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CAD News Daily - 7 August 2010 edition

7 August 2010

Chris Rand, Editor

TOP BLOG POSTS

From SolidSmack.com: Model Your Wicked Cool Organic Design in
T-Splines, Win an iPad
- “BEEEEHOLD!!! Oh, ouch! Ok, muscles have tensed cracking most of the bones in my upper torso, but… (deep breath) No worries, because the endorphins are kicking in and some good ol’ modeling fun approacheth. T-Splines is holding a contest…”
From WorldCAD Access: The Apple hardware
and OS X software: How dreadful they are (part i)
- “I recall being surprised when I “upgraded” from a 1996 Chrysler mini-van to a 2002 Honda mini-van. The Chrysler was just about bottom of the line; I had to pay extra for the cassette player and cruise control…”
From SolidSmack.com: You Will Be a Product Development DJ with
This Table
- “Actually, who cares about product development at this point. You’ll be the DJ, up in the front of your office as people tear off their blazers and patent leather loafers…”
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…”

From SolidSmack.com: Friday Smackdown: Curb Slurper - “Tumbled! I don’t like it! It reeks of peach juice and looks like a muffled badger strung out on battery acid…”

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Forecasting Ansys’ growth from the COFES.com blog

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