11 May 2009

Chris Rand, Editor

TOP BLOG POSTS

From WorldCAD Access: Animator to be Opensourced? - “Breton Slivka of Busting at the Seams blog says he has obtained the source code of the software that eventually became Autodesk Animator Pro - a 256-color pixel animation program that was very popular in the early 1990s…”
From the Solidworks Legion blog: Create the Future Design Contest - “Create the Future Design Contest is an annual contest from NASA Tech Briefs and Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corp. Sigh. Why is SolidWorks Corp still saddled with that crazy name that in no way represents it…”

TOP NEWS STORIES

From Engineeringtalk: Ansys and Ansoft perform multiphysics simulations - “Ansys has announced a milestone in coupling Ansys and Ansoft products, successfully performing multiphysics simulations that involve electromagnetic applications…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Adept offers UEI’s Gigabit Ethernet I/O Cube - “Adept Scientific has announced the release of the PowerDNA PPCx-1G Gigabit Ethernet I/O Cube from United Electronic Industries (UEI)…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: CSE-Semaphore selects Isagraf for Kingfisher RTUs - “Isagraf has announced that product, Isagraf, is the software of choice for CSE-Semaphore’s Kingfisher advanced RTUs, which are now available with secure DNP3 authentication…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: HBM simplifies data acquisition, analysis - “HBM has released CatmanAP 3.0, featuring a user interface and additional functions to simplify data acquisition and analysis…”

MORE FROM THE BLOGGERS

3DVIA your iPod #84: STC Technical Communication Summit from the 3DMojo blog
How to optimize complex 3D models? from CAD Forum Tips
Electronics IP Providers (an Update): from the COFES.com blog

ALSO IN THE NEWS

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CPDA Releases Report on Requirements-Driven Product Development from MCADCafe
DS SolidWorks Extends Support for SolidWorks 3D CAD Software from MCADCafe
How Sun and Oracle are Using Open Source from MCADCafe