26 March 2009
Chris Rand, Editor
TOP BLOG POSTS
From SolidSmack.com: SolidWorks Flickr Finds: The Rockin’est Visual Essay You May Ever See - “Look, I know you’ve seen your share of provocative ‘visual essays’ that just make your wits reel with multi-dimensional perceptions of life and the universe, but this one is really cool looking…”
From the CADDmanager blog: Finding Those Who Care about CAD - “Doesn’t anyone care about CAD anymore? Rally the ones that Care Making a change or moving people toward process improvement, CAD Standards or even a software upgrade takes a lot to cultural effort within your firm…”
From the CADDmanager blog: Turning Caring about CAD into Curing CAD Troubles - “Moving from Single to Group One of the first steps is to interact with those that you have identified as caring and getting them into some form of group. Groups often make greater impact than individuals…”
From the CADDmanager blog: CAD Standards Development Progress Killers - “Many things can get in the way of creating or modifying a CAD Standard. Here are a few… Lack of senior management support This is the number one killer when trying to develop CAD Standards…”
From the CADDmanager blog: Implementing CAD Governance - Part 1 - “Before we move on to developing a CAD Standard lets think about who needs to be involved in the process. CAD needs governance. Governing a CAD environment cannot be overlooked…”
From the Eat Your CAD blog: Using View Display or Global Display to save a DGN to DWG - “AutoCAD has no comparison to MicroStation’s ability to display levels per view. Consequently you need to make the decision which view’s level display you will export…”
From WorldCAD Access: SketchUp for Art - “CAD is not new for art…”
From the CADDmanager blog: Implementing CAD Governance - Part 2 - “There are several teams you need to develop to enhance CAD Governance…”
From the 3D Roadie blog at Autodesk: GDC streaming has begun - “It’s official the GDC live stream just started up…”
TOP NEWS STORIES
From Cadalyst AEC news: PolyStation iQ470 (First Look Review) - “You can find more powerful workstations, but this model will get your design work done for a mere $699…”
From Engineeringtalk: LMS Tecware Rev 3.6 speeds up durability testing - “LMS has updated the Tecware Rev product for durability load data-analysis and synthesis…”
From Engineeringtalk: Simerics enhances CFD simulation software - “Simerics has announced the release of Pumplinx Version 2.4…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Datatrack provides traceability for Staub - “PSL has introduced the Datatrack system, which provides traceability for one-step sub-contract engineering companies…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: NI expands Wi-Fi and Ethernet DAQ product range - “National Instruments has introduced six new wireless and Ethernet data-acquisition modules and two ingress-protection (IP) enclosures for remote monitoring and control in harsh environments…”
MORE FROM THE BLOGGERS
Autodesk launches new AutoCAD and New Community Site! from the CAD-a-Blog
ALSO IN THE NEWS
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ANSYS Named in CRO 100 Best Corporate Citizens List from TenLinks
ASCENT Releases 2 Training Guides for AutoCAD 2010 from TenLinks
Autodesk Releases Free AutoCAD DWG TrueView 2010 from TenLinks
CFdesign v10 for Inventor 2010 Available from TenLinks
City of Cambridge to Use MWH Soft InfoWater from TenLinks
Dosch 3D Releases 7 Design Model Collection from TenLinks
Edgecam certified for Autodesk Inventor 2010 from MCADCafe
ESI Subsidiary Mecas Gets ISO 9001:2000 Certification from TenLinks
Gephardt, Earley Join Ford’s Board Of Directors from MCADCafe
Hagerman Honored at Autodesk Reseller Conference from TenLinks
IMSI/Design Matches AutoCAD LT 2010 Upgrade Pricing and Offers Free Product from MCADCafe
IMSI/Design Offers DoubleCAD XT PRO at $575 Sale Price from TenLinks
IMSI/Design Ships TurboCAD Pro v16 from TenLinks
India’s HCL Workstations Include NVIDIA Quadro GPU from TenLinks
Intercim Live Paris Focuses on Closing the Loop Between Engineering and Production from MCADCafe
Just few hours to become familiar with KOMPAS-3D from MCADCafe
Liebherr to Use RAMSIS for Crane Vehicle Design from TenLinks
LMS Ships TecWare Rev 3.6 for Analysis from TenLinks
ODA Announces Conference Agenda, Keynote from TenLinks
RAND Offers Information on Autodesk 2010 Products from TenLinks
SDC Publishes CATIA V5, AutoCAD 2010, SolidWorks Books from TenLinks
Western Electronics Uses Arena Software to Control Revisions, Reduce Errors and Improve Customer Documentation Management from MCADCafe