29 April 2009
Chris Rand, Editor
TOP BLOG POSTS
From WorldCAD Access: Photos from The Netherlands - 2 - “Arnold van der Wiede’s wife organized two days of tours for “the wives” of attendees. My daughter went along, and here are some of her 187 photos of the Keukenhof gardens near Leiden, where our conference is taking place…”
From WorldCAD Access: Open Design Alliance Conference - Day 2.5 - “During the break, CADMagazine editor Rob Sman and I were commenting on the lack of MCAD apps in the IntelliCAD-ODA orb. After the break, we were corrected by the next presentations…”
From WorldCAD Access: PTC Q2: Down 10% - “Saved by maintenance (subscriptions). Even though PTC’s revenues were down 10%, things could’ve been much bleaker, since revenue from software licenses were down 44%…”
From the Pro/Engineer FAQ blog: Pro/E Tip (Mechanica): Global unit conversion - “From the exploder: Use Mechanica, if you have it, to convert units for an assembly. Don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before, but I’ll check the archive. Super easy way to convert units…”
TOP NEWS STORIES
From Engineeringtalk: Icona offers Aesthetica/CM4D interface capability - “Icona Solutions, creator of the Aesthetica software, has said that Aesthetica users can now simulate the effects of manufacturing variation based on as-measured data from current production processes…”
From Engineeringtalk: Logic Design introduces Robologix software package - “Logic Design, a provider of simulation software tools, has released its Robologix software package, which is designed to emulate real-world robotics applications…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: ERP solution provides increased operations control - “Optima Products has completed a major overhaul of its IT with the implementation of Access Supply Chain enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution…”
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