29 October 2008
Chris Rand, Editor
TOP BLOG POSTS
From WorldCAD Access: IntelliCAD World Meeting 2008 - Day 1 - “The ITC is holding its annual conference in Athens, Greece this year. Right now the keynote address is being presented Arnold van der Weide, the former president of the ITC, now president of the ODA (open design alliance)…”
From the CADDmanager blog: Do you add Value? - Providing Structure - “CAD Managers give structure to CAD processes. Are you providing the structure that your firm needs? Structure comes from more than just the CAD Standards. Here are a few things that provide structure to your firm: 1. Purchasing processes…”
From WorldCAD Access: IntelliCAD World Meeting - Day 1.1 - “ODA president Mr Van Der Weide is continuing his keynote, with these announcements: Legacy Application RecoveryThe ODA is now supporting apps that Autodesk no longer supports…”
From SolidSmack.com: SolidWorks Tips To Import Sketches and Enjoy People’s Company - “It’s all great fun to chill with your friends and model up some of that 3D junk with your own sketches, but sometimes you need to take some of their really crappy sketche…”
From WorldCAD Access: IntelliCAD World Meeting - Day 1.75 - “IntelliCAD 7The next generation of IntelliCAD changes the focus to “new functions, instead of always trying to keep up with Autodesk,” says Mr Lorenzo…”
From Deep Discussions about Deep Topics: Right Hemisphere Deep Exploration Tutorials from Visual Aircraft - “Many thanks to Andy Morris who is the President of Visual Aircraft in Austin, TX for giving us the okay to share these short tutorials they have created to show off different uses of Deep Exploration…”
From WorldCAD Access: IntelliCAD World Meeting - Day 1.2 - “ODA president Mr van der Weide is concluding his keynote…The role of Open Design Alliance is to create a CAD development platform…”
From WorldCAD Access: IntelliCAD World Meeting - IntelliCAD 7 - “Dave Lorenzo is getting into the details of IntelliCAD 7, the entirely rewritten version…”
From WorldCAD Access: IntelliCAD World Conference - Day 1.5 - “This afternoon, Dave Lorenzo and Mark Barrow will be showing us IntelliCAD 7…”
From the BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International: Autodesk Green Building Design and Ecotect forums on AUGI - “AUGI recently added a new ‘Sustainable (Green) Design’ forum area (Sub-Category area) under the Main-Category area ‘AEC’…”
TOP NEWS STORIES
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: Autodesk Scoops Up SOFTIMAGE - “Media and entertainment consolidation puts AutoCAD giant at top…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: HP Offers Big
Savings on Bundled Hardware and Software Packages - “Bundles include AutoCAD 2009, HP Workstation, and NVIDIA graphics…”
From Cadalyst Manufacturing news: Quickparts Announces MyQuote3D - “The free STL viewer detects thin walls and identifies CAD flaws…”
From CADCAM Insider: Ashlar-Vellum Graphite V8 SP 1 Named Staff Pick by Apple - “October 27, 2008, Austin, TX. Ashlar-Vellum Graphite v8 SP1 was named last week as a Staff Pick by Apple Computer…”
From CADCAM Insider: Iomega Extends Leadership in External Portable Storage - “Industry-Leading Iomega Hard Drives Integrate MozyHome Backup Service with EMC Retrospect Backup Software…”
From CADCAM Insider: Schott Systeme Showcase 5 Axis Machining at Fakuma 2008 - “Teaming up with CNC machine builder i-mes GmbH, German CAD/CAM developer Schott Systeme GmbH showcased their very latest 5 axis simultaneous machining technologies live at Europe’s largest injection moulding exhibition…”
From CADCAM Insider: Vectorworks Firm Shook Kelley wins AIA North Carolina Firm of the Year - “Columbia, Maryland (October 27…”
From Engineeringtalk: Information on Demand to feature Innocielo Imandra - “Bluecielo ECM Solutions is showcasing Innocielo Imandra for IBM Filenet P8 at IBM Information on Demand 2008, 26-31 October at the Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas…”
From Engineeringtalk: Theorem brings out the JT to 3DXML translator - “Theorem’s JT to 3DXML translator makes accurate JT data available to users of CATIA V5, 3Dlive and 3DVia Composer…”
MORE FROM THE BLOGGERS
The “Select similar” function also in plain AutoCAD from CAD Forum Tips
Interest Rates and Consumer Confidence… from the COFES.com blog
ALSO IN THE NEWS
Delcam Offers Guide to On-Machine Verification from MCADCafe
Florida Department of Transportation Joins Bentley’s Enterprise License Subscription Program from CADCAM Insider
GibbsCAM 2009 Shipping to Customers from MCADCafe
GibbsCAM 2009 Shipping to Customers from MCADCafe
New Look PartMaker Version 9 Now Shipping from MCADCafe
Open Design Alliance Announces Legacy Application Recovery from AEC News
Project Engineers Welcome Factory Layout Solution at PPMA 2008 from MCADCafe
PTC Announces Record Q4 and Full Fiscal 2008 Revenue from MCADCafe
Quickparts Offers MyQuote3D: The Next Generation Free STL Viewer That Offers Real-Time Instant Quoting from MCADCafe
Siemens PLM Software’s Teamcenter and Solid Edge Software Named Standard Technology for Van Oord from MCADCafe
SURFCAM Velocity 4 Beta Shipped, Wins Priase from Testers from MCADCafe