to provide a software solution that improves on their current productivity - We evaluated many systems and selected VISI as the backbone of our organisation.” Starting with 3 engineers, Kenana now employs 6 staff and plans to sell Vero’s software solutions throughout the Egyptian and Middle East market, with further plans to expand into Saudi Arabia. On a recent training trip to Vero’s UK head office, Manal Ahmed, Marketing Manager for Kenana claims “We found that the complete Vero team including support, marketing and sales are more than a team, they are a family….. Whenever we needed support we get it.” Commenting on the collaboration, Operations Director, Richard Youhill explains “The Egyptian market presents many interesting opportunities to us and is one that will benefit greatly from our products. We are very pleased to have the opportunity to work with an organisation such as Kenana as they have a great deal of knowledge and experience of the local market and their needs.” Ahmed Baghdady & Manal Ahmed from Kenana for Engineering and Trading http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=15 2008-05-12 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=15 Vero Software Plc is pleased to announce the merger of two of its Pacific Area resellers to create a new enterprise called STS-Camtek. Since the acquisition of Camtek Limited by Vero last year, both Specialised Technical Services Pty Ltd (STS) and Camtek Pacific have been providing CAD/CAM solutions from the same developer. Barry Dyson, CEO explains “Camtek and STS have been working co-operatively for many years and the merger of our two companies will provide a greater and more focussed range of products and services to our customers. A recent deal that combined Machining STRATEGIST, PEPS PentaCut and a Thermwood 5 Axis Milling Machine demonstrates the advantages of our collaboration.” Specialised Technical Services Pty Ltd (STS) had been supplying CAD/CAM solutions, training and support to mechanical engineering, design and manufacturing business in Australia and New Zealand for 20 years. With over 40 years experience in engineering business, Barry Dyson started out as an apprentice fitter and turner before going on to become a mechanical design draftsman. Barry has completed more than 15 years of post- apprenticeship studies including certificates in toolmaking and welding, an Associate Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Diploma in Technical Teaching and two Graduate Diploma's at Swinburne University, one in Maintenance Engineering and one in CAD/CAM Founded by Mark Goldfeld in 1989, Camtek Pacific has become a recognised leader in the Australian CAM industry through its creative involvement in the development and distribution of Knowledge Based Expert CAM systems both locally and internationally. Camtek Pacific supplies and develops standard and/or highly customized NC/CNC programming turnkey systems to reduce the programming and idle time of machine tools. Mark explains “Using our Expert CAM system the clients “specialised manufacturing know-how” is embedded into a computer data structure, from that foundation our system automatically generates NC/CNC programs that are right first time and every time !” Both STS and Camtek are highly regarded for providing their customers with innovative applications of strong CAD/CAM products, training and services. Following their merger into STS-Camtek, Pacific region customers will see a further strengthening in innovative application, quality and service for Vero’s CAD/CAM products. http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=14 2008-03-19 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=14 Vero Software Plc, a leading supplier of CAD/CAM software, is pleased to announce that it has signed a statement of intent to the Beacon South West Skills Pledge. The Skills Pledge is a voluntary, public commitment by the leadership of the company to support all its employees to develop their basic skills, including literacy and numeracy, and work towards relevant, valuable qualifications to at least Level 2 (equivalent to 5 good GCSEs). The purpose is to ensure that all staff are skilled, competent and able to make a full contribution to the success of the company. Vero Chief Executive, Don Babbs with other business leaders On behalf of Vero Software, I as Chief Executive, make a commitment that we shall: Actively encourage and support our employees to gain the skills and qualifications that will support their future employability and meet the needs of our business/organisation. Actively encourage and support our employees to acquire basic literacy and numeracy skills, and with Government support work towards their first Level 2 qualification in an area that is relevant to our business/organisation. Demonstrably raise our employees’ skills and competencies to improve company/organisation performance through investing. Don Babbs http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=13 2008-02-25 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=13 Vero Software (“Vero”) a leading supplier of CAD/CAM software to the mould and die sector today announces that it is launching a new business division as Vero Insight designed to address the Business Intelligence needs of the Manufacturing sector. The company believes that there is a new market in the provision of a graphically enabled Business Intelligence tool that can analyse and present unique insights into very large sets of data. To that end it has licensed the leading data mining solution Mineset from Silicon Graphics Inc. in California and further developed the system for specific market sectors. The first version will be made available immediately with an entry level “Personal Edition” becoming available in February. The enterprise versions will be made available around the world in conjunction with specific partners having individual local or sector knowledge. Mineset is already in use with British Petroleum, Chevron Texaco