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Platinum Sponsor
HP is a company unlike any other. It’s a fact underscored by our reach across consumer, small and medium-size business (SMB) and enterprise customer segments; by our presence and leadership in key regions around the world; and by our uniquely rich technology portfolio. Our strategy is to offer products, services and solutions that are high tech, low cost and deliver the best customer experience. No other company has the portfolio, people and expertise to deliver on all three.

Our annual R&D investment of nearly $4 billion fuels the invention of products, solutions and new technologies, so that we can better serve customers and enter new markets. We produce an average of 11 patents a day worldwide. In addition to the R&D and innovation in our product and services groups, HP Labs provides a central research function for the company. HP Labs is focused on inventing new technologies that change markets and create business opportunities. At HP, we are focused on helping people apply technology in meaningful ways to their businesses, personal lives and communities.

For the HP sales office nearest you, please log on to www.hp.com to access various country websites and contact information. For more information on HP workstation products, please visit www.hp.com/workstations

Intel, the world leader in silicon innovation, develops technologies, products and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com

Gold Sponsor
Adobe® Acrobat® 3D software enriches collaboration by enabling extended teams to use Adobe PDF documents to more securely and reliably communicate 3D design intent. Insert and publish 3D designs from major CAD applications in Adobe PDF documents that can easily be shared with suppliers, partners, and customers using free Adobe Reader® 7.0* software. Visit www.adobe.com/products/acrobat3d/

Amada markets SolidWorks software in Japan under the name “SheetWorks.”
SolidWorks Products Marketed by Amada in Japan:

  • SheetWorks for Unfold, a sheet metal manufacturing system
  • SheetWorks for Design add-in design software, enabling designers to make full use of SheetWorks for Unfold.

SheetWorks for Unfold can:

  • Perform sheet metal unfolding processing from all types of 3D files read in through the SolidWorks import interface, including IGES, STEP, Parasolid, ACIS, and UG, break up 3D models into several parts Unfold by batch processing when a model has been assembled Recognize forming and special tools in 3D models and write them as attribute data together with manufacturing information, and send to any CAM software via dxf, and dwg files

SheetWorks for Design can:

  • Supply the necessary functions of Sheetworks for Unfold for designers
  • Automatically create solid assembly models for shell models three-dimensionally designed by SolidWorks by issuing bend line and cut line instructions
  • Avoid bend line interference at the design stage using a 3D return bend graph function, and, using the sheet metal model check function
  • Check placement of holes near bend lines, minimum flanges, hole sizes, etc.

NVIDIA® Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA) is the worldwide leader in graphics processors and media communications devices. The unmatched breadth of NVIDIA's product line enriches 3D, 2D, video, audio, communications, broadband connectivity and high-definition digital video and television for every audience and platform including game consoles, workstations, Internet-enabled appliances, Apple Macintosh, and mobile PCs. NVIDIA is the first semiconductor company to deliver a complete top-to-bottom family of 3D graphics solutions and a highly integrated media communications processor. These solutions combine to help deliver the ultimate entertainment experience. NVIDIA's processors enable high frame-rate 3D graphics, benchmark-winning 2D graphics, high-definition digital video processing for unequaled visual realism and real-time interactivity, as well as 3D audio, communications, and broadband connectivity for highly-demanding multimedia processing. Visit www.nvidia.com

Leadtek is distributor of Nvidia’s products in the Asia-Pacific region.

Z Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets the world’s fastest, high-definition 3D printers machines that produce 3D physical prototypes of real-world objects with the speed, ease, and affordability of 2D desktop printing. Leading manufacturers, Fortune 500 companies, and centers for research, including Sony, Fisher-Price, Adidas, Canon, NASA, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, BMW, Porsche, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, Harvard, MIT and Yale, rely on Z Corp’s printers to produce prototypes as part of the development of a broad range of world-class products and technologies. Z Corp. systems are not only the fastest 3D printers on the market but also offer the only color 3D printing capabilities. Z Corp. holds patents on its proprietary 3D printing materials and equipment and licenses others from MIT, where the company's technology was originally developed. Visit www.zcorp.com.
TekSoft develops and markets Windows based CAD/CAM software products for use in the metalworking industries. TekSoft¡¯s products include CAMWorks, ProCAM, and FABWorks. TekSoft is a market leader in PC based manufacturing products that are easy-to-learn, easy-to-use and extremely productive. TekSoft sells its CAM products through 140 resellers in 40 countries and has an installed base of over 33,000 licenses. Customers include the mold-making, aerospace, computer, and automotive industries, among others.

