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…”

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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…”

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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

From the Solidworks Blog: Product Data
Management (PDM) Basics III - Versioning and Revisioning - Rich Allen - “Thanks for reading and commenting on this Blog. In this installment, we will explore the concepts of versioning and revisioning or the incredible PDM Time Machine…”
From WorldCAD Access: Not Dead: Constructware - “Building Design + Construction is reporting that Autodesk is shutting down further development of Constructware…”
From the CADDmanager blog: CAD Standard Concept - Creating Creativity - “The Standard should not handcuff creativity Many times I have heard people say that ‘a standard handcuffs creativity…”
From WorldCAD Access: By Accident. Or on Purpose - “I’m updating my Using AutoCAD book for Autodesk Press…”

From the Solidworks Legion blog: May 2009 SW Legion Contest: Find New Forums - “Announcing the May 2009 SolidWorks Legion Contest. This month’s contest is a scavenger hunt…”

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From Cadalyst AEC news: CAD Manager’s Journey into 3D, Part 4 - “Readers respond to the survey numbers with disbelief and share reasons for not making the transition…”
From Cadalyst AEC news: Low-Cost Training Resources (CAD Manager’s Toolbox) - “Job seekers can improve their skill sets, often at no charge…”
From Cadalyst Manufacturing news: Autodesk Inventor 2010 (First Look Review) - “New Shrinkwrap feature and improved plastics and sheet-metal design tools are tied up in a nice ribbon…”
From Engineeringtalk: ISO-Designer 3.0 allows IOP files to be imported - “Jetter AG has released version 3.0 of its ISO-Designer software, a design environment for creating masks that conform to the requirements of the ISO 11783 standard…”
From Engineeringtalk: Transmagic STL PRO converts 3D CAD into STL files - “Transmagic has brought out Transmagic STL PRO, a product for the rapid prototyping (RP) and direct manufacturing (DM) markets…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Datatrack manages plastic subcontractor’s admin - “PSL Datatrack’s business-management software has proven invaluable to Plastic Turned Parts (PTP) since day-one of operation…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Deacom ERP system receives upgrade - “Deacom has released the Deacom 10.4 Integrated Accounting and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software System for building-component and process manufacturers…”

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SpacePilot PRO (My experience so far) from the Solidworks Legion blog

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3D Systems Releases sPro 60 SLS Centers at RAPID 2009 from TenLinks
3D Systems, Scicon Forms MQast for Metal Parts from TenLinks
Algor Upgrades Simulation Tools from MCADCafe
ARC Ranks Intergraph #1 in 3D Plant Design/Process from TenLinks
AVEVA Diagrams, Instrumentation Unveiled at ACHEMA 2009 from TenLinks
AZFirst Receives Science Foundation Arizona and Stardust Foundation Grant to Support FIRST Robotics Competition from MCADCafe
CEA Systems Introduces Plant 4D Athena v3.0 from TenLinks
Concepts NREC Wins ASME, IGTI Best Technical Paper Award from TenLinks
ESI Ships Virtual Performance Solution 2009 for Vehicle Analysis from TenLinks
FKM Adds EOSINT P 800 High-Temperature System from TenLinks
Geometric Ships GeomCaliper v2.3 for CATIA V5R19, Pro/E from TenLinks
GibbsCAM Certified by Autodesk for Inventor 2010 from MCADCafe
Holistic City Releases CityCAD 1.6.5 Urban Design Tool from TenLinks
IMAGINiT Technologies Supports Autodesk Assistance Program for Displaced Workers from MCADCafe
Intergraph Releases SmartPlant 3D 2009 from TenLinks
LMS to Show Imagine.Lab Fuel Injection Simulation at IMECHE from TenLinks
Molanders Sign and Display to Sell EskoArtwork in Scandinavia from TenLinks
NextComputing Adds Nvidia Quadro FX 3800 Graphics Card from TenLinks
Oce ColorWave 600 Printer Receives Best ‘Emerging’ Technology Award from MCADCafe
Pointwise to Provide Overset Meshing for US Air Force CFD from TenLinks
Siemens PLM Promotes Steffen Buchwald to Head Russia Area from TenLinks
SME Honors RP Practitioners, Researchers at RAPID 2009 from TenLinks
Software delivers lightweight parts for race car designers from MCADCafe
STEFISKO.com Ships Mesh4CAD 2010 for AutoCAD from TenLinks
Tebis v3.4 R2 Available for CAD, CAM from TenLinks
Vectorworks 2009 (Macworld) from CADwire.net - All CAD industry reviews
Vectorworks Used in Natural ‘Home of the Decade’ from TenLinks

