6 August 2010
Chris Rand, Editor
TOP BLOG POSTS
From WorldCAD Access: Experiencing CAD on the Mac - “Several CAD vendors are on the verge of releasing the OS X version of their software for the Macintosh line of personal computers, and I’ve been able to try out some of them on a new acquired MacBook…”
From the CADDmanager blog: The CAD Manager at Work -
Decisional Roles - “In ‘the Nature of Managerial Work’ (1980), Henry Mintzberg outline the Ten Roles of a manager. He continues to write and released ‘Managing’ in 2009. I attempt here to apply these roles to the CAD Manager…”
TOP NEWS STORIES
From Engineeringtalk: Design Data Manager streamlines plant processes - “Bioquell, a provider of bio-decontamination technologies, has invested in Concurrent’s Design Data Manager (DDM), in order to further streamline its processes and manage complex data structures…”
From Engineeringtalk: Simulation software helps improve vehicle quality - “Icona Solutions has announced that automobile company Fiat is to implement its Aesthetica simulation and visualisation software as part of its plans to improve the perceived quality of its vehicles…”
From Engineeringtalk: Wilde Analysis - latest company news - “5 August 2010 - Wilde FEA has been renamed Wilde Analysis and combines FEA, CFD and reliability-engineering activities to provide an integrated analysis solution…”
From Engineeringtalk: Wilde attends M3-2S project review in China - “Dr Simon Leefe from Wilde attended the mid-term review of the M3-2S project - funded under the European Commission’s Framework Programme 7 - in June at the Harbin Institute of Technology…”
From Engineeringtalk: Wilde to offer software for injection moulding - “Autodesk has appointed Wilde as the exclusive reseller of Insight software in the UK and Ireland, enabling it to offer tailored analysis solutions to the plastic injection-moulding sector…”
MORE FROM THE BLOGGERS
KeyShot 2.0. All the
Raw, Realtime Render Speed You Can Squeeze [Review] from
SolidSmack.com
Autodesk Alias Design - From the Beginning Lesson1 - Part 6 from The Gear Box blog at Autodesk
Autodesk Assistance Program from The Gear Box blog at Autodesk
Get Your Sketch On from The Gear Box blog at Autodesk
Last Week’s TOD from The Gear Box blog at Autodesk
Perceptions from The Gear Box blog at Autodesk
Plastic Part Design Basics - Nominal Wall Thickness from The Gear Box blog at Autodesk
Road Trip Anyone? from The Gear Box blog at Autodesk
Tip of the Day Weekly Rollup from The Gear Box blog at Autodesk
Tip of the Day Weekly Rollup from The Gear Box blog at Autodesk
We Talkin’ About Practice…? from The Gear Box blog at Autodesk
Autodesk Vault Update 1 is LIVE from the Under the Hood blog at Autodesk
File Purge Control with Vault Workgroup from the Under the Hood blog at Autodesk
New utility: Effective Folder Permissions from the Under the Hood blog at Autodesk
Primary and Secondary link management on Items from the Under the Hood blog at Autodesk
Secrets of the Quick Change Lifecycle State from the Under the Hood blog at Autodesk
Standardizing Vault Comments on Files from the Under the Hood blog at Autodesk
Tip from Imaginit - Multi Bodies and Vault from the Under the Hood blog at Autodesk
Using Vault to push Custom Inventor iProperties from the Under the Hood blog at Autodesk
Vault Explorer best practice - Automatic Column Sizing from the Under the Hood blog at Autodesk
Vault User Interface Tips from the Under the Hood blog at Autodesk
ALSO IN THE NEWS
ANSYS, Inc. Reports Continued Growth Momentum in Second Quarter 2010 from MCADCafe
Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011 (Architecture Week) from CADwire.net - All CAD industry reviews
CollabNet Supports Agile Software Community With Platinum Sponsorship of Agile 2010 Conference from MCADCafe
FIAT Group Automobiles to implement Icona Solutions’ perceived quality simulation and visualization software, aesthetica from MCADCafe
MSC.Software Releases SimXpert 2010 from MCADCafe
New Releases of InspectionXpert First-Article and InspectionXpert for SolidWorks from MCADCafe
PARTsolutions Becomes Sole Thinking Parts Management System with New Feature from MCADCafe
Siemens PLM Software’s, Eric Sterling to Round Out Keynote Speaker Line-up at CPDA’s PLM Road Map 2010 from MCADCafe