21 February 2009

Chris Rand, Editor

TOP BLOG POSTS

From the 3D CAD blog: Advanced Simulation for Inventor - “Autodesk Labs has published a new application - Advanced Simulation Technology Preview. It extends the possibilities of the analysis functionality in Inventor 2009. This program is based on the PlassoTech technology acquired by Autodesk…”
From the 3D CAD blog: Mechanical Desktop - end of life - “Now it seems that Mechanical Desktop is really at its end of life (see an older post). MDT 2009 should be the last released version - and this version will be available for download also to all users of future Inventor versions…”
From the 3D CAD blog: Autodesk Inventor Fusion - almost nuclear - “One of the new technologies just introduced on the annual Autodesk University 2008 is the Autodesk Inventor Fusion Technology Preview. The more complicated name, the less complicated user interface used in the Inventor Fusio…”
From the Alibre CEO blog: Make Yourself! - “‘If you really want to live, why not try and make yourself’ Lyrics by Incubus The modern world we occupy is all invented; everything we experience outside of nature has been created, designed, and manufactured…”

From the Alibre CEO blog: Innovation and Job Creation - “‘It is all up to us entrepreneurs. It’s the small businessesthat are going to get America back on its feet again.’Richard Branson ‘ Founder, Virgin Group Ltd. Alibre Design customers are a very diverse group…”
From the 3D CAD blog: Problems importing a MDT model in Inventor - “Yesterday, one of my collegues had problems importing his old 3D DWG model into Inventor 2009 on his new workstation. He was sure this or similar model went fine before. The reason of the problem was simple…”
From the Alibre CEO blog: Is Frugality Fashionable? - “Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. -Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Major economic headwinds continue to hammer individuals and businesses, making them increasingly value-focused…”
From Chuck’s Blog: Birthday Boys - “I have been trading emails today with SolidWorks, Inc. Public Relations Specialists Nancy Buchino who is my new best friend at Concord headquarters. Nancy pointed out that my birthday (which is today) coincides with other “famous” people…”
From SolidSmack.com: General Session: Day 3 - ProtoType This and SolidWorks 2010 - “General Session and Keynote: Day 2 - ProtoType This and SolidWorks 2010 LAST DAY. That means Secret Guests, the SolidWorks Top 10 Enhancement Request and new features coming out in the next version of SolidWorks - yep, SolidWorks 2010…”
From SolidSmack.com: Wow:Wow: BlackJack: Jon Hirschtick: Wow - “It was Sunday night. A day before the SolidWorks World Sessions started. Most likely this would have been another night at the Hotel Lounge trying to speak over the noise. Instead, it was a night spent learning how to win at BlackJack…”
From SolidSmack.com: Friday Smackdown: RockCore Ravage - “You could probably make a mountain out of Kinkajous, but I imagine it would be a painful climb… unless you had these links. Russ Schwenkler Illustration - Future 3D ships and vehicles?Can we get enough. Not when they look like this…”
From the 3D CAD blog: CATIA models read directly in Inventor - “Using the new CATIA 5 Translator module from Autodesk Labs you can directly read CATIA V5 models into Inventor 2009. There are several general-use translators available on the market…”
From the Alibre CEO blog: Dance Sucka! - “Anyone who has used a software application of most any type has dealt with licensing the application, and I am sure we would all agree that some vendors do it really well…”
From SolidSmack.com: 3D Color Printing As Common As a Wooded Lot Tick Infestations. It’s Coming - “You’re probably thinking the same thing I am. Soon 3D printing will be just as sure a part of the design process as having to pluck ticks from your eyelids after a nosedive into a damp, brushy floor of a wooded hillside…”
From WorldCAD Access: Siemens Dares Where Others Fear: NX on Mac, Linux - “Siemens continues to be the only large CAD vendor with a CAD program to run on all three desktop operating systems. NX 6 runs on Linux, Macintosh, and Windows. The Mac version includes CAD, CAM, assemblies, and drafting…”
From the 3D CAD blog: Autodesk Inventor Mold - “As published earlier, Autodesk was developing a ‘plastic’ version of Inventor. Now the first semi-official information about Autodesk Inventor Mold is being published…”
From the Alibre CEO blog: It’s the Economy, Stupid! - “”A penny saved is a penny earned” - Benjamin Franklin ‘It’s the Economy, STUPID!’ was a phrase widely used during Bill Clinton’s successful 1992 presidential campaign…”
From Chuck’s Blog: Full Circle - Part III (Final) - “When I left you in Part II I said there were 18 versions of Windows. Add three more to the list. On October 1992 Microsoft introduced Windows 3.1 Workgroups. Until then Novell, Inc. owned the networking market…”
From the 3D CAD blog: Solidworks 2009 vs Inventor 2009 - “Last weekend I have met my school-mate Sergio who is currently working with Solidworks. It was a good opportunity to play a favourite ‘who is better’ game…”
From SolidSmack.com: The 18 Most Obvious (and some not so obvisous) SolidWorks Tips of All Time - “You want’em? We got’em. Hot, steamy nuggets of SolidWorks tipage you can wad up and stick under your pillow, give to your coworker or completely ignore. Let me warn ya. These are not your regular old tips…”
From WorldCAD Access: SolidWorks World 2009: Day 2 - “A competitor of SolidWorks emailed me to make sure I reported on insider secrets from this show. Okay, here is a spy shot of the master plan for the future of SolidWorks development: Ha, fooled ‘ya…”
From WorldCAD Access: What Recession? Dassault Up 12% In Americas - “Dassault reported that Q4 revenues were up 5%, and up 6% for all of 2009. Going against the grain of other CAD vendors, the Americas grew the Dassault revenue pie by the largest amount.Details…”
From the Alibre CEO blog: When I say the CAM software market is boring I’m not referring to a machining process’ - “This is an industry in defensive mode, fearful of doing anything that might jeopardize their already weak hold on shrinking pieces of the pie…”
From the 3D Roadie blog at Autodesk: A look at the past and future of video games - “Anyone looking for a walk down video game memory lane should check out this TED video. There are also some interesting thoughts on the future of gaming which from this videos point of view are things like creating true emotional responses…”
From the CADDmanager blog: The CAD and BIM Users of the Future - Part 2 - “I am discussing Users of the Future and thinking that tomorrow will bring changes that may be seen from today’s vantage points. I do not claim to be a futurist, but some of these are coming in ways that are obvious if you look for them…”
From the 3D Roadie blog at Autodesk: 3December is fast approaching - “Yep its that time of year again and I just wanted to remind everyone to check out everything that’s going on. There are large events around the world and many smaller events held by independent User groups so hopefully one is near you…”
From Chuck’s Blog: On the Road from SolidWorks WORLD 2008 - “I had to go San Diego to see the future of engineering. SolidWorks (SW) co-founder Jon Hirschtick invited me to join his company’s blog site and I was honored to accept his invitation…”