From the Eat Your CAD blog: Rendering Materials 101: material priorities - “WHAT ORDER DOES MICROSTATION PROCESS MATERIALS? A question that is raised again and again is which material setting has priority? You can apply materials to an element in many different ways (in order of priority): TriForm…”
From SolidSmack.com: Ask the Reader: eDrawings App for iPhone. Would You Use It? - “So, here we are. the iPhone market is growing like genetically modified corn and SolidWorks ships a million licenses. Seems something should be going on there…”
From the Solidworks Blog: The SolidWorks Engineering Stimulus Package: now available in Europe - “When we launched the Engineering Stimulus Package last month, we had a number of people ask when it would be available in Europe. So here’s the good news-it’s available now…”
From the Maxed Out blog at Autodesk: Announcement: FBX download and Biped enhancements - “On April 9th, we released new FBX plug-ins. I meant to get the word out sooner, but it got a little busy with our release of 3ds Max…”

From the CADDmanager blog: CAD Standard Concept - Not a ‘How To’ - “I have posted a lot of scattered concepts that may impact your CAD Standard. Here are some of them… and a new on…”

TOP NEWS STORIES

From Engineeringtalk: Autodesk 2010 supports 3D mice - “3Dconnexion’s line of 3D mice is now supported by AutoCAD 2010 and Autodesk Inventor 2010 software…”
From Engineeringtalk: Lattice publication helps build lean strategies - “Lattice Technology has released the first two chapters of the book ‘Improving Lean Manufacturing Through 3D Data’, by Dr Hiroshi Toriya…”
From Engineeringtalk: Logical Fish launches CMM software - “Logical Fish has introduced Effishon, its next-generation computerised maintenance management (CMM) software…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Adept offers AI-EXP32 data-acquisition device - “Adept Scientific has announced the addition of the AI-EXP32 to the USB-2416XX family of USB-based data-acquisition devices from Measurement Computing…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Ansys releases HPC-capable computing platform - “Ansys, a provider of simulation software and technologies designed to optimise product development processes, has released the Ansys 12.0 computing platform…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Gain4 Efficiency software tool available for hire - “Gemba Solutions has released Gain4 Efficiency, a software tool that provides real-time and historical data in a flexible format to help drive production efficiency…”

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I want to display my drawing the same way it is printed from CAD Forum Tips
Study Finds Software Piracy Statistics Growing from WorldCAD Access

