29 July 2008
Chris Rand, Editor
TOP BLOG POSTS
From SolidSmack.com: DARPA BigDog Robot Designed in SolidWorks: Scares Paranoid Doomsdayers - “Thanks to Ricky Jordan, I’ve been reminded of one of the most frightening man-made beasts and have been glancing over my shoulder at the sound of any loud, mechanical whirring sound all weeken…”
From the CADDmanager blog: How Cuil are you? - “A new search engine has appeared on the landscape… It is Cuil. Cuil was developed by a few Google ‘formers’ who left the fold, got some investors and went it alone. It is interesting on the surface but not real flashy…”
From the CADDmanager blog: BIM Libraries on WBDG site - “‘The Whole Building Design Guide (www.wbdg.org) in cooperation with the buidingSMART Alliance and the National BIM Standard Project Committee is pleased to introduce a new section on Building Information Modeling…”
From the 3D Roadie blog at Autodesk: Siggraph 2008 news - “Its only a couple weeks away and Autodesk is very busy this year. Even if you won’t actually be in LA this year come to the AREA to see live video of our events as they happen…”
From WorldCAD Access: SynchTech Unpatentable? - “Some of the mystique generated by Siemens marketing around synchronous technology is that it is heavily protected by patents…”
From SolidSmack.com: One Week From Now: SolidWorks 2009 MADNESS - “One week from NOW, yes, one week from this day we know and love as ‘Monday’, will be another day called ‘Monday’….”
From the Solidworks Legion blog: United SolidWorks of Contributors - “Future SW Online Community With two recent surveys (1) (2) regarding the future of the online SolidWorks community as conceived by the SolidWorks Corp…”
From the Revit OpEd blog: Dept. of Reviteristics - “Tab, Hover and Click” - “The TAB key is a very important tool! Everyone will tell you so…but not everyone latches on to its use right away either…”
From the COFES.com blog: Ashby on Variety - “Variety clarified…”
TOP NEWS STORIES
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: Book
, The Engineering Design Resolution, Available for
Free Download - “Industry veteran David Weisberg of Cyon Research publishes CAD history…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: Hexa
gon Metrology Acquires Advanced Digital
Measurement Works - “The measurement services company was originally part of the Surveyor’s Service Company (Servco), also a Hexagon-owned company…”
From Engineeringtalk: CAD software provides new visualisation options - “All Haption products can be easily integrated into Virtalis StereoWorks installations, so that the Haption device is linked to 3D stereo projection in a fully tracked virtual environment…”
From Engineeringtalk: CFD software models offshore oil applications - “major oil company approached ARC to conduct a fire and explosion risk assessment (FERA) on a new offshore platform desig…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Engineering channel: Document management/workflow software benefits - “Latest version of Synergis document management and workflow software helps users streamline operations, improve collaboration and eliminate manual processes…”
MORE FROM THE BLOGGERS
Bernard Charlès on CNN from the 3DMojo blog
Manufacturing Automation editorial: SaaS not profitable? from the COFES.com blog
Model Driven Engineering from The CAD Industry blog
Duplicate File Names in Vault from the Under the Hood blog at Autodesk
ALSO IN THE NEWS
2008 International ANSYS Conference to Inspire Engineering from MCADCafe
3D Systems Q2 Conference Call on Aug 6, 9AM ET from TenLinks
Advantech Adds 3D Product Models Powered by TraceParts to eAutomationPro Web Site from MCADCafe
Autodesk Releases AutoCAD 2009 Subscription Bonus Pack 1 from TenLinks
Autodesk Releases AutoCAD Raster Design 2009 Service Pack 1 from TenLinks
Autodesk Updates AutoCAD Architecture 2009 from TenLinks
Brazil r/s 2.0 Beta 17 Available for Rhino Rendering from TenLinks
CADLearning Offers Revit Architecture 2009 Video Tutorials from TenLinks
Citizen Machinery Selects Delcam’s PartMaker SwissCAM from TenLinks
D3 to Sell Autodesk Alias Products from TenLinks
Delcam’s PartMaker SwissCAM Selected by Citizen from MCADCafe
DEM Expands VAR Network in South America, Europe, Russia pdf from TenLinks
Hexagon Acquires Advanced Digital Measurement Works from TenLinks
Infotech, ALTEN in Strategic Partnership for EADS from TenLinks
InnovMetric Offers PolyWorks Plug-In for Hexagon Scanners from TenLinks
Italy’s Bottero Selects Altair HyperWorks from TenLinks
Italy’s CRP Technology Renews ISO9001:2000 Certification from TenLinks
Micro Concepts to Sell Logimetrix iLogic in UK from TenLinks
OPTIS SPEOS Becomes ICC Color Profiles Compatible from TenLinks
Rackable Systems to Include IBM Blades in “ICE Cube” Modular Data Center Offering from MCADCafe
Reed Construction Data Launches Planroom Network from TenLinks
Rendercore Supports 3ds Max 2009 Split Frame Renders from TenLinks
Siemens PLM Software Addresses Needs Identified in Global Design Strategies Research Report from MCADCafe
Siemens Ships CAM Express v6.0 from TenLinks
Spain’s Tecnicas Reunidas Picks Intergraph SmartPlant from TenLinks
Taurus Aerospace Group Appoints Larry Resnick as CEO from MCADCafe
Who Will Be America’s Next Green Genius? from MCADCafe
Wolong Holding Group Standardizes on PTC Product Development System to Optimize Its R&D Processes from MCADCafe
WSP Holdings Acquires Steel Manufacturing Company from MCADCafe