From the 3D Roadie blog at Autodesk: Master Classes for FREE at GDC - “We have this news up as a banner right now but I know how we all tune out banners so I thought I would mention this again here. Anyone that will be in San Fran during the week of GDC is welcome to register for these free classes…”
From the 3DMojo blog: Acqualux Drains Wasted Time out of Shower Design with SolidWorks and 3DVIA - “In these economic times, imagine what a 25 to 40% documentation process reduction could mean to the competitiveness of your company. Take a look at what Acqualux, a UK based company, has been able to achieve with 3DVIA Compose…”
From the CADDmanager blog: Visiting the Autodesk Gallery - “I am visiting the Autodesk Gallery at One Market in San Francisco tomorrow. I will try to give you information about this newest showcase of design. I am at the hotel across the street and got a sneak peek from my hotel window…”
From SolidSmack.com: SolidWorks World 2009 TOTALLY RANDOM #9 - “Jeff Ray going over Q4 2008 financials with the Press. Up 12% in the Americas. More info on the SolidWorks financials that are unlike the performance of the other CAD companies…”
From the 3DMojo blog: 3DVIA Composer at TEKOM 2008! - “For three days between November 5th and 7th, 2008, Technical Communication was the center of attention at the Rhein-Main-Hallen in Wiesbaden. 3DVIA was there, and it was a big success for us at this year’s tcworld conferenc…”
From the Eat Your CAD blog: Setting a Dynamic View to an exact z-depth - “Dynamic Views are a positive enhancement to extracting 2D information from a 3D model, but their initial placement is arbitrary. If you need to specify an exact z-depth for a plan view, all you need to do is use AccuDraw…”
From the CAD Insider blog: AEC Round Table w. Jay Bhatt and Jim Lynch - “LAS VEGAS, NV (Autodesk University), Dec 4, 2008 - Autodesk invited several AEC industry journalists and held a round table discussion. Representing Autodesk were Sr. VP Jay Bhatt and VP Jim Lynch. Following are highlights…”
From SolidSmack.com: SolidWorks World 2009 Totally Random #10 Farewell - “What happens when you leave your camera sitting unattended - Al, Nancy, Stev, Laura and Jason Yes, I left my camera, pictures were taken, no one was harmed… that I know of…”
From the Eat Your CAD blog: The Real Reason Woolworths Went Bust - “I don’t recall where I read this, but I remember learning the real reason why Woolworths went bust. Woolworths has been a familiar landmark on the high street of every major, and not so major, town ever since I were a lad…”
From the MotionBuilder blog at Autodesk: For the first time
ever, you can test drive MotionBuilder 2009 for FREE! - “Today we launched the first ever MotionBuilder 2009 30-Day Trial, which allows anyone to take a test drive of the new release, with NO functional restrictions. That’s right, no crippled features or encrypted file format…”
From SolidSmack.com: SolidWorks World Events: Animal Kingdom Tuesday Off-site Event - “Special Events: Animal Kingdom Tuesday Off-site Event It might surprise you, but people love being bused down the road to an Amusement Park that looks like a small jungle…”
From Chuck’s Blog: Free Software - Part 1 (of 2) - “Subtitle: ‘Buyer’ Beware This topic has been on my brain for several months. I am ready to expound. Who works for free? Actually a lot of people. Well meaning volunteers…”
From the 3D CAD blog: Manufacturing by printing - “Is the future of manufacturing in 3D printing? Not yet. But the results of 3D printing are already incredible. See e.g…”
From WorldCAD Access: Multi-touch Goes 3D - “Immersion is showing a video of touching five sides of a cube controller to manipulate images in 3D. You can view videos of it in action on this Google-translated page…”
From the Solidworks Blog: Only 344 days days until’ - “SolidWorks World 2010. But before we get going on next year, let’s take a look at SWW 2009, held last week in Orlando. Some miscellaneous thoughts and wanderings: I was blown away by the attendance figures and energy…”
From the 3DMojo blog: 3DVIA Composer hotfix now available - “Hi everyone. This is a short announcement to let you know that a new hotfix for 3DVIA Composer is now generally available. The official name is V6R2009.HF12, and is available through your normal distribution channel…”
From the 3D Roadie blog at Autodesk: FBX Compatibility Charts - “For everyone trying to use FBX to move data around we now have compatibility charts for both 3ds Max and Maya that show which features of the products are compatible with fbx and in turn with each other through FBX…”
From the CADDmanager blog: The CAD and BIM Users of the Future - Part 3 - “The User of the future will interact with other users in ways that are not seen now. Users will be more connected to other Users The overabundance of information that overwhelms the user now will continue to expand…”
From Chuck’s Blog: Full Circle - Part I - “In the mid ’60s as a graduate student at Stanford I ran all my computer programs on ‘big iron’ (IBM main frame computers). I spent hours and hours punching up cards…”
From the CAD Insider blog: George Davis Turns Avatech Around - “LAS VEGAS (Autodesk University), Dec 4, 2008 - Those watching the gathering clouds over our economy would have done well to have followed the example of Avatech CEO George Davis. I first met George last year at AU…”
From the 3DMojo blog: 3DVIA your iPod #79: ‘Using 3DVIA Sync to Keep Content Up-to-Date’ - “A couple of weeks ago, Jonathan showed me an interesting way to use 3DVIA Sync to keep your .smg files up-to-date. I had never seen Sync used in exactly this way, and I am happy to pass along this great tip to yo…”
From WorldCAD Access: About the Dismal State of CAD Documentation - “A reader writes:I know writing as a skill is near and dear to your heart, but I’ve yet to see any articles/opinions/blogs on the current state of CAD documentation…”
From the Eat Your CAD blog: CAD strategies for uncertain times: Thursday 26 Feb, Hilton Hotel, East Midlands Airport - “In these uncertain times, CAD Managers and Design Principles are increasingly being asked: ‘How can we make the most of our CAD technology, processes and user skills, to be more effective in winning new contracts…”
From Chuck’s Blog: Free Software - Part 2 (of 2) - “Subtitle: The gray and dark sources. Gray sources? They are people who want to tease you with a free version but want to tempt you to purchase a paid full version…”
From Deep Discussions about Deep Topics: RH Wins! + Bonus News - “I hope all of you have had a great summer. With Labor Day fast approaching we are ramping up to have a busy and exciting Fall full of activity and announcements! I’ll have more about that in future blog postings…”
From SolidSmack.com: Do You Convert Stuff? Okino Bounces Out the New SolidWorks CAD Converter System - “I know you’ve been looking for reasons to climb onto your office chair today and fall out. This is good a reason as any, so start a’climbin’ little mountain goat…”
From the Pro/Engineer FAQ blog: Interesting: DRM - “DRM should be a consideration for everyone. On so many levels, from national security to protecting information from competitors, the quantity and quality of data being shipped out of many companies is alarming…”
