http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/ talking about computers and design by Ralph Grabowski en-US 2013-06-19T01:37:00-07:00 WorldcadAccesshttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~3/B5PE9I5gnOU/with-this-beta-release-bricsys-is-back-in-the-architectural-biz-.html Bricsys has been hinting at getting back into the architectural design market, and today they released the first beta of the BricsCAD BIM Module. Here's what you need to know about it: Addon loads into BricsCAD Pro and Platinum versions...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~4/B5PE9I5gnOU" height="1" width="1"/> Computer-aided Design: NEWS Ralph Grabowski 2013-06-19T01:37:00-07:00 http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2013/06/with-this-beta-release-bricsys-is-back-in-the-architectural-biz-.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~3/61JwjDxnQro/my-new-toy-the-first-phone-built-for-firefox-os.html There's the Big 3 in mobile operating systems, of course, Android, iOS, and Blackberry 10. And then there are a lot of wanna-be's that you may never see -- or even hear about. I missed out on getting a WebOS...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~4/61JwjDxnQro" height="1" width="1"/> Firefox OS Ralph Grabowski 2013-06-18T14:17:20-07:00 http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2013/06/my-new-toy-the-first-phone-built-for-firefox-os.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~3/l2gXPiylEng/in-upfrontezine-this-week-how-haswel-ignores-the-needs-of-desktop-cad-users.html In upFront.eZine #780 this week, we have for you: 1. What Marketing Gives, Engineering Takes 2. All About the New Russian-developed 3D Kernel - Part 2 3. Out of the Inbox, and a few other other regular columns. You can...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~4/l2gXPiylEng" height="1" width="1"/> CAD Blogs Ralph Grabowski 2013-06-17T14:40:31-07:00 http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2013/06/in-upfrontezine-this-week-how-haswel-ignores-the-needs-of-desktop-cad-users.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~3/ogPqH8JsvBo/do-cad-vendors-contribute-to-prism.html A report from Bloomberg this morning says that an awful lot more than just eight firms are contributing to the American NSA monitoring of communications: "Thousands of technology, finance and manufacturing companies are working closely with U.S. national security agencies,...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~4/ogPqH8JsvBo" height="1" width="1"/> Media and/or Spin Ralph Grabowski 2013-06-14T10:32:10-07:00 http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2013/06/do-cad-vendors-contribute-to-prism.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~3/xbEH40xJvCY/canon-mixes-up-its-reality.html by Roopinder Tara, Tenlinks.com Canon is a company we know best for fine cameras (and less so for the purchase of OCE and their large-format printers). It seems, however, less intent on seeing things as they really are, but rather...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~4/xbEH40xJvCY" height="1" width="1"/> Roopinder Tara Ralph Grabowski 2013-06-11T08:30:13-07:00 http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2013/06/canon-mixes-up-its-reality.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~3/TDjY2_L-zJY/in-upfrontezine-this-week-we-ask-does-nsas-prism-capture-cloud-based-cad-data.html In upFront.eZine #779 this week, we have for you: 1. Drawings=Data 2. HP's newest large-format printers were designed by users - Q&A 3. Out of the Inbox, and a few other other regular columns. You can read all about the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~4/TDjY2_L-zJY" height="1" width="1"/> CAD Blogs Ralph Grabowski 2013-06-10T12:45:15-07:00 http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2013/06/in-upfrontezine-this-week-we-ask-does-nsas-prism-capture-cloud-based-cad-data.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~3/65nXBr2dEn4/amd-firepro-gets-a-1-year-head-start-on-creo-over-nvidia-quadro.html by Roopinder Tara, Tenlinks.com In the war between the two superpowers of CAD graphics AMD and nVidia, AMD's FirePro has scored a major victory over NVIDIA's Quadro for the PTC Creo crowd -- according to AMD spokesman Antoine Reymond. I'm...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~4/65nXBr2dEn4" height="1" width="1"/> Roopinder Tara Ralph Grabowski 2013-06-10T09:50:45-07:00 http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2013/06/amd-firepro-gets-a-1-year-head-start-on-creo-over-nvidia-quadro.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~3/sCLp_6wHuDQ/my-second-look-at-vectorworks-nomad-part-ii.html Here is a walk-through of the Nomad viewer-redliner from Vectorworks: After installing Nomad from the Google store on my Android tablet, I signed in using my complimentary subscription account: User Interface Once signed in, I saw this list of drawings....