and Bell Canada. Don Babbs, Chief Executive of Vero says, “While Business Intelligence tools have become the norm for the financial and consumer markets the value within the ever increasing data belonging to the manufacturing industry has been largely overlooked. The formation of an experienced data mining team together with our source code applications based on the renowned Mineset engine will see the start of a process allowing manufacturing and industry users alike to unlock the benefits of their data collection systems.” http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=12 2008-01-10 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=12 Vero USA, is a major sponsor of the 18th annual international Moulding 2008 conference and exhibit. The event takes place February 18-20, 2008 at the San Francisco Hilton Hotel and touts the theme “Emerging Technologies for Business Success in a Changing Global Market.” Vero’s VISI Flow consultant Natalia Kassa is a speaker at the conference on Monday, February 18 at 3: 30 pm during a session titled “Emerging Moulding Technologies and Novel Moulding Equipment. The presentation will focus on 3D VISI Flow solutions for gas-assisted components. VISI Flow can help users design moulds so that they fill properly with trouble free welds. Tolerances are maintained during cooling and after shrinkage. Using the software, warpage and cooling system issues can be identified and corrected in the original design so that high quality parts can be produced quickly. All mould design characteristics can be considered using VISI Flow, including nozzles, sprues, runners, gating, and the number and layout of cavities for all types of injection moulds. Vero representatives will exhibit the VISI Flow software as well as the complete VISI Suite at Molding 2008. VISI is a PC-based design and manufacturing solution for the tooling industry. It offers a unique combination of applications, fully integrated wireframe, surface and solid modelling, comprehensive 2D and 3D machining strategies with high speed routines and dedicated tool design for plastic injection and progressive dies. http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=11 2007-12-20 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=11 Vero Software will demonstrate the latest release of its flagship products at Euromold 2007 – VISI 15 and machining STRATEGIST v9. VISI includes an updated G.U.I and a variety of new and upgraded features for enhanced surface design, improved electrode management and upgraded annotation and 2D drawing creation. The dedicated mould and progressive die applications have also updated to include over 60 new parametric library components including lifters and flexible up and away units. VISI 15 also includes a new steep & shallow toolpath algorithm and a new feedrate optimiser to optimise the NC code feedrate when entering large areas of stock. This new option is constantly comparing the amount of material removed against the actual mechanical forces applied to the tool providing an improved toolpath, extending the cutting life of the tool while using the machine safely at the upper limits of its performance regime.Machining STRATEGIST sees the introduction of a true 64bit version, stock and curvature analysis and dynamic point creation for drilling operations. http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=10 2007-11-29 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=10 Vero Software Plc, a leading supplier of CAD/CAM software, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the highly-coveted Beacon status. Beacon South West brings together some of the South West's most forward thinking and ambitious companies to promote success and spearhead the growth of the region by inspiring others through practical examples of leadership and significant business performance. Supported by the South West of England Regional Development Agency, Beacon South West members play an important role in cultivating the enterprise excellence that exists in the region. Vero Chief Executive, Don Babbs with Sue Baker, director of Beacon South West Sue Baker, director of Beacon South West, comments: "Within Beacon, we have businesses with staff numbers ranging from 12 to 1,800, and turnovers from £1.5 to £130 million. All of our companies have amazing success stories and have been able to demonstrate outstanding achievement across a range of criteria, including innovation, performance, profitability and culture. "We are pleased to welcome Vero Software to the Beacon network and are looking forward to its contributions to our knowledge hub.” Don Babbs, Chief Executive of Vero Software Plc comments “As an AIM listed public company we are accustomed to recognition of our performance figures and have long been associated with high technology software development and exporting. The Beacon recognition is particularly pleasing as it also a significant appreciation for both the skill level of our staff and the company culture.” http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=9 2007-11-09 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=9 Vero Software Plc, a leading supplier of CAD/CAM software, will present the latest version of VISI Flow at K 2007, Düsseldorf, Germany (Hall 13 B-76). Initially introduced to the injection simulation market over 25 years ago, VISI Flow combines the powerful versatility of VISI Modelling and the high result accuracy of finite element analysis. Combining a user friendly interface, short model preparation/calculation times and Vero’s patented technology, VISI Flow provides the complete solution for part or mould designers and plastic injection moulding technicians: from filling analysis to warpage calculations and thermal optimisation analysis. The latest release includes a new gas analysis tool for co-injection moulding. The new option calculates the volume of plastic to be used, the melt front distribution, the delay time between melt and gas injection and the