29 April 2008
Chris Rand, Editor
TOP BLOG POSTS
From SolidSmack.com: How to Take the Pain Out of PDM: SolidWorks Explorer in 12 minutes, 6 seconds - “Just when you thought you knew everything about SolidWorks Explorer, Devon Sowell gives us his first post discussing tips to make your venture into the abusive and murderous world of data management easier to handl…”
From WorldCAD Access: Inventor 2009 Gains Game Status - “Inventor 2009 arrived last week. Opening the plastic case, I found four DVDs. Four! See illustration. I showed off the package to my son. At first, he was not clear as to why he should be impressed…”
From the AutoCAD Insider blog at Autodesk: Scale List Clean-up - “The Scale List Clean-up utility has been updated from the one I posted last week. If you downloaded it from that location prior to this morning, please replace it with the current version…”
From Lynn Allen’s blog at Autodesk: The Experience Tour…Week Two! - “This week the Experience Tour hits Philadelphia and Dallas. Last week was very exciting as we had some fantastic sessions on all of the new 2009 products in Miami and Washington D.C…”
From RobiNZ CAD Blog: Back from Viet Nam - “Quote of the holiday from a Hanoi shopkeeper: ‘It’s Nine Dollar US, if you pay in Dong (local currency) I do cheaper ’cause US Dollar not so strong’ (About 16,000 Dong = US$1)…”
From Angel’s Civil 3D Thoughts: Help Select Autodesk University 2008 Classes!! - “When I first read the following I thought this is awesome. What better way for Autodesk University attendees to benefit from AU than for them to have a hand in selecting the classes that will be presented…”
From the Brian, CADFanatic blog: Making Intelligent Notes and Equations - “When calling out holes on drawings, best engineering practices are to dimension holes in true profile views. SolidWorks will only let you place place hole notes on arcs…”
From the BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International: Scale List Cleanup - A free utility for AutoCAD 2008 and 2009 - “A few days ago (2008-04-24)…”
TOP NEWS STORIES
From Cadalyst AEC news: Vico Software Undertakes New Education Initiative - “Company to offer Virtual Construction 2008 and related training materials to students and accredited institutions free of charge…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: iCAD
sales.com Offers Free Download of progeCAD 2008
Professional v8.0.18 - “Thirty-day, full-evaluation download features new support for drawings that use languages other than English…”
From Cadalyst Manufacturing news: Autodesk Unveils Inventor LT Technology
Preview 2009 - “Free download is available from the Autodesk Labs Web site and is good for one full year of use…”
From Cadalyst Manufacturing news: Right Hemisphere Announces Deep Exploration v5.5 - “Planned for release in June, new version to feature support for real-time 3D manufacturing instructions and new user-interface functionality…”
From Cadalyst Manufacturing news: aPriori to Launch aPriori v6 this Summer - “New version of cost-management solution to feature integration with CATIA V5, NX (Unigraphics), and SolidWorks…”
From Engineeringtalk: Mesh generation techniques explained - “Paper explains the need for a computational mesh and the pros and cons of different mesh types…”
From Engineeringtalk: SPC software users share experiences - “Delegates from across the UK attended the recent SPC Best Practice and Quality Systems Day held at the Letchworth Hall Hotel…”
From Engineeringtalk: Software helps save solar energy costs - “Engineers at Solar Power Industries have used Algor FEA software to analyse the process of casting silicon ingots inside a directional solidification furnace…”
From Engineeringtalk: System modelling software aids ECU design - “Engineers working on next-generation diesel engines at Delphi have saved considerable time and increased simulation accuracy and coverage…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Latest cost management software previewed - “The aPriori company has previewed its aPriori v6.0 product cost management platform includes expanded capabilities including the support for additional 3D CAD systems and industry standards…”
MORE FROM THE BLOGGERS
T minus 3 days - AUGI Survey, April 2008 - Opinion’s about AUGI’s Annual CAD Salary Survey from the BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International
Very slow Xrefs, block insertions, copying objects; bloated … from CAD Forum Tips
Vote For Me to Teach at Autodesk University 2008 from the CAD-a-Blog
SolidWorks Performance Blitz! (Part 6: ‘Autosave’ settings and thumbnails) from the Solidworks Legion blog
ALSO IN THE NEWS
Abu Dhabi Ship Building Selects AVEVA Marine from TenLinks
Altera and HCELL Engineering Announce DO-254-Certifiable Nios II Embedded Processor from MCADCafe
ANSYS Ranked 5th in CIOZone ‘Fast 40′ List from TenLinks
ANSYS Ranked High on Fastest-Growing Software Companies List from MCADCafe
CIMdata Offers BlueStar PDM/PLM for Dynamics AX Review from TenLinks
Creaform Joins Dassault’s Education Partner Program from TenLinks
Delcam to Preview Dental CAD from MCADCafe
Delcam to Preview DentCAD for Dental Design at DTS from TenLinks
Delphi cuts development time of next-generation diesel engine ECU with LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim from MCADCafe
Hanley Ships VisualFoil 5.0 for Airfoil Analysis from TenLinks
Hexagon to Sell PolyWorks with ROMER Arms, 3D Digitizer from TenLinks
iCADsales.com Offers ProgeCAD 2008 Pro Evaluation Version from TenLinks
JTB World Releases FlexReport 4.1.2 for License Management from TenLinks
KOMPAS-3D was highly regarded at Hannover Messe 2008 from MCADCafe
Lineup Complete for the 2008 3D Collaboration and Interoperability Conference from MCADCafe
Micron Extends Temperature Range of Automotive Memory Products from MCADCafe
PTC AE Channel Advantage Program Awarded 5-Star Status from VARBusiness Magazine from MCADCafe
PTC Channel Advantage Program Wins VARBusiness Magazine Award from MCADCafe
Redway3d Releases Redsdk 1.4 for Ray Tracing, Rasterization from TenLinks
Right Hemisphere Introduces Deep Exploration v5.5 from TenLinks
Right Hemisphere Launches ‘Deep 3D’ Blog from TenLinks
Right Hemisphere’s New Deep Exploration Software Delivers Real-Time 3D Manufacturing Instructions Support from MCADCafe