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Aerospace Industry Selects SigmaQuest Solutions to Meet Quality and Compliance Needs from MCADCafe
Aftercad Announces Online Visual Workspace v2 from TenLinks
ASCENT Offers Inventor, Revit 2010 Training Guides from TenLinks
BWIR and think3 sign letter of understanding on Engineering Services from MCADCafe
BWIR to Acquire think3 Engineering Services Division in India from TenLinks
CimatronE and GibbsCAM Highlighted at Machine Tool Event in Italy from MCADCafe
COADE Ships CAESAR II v5.20 for Pipe Stress Analysis from TenLinks
DONYA Simplygon 2.5 Available for Mesh Optimization from TenLinks
EON Reality, KCTCS Offers 3D Application Development Book from TenLinks
EOS SELLS ITS FIRST EOSINT P 800 HIGH TEMPERATURE PEEK PROCESSING SYSTEM from MCADCafe
EOS Sells its First EO”SINT P 800 High Temperature Peek Processing System from MCADCafe
ESI Group Releases Virtual Performance Solution 2009 from MCADCafe
Geometric Releases GeomCaliper v2.3 from MCADCafe
INFOCAD to Sell Stratasys uPrint in Middle East from TenLinks
Intergraph Ranked No. 1 Worldwide and Chemical Industry 3D Design and Process Engineering Tools Provider from MCADCafe
Lattice Lean Manufacturing Book Available for Free from TenLinks
LMS to showcase its unique fuel injection simulation solution at the 2009 IMECHE Injection Systems for IC Engines Conference from MCADCafe
Nemetschek Scia Unveils Scia Steel 2009 With 3D+ from TenLinks
NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit 2.2 Released from TenLinks
PTC to Present at JP Morgan Conference from TenLinks
Spatial Releases Rapid Application Development Framework from TenLinks
think3 Redesigns Website from TenLinks
TransMagic STL PRO Creates, Edits STL Files from TenLinks
Trubiquity to Unveil Trufusion Enterprise v7.0 from TenLinks
Verisurf Announces 50% Off With Trade In, Financing from TenLinks

From WorldCAD Access: DS SolidWorks Extends Subs - “Large CAD vendors are experiencing declining revenues during this economic lull; for some of them, the bulk of revenues comes from annual subscription payments - and so the software vendors are touchy about losing subs…”
From WorldCAD Access: New Oce Monochrome Printer Does Not Print in Green - “Headline of press release received last week: New Simple, Green, Durable Oce PlotWave 300 All-In-One System Saves Money and Space It’s a monochrome printer that does not print with the green color…”
From SolidSmack.com: The Future of Design. Hunchbacks and Kneepads - “There’s hope for your carpal tunnel syndrome, worn out wrist supports and squeaky chair. In the future, they may be replaced by the joy of getting into your work… literally…”
From the BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International: Submit your nominations to join the AUGI Board of Directors - “Now accepting nominations for the 2009/2010 AUGI Board of Directors! Do you want to make a difference in the future of AUGI? Click here to learn more about the nominations process and how to submit your nomination…”

From SolidSmack.com: What the HEE..eeck is Twitter Good For? Find SolidWorks Jobs: and more - “Are you tired of people going on about Twitter? Well, it’s not going to ends anytime soon with talk about them being bought out and the value their search provides…”
From the CADDmanager blog: Talking about CAD Standards Processes - “You need to be talking about the process you are using for defining or refining the CAD Standards to as many people as you can. This allows them to be informed and to offer input…”
From the Eat Your CAD blog: AEC (UK) CAD Standards: BIM standards in discussion - “From the AEC (UK) CAD Standards Committee: You’ll be pleased to hear that the AEC (UK) committee is getting back together on the 18th May…”
From the Eat Your CAD blog: CAD Managers Forum: 18 May 2009 - “Monday 18th Ma…”

TOP NEWS STORIES

From Engineeringtalk: Adept adds expansion module to USB DAQ range - “Adept Scientific has added the AI-Exp32 to the USB-2416XX family of USB-based data acquisition devices from Measurement Computing…”
From Engineeringtalk: Field Precision unveils 3D magnet simulator - “Field Precision has released Magnum, for 3D simulations of electromagnets and permanent magnet assemblies…”
From Engineeringtalk: Logical Fish offers visual management tool - “Logical Fish has released Effishon, for visible control of manufacturing, maintenance and service processes…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Dataswitch 5 integrates Dudson sites - “Dudson is using K3’s Dataswitch 5 for SYSPRO, to transfer data between its sites…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Gemba hosts efficiency software online - “Gemba Solutions has developed an online, hosted version of its Gain4 Efficiency software…”

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AUGI BOD Nominations Submittal from the CAD-a-Blog
New Sheet Metal Tools from The Gear Box blog at Autodesk