From the CAD Insider blog: Way to Go, Carol. Now, Back to Basics - “Congratulations, Carol! We in the CAD industry are proud that one of our own has jumped from the small pond to the big sea (see Yahoo Picks Tough-Talking Carol Bartz as New CEO).But this will be no easy gig…”
From WorldCAD Access: Nemetschek Up 3% - “Nemetschek managed to increase revenues by 2.9% in fiscal 2008, earning e150.4 million (roughly US$200 million), up from e146.2 million euros a year earlier…”
From the Pro/Engineer FAQ blog: Pro/E tip (draft): Model extent changes cause dimensions to scatter - “I ran into this problem a week or two ago when I added a flat pattern to a part, significantly changing the bounding box of the part and the assembly. This caused my drawing dimensions to scatter all over…”
From the CADDmanager blog: Taking Better Notes - “Now let’s turn to better ideas for taking notes. I admit that I need to work on this. So don’t expect to see me actually doing many of these. Have a central location for your notes. I work for Architects…”
From the 3DMojo blog: On-demand Service Application - “Happy New Year everyone! Take a look at this article about Creation, a UK-based company that is making great use of 3DVIA Composer to bring real-time on-demand service instructions to in-service vehicle…”
From the Beside The Cursor blog: Revit 2010 Build Checker Updated - “The BesideTheCursor Revit Build Checker has been updated to support Revit 2010 products when they are available. No need to launch Revit and search for the build number…just launch my script to get…”
From the Beside The Cursor blog: Want to attend the Revit Implementation Bootcamp? - “I got a chance to IM with Scott and got the skinny on future plans with regard to the Revit Implementation boot camp. The Good news first: The attendee count has been increased to a total of 96 There…”
From the Beside The Cursor blog: My Dream Workstation is now available - “I found my dream workstation in a laptop form today and just had to tell you about it. It is a 17″ desknote with a fast desktop processor, 8 GB of hi-speed (800) RAM, a solid state hard drive (SSD),…”
From the Eat Your CAD blog: Project Explorer 101 - “Project Explorer has been updated in V8i to include links to folders or configuration variables. Project Explorer ‘Link Sets’ (i.e. the set of information you will be linking to) are defined in dgnlibs…”
From the Beside The Cursor blog: Autodesk Open Doors - Free Training at an ATC (But Not in Georgia) - “Want some free training in Autodesk products? You can always go to AUGI.com and participate in one of their ATP programs or download Autodesk University handouts. You can also take advantage of the…”
From the Beside The Cursor blog: Key Indicators Correct Customization File is Loaded - “Someone asked this question today. How do I get the dwg setup menu and display manager/viewport scale menus to display at the bottom of the AutoCAD Architecture or Architectural Desktop interface? …”
From the Beside The Cursor blog: Other Modemacro goodies - “The recent LT Unlimited blog article by Kate Morrical titled: “Customize the Status Bar with MODEMACRO” reminded me of some customization I recently wrote. I received a call from a remote architect…”
From the Beside The Cursor blog: Revit Implementation Boot Camp at AU 2008 - “An all day session on Revit Implementation done Boot Camp Style will be held at AU 2008. Information is not yet available on AU website, but I understand it is coming. This could be really good for…”
From the Beside The Cursor blog: Revit Text Editing Quick Tip - “Save yourself a click or two in Revit when you are using the tab key to align text. Think about which line is the top line of the section and align from the bottom up using tabs on subsequent lines…”
From the Beside The Cursor blog: What are you doing? Follow AUGI at AU using Twitter - “What are you doing? This year it will be easier than ever to find out about Autodesk University happenings by using Twitter. If you are already using twitter then click this link or the image shown…”
From the Beside The Cursor blog: AIA Compensation Model Survey - Win $100 Amex Gift Check - “I received the following survey notice recently from Markku Allison, AIA the resource architect for the American Institute of Architects. Feel free to post, retweet, rejaw, and plurk this along to…”
From the Beside The Cursor blog: AU Signup Going Strong - “Just finished signing up for AU 2008. It took quite a bit of time. More time than I planned to devote to scheduling, but it is done and now I can just wait til it comes around. I was issued number…”
From the Beside The Cursor blog: Getting free tools and books via twitter - “For all of you manager-tools followers, (I’m one too!) I thought I’d post a quick note about twitter. I use it to keep a loose connection to my friends and acquaintences and hopefully to move some…”
From the Pro/Engineer FAQ blog: Pro/E Tip (draft): Line spacing - “Here’s a picture of a hex symbol embedded in a note. Text height is .10′ and grid lines are set at .01′. The gap between the symbol and the next line is .05 corresponding to the default spacing of .5…”
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 the Beside The Cursor blog: See you at the AEC BIM Mixer - “Got email turned off so you can be productive? So do I! But it is AU time and the party invitations are imminent. The AEC BIM Mixer, formerly the Revit Mixer, invitations are arriving! Did you get…”
From the Beside The Cursor blog: Snagit Quick Tip - Use SNAG format for Screen Captures - “Here’s a tip for all you snagit users. Next time you create a screen capture. Save the file as a “SNAG” format file. This maintains all your annotation objects (text, arrow heads, stamps, etc.) as…”
From the CADDmanager blog: The CAD and BIM Users of the Future - Part 1 - “I have been thinking lately about the CAD and BIM users of the future. They will differ from today’s users. They may have some of the same characteristics, but there will be some definite differences…”
From WorldCAD Access: Where Are You? In 3D - “GPS and cell-phone triangulation are fine for locating us in 2D, but much better is the idea of students at the Engineering College of Aarhus, Denmark…”
From the Solidworks Legion blog: SWW09: Focus Groups (Drawings and Sheet Metal) - “As previous mentioned, I attended two focus groups (also called roundtable discussions) this year. These are generally held on Sunday before all the major SolidWorks World activities begin on Monday…”
From the Beside The Cursor blog: Free Autodesk certification for all AU attendees - “Want to get Autodesk certified? Are you certifiable? Find out by attending AU 2008 in Vegas. According to the special offers page, you can get a free voucher that waives the exam fee (up to $125…”
From the Beside The Cursor blog: Use the Alt Key to Align Annotation in Snagit - “Tired of inserting a line or stamp or an arrow head in your snagit screen capture only to have to go back and move the endpoints? This typically happens when you’ve already got some vector based…”
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 the Beside The Cursor blog: MEP Analysis Survey Results now available from AutoCAD MEP Council - “Autodesk MEP Customer Council has released the results of their most recent survey on MEP Analysis. Over 190 members responded. Want to know more? Join the customer council or ask questions by…”
