4 May 2009
Chris Rand, Editor
TOP BLOG POSTS
From WorldCAD Access: Numbers War: SolidWorks Claims 1,000,000 Seats - “The number of seats sold by vendors is as contentious a debate as Mac vs PC. Problems with seat figures include: Licenses donated to educational institutes for free, and hence possibly unused…”
From WorldCAD Access: The Tired Tourist (Day Tripping in Oberhausen) - “My host, Dietmar Rudolph, noted it the irony of me staying three nights in his home town of Essen, yet I am seeing none of it, ‘cepting his quiet street…”
From the Pro/Engineer FAQ blog: Administrivia: a few updates - “You are probably aware of at least one obvious change here at the FAQ: a new (old) theme. The default WordPress theme is very legible (the usability bug got me again) and easy for me to customize…”
From the CAD Insider blog: Forget the Car - It’s the Building - “Most people in the US know that it’s environmentally unsound to drive an SUV. Even those who drive them. Drive a Hummer and you might as well be raping Mother Earth…”
From the CAD Insider blog: Green Theme at AIA - “SAN FRANCISCO, CA (AIA Convention) - I notice the vendors on the exhibit hall are falling over them selves with green products or initiatives…”
TOP NEWS STORIES
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Adept offers Maplesoft design tool and software - “Maplesoft’s recently released Maplesim multi-domain modelling and simulation tool and its Maple computing software for engineers, mathematicians and scientists are now available from Adept Scientific…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: LMS and Fraunhofer LBF to develop tyre simulation - “LMS and the Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability, Fraunhofer LBF, hope to accelerate the development of tyre-simulation solutions by collaborating with each other…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Latest Conceptdraw MINDMAP plans projects - “CS Odessa has introduced Conceptdraw MINDMAP for Projects, a specific mind-map tool for creative project management…”
MORE FROM THE BLOGGERS
Get Inventor for free from the 3D CAD blog
Pro/E tip (admin): Browser favorites file directory from the Pro/Engineer FAQ blog
Inventor Tooling…It’s Not Just for Mold Designers from The Gear Box blog at Autodesk
ALSO IN THE NEWS
ArchiCAD Improves IES Connection, Says Graphisoft from TenLinks
Autodesk Ships Ecotect Analysis 2010 for AEC from TenLinks
AutoDesSys Launches bonzai 3D Modeler at AIA Expo from TenLinks
CAD Manager Forum Added to Kansas MicroStation User Meeting from TenLinks
Canon imagePROGRAF Printers Target CAD from TenLinks
COADE Releases CADWorx Design Review 2009 from TenLinks
CST 2009 Innovations Global Workshop Series Announced from TenLinks
Dassault Q1 Flat at 310M Euros, Profit Drops to 29M pdf from TenLinks
Delcam to Preview PowerINSPECT at Control 2009 from TenLinks
Dr. Hossein Nivi to Keynote PLM Road Map 2009 from TenLinks
EskoArtwork Releases ArtiosCAD 7.4 for Packaging from TenLinks
FARO Files Financial Discussion for Quarter from TenLinks
GHOST 3D Releases 2010 Suite for 3ds max from TenLinks
HP Designjet Certification Program Printer Series Extended from TenLinks
i GET IT Supports Ford ‘Next Generation’ Engineering Tools from TenLinks
iZ3D Offers $50 Rebate on NVIDIA GeForce pdf from TenLinks
MagiCAD Includes Sprinkler Designer for AEC from TenLinks
MSC Forms University Advisory Board from TenLinks
NextComputing Adds Touchscreen to NextDimension Series from TenLinks
Reed Construction Data Launches SmartBIM Spaces from TenLinks
Reed Construction SmartBIM Objects Comply with e-SPECS from TenLinks
SolidWorks Passes One Million License Milestone from TenLinks
Taiwan’s CTCI Standardizes on Intergraph SmartPlant from TenLinks
VizUp 3.3.8 Released for Polygon Reduction from TenLinks