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ANSYS Claims High Performance Computing Milestone from TenLinks
Autodesk Imagine Tour Visits Anaheim from MCADCafe
Autodesk Lobbies in Washington for Infrastructure 3D from TenLinks
AVEVA NET Combines Plant, Marine Brands from TenLinks
CADSoftTools CAD Image DLL 7 Supports DWG, DXF Formats from TenLinks
COADE CADWorx 2009 Adds Support for AutoCAD 2010 from TenLinks
COADE Releases CADWorx Plant Design Suite 2009 from TenLinks
Contex Launches Reseller Program from TenLinks
Dassault Declares Outstanding Shares, Voting Rights from TenLinks
Dassault Wins PACE Award for DELMIA from TenLinks
Delcam Adds David Gray to Sales, Chris Cole as AE from TenLinks
Delcam CRISPIN to show latest footwear CADCAM at Shoe and Leather from MCADCafe
Excitech Launches Autodesk 2010 Videos on Demand from TenLinks
Field Precision Ships Magnum for Electromagnetic Simulation from TenLinks
Human Solutions Unveils ‘iSize’ Body Dimension Portal from TenLinks
India’s Intech Designs Buys GRAITEC Advance Steel from TenLinks
Kelar Pacific to Sell Autodesk Ecotect Analysis 2010 from TenLinks
Lattice Technology Releases New Lean Manufacturing Book, Available Free of Charge from MCADCafe
MSC Q1 Revenue Down 12% to $53.6M, Loses $2.2M from TenLinks
OPTIS Integrates SPEOS into Pro/E from TenLinks
Packnet Dvision NUESKU Offers Prototyping Service from TenLinks
Siemens PLM Offers Online Resources for China Firms from TenLinks
Siemens Ships D-Cubed 2D DCM, PGM v55 from TenLinks
SolidWorks Adds Year to Solve Subscriber ‘Critical’ Issues from TenLinks
Suntech to Manufacture Solar Products in the U.S from MCADCafe
TransMagic Introduces STL PRO for RAPID Manufacturing from MCADCafe
Transoft, InfraCAD to Show AeroTURN Pro 2.0 at Airport Show from TenLinks
Trubiquity To Launch Trufusion Enterprise V 7.0 At Siemens PLM Connections Germany from MCADCafe
Two Ball Aerospace Instruments Launch Aboard Shuttle Atlantis for Historic Hubble Mission from MCADCafe
UK’s 3D Creation Lab Offers Prototype Services from TenLinks
VERISURF Software Offers Industry Appreciation from MCADCafe

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…”

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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

ANSYS 12.0 High-Performance Computing Capabilities Mean More Productive Use of Engineering Simulation from MCADCafe
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

From SolidSmack.com: Friday Smackdown: Squirrel Disco Batter - “They’re about as tall as muffin tin and sound like eight monkeys drinking whiskey in a hailstorm. But ya know waht, they gave me these links and everything was just fine…”
From WorldCAD Access: Parasailing Off a Cliff: nVidia Revenues Down 42% - “nVidia yesterday reported Q1 revenues of $664.2 million - down 42% from a year ago. The good news: Q1 revenues were up 38% from the preceding Q4. Source…”
From the Beside The Cursor blog: Get the AU Online Code! - “Many of you have attended Autodesk University and know the value of this fantastic training and networking event. But I know that many of you don’t get an opportunity to attend for many reasons….”
From the BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International: Have you Voted for AU Classes yet? Today is the deadline - “Make sure you login and vote at auonline to ensure that the classes you want to attend are the ones with the highest number of votes. Today is the deadline. Get your vote in now…”

From the Maxed Out blog at Autodesk: Research: GPU-based lighting effects - “Here is a short video of some research that explores how to get better lighting effects out of GPUs. In this research project, we tackle indirect lighting effects…”

ALSO IN THE NEWS

Cimatron to Demonstrate New Version at EASTEC 2009 from MCADCafe
COADE Releases CADWorx 2009 for 64-bit Systems, Offering Enhanced Performance from MCADCafe
Insitu Accelerates CMMI Maturity for Software Engineering With MKS Integrity from MCADCafe
New Delcam faces at EASTEC from MCADCafe