spatial distribution of both the gas and plastic at any point during the filling sequence. Other new features include: Ability to import hot runners directly from VISI Modelling with the definition of hot tips as triangulated geometry.Ability to import and re-mesh triangulated data from other FEM solutions.Multi cavity support for runner repetitions.Thermal analysis of the conditioning system using both parallel and serial circuits.GIF animation representing the evolution of any filling sequence. http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=8 2007-10-24 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=8 Vero Software Plc, a leading supplier of design and manufacturing solutions for the mould & die industries are pleased to announce the imminent release of its flagship product VISI 15. VISI 15 sees the introduction of many new features including an updated user interface with new icons, major enhancements to the graphics capability including reflection rendering, hole feature texture mapping, perspective view, dynamic sections and true 1:1 scale viewing. Updated surface technology includes new tools for complex surface draping through curves or point clouds and a new large surface offset for the automotive industry. N sided patch, edge manipulation and new body memory diagnostics ensure that even the most complex data from multiple CAD system can be handled with ease. Direct interfaces to all major systems including Catia and UG have been updated to include support for faceted solid data and multiple model variations. Enhancements to the 2D plotview and annotation include rendered view creation, dynamic section editing, custom field management, chamfer dimensioning and a new automatic 4 direction ordinate aligned dimension. Finally for the CAD, one major enhancement and concept change is the introduction of a parametric page. This new working environment will allow the operator to create parametric components using parametric tools and subsequently load the geometry into the free-form modelling environment. This new concept will provide complete flexibility and introduce the benefits of parametric modelling without the traditional constraints. For the CAM side, a new option is available during post processing to optimise the NC code feedrate when entering large areas of stock. This option is constantly comparing the amount of material removed against the actual mechanical forces applied to the tool. The result of this sophisticated volume comparison tool provides an improved toolpath, extending the cutting life of the tool while using the machine safely at the upper limits of its performance regime. A new combined finishing strategy has been included for finishing steep and shallow areas in one toolpath. This strategy allows steep areas to be machined using a constant Z method and shallow areas to be machined using a 3D constant stepover method. This strategy operates as a one stop finishing toolpath. The kinematic simulation has also been improved to manage material removal. The cutting tool, holders, jigs and fixtures can all be checked when running the kinematic display and any potential gouges on the toolpath against stock, tool or any other component on the machine tool will be graphically highlighted. The dedicated mould and progressive die applications have also updated to include over 60 new parametric library components including lifters and flexible up and away units. New interactive punch management and strip control combined with solid group enhancements ensure that Vero provide cutting edge technology for the mould and die industry from initial design and engineering modelling, through production preparation and into toolpath programming and machine code generation including areas not touched by other vendors, such as progressive die design. “For the latest release we pledged to significantly improve the operation and quality of the VISI products and these latest developments are evidence that the product has gone from strength to strength,” explains Gerard O’Driscoll, Development Director. “We are very confident that the advances made by the Vero development team will provide very real benefits to all manufacturing environments.” Vero Software Plc is represented in over 40 countries by more than 80 distributors and, in addition to its extensive dealer network, has its own direct sales operations in the UK, France, Italy, USA, Japan, China and Canada. http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=6 2007-10-11 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=6 Vero Software Plc, a leading supplier of CAD/CAM software, today unveiled its new company website (http://www.vero-software.com). The website follows significant re-branding of the company’s product lines gained through their own development and significant business acquisitions. The new website is a key part of a programme to ensure that the VERO brand strongly reflects the company’s position as a global technology player and strategic partner to organisations with complex engineering requirements. In recent years, Vero Software has expanded through acquisition; purchasing seven companies or businesses to complete the technology portfolio in providing sophisticated solutions for end to end niche sectors. The re-branding and new website will provide greater clarity to VERO’s positioning in the marketplace.Don Babbs, Chief Executive of Vero Software Plc comments “The new branding is both faithful to our long standing traditions and a unifying force among the different product ranges and companies. The use of the word Vero – meaning real or true has been a cornerstone of the products in providing genuine productivity improvements.”He continues: “We are excited about collecting feedback on our website from visitors in the coming months and we look forward to continuing to strengthen the brand identity.” http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=7 2007-10-10 http://www.vero-software.com/news_detail.php?id=7