30 April 2009
Chris Rand, Editor
TOP BLOG POSTS
From WorldCAD Access: Our Customers Tell Us… - “In talks with marketing people about new software features, they sometimes use a phrase that runs along the lines of “Our users told us…” or “Responding to requests from our users…”…”
From the 3D Roadie blog at Autodesk: A games business model for the rest of us? - “There was a time not long ago when games development was young and scrappy. You could get a couple buddies together and quickly put together a game that would (if you were lucky) make you a million dollars…”
From SolidSmack.com: SolidWorks Premium: Stay Out of Gas Stations: - “Or if you prefer, go to this gas station and drink the coffee to dance with an atypical gas station clerk and entertain grizzly truck drivers…”
From the Duncan’s Corner blog at Autodesk: Farnsworth House Render - “Alessandro Prodan has created one of the most natural looking foliage renders I’ve yet seen, using Maya Paint Effects rendered in Mental Ray. http://marlas.cgsociety.org/gallery/…”
From the Solidworks Blog: It’s official-SolidWorks has shipped 1,000,000 licenses! - “This is awesome news, and we’re really excited about sharing it. Earlier this month, we shipped our one-millionth license of SolidWorks to Ogio International of Bluffdale, Utah…”
TOP NEWS STORIES
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Engineering channel: Thermo Fisher releases HCSDiscover software - “Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced the availability of HCSDiscover: a data-mining tool for high-content applications…”
MORE FROM THE BLOGGERS
rocksolid Review from the 3DMojo blog
Product Life Cycle Management: Manifesto V1 from the COFES.com blog
View two drawing sheets at same time from the Solidworks Legion blog
My Introduction from The Gear Box blog at Autodesk
The Basics of Skeletal Modeling from The Gear Box blog at Autodesk
Automatic File Naming with Autodesk Vault Workgroup from the Under the Hood blog at Autodesk
ALSO IN THE NEWS
3D Systems 2009 World Conference at Time Compression Expo from TenLinks
Avatech Supports Autodesk Assistance Program from TenLinks
BLUEBEAM SOFTWARE TO DEMO NEW VERSION OF AWARD-WINNING PDF EDITOR AT AIA;
Bluebeam PDF Revu v 7 includes over 20 new features to help AEC firms go
paperless from MCADCafe
CAD Schroer delights Linux community with FREE 2D/3D CAD package from MCADCafe
CIMdata Introduces PLM Certificate Program from TenLinks
Colortrac SmartLF Gx 42 Gets WFI Magazine Top Product Award from TenLinks
Delcam to preview new PowerINSPECT at Control from MCADCafe
Delcam to show software to increase productivity at the Northwest Machine Tool Expo from MCADCafe
FARO Offers Technology Test Drive Program from TenLinks
Green Ocean Energy Harvests Power of Ocean Waves With Autodesk Inventor from MCADCafe
IDAC to Sell InterCAD AxisVM in UK from TenLinks
India’s Neilsoft Signs TRIPLAN for Technical Cooperation from TenLinks
InterSpec Releases e-SPECS v4.2 for AEC from TenLinks
INUS Forms Rapidform JAPAN KK Corporation from TenLinks
KOMPAS-3D V10 was highly appreciated by international visitors of Hannover Messe 2009 from MCADCafe
Lantek Gets Best ISV Internationalization Strategy Award from TenLinks
LATISTA v5.0 to Integrate BIM from Autodesk from TenLinks
MpCCI Flowmaster Adaptor Available with 3D CFD pdf from TenLinks
MultiSTEEL Offshore Available for Structural Detailing from TenLinks
Nemetschek AG Launches International Partner Program from TenLinks
Nemetschek AG, Weto Introduce Timber Construction Modules from TenLinks
Planit EdgeCAM 2009 R2 to be Previewed at PMTS from TenLinks
Quantapoint PRISM 3D/QuantaCAD 9.0 Laser Scan Data Released from TenLinks
SAP Announces First Quarter 2009 Results from MCADCafe
SceneCaster, mental images Join to Offer Online 3D Content from TenLinks
SmartCAM v16.0 Released for ‘Field Test’ from TenLinks
Stratasys Reports First Quarter Financial Results from MCADCafe
T-FLEX CAD 11 Student Edition Available for Free from TenLinks
Teamcenter Supports DoD Architecture Framework from TenLinks
Teamcenter Supports S1000D Tech Pub Standard from TenLinks
Tekla Acquires UK’s 3-Design for Structural Engineering Apps from TenLinks
Texas Engineering Systems/TES, LLC Introduces 3S/3D Program offering FREE SolidWorks and training to Qualified Participants from MCADCafe
Wallingford Releases InfoWorks, FloodWorks, InfoNet v10.0 from TenLinks