From WorldCAD Access: TIP: Acad 2010 Alt-Shortcuts - “A lot of Windows software has Alt-key shortcuts to access items on dropdown menus. For example, you can hold down the Alt key, and then press F and S to save a document (File menu, Save item)…”
From the CADDmanager blog: CAD Standards - Start with a Target - “Have you ever seen another firm’s standard? Have you worked for others and used their standards? You have a great starting place since you have seen and used others. You know what you liked about them and what you did not like…”
From WorldCAD Access: Yawn: Yet Another Autodesk Lawsuit - “This time its Autodesk Canada doing the suing, claiming that the user interface of Assimilate’s Scratch post-production film editing software is too similar to that of Cyborg…”
From SolidSmack.com: How to Crank Your Visibility on LinkedIn with a Little Dab o’ SEO - “Nice. Just look at that. Your LinkedIn profile looks sizzlin’ with all that professional info, a nice smiling photo of your mug and a catchy headline…”

TOP NEWS STORIES

From Cadopolis: EZ-Plant Landscaping Software Release - “EZ-Plant Software announce that EZ-Plant Software, now in their 11th year of operation, is ready to release the new Version 7.0. Here is what the…”
From Engineeringtalk: Calibration Toolbox ADO offers 2 database options - “Calibration Toolbox ADO is user-friendly and configurable calibration management software that is designed to run on Windows XP, Vista and above…”

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AutoCAD 2010 - 3D Free Form Modeling Resource from the CAD-a-Blog
Autodesk Wants to Know if You Want Transparent Objects in AutoCAD from the CAD-a-Blog
SpacePilot PRO (Smudge Factor 10) from the Solidworks Legion blog
Interview with Inventor product manager Pete Lord on the 2010 launch from The Gear Box blog at Autodesk

ALSO IN THE NEWS

3D Systems Lowers Losses Charlotte Business Journal from TenLinks
3D Systems Q1 Revenue Down 24% to $24M with $2.1M Loss from TenLinks
ANSYS Drops 2009 Revenue Estimate to $510M-560M Reuters from TenLinks
ANSYS Plans 6% Reduction in Workforce from TenLinks
ANSYS Q1 Revenue Up 6% to $116M, Profit Drops to $21M from TenLinks
ANSYS, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2009 Results and Updates Outlook from MCADCafe
Autodsys Releases AcceliCAD 2010 from TenLinks
C A Design StoreSpace Planogram Adds DWF Export from TenLinks
COADE Announces CADWorx 2009 with Full Compatibility with AutoCAD 2010 from MCADCafe
Craft, RTT Partners to Port Director Tools to DeltaGen from TenLinks
drcauto Releases !SlingShot Max 2010 for AutoCAD 2010 from TenLinks
drcauto Releases SuperTools 2010 for AutoCAD 2010 from TenLinks
EnvisionTEC Unveil ULTRA 3D Printer at RAPID 2009 from TenLinks
EPLAN Electric P8 v1.9 Released for Electrical CAD/CAE from TenLinks
First CAMWorks European VAR Conference in Poland from TenLinks
Geometric to host its first Reseller Meet in Europe from MCADCafe
India’s Neilsoft, Barton Willmore Join for Urban Design from TenLinks
KUKA Robotics Canada, Ltd. Demonstrates Small Footprint Palletizing Solution from MCADCafe
LMS Test.Xpress Released for ISO Certification from TenLinks
LMS Test.Xpress significantly simplifies and shortens ISO
certification; Complete solution makes ISO certification testing fast, accurate
and user-friendly from MCADCafe
London Infotech Revit Modeling Passes 30 Million Square Feet from TenLinks
New and Improved (ARCHITECT Magazine) from CADwire.net - All CAD industry articles
NVIDIA Tesla GPUs Available in Dell Workstations from TenLinks
Punch Ships 3 Million Copies from TenLinks
RTT to Unveil PowerHouse with Microsoft Surface pdf from TenLinks
Siemens PLM Offers Online PLM Resources for Korea from TenLinks
TGTC Buys 2nd NVision MAXOS Measurement System from TenLinks
Tormach Joins Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner Program from TenLinks
Trelligence Affinity Supports Revit Architecture 2010 pdf from TenLinks
Vico Office Available for AEC from TenLinks
Wabe 2.0 Creates Paper Models from SketchUp from TenLinks