From the Beside The Cursor blog: Set Coordination Views at Higher Scale than Regular Project Views - “Do you have coordination views in your Revit model? Do you cut sections or elevations or details in that view expressly for coordination issues and not intended to be part of your set? Want to…”
From the Beside The Cursor blog: Sketchup Can NOW be used for Energy Analysis? - “Wow, this is really interesting. Apparently Integrated Energy Solutions, IES, now has included Sketchup in the list of tools that can integrate with its building performance analysis tools to…”
From the Beside The Cursor blog: AutoCAD Architectural Schedule Formula Tip - “Problem: Schedule Formula (simple area addition) does not display as intended. Solution: Check your format for the underlying property set variables. As you can see from the image above, the…”
From the Beside The Cursor blog: IES Google Sketchup plugin - “Okay, I’ve reviewed the videos (nicely done by the way) and have requested a trial. I am looking forward to testing this out. I am curious how the present workflow may need to be adjusted to…”
From the Beside The Cursor blog: Revit Implementation Boot Camp Invitations are out - “You heard it here first, Autodesk will be holding a single day Revit Implementation Boot Camp during the week of Autodesk University in Las Vegas. Date: Monday, December 1, 2008 Time: 8:30am…”
From the BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International: Sites are Back on Line - “The AUGI sites are back online. According to our service provider, the disk controller was failing not the hard drive. The problem has been resolved. All AUGI web properties are back on the Net…”
From the Beside The Cursor blog: VBA Error Code 800a0011 - Quick Fix - “I ran into Error Code 800a0011 this morning when adding a list box control to a form in VBA. No matter what control I added, it gave this error: could not complete the operation due to error…”
From the 3DMojo blog: 3DVIA your iPod #78: ‘Linked Vector Images’ - “In Markus’ third installment, watch how he creates interactive 2D documents by using the linking ability in 3DVIA Composer. We know that not every use case can utilize interactive 3D document…”
From the Duncan’s Corner blog at Autodesk: Grab and release nCloth - “One can animate the enable attribute on nCloth constraints to grab and release the cloth. When a constraint becomes enabled it rebuilds its links based on the relative positions at that frame…”
From Chuck’s Blog: Have You Upgraded to Web 2.0? - “I was at a publishing conference in New York and they were talking about Web 2.0. How do you get it? It turns out I had it and did not know it…”
From the Eat Your CAD blog: Changing the background colour in a DGN file - “Changing the background colour can be done in a number of ways. If your background is not coming out the desired colour check the following: -First of all check you are not in a Sheet model…”
From WorldCAD Access: The Big Slump: AVSO Down 26% - “Avatech Solutions reports that Q2 revenues fell to $9.5 million, down from $12.9 million a year ago. Profits were negative at $223 thousand…”
From the 3DMojo blog: 3DVIA your iPod #77: ‘Grouped BOMs’ - “Markus is back this week as our guest podcaster, with another great tip for 3DVIA Composer. This time he explains how to easily create indented or grouped BOM id’s for your sub-assemblie…”
From the Solidworks Blog: SolidWorks World 2009
- Wednesday General Session featuring the Top Ten list - “In the final general session, all kinds of great stuff in revealed, including the location of next year’s SolidWorks World.SolidWorks World 2009 - Day 3 General Sessionby SolidWorksCorp…”
From WorldCAD Access: SolidWorks World 2009: Day 1.25 - “Sitting in the press room, I see lots of journalists with netbooks, although it does tend to look like we are all using Barbie computers…”
From the Alibre CEO blog: The 4-Hour Work Week - “I’m reading an interesting book by a guy named Timothy Ferriss, ‘The 4-Hour Work Week’…”
From the BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International: AUGI Website Down for Maintenance - “We were just informed by our web provider that our web site server has a failing hard drive and that the site has to go down for replacement of the hardware and restoration of the data…”
From the Duncan’s Corner blog at Autodesk: Academy award for Maya Fluids - “I’m happy to report that the Maya Fluids team (Jos Stam, Julia Pakalns, Martin Werner and myself) will be presented technical achievement awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts…”
From the Solidworks Legion blog: SWW09: Prototype This! - “Prototype This is a show on Discovery Channel where four engineers create prototypes for radical new ideas. Dr. Mike North and Joe Grant represented the show at today’s General Session…”
From the Solidworks Legion blog: SWW09: Wednesday General Session (Part 2: SWUGN, More Customer stories) - “I didn’t realize that I missed writing about this portion of the Wednesday General Session. Sorry for any confusion about there being a Part 1 and a Part 3 with no Part 2 in the middle…”
From the CAD Insider blog: PTC Frustrates Out of the Box - “The Pro/E “out-of-the-box” experience has got me in a bad mood. I had never installed Pro/E before. I had been warned that it “takes forever” which had already made me a tad anxious…”
From SolidSmack.com: How Was the SolidWorks FeatureManager Created? - “You know that handy little thing that sits on the left side of your screen? The sidebar that keeps track of all features, mistakes…”
From the Pro/Engineer FAQ blog: Optimum monitor setup? - “I can never get enough screen real estate, so here’s my latest: This isn’t as extravagant as it looks. If you upgrade your 20′ with a 30′, just hang onto the old 20′ and rotate it…”
From the 3DMojo blog: 3DVIA Composer featured in Desktop Engineering - “SolidSmack blogger and Desktop Engineering contributor, Josh Mings, took 3DVIA Composer for a test drive and has written about it in the latest issue of Desktop Engineering onlin…”
From the 3DMojo blog: Taira Promote Deploys 3DVIA Composer and 3DVIA Virtools - “Taira Promote, a customer in Japan, is making great use of 3DVIA products to liberate 3D data out of engineering and into the hands of technical publications and training manual…”
From WorldCAD Access: Word Process Mangles Text - “Microsoft Word has many drawbacks. One of them is how it tends to mangle that most important of all documents, the press release…”
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 Chuck’s Blog: Goodbye San Diego - “After 5 intense days of talks and product demos my head is spinning and it’s time to get back to my wood burning stove in CT…”
From the 3DMojo blog: 3DVIA Composer V6R2009x Information - “The new release of 3DVIA Composer V6R2009x is being launched this week as part of the overall V6 portfolio update. As part of the press release, we have updated our websit…”
From the 3DMojo blog: Welcome Felder KG to the 3DVIA Composer Family! - “We would like to welcome Felder KG to the growing community of companies that have chosen 3DVIA Composer to enhance their assembly documentation and become more competitiv…”
