7 November 2008
Chris Rand, Editor
TOP BLOG POSTS
From SolidSmack.com: Friday Smackdown: A Little Bit O’ Caffeinated Intensity - “Oh yeah, that thing can move this way and that like a caffeine addicted bat, but you take away the music and it’s all just a sad story about a orphaned Chiroptera that lost his way, that is, until these links came alon…”
From WorldCAD Access: Blog: Extranet Evolution - “Extranet Evolution is a thoughtful blog by Paul Wilkinson of the United Kingdom on advances in software for the construction industry…”
From WorldCAD Access: ANSS: We Don’t Intend to Reduce Our Revenues - “Ansys reports Q3 (ends Sep 30) revenues of $128.8 million, up 37% over the previous quarter…”
From Deep Discussions about Deep Topics: A Tale of Three Cities - “No, its not the sequel to the Dickens novel, rather a perspective from three stops on our recent Advent of Visual Manufacturing Seminar tou…”
TOP NEWS STORIES
From Cadalyst AEC news: AEC Tech News (#239) - “PDF Tool Enhances Mainstay Design App: PDF creation and conversion become cheap and green with Bluebeam PDF Revu 6.5’s CAD-specific functions…”
From Cadalyst AEC news: PDF Tool Enhances Mainstay Design App - “PDF creation and conversion become cheap and green with Bluebeam PDF Revu 6.5’s CAD-specific functions…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: CAD Cartoon - “Cartoon…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: Clipping Right Along with Xrefs (Learning Curve Tutorial) - “We continue the discussion started last month about the power of the mighty xref…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: ESI Group and
COMEX NUCLEAIRE Enter Three-Year Partnership - “The companies will collaborate to reduce design and operational costs…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: Full-Fillet Three Lines (AutoLISP Solutions Tutorial) - “This bit of code lets you automatically fillet three lines by simply selecting them in clockwise or counterclockwise order…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: Object Properties at Your Fingertips (Circles and Lines AutoCAD
Tutorial) - “Reduce repetition with the Quick Properties tool and Rollover Tooltips feature in AutoCAD 2009…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: Publish Pages Plentifully and Take a Stab at Stopping the Stickies (Bug Watch
Tutorial) - “When is 1 really 2 and 2 really 3? When it’s an AutoCAD update number…”
From Cadalyst Manufacturing news: MCAD Tech News (#253) - “Technical Creativity in a Single Package: Lenovo ThinkPad W700 workstation will appeal to technical ? as well as creative ? users…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Banner has battery-powered wireless transceiver - “Banner Engineering announced a new way to collect analogue, digital and temperature information in hazardous areas at the 2008 ISA show…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: GAO has advanced RFID position markers - “GAO RFID now provides advanced RFID position markers, GAO 491013 and GAO 491014, to determine exact locations of long-range, semi-passive RFID tags…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Liaison integrates Palodex supply chain - “Palodex Group has selected Liaison Technologies to integrate its supply chain through its global Software as a Service platform…”
MORE FROM THE BLOGGERS
Choosing between the new and old Layer Manager dialog from CAD Forum Tips
Latest Fuld News: from the COFES.com blog
November 5 Cadence Update: from the COFES.com blog
Latest Versions of MicroStation: V8i released! from the Eat Your CAD blog
V.A.R. Mania (results, not voting) from the Solidworks Legion blog
ALSO IN THE NEWS
ANSYS Reports Strong Core Revenue Growth and Robust Operating Results for the Third Quarter from MCADCafe
DASI Solutions Teams with 3D Factory from MCADCafe
Enhanced DELMIA Robotics V5R19 Offers Significant Time and Cost Savings from MCADCafe
Gentex Shipping Auto-Dimming Mirrors for Ford Fiesta in Europe from MCADCafe
Improved communication between CAD and CAM software by TopSolid from MCADCafe
New TransMagic Website Offers Valuable CAD Interoperability Resources from MCADCafe
NVIDIA Redefines Entry-level Professional Graphics for Small and Integrated Form Factors from MCADCafe
Siemens CEOs Recognized for Leadership in Diversity from MCADCafe