CAMWorks, a SolidWorks® Certified Gold CAM Product, is a new generation Windows-based CAM solution for producing efficient machining programs directly from solid models. Engineers and designers use SolidWorks and CAMWorks when they want an optimum modeling system to design better products faster and more accurately plus a seamlessly integrated, innovative, feature-based CAM system for CNC machining. This combination can significantly speed time to market..
Visit www.teksoft.com

Bronze Sponsor
3D QuickTools 100% focuses on tool and die industry. It started to provide high quality progressive die design solutions in 1994. The latest product, 3DQuickPress®, is integrated with SolidWorks® aiming at ultimate performance; ease of use and short learning curve to enable tooling engineers to use the power of 3D design. It provides solutions ranging from blanking development; strip layout design and die set structure design. 3DQuickPress® is the key to get the tremendous benefits from 3D modeling.
Visit www.3dquickpress.com
3Dconnexion, a Logitech Company, is the worldwide market leader in 3D input devices for the growing field of 3D motion control, used in the CAD/CAM/CAE, GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and DCC (Digital Content Creation) markets. Over 325,000 professionals use 3Dconnexion controllers, including its industry-leading SpacePilot, SpaceBall, SpaceMouse and SpaceTraveler. 3Dconnexion is headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, with offices in Detroit, Los Angeles, London, Munich, Paris, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Wroclaw. Visit www.3dconnexion.com
DEPOCAM HSM CAM software is a stand-alone CAM system that integrates with existing CAD and CAM systems and now also includes a direct interface to SolidWorks. DEPOCAM boasts many innovative features including automatic 3D roughing. This is suitable for all types of forms, creating an optimized, smooth cutter motion for HSM machining, while helping to extend tool life, minimizing wear on the machine tool and producing parts with excellent surface finish. Visit www.ncgraphics.net
SolidPartners, Inc. is 100% focused on SolidWorks add-in solutions and process consulting. Since our start in 1997 we've provided the tools, process redesign and technologies for thousands of SolidWorks users to reduce time-to-market. SolidPartners has affiliates in the US, UK and Asia.

SolidPartners sells and supports two native SolidWorks add-in products. Our Gold Partner product SolidParts(tm) is a library of standard mechanical fasteners, piping/mechanical and electrical components. Its interface is a simple drag and drop of over 16,000 configurations. Activault(tm) is a powerful SQLServer based file management tool which enables concurrent engineering around the world with a simple check-in/out inside of SolidWorks. Visit our booth for a free demo CD.
Visit www.solidpartners.com
SolidCAM is the complete ‘best-in-class’ Manufacturing Suite for efficient and profitable CNC-programming inside SolidWorks. SolidCAM provides seamless single-window integration and full associativity with the SolidWorks design model. The hallmarks of SolidCAM are its ease of use, combined with its powerful CAM functionality.
Visit www.solidcam.com
Ranal Software Technologies Pvt Ltd., a part of Ranal Group of companies Michigan, USA, is a leading desktop-based CAD/CAM/CAE value-added solution provider in India. With its Head Quarters located in Bangalore, India, Ranal Software Technologies operate through its offices in Bangalore, New Delhi and Pune. Ranal Software is proud to be associated with world's largest and fastest growing Desktop Design Centric 3D CAD software manufacturer, SolidWorks Corporation - A Dassault Systemes Company. The company is managed by technical professionals with over 80 man years of experience in CAD/CAM/CAE area & has the reputation for supporting its customers through the critical times of choosing, installing and commissioning their systems, and has dedicated in helping its customers sustain and improve their businesses. Ranal group is a market leader in CAD/CAM/CAE/PDM/PLM solutions & consultancy services.
Visit www.ranal.com
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