28 July 2008
Chris Rand, Editor
TOP BLOG POSTS
From the 3D CAD blog: Doing well in Inventor in the global competition - “According to the latest blog post on the Autodesk Labs blog, Italy does pretty well compared to other countries. The graph compares downloads of the Inventor 2009 Ribbon UI from different countries in the world…”
From SolidSmack.com: Winner of Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Pro Extended - “The random number generator from random.org picked the number 80. Out of 113 entries that means the winner is: John D! John works for GageMaker, maker of, yep, fine gage…”
From the Brian, CADFanatic blog: Validate Your Designs Using Design Checker - “SolidWolks Design Checker is a tool included with SolidWorks Office Professional or higher. Design Checker is a tool for checking SolidWorks files to see if they are in compliance with your organization’s standards…”
From the MotionBuilder blog at Autodesk: Aren’t things supposed to slow down in the summer? - “Siggraph updates, customer visits in Europe and Autodesk Awards…”
TOP NEWS STORIES
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: ERP and 3D model analysis software introduced - “At the USA’s IMTS, Sescoi will launch its WorkPLAN Enterprise ERP system for project based companies, and WorkXPlore 3D for viewing, mark-up and analysis of 3D models…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: ERP software used in composite board manufacture - “Pecolit Kunststoffe produces composite boards for the construction of cars, buses and motorhomes and required an ERP system which reliably copes with automotive industry requirements…”