From the 3D CAD blog: Life in plastic it’s fantastic… - “It is a pity I am not able to confirm this Barbie World lyrics citation…”
From the MotionBuilder blog at Autodesk: Post-Siggraph Summary and Updates - “Still catching up after a busy Siggraph, so I combined a bunch of updates into one post: MoBu VIP Party pictures, new facial rigging DVD, real-time cloth in MoBu and more…”
From Chuck’s Blog: Full Circle - Part II - “The early ’80s were good times for engineers and business people who could not afford, nor desired, main frame computers…”
From the Beside The Cursor blog: Thought for the day - “”Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. ” -Mark Twain…”
From WorldCAD Access: CADalyst Buyout Attempt - “A rumour circulated earlier this week around the press room at SolidWorks World that CADalyst magazine was on the block…”
From the CADDmanager blog: How do CAD Users Think? (more) - “There are some patterns that I have seen that frame the way an end user thinks and the concerns that they have that a CAD Manager must not forget when working with them…”
From SolidSmack.com: SolidWorks World 2009 TOTALLY RANDOM #7 - “One of the Swan Hotel Patios - It’s a beautiful thing. concrete swans spittin’ water out thier beaks. simply relaxing…”
From the Alibre CEO blog: Netbooks + Freemium Software = Low Cost Design Platform - “Ralph Grabowski, Editor of the upFront eZine and the WorldCAD blog…”
From the Maxed Out blog at Autodesk: Announcement: 3ds Max Design 2010! - “We can finally declare to the world that the next and greatest version of 3ds Max officially exists and we’re about to reveal roughly 350 new features to the public…”
From the Maxed Out blog at Autodesk: Mystery images and video posted - “Can you help us figure out what this is? We received this odd video and images from an unamed source. It sort of looks familiar, like it is something we should know…”
From WorldCAD Access: Inventor Gets Logical - “”Let’s get logical, logical / I wanna get logical…”Autodesk bought iLogic from ADN member Logimetrix in December…”
From the Eat Your CAD blog: Freezing columns in Layer Manager - “As Layer Manager becomes a controller for an ever increasing number of Layer Properties, without careful planning it can fill your screen and be difficult to use…”
From the Solidworks Blog: SolidWorks World 2009 - Tips and Tricks with Phil Sluder - “When I chose this to record this session, I didn’t realize how popular Phil was. The room was packed, and evidently lots of people got turned away at the door…”
From the 3D Roadie blog at Autodesk: Greeblelicious - “I don’t know how many people have heard of the Greeble plugin for 3ds max but it is an old favorite free plugin that everyone should have in their tool chest…”
From the Eat Your CAD blog: Print Organiser 101 - “WHAT IS IT? Print Organizer has replaced Batch Plot. Go to File Print Organizer. Open Print Organizer and you will see that an untitled.pset dialog has opene…”
From WorldCAD Access: Acad 2010 on Netbooks - “I can now report that the version of AutoCAD I got running on my LG X110 netbook was a beta of AutoCAD 2010…”
From WorldCAD Access: Bad Decision-Making by Leaders - “Erin White of the Wall Street Journal interviews Sydney Finkelstein on Why Good Managers Make Bad Decisions…”
From WorldCAD Access: SolidWorks World: Day 1 - “Okay, so here we were are at SolidWorks World 2009 general session. “Back in Black” is screaming in my ears…”
From WorldCAD Access: Dell No Friend of Autodesk - “The “netbook” term was revived by Asus for its then-new line of small-screened DVD-less notebook computers…”
From WorldCAD Access: ODA Conference Schedule - “The Open Design Alliance posts the schedule for its conference coming up in two months in The Netherlands…”
From WorldCAD Access: MicroGDS Has New Owners (Again) - “Sometimes, you don’t know acquisitions have occurred. And even when they do, nothing changes after wards…”
From the BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International: AUGI Website Maintenance Completed - “Our web provider has completed the required maintenance. No further downtime is expected.Again - we are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused…”
From the CAD Insider blog: Ensuring the Success of Solid Edge and Synchronous Technology, Part 1 - “Ask any CAD insider about Solid Edge, and they’ll tell you “great product.” And now, with Synchronous Technology, Siemens could be on sitting on gold…”
From the Duncan’s Corner blog at Autodesk: Groovy Phobos - “In intriguing idea occured to me the other day relating to the groove markings one can see on Phobos. I decided to explore this idea using nParticles…”
From the Pro/Engineer FAQ blog: Summer’s almost over… - “I really haven’t forgotten about the FAQ, it’s just that summer’s more fun outside. I’ll get back to some ideas I’ve been kicking around pretty soon…”
From the CAD Insider blog: TenLinks Visits Chillington Rwanda - “KIGALI, Rwanda, November 13, 2008 - A man with a machete eyes me rather seriously as we drive by. For me, it is a grim reminder of Rwanda’s genocide…”
From the CADDmanager blog: CAD Manager - Think Like a User - “‘User’ is such a harsh sounding term, but that is the most common term for those that are the ‘hands on practitioners’ with the software we support…”
From 3D CAD News: Off Topic: Obama-Palin Dream Team (Photoshop Version) - “Trust me on this one. Drop whatever you are doing and follow the link below to look at the funniest Photoshop’d moment of the presidential campaign…”
From Deep Discussions about Deep Topics: FREE Publishing to Adobe 3D PDF? (How Cool) - “Aside from shipping the latest version of Deep Exploration last week, Right Hemisphere also shipped the latest version of our Deep View technology…”
From the Duncan’s Corner blog at Autodesk: Learn Maya, earn $$ in your spare time!! - “This is just a little render I did using the technique in my last post. I just added some more coins and raytraced the animation for a metal look…”
From the Maxed Out blog at Autodesk: 3ds Max Design 2010:
Sneak Peek: flickerless animations with mental ray - “Here’s how to get rid of those nasty flickers when rendering animations with mental ray. Rendering guru, Pierre-Felix Breton, takes us on a tour…”
From the Solidworks Legion blog: SWW09: A Swan, a Dolphin and 3 Matts (fluff article) - “First the Dolphin The Swan and Dolphin Disney resort is a beautiful place. It is actually two hotels that are kinda sorta treated as one resort…”
From SolidSmack.com: SolidWorks World 2009 TOTALLY RANDOM #8 - “The SolidWorks General Session Backstage Area. The screen is visible and there’s tons of stuff…”
From the Maxed Out blog at Autodesk: The CAT is back! - “Just have to show you this video that one of the AEs did that shows all of the CAT presets in action with the Review 3 viewport of 3ds Max 2010…”
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…”
From Deep Discussions about Deep Topics: ‘It’s About Delivery, Stupid’ - “Given the fact that its election season, I thought I’d channel James Carville for a little ‘liberal’ interpretation of his most famous quot…”
From the Maxed Out blog at Autodesk: 3ds Max Design 2010: improved DWG interop - “We improved our DWG importer/exporter in a small but significant way when it comess to moving DWG data back and forth to AutoCAD and Revit…”
