28 October 2008
Chris Rand, Editor
TOP BLOG POSTS
From SolidSmack.com: SpeedRacer Mach4. Download. Render. Be Cool - “Have you ever tried to model a car in SolidWorks? How about rendering a car? How about being an adventuresome adaptation of a Japanese Manga comic and racing around the world? That last one sounds fun, but could be dangerou…”
From SolidSmack.com: SolidWork Design Hits Mach 1.4 - The 1,000 MPH Bloodhound SSC - “You know what is sweet? Fast stuff is sweet. But the new SuperSonic Car adventure blows the whole concept of fast, along with the previously held 763 MPH land speed record, right off the sands of the Nevada deser…”
From SolidSmack.com: Ask the Reader: SolidWorks on Vista 64 bit. Best System Setup? What’s Important? - “What’s the last thing you’re thinking of when you wander into a den of wild asps? …What system is best for running SolidWorks on 64 bit Vista. That does absolutely nothing for your survivability quotien…”
From the CADDmanager blog: Do you add Value? - With Creative Thinking - “Creativity is valuable. Not many have it in great quantities. Not many use it to their advantage. CAD Managers can bring value to their firm by being creative in their approach to management, problem solving and decision making…”
From the BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International: AUGI Survey, October 2008: Internet Usage, closes in 5 days - “The below is taken from post ‘AUGI Survey, October 2008: Internet Usage’ The survey runs until 2008-10-31, so please take 5 minutes out of your day and let us know a little about your ‘Internet Usage’…”
From the Brian, CADFanatic blog: New 3D ContentCentral Beta Program - “The latest version of 3D ContentCentral is now in Beta. You can check it out here. Similar to the SolidWorks Beta program, there will be three Beta periods over 8 weeks…”
From SolidSmack.com: Need an Inspection Expert? Here’s: InspectionXpert for SolidWorks - “Right when you thought the product inspectors were coming after you with rude and ambiguous looks of disapprova…”
From SolidSmack.com: The Herman Miller Embody Chair. Yeah For Blood Flow! - “It’s not everyday you get to sit for hours on end, as your body slowly atrophies….”
From SolidSmack.com: SolidWorks 2009 Premium Trial: For the Price of FREE - “‘That’s i…”
TOP NEWS STORIES
From Cadalyst AEC news: Satellier Expands Global Footprint - “New Dubai office serves Middle East real estate, design, and construction industry…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: Open Design
Alliance Announces Legacy Application Recovery - “New service enables users to convert obsolete ARX applications into current DRX applications…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: Sescoi
Launches the Japanese Version of WorkPLAN Enterprise - “Consultants will demonstrate the software’s capabilities during JIMTOF 2008…”
From Cadalyst Manufacturing news: Longview Advisors Publish New Whitepaper - “Author David Prawel analyzes downstream collaboration…”
From Engineeringtalk: LMS launches fuel cell system simulation - “LMS will introduce its latest fuel cell system simulation based on LMS Imagine Lab AMEsim at the Fuel Cell Seminar and Exposition 2008 held in Phoenix, Arizona, from 27 to 30 October…”
From Engineeringtalk: ODA announces DRX support for ARX applications - “The Open Design Alliance (ODA) has announced a new service for CAD developers and end users to implement DRX support for obsolete or legacy ARX custom object applications…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Redprairie cuts costs at Seafield - “Redprairie has cut operational costs for Seafield Logistics following the implementation of a warehouse management system (WMS)…”
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Friday Smackdown: CopperBottoms from SolidSmack.com
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MFGWatch Survey on Impact of Fuel/Energy from MCADCafe
New Sescoi Productivity Solutions Make Their Japanese Debut at JIMTOF from MCADCafe
Release of RuleDesigner PDM support for ProE WildFire 4.0 from MCADCafe
Study 3D Modeling on KOMPAS-3D basis from MCADCafe
Theorem Solutions Opens JT to the CATIA and 3DXML Communities from MCADCafe
Vectorworks Spotlight 2009 (PLSN) from CADwire.net - All CAD industry reviews