9 December 2008
Chris Rand, Editor
TOP BLOG POSTS
From WorldCAD Access: Inventor Reads Catia; Why Doesn’t SolidWorks - “Autodesk Labs is making a beta of its Catia Import Translator available. It directly imports Dassault Systemes’ Catia V5 R6-R18 files into its costly Inventor 2009 and free Inventor LT 2009 software: Reads CATPart and CATProduct files…”
From SolidSmack.com: Finger. TableSaw. I Dare You - “Nobody wants bloody digits laying about, cluttering up a finely dusted workshop floor. That’s just bad business. That’s why this one, designed in SolidWorks, is made to leave your nubs attached to the hand…”
From the BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International: What is the Top DAUG contest? - “First of all, Congratulations to this year’s winners. Charles Prettyman, Mark Landis, and Steve Rabits. As the Top DAUG, Charles recieves a pass to AU 2009. I had the priveledge of working with the Top DAUG contest this year…”
From the CAD Insider blog: Clarizen Manages Projects Inside AutoCAD - “LAS VEGAS (Autodesk University), Dec 4, 2008 - Clarizen, creator of online project management software, was hot to tell me of their brand new connection to AutoCAD… but that almost didn’t happen…”
From SolidSmack.com: SolidWorks Tip: 5 Ways to Use Treehouse to Speed Assembly Design - “I’ve got an idea. Let’s make starting a project really easy. Throw a bid at the screen and watch the assembly build itself…”
From the Solidworks Legion blog: Assembly mates and rebuild times - “A recent discussion I had with Chris MacCormack was about how mates within an assembly affect rebuilt times. He posed a question to me…”
TOP NEWS STORIES
From Cadalyst Manufacturing news: MAXON
Help System Available in Four New Languages - “Users of CINEMA 4D and BodyPaint 3D now have access to Italian, Japanese, French, and Spanish versions…”
From Engineeringtalk: Softinway enhances Turbomachinery software - “Softinway has launched version 2.4.1.1 of its Axstream Turbomachinery flow path design, analysis and optimisation software…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Engineering channel: Geomagic to release Geomagic Studio 10x - “Geomagic has updated Geomagic Studio by adding powerful surface manipulation capabilities and improved point and polygon processing tools…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: NI enhances Measurement Studio software - “National Instruments has announced Measurement Studio 8.6, which increases test and measurement functionality for Visual Studio 2008, the latest Microsoft development environment…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Siemens releases Industrial Ethernet switches - “Siemens Automation and Drives is expanding its range of Industrial Ethernet switches with the launch of two products: the Scalance XB-000 range and the Scalance XF-200 range…”
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