From the 3D Roadie blog at Autodesk: hallucination for the cost conscious - “This post has nothing directly to do with 3D or the AREA but I ran across this article that I thought was interesting enough to pass along…”
From the Eat Your CAD blog: Selecting alternative elements in V8i - “It has always been possible to selecting elements that are very close to other elements by approaching the element in a certain direction…”
From 3D CAD News: A Bit of Musing about Autodesk Results - “I just noticed that Autodesk has moved up the date scheduled for the release of its Second Quarter Financial Report for Fiscal Year 2009…”
From Deep Discussions about Deep Topics: Disasters Create Opportunity - “As a San Franciscan I can tell you that April 18, 1904 is universally regarded as both the worst and best day The City had in its histor…”
From the Alibre CEO blog: The Future of 3D CAD Software Pricing - “I have seen the writing on the wall…”
From the 3DMojo blog: 3DVIA your iPod #81: ‘3DVIA Player ActiveX’ - “In about 10 minutes, you will see how to embed the 3DVIA Player into PowerPoint, and learn how to setup an interactive 3D presentatio…”
From the Solidworks Blog: SolidWorks Releases New Advanced Certification Exam - “Last week at SolidWorks World 2009 in Orlando, the SolidWorks Certification Team released the new Advanced Surfacing Exam (CSWP-SURF)…”
From the MotionBuilder blog at Autodesk: Updates, links and videos! - “A bunch of updates covering all sorts of topics. 3DBuzz videos are back! Intersense video from Siggraph and some Python code snippets…”
From the Maxed Out blog at Autodesk: All 3ds Max secrets revealed! - “Entire roadmap! All the details you’ve ever wanted to see from our plans looking out several years with features clearly identified…”
From the 3DMojo blog: 3DMojo Video Podcasts: now over 100,000 downloads! - “I am extremely pleased to announce that this past weekend, we have surpassed 100,000 downloads of our 3DVIA Composer video podcast…”
From the Alibre CEO blog: Weathering the Storm - “”Your job is not your security…”
From the 3D Roadie blog at Autodesk: So how did 3December go? - “For those of you that didn’t make it out to a live event I thought I’d give you an update on what turned out to be a great time…”
From the 3DMojo blog: 3DVIA your iPod #76: ‘Automatic Layout Positioning, and Project Mode’ (English Version) - “This week I would like to welcome a guest podcaster from SolidWorks Germany, Markus Koechl, who not only brings us a great ti…”
From the CAD Insider blog: Tony Blair Visits Gasabo3D in Rwanda - “KIGALI, Rwanda, November 14, 2008 - Driving to the Gasabo 3D office, CEO John Rugamba announces “Tony Blair is coming.” Great…”
From the Beside The Cursor blog: Getting Ready for the Big Game - Go Gators - “Woke up this morning and saw the carnage from the night before first hand. Get ready Georgia, you’re in Gator Country today…”
From the MotionBuilder blog at Autodesk: MotionBuilder Programming Webcast - “The Autodesk Developers Network team is offering the first ever ‘Introduction to MotionBuilder Programming Webcast Course’…”
From Deep Discussions about Deep Topics: M3 Durable Goods Report and the Critical Value of Visual Manufacturing - “This news is just in from the government which is very interesting and reflective of what we are seeing in the real world…”
From the Duncan’s Corner blog at Autodesk: Creating raindrops on water with fluid wakes - “One can create raindrop ripples on a fluid wake by randomly emitting density into fluid voxels with a simple expression…”
From the 3DMojo blog: 3DVIA your iPod #80: ‘Custom PDF Templates’ - “If you have ever wanted to publish Composer content to a PDF, and wanted to change the look of the resulting PDF fil…”
From the Maxed Out blog at Autodesk: 3ds Max Design 2010: xView - “Here’s an interesting new feature for debugging problems with meshes. One of our AE’s shows some results of using it…”
From the Pro/Engineer FAQ blog: A little DOS batch hack: dates for filenames - “for /f ‘tokens=2-4 delims=/ ‘ %%i in (’%date%’) do copy foo.bat foo%%k%%i%%j.bak Thought I’d save this for reference…”
From the Maxed Out blog at Autodesk: Award for Autodesk Curmudgeon announced! - “Yes, your’s truly has done an outstanding job of being a grumpy old man and has been recognized for his achievements…”
From the Duncan’s Corner blog at Autodesk: Plasma Ball with Paint Effects - “Creating a plasma ball can be difficult with standard tools, but is actually fairly easy using Maya Paint Effects…”
From the 3D Roadie blog at Autodesk: Stereo viewing has definitly hit the mainstream - “At Autodesk we have been talking a lot about stereo technology and working to build it into many of our products…”
From the BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International: AUGI.com Server Down - Maintenance - “Sunday Feb. 1 - 9:00 to 10:00 am EST (US)We have to take the web server offline to replace an ailing hard drive…”
From the Solidworks Legion blog: SWW09: Wednesday General Session (Part 3: Jeff Ray makes announcements) - “First, the fun fact. SolidWorks World 2010 will be held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Southern California…”
From the Solidworks Legion blog: Quantity and Balloons in SolidWorks 2010 - “Adding quantities to balloons is something that many of us do when making assembly drawings in SolidWorks…”
From the Duncan’s Corner blog at Autodesk: Pouring Water with nParticles - “With the introduction of nParticles in Maya 2009 one now has a tool that can handle pouring liquids…”
From the Pro/Engineer FAQ blog: Pro/E Tip (intralink): Old news - moving .proi with ldbconvert - “Everyone but me must know this, but here’s a pointer to a PTC/USER post explaining the process…”
From the MotionBuilder blog at Autodesk: Alive and kicking: MotionBuilder 2009 hits the streets! - “I am very happy to announce that MotionBuilder 2009 is available immediately for download…”
From the Solidworks Blog: SolidWorks World 2009 - Tuesday General Session with Jon Hirschtick - “Jon takes the stage for the first time in years and shows you two great customer stories…”
From the MotionBuilder blog at Autodesk: I’m off: - “Off to the west coast for a wedding, then down to LA for the big Siggraph 2008 kick-off…”
From the MotionBuilder blog at Autodesk: Christmas 2008 Wrap-up - “This is my final post for 2008, which is a wrap up of a bunch of resources and links…”
From the Solidworks Blog: Cool PDM tool: embed an SQL query within Excel - “One of the things I love most about attending SolidWorks World (SWW) is the learning…”
From the Duncan’s Corner blog at Autodesk: Maya 2009 - “With Maya2009 now available I hope to post some new examples using nParticles soon…”
From the Duncan’s Corner blog at Autodesk: Bubble Level with nCloth - “It is relatively simple to implement a bubble style carpenter’s level with nCloth…”
From 3D CAD News: PTC Bloodhounds Catch a French Scent - “This week’s quarterly conference call with PTC was enlightening, to say the least…”
From the Duncan’s Corner blog at Autodesk: crosshatch shading - “One can construct crosshatch shaders in Maya without needing any special plugins…”
From the 3DMojo blog: 3D Digital Manufacturing: Treehuggers Unite! - “I was just reading Patrick Michel’s article in Manufacturing Business Technolog…”
