23 September 2008
Chris Rand, Editor
TOP BLOG POSTS
From WorldCAD Access: 3D Digital Photos from Fujifilm - “Fujifilm is showing off a digital camera that takes 3D photographs, and it looks awfully similar to film cameras that could take 3D photos: two lenses mounted at either end of a widish camera body…”
From the CAD Insider blog: Live from Barcelona - It’s the Ray Charles Show - “BARCELONA, Spain (SolidWorks Press Event), September 18, 2008 - The press were treated to a Ray Charles show, though not the one you might imagine. Instead it was Jeff Ray and Bernard Charles, CEOs of SolidWorks and Dassault Systemes…”
From the CADDmanager blog: It’s all about Relationships - “Working with people is the most important talent that you can add to your technical skills. Developing people skills will move you fast and farther toward your goals than just waiting for things to happen…”
From SolidSmack.com: It’s Here. iTracer Puts 3D CAD: On the iPhone - “Ok, so it’s here. The first attempt at 3D CAD on a mobile device that just happens to be developed by Apple. Oh yeah, and the there’s the multi-touch thin…”
From 3D CAD News: Mike Payne Joins the Punditry Class - “Serial CAD entrepreneur Mike Payne may have been asked to vacate the CEO chair at SpaceClaim, (he’s now “just” chairman of the board) but he certainly hasn’t been put in a box…”
From the Solidworks Legion blog: SolidWorks 2009 Title Block management - “SolidWorks 2009 makes further inroads into the area of drawing control. In the past, they added sheet formats, revision tables, BOM improvements, and links to model propertie…”
TOP NEWS STORIES
From Cadalyst Manufacturing news: Long
view Advisors Announce Upcoming 2008 Market Report and Survey - “Free publication to analyze collaboration and interoperability…”
From Cadalyst Mapping GIS news: Autodesk Signs Licensing Agreement with Ambercore Software - “Agreement incorporates point-cloud technology into future releases of Autodesk software…”
From Engineeringtalk: Dassault announces Isight for Abaqus software - “Dassault Systemes has introduced Isight for Abaqus, a product from Simulia that leverages technology from recently acquired Engineous Software…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Audon releases HMI/SCADA software tool - “Audon Electronics has introduced the DAQFactory Starter software tool…”
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Ten Ways to be More Efficient at AutoCAD - Part 3 from the CAD-a-Blog
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CADminTools 4.0 pre-release from the CADminBlog: CAD Admin + Pro/E Help blog
CADminTools 4.0: Quick Install from the CADminBlog: CAD Admin + Pro/E Help blog
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Celebrate: Intralink 3.x will support Wildfire 4 from the CADminBlog: CAD Admin + Pro/E Help blog
Danger: Thin Ice (The value of backups) from the CADminBlog: CAD Admin + Pro/E Help blog
Happy New Year! Intralink, PTC/USER, CADminTools 4 from the CADminBlog: CAD Admin + Pro/E Help blog
Ilink 3.4 upgrades : the wordy summary (part 1) from the CADminBlog: CAD Admin + Pro/E Help blog
Intralink 3.4 upgrades - the future’s bright… from the CADminBlog: CAD Admin + Pro/E Help blog
Intralink Backup from the CADminBlog: CAD Admin + Pro/E Help blog
Intralink SQL Hacks : get your armour ready… from the CADminBlog: CAD Admin + Pro/E Help blog
Managing Pro/E systems (part 2) from the CADminBlog: CAD Admin + Pro/E Help blog
Novedge Blog: Interview with Robert Green from the CADminBlog: CAD Admin + Pro/E Help blog
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Pro/E with Mathcad (part 1) from the CADminBlog: CAD Admin + Pro/E Help blog
Pro/E with Mathcad (part 2) from the CADminBlog: CAD Admin + Pro/E Help blog
Slow news month ;-) from the CADminBlog: CAD Admin + Pro/E Help blog
Tail - Software to make life easier from the CADminBlog: CAD Admin + Pro/E Help blog
Thoughts on managing Pro/E systems (part 1) from the CADminBlog: CAD Admin + Pro/E Help blog
Use SQL to get Intralink stats direct from the CADminBlog: CAD Admin + Pro/E Help blog
Useful new blog from the CADminBlog: CAD Admin + Pro/E Help blog
Can Pro/E be made easy to learn and remember? from The CAD Industry blog
Adobe Discovers Computers Have GPUs from WorldCAD Access
Your Desktop Computer Has Been Replaced from WorldCAD Access
ALSO IN THE NEWS
Advanced Solutions to Sell Logimetrix iLogic from TenLinks
Alibre Design 11.0 Now Shipping from MCADCafe
Anark Showcases Revolutionary 3D CAD Transformation Platform at 15th Annual PLM
Road Map Boulder, CO, September 22, 2008: Anark Corporation, the leading
provider of automated 3D CAD transfor from MCADCafe
Avatech Q4 Conference Call on Sep 29, 11AM ET from TenLinks
buildingSMART Picks Bricsys Vondle for IFD Library Project from TenLinks
CADLearning Releases Revit Architecture 2009 Video Tutorials from TenLinks
Dassault Announces Virtual Earth-3DVIA from TenLinks
DriveWorks v6 Released for SolidWorks 2009 from TenLinks
ESPRIT Mold Version 9 at the 11th Design Engineering and Manufacturing Solutions Expo, Oct. 1-3, Osaka, Japan from MCADCafe
General CADD Pro v6.1.83 Update Available from TenLinks
Longview Advisors Announce Upcoming 2008 Market Report and Survey from MCADCafe
Longview Advisors Announces 2008 Market Report, Survey from TenLinks
QuadriSpace announces Free Personal Edition for 3D Communication from MCADCafe
QuadriSpace Offers Free Document3D for 3D Communication from TenLinks
SGI Adaptive Data Warehouse Solution Goes Visual from MCADCafe
Siemens PLM Software Delivers Expanded Functionality With Latest Release of No-Charge JT2Go Viewer from MCADCafe
Siemens Upgraded JT2Go 3D Viewer Available for Free from TenLinks
SolidWorks 2008 Gets Design News Golden Mousetrap Award from TenLinks
SolidWorks 3D CAD Software Wins Golden Mousetrap Best Product Award from MCADCafe
UK’s University of Warwick to Get Pro/E, Windchill Grant from TenLinks