31 July 2008
Chris Rand, Editor
TOP BLOG POSTS
From SolidSmack.com: Why Your SolidWorks Models Suck… Memory Out of Your Computer - “‘Stop. You’re killin’ me. My models are immaculate. It’s the software that’s the problem.’ A lot of people get riled up about bad performance and poor stability, blaming it on the SolidWorks softwar…”
From WorldCAD Access: PTC Beats Dassault for EADS Contract - “EADS makes AirBus, and AirBus is designed by Dassault’s software, and now EADS has picked PTC’s Windchill collaboration software to link engineers, manufacturers…”
From the Revit OpEd blog: Resize - Repeat Scale - “You can always learn from students. While discussing the Resize tool a student asked if they could do “something”, in other words..would “xxx” work…or do what she expects…”
From RobiNZ CAD Blog: The court says no to The Warehouse takeover bid - “Today the Court of Appeal upheld the original Commerce Commission decision to block Woolworths Foodstuffs takeover bid…”
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 SolidSmack.com: It’s GiveAway Time - Win Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Pro Extended - “The giveaway is now close…”
TOP NEWS STORIES
From CADCAM Insider: Autodesk Names British Antarctic Survey as Inventor of the Month for July 2008 - “SAN RAFAEL, Calif., July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Autodesk, In…”
From CADCAM Insider: NVIDIA Announces Bernard Charles, CEO of Dassault Systemes, to Speak at NVISION 08 - “SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - NVIDIA today announced that Bernard Charles, president and CEO of Dassault Systemes, will speak at NVISION(R) 08. Mr…”
From CADCAM Insider: Nemetschek and Weto Develop Integrated Design Software For Timber Construction - “Green light for consistent design and construction: Nemetschek and Weto develop integrated design software for timber construction…”
From Engineeringtalk: CAE software aids glass production - “Bottero hopes to reduce the number of prototypes it needs to produce by using the Altair HyperWorks computer-aided engineering suite…”
From Engineeringtalk: DSSP: convergence leads to quiet revolution - “There’s a quiet revolution taking place in design, engineering and manufacturing, according to Ping Fu, President and CEO of Geomagic…”
From Engineeringtalk: Design software passes 800,000 mark - “A growing number of component suppliers are now using Inventor 2009 to design and publish their products on Autodesk Inventor Supplier Content Library…”
From Engineeringtalk: Downloads system provides easy CAD access - “”Adding a digitally searchable catalogue and CAD Downloads to our website will save our customers time in drawing and specifying our products”, said Libby Rode, Marketing Supervisor at Fibergrate…”
MORE FROM THE BLOGGERS
IBM is now selling 3DVIA Composer from the 3DMojo blog
Overriding dimension text in Revit from CAD Forum Tips
ALSO IN THE NEWS
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Aras Offers ICP CAD Connectors for SolidWorks from TenLinks
Autodesk Passes 800,000 Milestone for Inventor from TenLinks
Autodesk Q2 Conference Call on Aug 14, 2PM ET from TenLinks
AutoForm EasyBlank Add-On Module Imports CAD Files from TenLinks
Boeing and Siemens PLM Software Sign New Agreement to Extend Teamcenter Deployment from MCADCafe
Boeing Expands Use of Siemens Teamcenter from TenLinks
CAD Schroer Releases MEDUSA4 Version 3.1 from MCADCafe
CADsoft Consulting Relaunches Website from TenLinks
CDI Acquires Aerospace Engineering Firm from MCADCafe
Chief Architect Releases Better Homes and Gardens v8.0 pdf from TenLinks
Dassault CEO Bernard Charles to Present at NVISION 08 from TenLinks
Eagle Point Releases SMI Construction 2008 for Field Survey from TenLinks
EOS Rapid Manufacturing Offerings Expand at Ogle Model from MCADCafe
European Investors Sells Autodesk Shares from TenLinks
FARO Q2 Revenue Up 21% to $58M with $6.4M Profit from TenLinks
Fibergrate Selects Catalog Data Solutions from TenLinks
Gateway Investment Advisers Buys Autodesk Shares from TenLinks
Honeywell to Turbocharge First Ford EcoBoost Engine from MCADCafe
IBM Broadens PLM Offerings to Help Companies Integrate, Simplify, and Speed Product Development from MCADCafe
IBM Expands PLM Offerings to Support Dassault V6 Platform from TenLinks
Land Development Gets SaaS-y (CADALYST Magazine) from CADwire.net - All CAD industry articles
Lectra Q2 Revenue Down 7% to Euro 51M with 900K Profit from TenLinks
LightWorks at SIGGRAPH from CADCAM Insider
MWH Soft Appoints Adam Simonsen as Director of Marketing from TenLinks
Nasdaq 100 Index Fund Sells Autodesk Shares from TenLinks
Pacific Heights Asset Management Buys Autodesk Shares from TenLinks
Putnam Capital Appreciation Fund Sells Autodesk Shares from TenLinks
Surfware Appoints Peter Marton as Sales Managing Director from TenLinks
Trust Co Of Vermont Buys Autodesk Shares from TenLinks
Visteon Announces Second Quarter 2008 Results from MCADCafe