From the Maxed Out blog at Autodesk: Research: pushing the possibilities of viewport performance - “Warning, this is advanced research into high-performance viewport display…”
From the Eat Your CAD blog: February 2009 - “The snow is piled high outside my house and London is at a standstill…”
From the CADDmanager blog: How do CAD Users Think? - “I do not pretend to know everything about the way that anyone thinks…”
From the MotionBuilder blog at Autodesk: Presenting Autodesk MotionBuilder 2009 - “The next major release of MotionBuilder is just around the corner…”
From the Eat Your CAD blog: How can I flatten a 3D file to 2D? - “Exporting to a 2D file is easiest: -Set your view rotation to To…”
From the MotionBuilder blog at Autodesk: Aren’t things supposed to slow down in the summer? - “Siggraph updates, customer visits in Europe and Autodesk Awards…”
From the Pro/Engineer FAQ blog: SecureZIP anyone? - “I have a soft spot for PKZIP, so I’m going to give this a try…”
From the Mayalicious blog at Autodesk: Maya Assets White Paper - “A nice overview of what you can do with Assets in Maya 2009…”
From the Eat Your CAD blog: Change Attributes - “WHERE IS IT? You’ll find it in the Main Task (shortcut 5 1…”
From the Mayalicious blog at Autodesk: Happy Valentine’s Day, with love from Maya - “Check out what’s happening in Times Square NYC…”
From the 3DMojo blog: Democratizate 3D and Win - “Take a look at this article from Industry Wee…”
From the Mayalicious blog at Autodesk: Noise Deformer - “Made with python - it’s a beautiful thing…”
From the Mayalicious blog at Autodesk: Batch Processing Files - “Here’s a way to process a bunch of files…”
From the Mayalicious blog at Autodesk: SketchBook Pro - “Have you ever tried it?…”
From the Maxed Out blog at Autodesk: Announcement: 3ds Max Design Exposure feature is as good as gold! - “For the last 18 months…”
From the Mayalicious blog at Autodesk: Autodesk Developer Network - “List of Maya plug-ins…”
From the Mayalicious blog at Autodesk: What version of Maya are you using? - “I’m conducting a poll…”
From the Mayalicious blog at Autodesk: Polls and Surveys - “Why do I like them?…”
From the Mayalicious blog at Autodesk: Welcome, Captain Proton! - “New Rendering Blog…”
From the MotionBuilder blog at Autodesk: Some changes in the MotionBuilder Camp: - “Updates, comments…”
From the 3D Roadie blog at Autodesk: Autodesk Signs Agreement to Acquire Softimage - “This just in…”
From the Mayalicious blog at Autodesk: Free Maya API Training at GDC - “Sign-up now…”

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From Cadopolis: AutoCAD University Feeds - “AutoCAD University willl be held December 2 - 5, 2008 at the Venetian Resort Hotel in Las Vegas. Here are related RSS feed discussions which…”
From Cadopolis: Create hatch patterns in AutoCAD and LT - “Recently AutoCAD Hatch Manager had been updated to supports both AutoCAD 2009 and AutoCAD LT 2009! AutoCAD Hatch Manager allows you to create hatch patterns…”
From Cadopolis: New Bluebeam 6.0 Demos - “Bluebeam is a PDF solution for users who want to create, edit, and markup PDF files. It integrates into AutoCAD and allows quick one-click PDF…”
From Cadopolis: PDA Software - SALE! - “For a limited time you can save 80% instantly when you buy OrthoGraph Architect! Unique, PDA based software supports floor plan sketching and on-site measurement…”
From Cadopolis: Save 10% on MechQ - “The Mech-Q Suite and its add-ons for AutoCAD, AutoCAD LT and IntelliCAD are now on sale! Mech-Q is the ultimate engineering package for any AutoCAD…”
From Cadopolis: Save 25% OFF pdf2cad! - “For a limited time you can save 25% when you buy pdf2cad at Cadopolis. pdf2cad converts PDF files using built-in vector graphic technology providing the…”
From Cadopolis: Scanning and converting to CAD - “Everyday, people visit us with PDF files that they want to use in AutoCAD or another engineering application. We start by explaining that there are…”
From Cadopolis: pdf2cad free trial - “We have just uploaded an updated free fully functional 30-day version of pdf2cad on our product page. Now enjoy the trial without a watermark before…”
From Engineeringtalk: Adept adds MC USB-Quad08 device to range - “Designed with rotational measurement in mind, the USB-Quad08 has simultaneous input and decoding for eight incremental quadrature encoders…”
From Engineeringtalk: Adept releases the USB-1602HS-XX - “Adept Scientific has added the USB-1602HS-XX to its range of USB-based data acquisition devices from Measurement Computing Corporation…”
From Engineeringtalk: Bluecielo updates content management software - “Bluecielo ECM Solutions has released Innocielo Imandra version 3, which features an improved user interface based on Microsoft .Net technology…”
From Engineeringtalk: ESI Group launches Weld Planner software - “ESI Group has announced the launch of its Weld Planner software, designed to enable the evaluation and control of welding distortion engineering at early preliminary design and planning stages…”
From Engineeringtalk: Esteco software incorporates Flowmaster - “Esteco has announced that Modefrontier v4.1 now includes the Flowmaster v7 Direct Integration node, which allows Flowmaster users access to the optimisation software tool…”
From Engineeringtalk: FAI develops MAAP5 code for plant evaluations - “Fauske and Associates (FAI) has announced that it has developed the Modular Accident Analysis Program 5 (MAAP5) code…”
From Engineeringtalk: LMS Imagine.Lab optimises hybrid-vehicle designs - “LMS will present its Imagine.Lab Hybrid Vehicle system at the ‘SAE 2009 Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Symposium’, in San Diego, California, on 11 and 12 February…”
From Engineeringtalk: LMS enhances Test Lab - “LMS has packed the latest version of LMS Test.Lab with features to help test departments save time and resources…”
From Engineeringtalk: Mac word processor incorporates Endnote X2 - “Endnote X2 from Thomson Reuters is being integrated into the Pages ‘09 package, providing Mac users with Cite While You Write functionality in Apple’s word processor package…”
From Engineeringtalk: Sycode launches file plug-ins for Bricscad - “Sycode has unveiled 20 file import and export plug-ins for Bricscad…”
From Engineeringtalk: Sycode offers terrain modelling plug-in - “Sycode has announced the launch of TerrainCAD for Bricscad: a terrain modelling plug-in…”
From Engineeringtalk: Technicut purchases Anca grinding machines - “Technicut has invested in eight universal grinding machines from Anca after being impressed with their value aspect…”
From Engineeringtalk: Virtalis delivers Stereoworks to Airbus - “Airbus in Broughton, Flintshire, has just taken delivery of a complete Virtalis Stereoworks VR suite…”
From Engineeringtalk: Williams invests in Bigmachines’ Lean Front-End - “Williams Furnace has bought a Lean Front-End (LFE) from Bigmachines to provide greater visibility into distributor quotes and forecasting…”
