28 July 2010
Chris Rand, Editor
TOP BLOG POSTS
From the CADDmanager blog: When do CAD Habits become Bad Habits? -”New Users learn the best and worst from others. What are you passing on? People seem to pick up the bad habits and not the good habits. Some get the good habits and define the bad ones that they do not want to mimic…”
From SolidSmack.com: Butterflies are Scary, and So Is This 3DTV
Mapping - “We’ve seen cool 3D projection on objects before, but this is frighteningly cool. It’s another 3DTV installation from Samsung…”
From the CADDmanager blog: Talk is Cheap - but so valuable - “Communication is one area that can always be improved. Getting the message across to others is what every manager has to do. Communicating well and consistently is not easy…”
From the CADDmanager blog: The Power of the Written Word - “Communication is so valuable and written communication is the artifact and record of a good process. Writing is becoming a lost art for the common person…”
TOP NEWS STORIES
From Engineeringtalk: Ansys software used to design ‘flying car’ - “Terrafugia has used Ansys engineering simulation software to design and verify its commercial ‘flying car’, which will be used on highways and runways when it is rolled out next year…”
From Engineeringtalk: CADfix aids Bloodhound Supersonic Car development - “ITI Transcendata will soon demonstrate the key role that its CADfix computer-aided-design (CAD) translation and repair software played in the development of the Bloodhound Supersonic Car (SSC)…”
From Engineeringtalk: CCE releases updated Ensuite engineering software - “CCE has announced an update to its Ensuite engineering software, which allows users to view Catia V5 R20 and Solid Edge files without requiring a licence of the respective CAD systems…”
From Engineeringtalk: Concerto software speeds coaxial connector design - “The Concerto high-frequency electromagnetic design software from Cobham Technical Services is enabling San-tron to design a coaxial radio-frequency (RF) connector within three working days…”
From Engineeringtalk: F1 subcontractor invests in Hypermill CAM package - “Formula 1 (F1) subcontractor JK Engineering has invested in Open Mind’s Hypermill computer-aided-manufacturing (CAM) package…”
MORE FROM THE BLOGGERS
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ALSO IN THE NEWS
BOXX Debuts World’s Fastest Intel(R) Xeon(R) Dual Processor Workstation at SIGGRAPH from MCADCafe
CCE’s EnSuite Updated to Support CATIA V5 R20, Solid Edge and 3D PDF from MCADCafe
Luxion demonstrates
breakthrough in ray traced subsurface scattering at SIGGRAPH 2010
from MCADCafe
NIBCO Stays Ahead of the Flow(R) With 3D CAD Catalog From PARTsolutions from MCADCafe
SIMPOE increases support to its customers and resellers with new local presence in the US from MCADCafe
SolidXperts is First Reseller in Canada for InspectionXpert and Office2PDM from MCADCafe
Terrafugia’s “Roadable Aircraft” Engineered with Virtual Prototyping from ANSYS from MCADCafe
Terrafugia’s ‘Roadable Aircraft’ Engineered with Virtual Prototyping from ANSYS from MCADCafe