From SolidSmack.com: The MDS Robot: It’s So Dang Cute, But it Could Probably Tear Your Face Off - “This is how it all ends, my friends. They pull us in with their human-like emotions and then crush our wills to live… and also maybe our faces…”
From WorldCAD Access: No Slowdown for ANSYS: Q1 Up 11% - “Ansys is reporting today that its Q1 revenues were $121.4 million - up 10.8% from a year ago. Net income was $34.5 million, up 6%…”
From WorldCAD Access: Obama to USA (CAD) Multinationals: Make Less Profit - “American CAD software companies will be at a disadvantage if current US president Obama gets his wish…”
From the Eat Your CAD blog: Rendering Materials 101: What’s new in V8i - “LOCAL MATERIALS By default, all palettes and their materials are stored locally in the DGN. Materials can also be stored in dgnlib…”

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From Cadalyst CAD Management news: The Tao of CAD and GIS - “Now in beta testing, a new on-demand viewing and markup tool lets users collaborate on a file simultaneously…”
From Cadalyst Mapping GIS news: GIS Tech News (#81) - “The Tao of CAD and GIS: Now in beta testing, a new on-demand viewing and markup tool lets users collaborate on a file simultaneously…”
From Engineeringtalk: Controlair selects CDS Catalog and Modelserver - “Catalog Data Solutions (CDS) has announced that Controlair has selected its CDS Catalog product for parametric product search, and its CDS Modelserver product for CAD downloads…”

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Big Number: Punch Software at 3 Million from WorldCAD Access

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ANSYS and Autodesk Deliver Interoperable Solutions from MCADCafe
Autodesk Imagine Tour Visits Dallas from MCADCafe
Delcam software helps Northbend Pattern to speed mould manufacture from MCADCafe
Delcam to appoint Clive Martell as Managing Director from MCADCafe
Ford Invests $550 Million to Build New Global Small Cars, Electric Vehicle at Michigan Plant from MCADCafe
Integration Between Process Simulator and Multi Objective Optimizer. (Esteco) from CADwire.net - All CAD industry articles
Technical Systems Integrators, Inc. Becomes an Autodesk VAR from MCADCafe

From SolidSmack.com: Vuuch Product Review: Slapping Discussion Across the Face of Design - “If you had one thing to change about how you discussed design iterations, what would it be? I can imagine a few ways, starting with destroying useless email conversations and firing that one guy who can’t seem to do anything on his own…”
From the Solidworks Legion blog: SolidWorks Spelling Check (who’s using it?) - “I recently conducted a small poll on SolidWorks Yahoo! Group asking who was using SolidWorks Spelling Check. To my surprize, almost half (so far) have never even hear of Spelling Check. Only 21% of respondents use Spelling Check regularly…”
From the CADDmanager blog: Evaluate Existing CAD Standards - “Most firms have some form of standard. Some may not have one, but I would think that there must be some shred of a standard at your office, even if it is old, outdated, and never used…”
From the Eat Your CAD blog: How to I match my text sizes in mm and points? - “QUESTION We do a lot of work with our CAD files in Adobe InDesign and PhotoShop. We can never match the text sizes exactly as our CAD system works in mm but our DTP products use point…”

From the Solidworks Blog: Giving the customers what they don’t know they want - “There are days when I pinch myself for the fun I get to have. That happened again last Friday, when I got to spend the day at SolidWorks’ millionth-seat customer OGIO International…”
From WorldCAD Access: Free Medusa Downloads Incr. by 100%; Linux Popular - “CAD Schroer says its free MEDUSA4 Personal 2D/3D CAD software was downloaded 2x as often in Q1 as a year ago…”
From the Maxed Out blog at Autodesk: Mystery video: can you name it? - “Here is a truly ground-breaking video that wow’d just about anyone who saw it. Can you name what made it and when?…”

