1 August 2008
Chris Rand, Editor
TOP BLOG POSTS
From SolidSmack.com: More 3D CAD News Than You Can Shake A StickMan At - “I know you all get excited when you have the chance to read about CAD news and the excitement happening around our tiny globe. This week has been chock full of interesting tid-bits of inf…”
From SolidSmack.com: 50+ SolidWorks and 3D CAD Users to Follow on Twitter *Updated* - “Twitter = accessibility. It has opened up clogged lines of communication and expanded personal and community networks around the world and it just keeps getting bigger, I tell y…”
From the Beside The Cursor blog: VBA Error Code 800a0011 - Quick Fix - “I ran into Error Code 800a0011 this morning when adding a list box control to a form in VBA. No matter what control I added, it gave this error: could not complete the operation due to error…”
From RobiNZ CAD Blog: The Five Embarrassing Songs meme - “Jack Yan posted this meme and it gives me a chance to share a great line I heard tonight from Kiwi rocker, now Radio Live host, Andrew Fagan…”
From the Eat Your CAD blog: Schrödinger’s CAD: Thinking outside the box - “My last editorial spoke about the right/left side of the brain and from this whether the industry encouraged enough creativity in the workplace…”
From the Eat Your CAD blog: August 2008 - “We’ve watched with mixed reaction at the recent years rocketing house prices and the biggest consumer-spending boom in the UK’s history…”
From RobiNZ CAD Blog: Keith Bentley is blogging - “Jimmys post about Keith Bentleys new blog was the first Id heard of it…”
TOP NEWS STORIES
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: AutoCAD 2009: Get a Better
View (Circles and Lines AutoCAD Tutorial) - “ViewCube enables you to load any Autodesk product and quickly view designs in 3D…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: Better Living with Objects and
Smart Entities (Hot Tip Harry AutoCAD
Tutorial) - “Top Tip is a VBA routine for copying attributes from block to block…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: SDI — Serious Difficulties
Increasing? - “How to encourage AutoCAD to open your old drawings, avoid a crash, deal with missing objects, and make AutoCAD 2009 a bit less sticky…”
From CADCAM Insider: Anark Corporation Releases Version 2.0 of its 3D CAD Transformation Platform - “Anark Core adds powerful product restructuring capabilities, expanded PDM server integration, and support for SolidWorks, Inventor, ACIS, and CATIA V5 visualization data…”
From CADCAM Insider: Genoa, Italy, Selects Bentley Systems to Facilitate Sustainable Development Plan - “EXTON, Pa. - July 31, 2008 - The city of Genoa, Italy, has selected Bentley Systems, Incorporated, to be the exclusive technology sponsor of the new Genoa Urban Lab…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: ERP cuts inks and coatings manufacturer’s IT costs - “US inks and coatings manufacturer has integrated its business processes in a single system through using DEACOM Integrated Accounting and ERP software system…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Engineering channel: Latest 3D CAD transformation platform released - “Anark Core 2.0 adds powerful product restructuring capabilities, expanded PDM server integration, and support for SolidWorks, Inventor, ACIS, and CATIA V5 visualization data…”
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TriForma for Projects 101 #1: The fundamentals from the Eat Your CAD blog
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Worksets - Save to Central “Key” Message from the Revit OpEd blog
TypePad evolves, to be more like Vox! from RobiNZ CAD Blog
ALSO IN THE NEWS
Aberdeen Asset Management Dumps Autodesk Shares from TenLinks
Anark Releases Version 2.0 of Its 3D CAD Transformation Platform from MCADCafe
Autodesk Labs Releases Project Showroom 1.0.1 from TenLinks
Autodesk Names British Antarctic Survey as Inventor of the Month for July 2008 from MCADCafe
Autodesk Sponsors 2008 Young Architect Awards from TenLinks
AVEVA Global Continues To Set Standards For Central, Multi-Site, Project Administration from CADCAM Insider
BLUERIDGE Analytics Releases SITEOPS Single Pad 3.0 from TenLinks
Brian Soliday Joins Adapx as VP Sales, Business Development from TenLinks
Burney Co Buys Autodesk Shares from TenLinks
Cimatron Group to Present New CAD/CAM Solutions for Tooling and Manufacturing at IMTS from MCADCafe
Dassault Q2 Revenue Up 7% to 326M Euro with 42.5M Profit from TenLinks
Dassault Reports 2008 Q2 Software Revenue Growth from MCADCafe
Geneva Capital Management Buys Autodesk Shares from TenLinks
Informatix Offers Free EPix File Exporter Plug-In for modo from TenLinks
Inventor of CSpace and Pixel Precision Joins 3DIcon as CTO from MCADCafe
iTSix to Sell, Support Concepts NREC Products in Brazil from TenLinks
LightWork Design at Siggraph 2008 from MCADCafe
Manufacturers Life Insurance Sells Autodesk Sells from TenLinks
Mentor Graphics Delivers Simulation for Automotive and Aerospace Electrical Systems Designers from MCADCafe
Mfc Global Investment Management Sells Autodesk Shares from TenLinks
Nemetschek AG 1st Half Revenue Up 5% to 73M Euro from TenLinks
Peter Marton Joins Surfware as Sales Managing Director from MCADCafe
Photogrammetry Patch 0.9.2a Plug-In Available for Rhino from TenLinks
Roland Expands Sales, Support, Product Management Staff from TenLinks
SDC Publishes AutoCAD, Solid Edge, SolidWorks Books from TenLinks
SolidWorks Labs Offers Drawing Tube Widget from TenLinks
Spartan International Index Fund Dumps Autodesk Shares from TenLinks
Stratasys Q2 Revenue Up 11% to $31M with $4M Profit from TenLinks
Stratasys Reports Record Second Quarter Financial Results from MCADCafe
T-Splines 2.0 ‘Work In Progress’ 7 Available for Rhino from TenLinks
Wisdomtree Diefa Fund Buys Autodesk Shares from TenLinks
Wolfram Objectica Supports Mathematica Object Orientation from TenLinks
Your Table is Waiting (Learning
Curve AutoCAD Tutorial) from Cadalyst
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