Poor Skillsets May Styme the AI Revolution

Dassault Systèmes opened its 3DEXPERIENCE World 2024 conference for SolidWorks users on February 12. This year is the 25th anniversary of the event that draws more than 5,000 users, makers, entrepreneurs, and students.

In conjunction with the conference, Dassault released results from a survey it commissioned that covered artificial intelligence capabilities, IT, and cybersecurity skillsets. The independent market research firm, CITE Research, quizzed more than 1,000 technology employees in the U.S., the U.K., France, Germany, and Italy. Respondents were polled on their perception of AI tools in the workplace, concerns with cybersecurity, and the consequences of weak IT and cybersecurity skills.

Key findings include:

Cadence Integrates AI CAD Tools with Dassault

In other news at the conference, Cadence Design Systems and Dassault Systèmes announced they have extended their strategic partnership by integrating the AI-driven Cadence OrCAD X and Allegro X with Dassault Systèmes’ extended 3DExperience Works portfolio, for SolidWorks existing and future customers. The integration was designed to enable collaboration for continuous development across PCB, 3D mechanical design and simulation. The cloud-based integration offers joint customers an easy-to-use, end-to-end solution for next-generation product development, enabling an up-to-5X reduction in design turnaround time.

The new integration provides electrical and mechanical engineers the ability to accelerate the end-to-end mechatronics system development process while optimizing designs for performance, reliability, manufacturability, supply resilience, compliance, and cost. The new integration offers a seamless and scalable experience to customers of different sizes, from startups to enterprises.

"Any companies developing electromechanical products today need a synergistic solution in order to avoid time-to-market delays," said Kimball Cluff, EVP of software sales at GoEngineer, a leading provider of mechanical and electrical design and analysis solutions from Dassault Systèmes and Cadence. "This new cloud-enabled solution from Cadence and Dassault Systèmes provides electrical and mechanical design teams with a proven and easy-to-deploy collaborative solution with a desirable user experience.”