30 May 2008
Chris Rand, Editor
TOP BLOG POSTS
From WorldCAD Access: Why the Ribbon is Wrong - “Various testimonials indicate a dislike for Microsoft’s ribbon interface, which appears in SolidWorks, SpaceClaim, and AutoCAD. From my attempts at using it, I think the primary problem with the ribbon is that it creates confusion…”
From WorldCAD Access: Speculation: Autodesk to Buy Bentley Systems? - “The non-appearance of Autodesk CEO Carl Bass at this week’s annual luvfest Bentley Systems puts on for its user base is leading to speculation that the west coast company is preparing to gobble up the east coast one…”
From the CADDmanager blog: News from the BE Conference - “What’s Left for 2008: Bentley Reveals All (Almost) By Rita Stange, ConnectPress Senior Editor In this morning’s welcome ceremony Bentley Chief Marketing Officer Edward Mueller announced that this year’s BE Conference here in Baltimor…”
From the AutoCAD Insider blog at Autodesk: Good Question: Block Attribute Position - “Today’s good question comes from Henk. He asked what would prevent him from being able to view and select attribute grips within a block insertion…”
From the Through the Interface blog at Autodesk: Filtering Windows messages inside AutoCAD using .NET - “Back when I joined Autodesk in 1995, I worked in European Developer Support with one of the most talented programmers I’ve met, Markus Kraus…”
From the BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International: AutoCAD 2009 issues - Readme supplements to the Help files - “Last week (Published date: 2008-05-21) Autodesk published a new ‘Knowledge Base’ article for AutoCAD 2009…”
TOP NEWS STORIES
From Cadalyst AEC news: FIATECH Launches Project Aimed at Teaching Core Technology Competencies - “Organization will identify programs at postsecondary education institutions and determine how to use them to help expand a technology-enabled workforce…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: Architects Embrace BIM at AIA Convention - “Two-day seminar packed with BIM best practices and case studies leaves architects ready to harness BIM and IPD…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: NVIDIA Gelato Pro v2.2 Available Free - “GPU-powered rendering software is designed for 3D design, animation, and postproduction communities…”
From Cadalyst Manufacturing news: The Birth of the Virtual Machine, a
Quest for Hybrid CAD - “Archimedes Project and Synchronous Technology Take Center Stage at Siemens Event…”
From Engineeringtalk: Online communities speed innovation - “The first release of Dassault Systemes’ Version 6, V6R2009, covers business processes designed to serve all of Dassault Systemes’ 11 target industries…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: RFID modules are very much faster - “Toshiba TEC Europe has introduced its ultra-fast RFID modules for Auto ID label printers to significantly increase the overall throughput for standard label applications…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Software links warehouse and production - “Warehouse management system integrates warehouse operations with production processes to eliminate idle inventory and provide traceability across production and the supply chain…”
MORE FROM THE BLOGGERS
Quick Tip - Blending Styles in Impression from the CAD-a-Blog
Quick Tip - Remove Columns in Layer Manager from the CAD-a-Blog
What’s Wrong With AutoCAD 2009? from the CAD-a-Blog
May 29 News from the COFES.com blog
Beta Cycle for Acuity Brands Lighting Revit Families from the Revit OpEd blog
ALSO IN THE NEWS
American Axle and Manufacturing Announces 2009 - 2013 New Business Backlog from MCADCafe
Arena Solutions Q1 Revenue Up to 46% from TenLinks
Autodesk Announces Sound Devices as Inventor of the Month for May 2008 from MCADCafe
Autodesk Releases Hotfix for 3ds Max Design 2009 from TenLinks
Autodesk Sponsors 2008 Building Services Awards from TenLinks
AVEVA FY08 Revenue Up 34% to 128M Pound with 9M Profit from TenLinks
Ball Aerospace Receives NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Contractor of the Year Award from MCADCafe
Bentley ‘07 Revenues Up 16% to $450M from TenLinks
Bentley Acquires Common Point for Construction Simulation from TenLinks
Bentley Announces ISO 15926 OpenPlant PDx Manager from TenLinks
Dassault Releases V6 PLM 2.0 Platform from TenLinks
Dassault Systèmes Introduces V6 to the Market from MCADCafe
EON Reality Opens Office in Singapore from TenLinks
HDR to Expand Autodesk BIM Use from TenLinks
InterSense Motion Tracking Technology Featured in Welding Simulation Program from MCADCafe
IPL Unveils New Round Container With In-Mold Labelling Graphics from MCADCafe
Join Arena Solutions June 5th for Summer ‘08 Arena PLM Online Launch Event from MCADCafe
Malaysia’s JKR Adopts CSC Orion 30 Licenses from TenLinks
New Executives Join Z Corporation to Accelerate Rapid Company Growth in 3D Printing from MCADCafe
Open Architecture Network Integrates Project Freewheel from TenLinks
Quickparts Offers Medical Grade Prototyping Materials from TenLinks
Quickparts Offers Specialized Medical Grade Materials from MCADCafe
SDC Publishes MathCAD, Engineering Graphics, VIZ 2008 Books from TenLinks