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Dassault spins out SmarTeam development and support

Al Dean — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:31:32 GMT

Dassault issued one of its classic press releases* this morning, relating to the continuation of Enovia SmarTeam's development. Entitled "Dassault Systemes Strengthens Commitment to ENOVIA SmarTeam V5", the release details how the a new Israel based company, artizone, [more...]

WorldCAD Access on Twitter

Ralph Grabowski — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:58:00 GMT

I still don't see the point to Twitter, other than twittering away valuable time reading things I really don't care about to know, like "three words after sex," apparently the most popular item among the bored twits of today.But people have been asking for [more...]

Asite Autumn 09 release

Paul Wilkinson — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:52:32 GMT

UK construction collaboration vendor Asite has issued its Autumn 09 Release, says a website notice dated 6 November 2009. Three hightlights I picked out: New maps "mash-ups" - using either a Google Maps portlet or a Microsoft Virtual Earth / [more...]

Session 11: Doors and Windows

Robert Bell — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:29:31 GMT

Vectorworks has what are termed Hybrid Objects. These objects can look different in 2D and 3D, making them perfect for both architectural plans as well as visualisations. Vectorworks doors and windows are Hybrid objects, for example in plan view a door will show an [more...]

Rhino and Orca3D at METS Amsterdam

Carlos Pérez — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:20:31 GMT

Nov 17-19 - METS - Amsterdam (Holland)METS is the biggest and best attended meeting place for leisure marine trade professionals in the world.Come visit Design Systems & Technologies - NDAR Stand (04.408 French Pavillion) to learn more about Rhino, Orca3D, Hydrocomp [more...]

CAD Standards Revision Tracking

Mark W. Kiker — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:09:31 GMT

Revisions are what CAD is all about. Back in the day of hand drafting, people had to use erasers and redraw everything even if it move an eighth of an inch. There were fancy erasing machines and erasing shields. Now that CAD allows you to change your mind and adjust [more...]

Chicago West SolidWorks User Group Meeting

Fisher/Unitech — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:51:00 GMT

Everyone is getting their final user group meetings scheduled before the end of the year, as the notifications are pouring in. The next Chicago West SolidWorks User Group Meeting will be... Do you want to know how to create sections in 3D? How about forgotten [more...]

Waterman Caréne (s)

Kevin Lee Allen — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:31:35 GMT

That nib! So cool. So gold. So elegant. So beautiful. So destroying everything a fountain pen should be. No wonder Rubbermaid bought the company. The finishes. Don’t get me wrong, these pens write and draw beautifully and I still use them, but the nib of a fountain [more...]

SolidWorks World - Is it Your First Time?

Richard Doyle — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:06:37 GMT

Every year when the SolidWorks World buzz really gets going, a lot of conversation focuses on "how many have you attended"? Plenty of SolidWorks users can say they've attended multiple events, far fewer can lay claim to every single one [more...]

SolidWorks SustainabilityXpress Donation Program

Fisher/Unitech — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:58:00 GMT

SolidWorks has announced that they will donate $1 (up to $10,000) to Formula Hybrid for every download of Solidworks SustainabilityXpress. Formula Hybrid is an international competition of university... Do you want to know how to create sections in 3D? How about forgotten [more...]

2D to 3D Tool and Feature Recognition on Autodesk Labs Compatible with Autodesk Inventor LT 2010

Scott Sheppard — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:58:00 GMT

Please pardon my omission Thanks to Autodesk Inventor Product Manager, Sam Antos, who did the research to let me know that 2D to 3D Tool for Inventor and Feature Recognition Tool for Inventor are compatible with Autodesk Inventor LT 2010. [more...]

Delcam to launch integrated CAM at SolidWorks World

Delcam — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:58:00 GMT

Delcam, the world?s leading specialist supplier of machining software, will launch its integrated CAM system for SolidWorks at the SolidWorks World 2010 exhibition to be held in Anaheim, California, from 31^st January to 3rd February.

Why didn't it work (the ESRI geodatabase connection)?

Earl Kubaskie — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:51:45 GMT

I know, the suspense has been killing you. Our hero is hanging from a cliff! How will he survive? Tune in next week! Here we are next week: he fell & died. I don't have a magic fix. What I DO have is a whole lot of playing with the issue, and experiments that failed, [more...]

Albire: Force Us to Be 10x Cheaper

Ralph Grabowski — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 -1:32:17 GMT

Alibre promises to license you its software for 10x cheaper than the price quoted by a comparable competitor. (The announcement will be made tomorrow.)For example, a quote for SolidWorks Standard at www.solidworks.com runs at $3995 for one license and $1295/year for [more...]

Rhino at WIRTOTECHNOLOGIA, Sosnowiec (Poland)

Carlos Pérez — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:05:37 GMT

Nov 18-20 - WIRTOTECHNOLOGIA, Sosnowiec (Poland)WIRTOTECHNOLOGIA is Poland's only trade fair dedicated to a wide range of issues relating to Rapid Prototyping applied in industry, professional engineering systems such as CAD, CAM, CAE as well as ERP, MRP and PLM systems.Visit [more...]

