15 May 2009
Chris Rand, Editor
TOP BLOG POSTS
From WorldCAD Access: Blogger Conduct - “Many bloggers are new to the whole realm of public publishing, and sometimes don’t know the rules. For instance, a CAD dealer who is also a blogger, was on the phone with me for another matter…”
From SolidSmack.com: Friday Smackdown: Appendage Jitterer..er..er - “The excessive amount of arm motion and flared eyelids was just too much to bear. So, Iwhat do you do? Detached some of the arms and installed these links instead. That’s what ya do…”
From WorldCAD Access: Vancouver Wants to Close Door on Closed Source Software - “The city of Vancouver wants to change to an Open City, declares the mayor. Vancouver, BC is Canada’s third-largest city and next February’s host of the 2010 Winter Olympics…”
From the CADDmanager blog: CAD Standard Concept - Don’t Major on the Minors - “The Standard should not get overly focused, nor spend too much time documenting things that people are not having problems with. Don’t spend too much time majoring in the minors…”
From the Solidworks Blog: Extended support for SolidWorks CAD software - “Earlier this week, we announced an exciting update to our subscription support program. If you haven’t already read the press release, here’s the basic gist of it…”
TOP NEWS STORIES
From Engineeringtalk: Red Cedar updates Heeds Professional software - “Red Cedar Technology has announced the release of Heeds Professional 5.3…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: DClink achieves certified SAP integration - “Data Systems International (DSI) has announced that its DClink 4.2 data collection software has achieved certified integration with SAP solutions…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Geometric updates Geomcaliper - “Geometric has released version 2.3 of Geomcaliper, which supports and integrates with Catia V5R19…”
ALSO IN THE NEWS
ALGOR v23.1 Released for FEA from TenLinks
AutoCAD, LT, Revit 2009 Update 3 Released from TenLinks
Centric, E-Spec Connects Enterprise PLM to Gerber WebPDM from TenLinks
CMiC Offers Software as a Service for AEC from TenLinks
Delcam launches Professional Services Group with Singapore seminar from MCADCafe
Delcam overtakes PTC in CAM sales from MCADCafe
drcauto Toolkit Max 2010 Supports AutoCAD, LT 2010 from TenLinks
General CADD Pro Extension Surveyor 3D v7.1 Released from TenLinks
Germany’s University of Paderborn Begins DMRC Operations from TenLinks
Green Building XML Advisory Board Convenes 1st Meeting from TenLinks
Holistic City Offers CityCAD Premium Support from TenLinks
India’s Softcell to Offer PTC Products from TenLinks
Laser Design Offers SLP-500 Laser Probe from TenLinks
METRIS CAMIO 6.1 Speeds up Measurment Preparation for Ready-to-Run Inspection on any CMM from MCADCafe
Metris Ships Camio 6.1 Multi-Sensor CMM for Inspection from TenLinks
MWH Soft Water Modeling Adds Open MP Support from TenLinks
Nemetschek Vectorworks 2009 (DigitalArts) from CADwire.net - All CAD industry reviews
T-Splines 2.0 Released for Rhino from TenLinks
TransMagic R8 Available with Auto Repair Wizard from TenLinks
WorkNC V20 user seminars popular across France from MCADCafe