TOP NEWS STORIES

From Engineeringtalk: Cobham enhances Vector Fields Software tool - “Cobham has released a new version of its Vector Fields Software tool for designing rotating electrical machinery at CWIEME…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Cognex launches Dataman 200 - “Cognex has announced an addition to its Dataman family of ID readers…”

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ANSYS and Autodesk get closer: from the COFES.com blog
Latest Versions of MicroStation from the Eat Your CAD blog
Ouch! PTC Trash-talks Dassault Systemes from WorldCAD Access

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Anark Becomes Adobe Partner from TenLinks
ANSYS CEO to Present at JP Morgan Conference from TenLinks
ANSYS Workbench Coupled with Ansoft HFSS from TenLinks
Autodesk Offers Industry Design Suites v2010 for Students from TenLinks
Autodesk Q1 Conference Call on May 21, 5PM ET from TenLinks
Chaos Releases Topocad Plan Module from TenLinks
ControlAir Selects CDS Catalog, ModelServer from TenLinks
CST Releases Antenna Magus Design Tool from TenLinks
Doug Woods to Lead Association for Manufacturing Technology from TenLinks
Engineered Software CEO Recognized for Pump Guidebook from TenLinks
ESPRIT 2009 at the Machinery and Electronics Exhibition Kanazawa, Japan, May 21-23, 2009 from MCADCafe
Fishbowl Offers CollabPoint Oracle UCM for Collaboration from TenLinks
GibbsCAM to Show 2009 v9.3 at EASTEC from TenLinks
GIE Media and MFG.com Survey Canvasses Manufacturing Industry from MCADCafe
GRAPHICS SYSTEMS ANNOUCES DESIGN ANALYSIS and CONSULTING DIVISION from MCADCafe
HarnessExpert GbR Accelerates 3D Display With HOOPS From Tech Soft 3D from MCADCafe
HarnessExpert GbR Using Tech Soft 3D HOOPS from TenLinks
Intergraph Ships SmartMarine 3D 2009 for Shipbuilding from TenLinks
IronCAD Donates $4.3M in Software to Brazil Schools from TenLinks
MAXON Releases CINEMA 4D R11 Service Update from TenLinks

Mechanical Solutions, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Energy Reduction and
Recovery Turbonetics and Foil Bearing Technologies from Foster-Miller
from MCADCafe
Nehalem Workstation Undercuts Dell, HP, Says BOXX pdf from TenLinks
Sage Timberline Supports Autodesk Quantity Takeoff 2010 from TenLinks
Solidtec to Sell SolidWorks in Australia from TenLinks
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From the CADDmanager blog: CAD Standards - Defining Scope - “How much will you cover? Defining how in depth your standard will be will assist you in knowing when you have enough to publish. You want enough to make it effective, but not so much that people don’t read it or know what is in it…”
From SolidSmack.com: The 3D Alphabet? Yep, and Why 3D Might Be More Confusing Than 2D - “How many times do you look at somethign and say, ‘yeah, that would be MUCH COOLER in 3D.’ Ya know, stuff like a book, a movie, or set of schematics for a miniature fusion reactor…”
From the 3DMojo blog: 3DVIA your iPod #83 - “In this episode, Tod shows us the flexibility of the 3DVIA Composer user interface and how to customize it to maximize productivity to the way you like to work. Like toolbars? Watch and learn how to create custom toolbar…”

From the Solidworks Legion blog: Using Empty Views (Part 2: Creation) - “Awhile back, I promised to cover several how-to points regarding Empty Views in Part 2 (this article). However, I’m going to spread this out into three articles…”

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From Cadopolis: MechQ for AutoCAD 2010 Released! - “ASVIC, the makers of Mech-Q are happy to announce the release of: Mech-Q v3.25.001 which is now fully compatible with the new release of AutoCAD…”

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