3DLive, HD3D and demand for CAD/PDM immersivity

Oleg Shilovitsky — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:53:59 GMT

Few months ago, in this post, I had chance to discuss the future of immersive CAD and Data Management. Looking on the latest DE article by Kenneth Wong, NX7 with HD3D: Where CAD Geometry and Lifecycle Data Mingle, I found it very interesting to couple it together [more...]

Alias SketchBook tutorial

Car-Body Design — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:21:59 GMT

This tutorial shows a technique for creating a quick car side view rendering starting from a digital or hand drawn sketch. Done on an Axiotron Modbook in Alias Sketchbook 2010.

Windows 7 compatibility

AutoCADder — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:10:59 GMT

I admit, I like to experiment. So I was happy to test AutoCAD and other Autodesk software in the new Windows 7 operating system.AutoCAD (and even more Inventor) is known to be rather touchy to the version of operating system and even to some OS service packs. You cannot [more...]

Artbeats Launches FootageHub with $40,000 Scavenger Giveaway

CGW Magazine — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:04:59 GMT

Myrtle Creek, Ore. - Finding the perfect clip now comes with an added benefit, reveals a representative of Artbeats. The royalty-free stock footage resource has introduced an online scavenger hunt in celebration of the industry's newest all-inclusive stock footage service, Artbeats FootageHub.

Advanced Daylighting Design and a farewell...

Brian Kling — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:41:34 GMT

Hi all - this design scenario came up a few weeks ago, funny enough from two different sources, in Europe and North America. How do you design an Assembly that in cut conditions daylights from the hinge point and has [more...]

Dept. of Subtle - Three Parameter Tips?

Steve Stafford — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:35:59 GMT

I'm not sure all three are really tips.Item One - The Tab order of the Calculated Value dialog in the Schedule Properties dialog is off. The first active field is the Formula field, the one with the cursor in it. Using the Tab key advances to the Name field and then [more...]

COFES 2010 Registrations Open

Deelip Menezes — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 -3:47:15 GMT

I just registered for COFES 2010, the annual Oscars of the CAD software industry. This is going to be my third COFES and like the last two (COFES 2008 and COFES 2009) I will be attending as part of the CAD press. This year the theme is “Best-Practices Aren’t [more...]

Rendering Workshop - Studio Lighting

Al Hart — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:54:59 GMT

We've been running a series of Rendering Workshops over on SketchUcation.This week's workshop - on lighting a still life in a studio setting - is a big hit.They are achieving good effects using HDRi lighting. Some renderers, such as Podium, just can't to it. Some others [more...]

Free IntelliCAD

Deelip Menezes — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:11:04 GMT

Yesterday progeSOFT released an update for its “free for private, non-commercial use” progeCAD 2009 Smart! According to progeSOFT if you earn or save money using progeCAD Smart! then you need to purchase a license of their Professional version. You can [more...]

ITC Sues CADopia

Deelip Menezes — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:40:58 GMT

Today the ITC announced that it is suing former member CADopia for: Breach of Contract Trademark Infringement Unfair Competition Deceptive Trade Practices Apparently, CADopia failed it cough up the ITC commercial membership fees (about $47,000) for part of 2008 and [more...]

How to: Label Coordinate in AutoCAD

Edwin Prakoso — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:07:34 GMT

I had this question several times: can we automatically label our coordinate in AutoCAD? If you are Civil3D user, then you most likely will suggest them to use C3D. But can AutoCAD actually do it? YES!I saw many people use AutoLISP to do that task. It works great. [more...]

Sliding into Sustainable Mindset: Test-Driving Sustainable Minds 1.0

Kenneth Wong — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:04:34 GMT

Last Thursday, I was suffering from cabin fever (an occupational hazard of working from home), desperate for an excuse to get out. So, when Sustainable Minds’ cofounder and CEO Terry Swack invited me to a design workshop in my very own city, taking place a few [more...]

Wherefore Art Thou, Tutorials?

Jeff Pinheiro — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:45:00 GMT

I received an email today of the following:"Just downloaded Revit 2010 and the accompanying tutorials from Autodesk. Accidentally unzipped the tutorials to the wrong location, the one where the first file should go. Realizing my mistake, I unzipped them to the correct [more...]

Alibres 10% Price Guarantee Offer

Deelip Menezes — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:03:35 GMT

In an earlier post titled “Alibre’s $99 Offer Continues“, I wrote: I am now beginning to wonder whether we will see Alibre Design Standard back at $999 in November, where I believe it belongs, or will we see another continuation of the $99 offer? [more...]

Invention Machine Expands Reseller Program to Meet SMBs Innovation Demands

Invention Machine — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:01:00 GMT

Invention Machine, a leading provider of innovation software, today announced the expansion of its reseller program to meet the growing demand for Invention Machine Goldfire by small and midsize manufacturers.