4 July 2008
Chris Rand, Editor
TOP BLOG POSTS
From WorldCAD Access: A $2.6B Oopsie for nVidia - “nVidia’s market value dropped $2.6 billion overnight after it admitted it has a big problem with faulty GPUs used in some notebook computers - as well as weaker demand for its products and downward pressure on prices from archrival ATI….”
From WorldCAD Access: RasterDWG - “Here is the agreement whereby softelec hands over the RasterDWG trademark to Autodesk “for good and valuable consideration”: It’s not noted in this agreement, but softelec gets to continue using the RasterDWG name…”
From SolidSmack.com: SolidWorks Wallpaper: 3D Product Design Goodness for Your Desktop - “I know what you’re going through. Every time you boot your computer the Windows ‘Bliss’ background, circa 2001, burns holes right through your retinas. You desire something with a little more sna…”
From the Solidworks Legion blog: Drill and Tap (~Part 3) - “I previously discussed threaded hole callouts in the context of SolidWorks and its calloutformat.txt files (Part 1 and Part 2). As mentioned before, there is a tendency for some to callout threaded holes with too much information…”
From the CADDmanager blog: Thought Leadership - What’s in it for you? - “Many would ask: Why should I bother doing all this? What’s in it for me? What will I gain by being a Thought Leader? Let me list a few things that I think make it an advantage to you and your career to become a Thought Leader…”
From the Revit OpEd blog: Web Database and Revit Inside - “I’m writing this here because I don’t want to muddy the waters at the Revit Inside blog with a new post. First, thanks to every firm that has asked to be on the list. It has grown steadily and even more so lately…”
From the Brian, CADFanatic blog: PDF Format Becomes ISO Standard - “In a press release dated July 2, 2008, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) announced that Adobe has relinquished control of the PDF format to ISO: The Portable Document Format (PDF)…”
From the Revit OpEd blog: Shell Shock - Vote for them - Off Topic - “If you are a frequent visitor to AUGI or at least have been in the past you probably have seen posts by Steven Shell, the “Rock-n-Roll Architect”…”
TOP NEWS STORIES
From Cadalyst Manufacturing news: Geometric and Wonderware to Partner on
Manufacturing Solutions - “Geometric will implement manufacturing solution projects as well as create and support industry-specific applications for Wonderware offerings…”
From Engineeringtalk: Acquisition expands EDI capabilities - “Trubiquity now has the ability to provide EDI-based business process automation solutions to customers worldwide, regardless of industry…”
From Engineeringtalk: Design software bridges language gaps - “Duvale will use Autodesk Inventor to instruct those on the manufacturing side of the project how to put together the products…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Data logging made to USB mass storage devices - “Control Microsystems has announced the industry’s first use of USB storage devices for data logging in the demanding environments of SCADA applications…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Fast Ethernet media converter has PoE capability - “A Fast Ethernet media converter is designed to ease the migration to optical-fibre communication where electrical Ethernet data transmission reaches the limits of its performance…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Engineering channel: Graphics cards powered by first true quad GPU - “Graphics cards for stretched desktop business management applications are powered by industry’s first true quad GPU to give more memory and cross-platform flexibility…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Wireless technology products reduce costs - “Industrial wireless technology products are compatible with existing connectBlue Bluetooth and wirless LAN products, so developers can reduce implementation costs and time-to market…”
MORE FROM THE BLOGGERS
Export To File Error - Illegal Characters in View/Project Names from the Revit OpEd blog
Worksharing Monitor - Doesn’t Work with Some Files from the Revit OpEd blog
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Cash Offer for Flometrics by Mentor Graphics from MCADCafe
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DP Technology Corp. introduces ESPRIT 2009 and ESPRIT Mold Version 10 from MCADCafe
Free Source Energies Selects Arena PLM to Streamline Processes and Make Geothermal Energy More Broadly Available from MCADCafe
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Geometric, Wonderware in Strategic Partnership from TenLinks
IDEAL Scanner Distribution Division Acquired by Contex from MCADCafe
LMS Releases Imagine.Lab AMESim Rev 8A from TenLinks
Mentor Graphics Buys Flomerics for $60 M - EE Times from TenLinks
Mentor Graphics Increased Bid Acquires Flomerics - Biz Journals from TenLinks
OptiTex, NVIDIA Join to Promote Green Technology from TenLinks
Pilgrim SmartEngineer Integrates with Pro/E from TenLinks
Pilgrim Software introduces SmartEngineer from MCADCafe
Roland Develops New CAM Software for RP and Custom Rapid Manufacturing from MCADCafe
SDC Publishes Pro/E Wildfire Tutorials, CATIA Book from TenLinks
THE BUSINESS BENEFITS OF GIS: AN ROI APPROACH (GEOconnexion Magazine) from CADwire.net - All CAD industry articles
Yamaha Motors and Shonan Unitech (division of Isuzu Motors) Select VX CAD/CAM from MCADCafe
Yamaha Motors, Shonan Unitech Selects VX CAD/CAM from TenLinks