CaetanoBus streamlines electrical design with Mentor Graphics Capital® software
June 13, 2013 by John Day
Filed under Company News, Industry News, News
Mentor Graphics Corp. and CaetanoBus announced successful application of the company’s Capital® software suite to the development of CaetanoBus’ flagship C5 coach.
The C5 coach offers a wide range of configuration options and includes electrical/electronic systems that boost efficiency, safety, and reliability.
CNH transitions to Mentor Graphics Capital and VeSys Software
May 15, 2013 by John Day
Filed under Company News, Industry News, News
Mentor Graphics Corporation announced that CNH, a leading manufacturer of agricultural and construction equipment, has transitioned to the latest VeSys® software platform and also added a number of compatible tools from the Mentor® Capital® software suite, resulting in a modern design environment.
Mentor Graphics Capital Harness TVM Speeds accurate wire harness quotes
May 9, 2013 by John Day
Filed under Body Electronics, News, Product News
New software automatically generates detailed harness manufacturing process and cost data specific to each harness design, each factory, and each company’s cost models
Keeps wire harness manufacturers competitive
Mentor Graphics Corp. announced availability of Capital Harness™ TVM, the newest tool in Mentor Graphics’ Capital® software suite.
Mentor Graphics Nucleus SmartFit for 32-bit MCUs
April 3, 2013 by John Day
Filed under News, Product News
Mentor Graphics Corporation announced Nucleus® SmartFit, a binary version of the Nucleus RTOS (real time operating system) optimized to fit the limited internal memory of 32-bit MCUs. The Nucleus SmartFit product also includes Sourcery™ CodeBench development tools and provides developers with connectivity and power consumption options for developing products based on 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs).
Mentor Graphics introduces FloTHERM XT for cooling simulation from concept to verification
March 25, 2013 by John Day
Filed under News, Product News
Mentor Graphics Corporation announced FloTHERM® XT software that interconnects mechanical design automation (MDA) and electronic design automation (EDA) domains and addresses the needs of design engineers as well as thermal specialists.
Daimler streamlines Actros truck development with Mentor’s Capital electrical design software
March 20, 2013 by John Day
Filed under Company News, Industry News, News
Mentor Graphics Corporation and Mercedes-Benz Trucks announced successful application of the Mentor® Capital® software suite to the development of Daimler’s flagship heavy truck, the Actros.
Mentor Graphics expands Linux infotainment business
February 21, 2013 by John Day
Filed under Company News, Industry News, News
Mentor Graphics Corporation has expanded its automotive business unit by purchasing certain assets from MontaVista, LLC. Mentor Graphics said the purchase establishes the firm as the number one commercial provider of Linux®-based automotive in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) solutions.
Mentor Graphics xtUML editor is now open source
February 19, 2013 by John Day
Filed under News, Product News
Mentor Graphics Corp. announced that its previously proprietary front-end UML editor has moved into the open source domain. Accessible for free download from xtUML.org, this editor was formerly part of the company’s BridgePoint™ xtUML environment. Providing a free editor and releasing the editor code as an open source software project, which is occurring over the course of the next month, is designed to encourage the advancement of model-driven development within the system design community.
Open Source is Driving IVI Development
August 13, 2012 by John Day
Filed under Features, Industry News, News
By Boris Geller, head of automotive market development, Black Duck Software
Mentor Graphics combines 1D and 3D CFD simulation software
July 16, 2012 by John Day
Filed under News, Product News
Solution provides faster and more accurate simulation of fluid and thermal systems
Mentor Graphics Corporation has announced an “industry first” software solution that combines 1D and 3D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technology for fluid and thermal system simulation.