From Engineeringtalk: Zemax uses Transmagic CAD software - “Zemax Development Corporation is using Transmagic, a developer of multi-computer-aided design (CAD) data exchange software, as its 3D mechanical CAD data repair and translation solution…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Engineering channel: AMRC installs second Stereoworks system - “The University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) has installed a second Virtalis Stereoworks system…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Engineering channel: Actify embeds visualisation in PLM software - “Aras has forged a technology partnership with Actify, a product data collaboration systems provider…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Aegis to display updated R3 software at APEX - “Aegis Software will introduce the third edition of its Version 7 Manufacturing Operations Software, known as R3, at the 2009 APEX exhibition in Las Vegas…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Engineering channel: Aras Innovator gains Front Runner status - “Aras has announced that its Innovator suite for product lifecycle management is enabled on Microsoft SQL Server 2008, earning the company Front Runner status from Microsoft…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Autodesk combines parametric and direct modelling - “Autodesk has unveiled plans for its Inventor Fusion Technology: digital prototyping technology that unites the control of parametric, history-based modelling with direct, history-free modelling…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Axiomtek releases Icon Ethernet switches - “Axiomtek has released the Icon-32005, Icon-32008 and Icon-32160 unmanaged industrial Ethernet switches, available in 10/100Mbps speed with copper wire and fibre-optic cable connections…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Berkley IT specialist develops control software - “Investing in production control software can help UK manufacturers survive the current economic downturn, according to Tony MacBride, managing director of Berkeley Myles…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Engineering channel: COA releases easy-setup version of Openpeople HCM - “COA Solutions has added Openpeople Lite, a human capital management (HCM) product, to its Smart Business Suite…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Engineering channel: DSI software captures real-time workforce data - “Data Systems International (DSI) has announced the availability of dcLINK TIMETrac 9.0, the latest release of the company’s paperless solution for time, attendance and labour reporting…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Engineering channel: Dashboard brings sustainability to companies - “Microsoft has announced an environmental sustainability dashboard for Microsoft Dynamics AX…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Deacom demonstrates pharmaceutical ERP software - “Deacom will exhibit its integrated accounting and enterprise resource planning (ERP) software system for pharmaceutical manufacturers at Interphex on 17-19 March in New York…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Dickson unveils watertight data loggers - “Dickson’s stainless steel case data loggers are suitable for monitoring temperatures in hot and/or wet conditions of many industrial processing operations and inventory storage areas…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Engineering channel: EADS selects MSC as VPD partner - “MSC.Software has announced that it has been selected by EADS as a partner for virtual product development (VPD) solutions across all EADS business divisions as part of the EADS Phenix initiative…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: ESI software predicts welding distortion - “ESI Group has released Weld Planner software that enables the user to evaluate and control welding distortion engineering at the early stage of preliminary design and planning…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Ethernet Direct unveils IRE-323C switch - “Ethernet Direct Corporation, a provider of industrial networking and communication solutions, has released its IRE-323EC industrial ethernet switch…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: GAO unveils temperature-resistant passive RFID tag - “GAO RFID has released its UHF 902MHz Gen2 mini metal RFID tag, a passive tag that is temperature resistant and ideal for use on metals, wood, plastic pallets and metallic moulds…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Infor Demand Planning improves Pilkington KPIs - “Pilkington Automotive, a provider of glazing solutions for one-in-three vehicles in the world, has seen benefits around its Key Performance Indictors (KPIs) since adopting Infor Demand Planning…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Engineering channel: Majenta to supply PLM solution to Napier - “Majenta PLM has announced that it has signed a contract with Napier Turbochargers for the supply, implementation and on-going support of a product design and lifecycle management (PLM) solution…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Engineering channel: Moore offers multi-channel temperature transmitter - “The Temperature Concentrator System (TCS) from Moore reduces the cost of transmitting multiple temperature sensor measurements by concentrating up to 32 signals onto a single twisted wire pair…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: ORing switch enables Gigabet networking - “ORing Networking has released the IGS-3044GP industrial Ethernet switch with full Gigabit ports…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Engineering channel: PLM software delivers improved usability - “Siemens PLM Software version 4 of Teamcenter Express cPDMTeamcenter has improved collaboration and control for project managers, lead engineers and shop floor users…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: SMC products certified for use with Reldata iSCSI - “SMC’s Tigerswitch 10G eight-port XFP 10G Managed Layer 2 Switch (SMC8708L2) and Tigeraccess 10Gbase-X XFP Transceivers have been certified for use with Reldata’s 9240 Unified iSCSI Storage System…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Engineering channel: Siemens PLM ships Femap v10 - “Siemens PLM Software has announced Femap Version 10 software is shipping to customers worldwide…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Engineering channel: Siemens PLM updates Cam Express software - “Siemens PLM Software has announced that Cam Express software with synchronous technology is shipping to customers worldwide…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Engineering channel: Siemens unveils PLM initiative and resource centre - “Siemens PLM Software has announced an initiative and online resource centre to show small businesses how implementing a PLM strategy can help them better respond to customer needs…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Spend Analysis Solution enables strategic sourcing - “Mindtree has brought out the Spend Analysis Solution, which enhances control and optimisation of procurement costs for organisations in the manufacturing industry…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Engineering channel: Synergy Technology offers software as a service - “Synergy Technology is offering a full SAAS service including the option of hardware…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Engineering channel: Synergy offers disaster recovery planning - “Synergy Technology has announced the launch of its business continuity planning (BCP) service…”

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