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~4/sCLp_6wHuDQ" height="1" width="1"/> Android & iOS Ralph Grabowski 2013-06-10T01:54:00-07:00 http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2013/06/my-second-look-at-vectorworks-nomad-part-ii.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~3/-tMmLG_wrxg/my-second-look-at-vectorworks-nomad.html When in April I tried to review Vectorworks Nomad, their app for Android and iOS devices, I couldn't get any further than the login screen. because only paid-up users of their annual subscription program can get access. The folks at...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~4/-tMmLG_wrxg" height="1" width="1"/> Android & iOS Ralph Grabowski 2013-06-07T12:49:18-07:00 http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2013/06/my-second-look-at-vectorworks-nomad.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~3/OHu77EzT8cs/dassault-wont-give-you-this-free-solidworks-catia-xlator-but-cce-will.html by Roopinder Tara, Tenlinks.com SolidWorks-Catia conversions have been the source of much consternation among users, most of whom don't understand how two programs owned by the same company (Dassault Systemes) won't talk to each other. CAD blogger Josh Mings has...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~4/OHu77EzT8cs" height="1" width="1"/> Roopinder Tara Ralph Grabowski 2013-06-05T08:37:19-07:00 http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2013/06/dassault-wont-give-you-this-free-solidworks-catia-xlator-but-cce-will.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~3/LSp7bCMq7CI/in-upfrontezine-this-week-our-exclusive-interview-with-vero-software-about-its-cam-business.html In upFront.eZine #778 this week, we have for you: 1. Vero Software's View of the CAM Industry - Exclusive Interview 2. All the Nitty-gritty Details AboutRussia's Brand-new 3D Kernel Part 1: Modern Architecture with Innovative Solutions - Multithreading - Calculations...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~4/LSp7bCMq7CI" height="1" width="1"/> CAD Blogs Ralph Grabowski 2013-06-03T17:38:58-07:00 http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2013/06/in-upfrontezine-this-week-our-exclusive-interview-with-vero-software-about-its-cam-business.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~3/p_0ixG937gc/following-this-weeks-cad-conference-in-russia.html There is a triple CAD conference going on in St Petersburg this week, and although few American media are attending (and none are reporting live, best as I can tell), Alex Bausk took it upon himself to be the live...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~4/p_0ixG937gc" height="1" width="1"/> Travelogues Ralph Grabowski 2013-05-31T07:11:48-07:00 http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2013/05/following-this-weeks-cad-conference-in-russia.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~3/iS2dgdPbNl0/android-app-i-use.html As my needs change and as apps improve, the list of programs I run on my many Android devices (8 devices, at last count) changes. Here are the ones I find most useful, and think you might like them too:...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~4/iS2dgdPbNl0" height="1" width="1"/> Android & iOS Ralph Grabowski 2013-05-30T07:13:27-07:00 http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2013/05/android-app-i-use.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~3/q7rL59KCl_Y/in-upfrontezine-this-week-graphisoft-gives-archicad-17-the-details.html In upFront.eZine #777 this week, we have for you: 1. For Graphisoft, ArchiCAD 17 is all about details - Q&A - What Ralph Grabowski Thinks 2. Out of the Inbox, and our other regular columns. You can read all about...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~4/q7rL59KCl_Y" height="1" width="1"/> CAD Blogs Ralph Grabowski 2013-05-27T14:53:13-07:00 http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2013/05/in-upfrontezine-this-week-graphisoft-gives-archicad-17-the-details.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~3/6PHtqF8O--8/theres-gold-in-thar-makerfairs.html by Roopinder Tara, Tenlinks.com The line to get into Maker Faire is a mile long. Spread out over the San Mateo Fairgrounds, just south of San Francisco, this show expects 120,000 people over the next two days. Some of the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~4/6PHtqF8O--8" height="1" width="1"/> Roopinder Tara Ralph Grabowski 2013-05-27T01:02:00-07:00 http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2013/05/theres-gold-in-thar-makerfairs.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~3/lUAcC-198PY/with-netsuite-linkup-autodesk-confirms-that-its-no-longer-just-a-cad-company.html Autodesk adds a bi-directional integration between PLM 360 and NetSuite, which it calls the "world's #1 cloud ERP solution," and calls its own PLM 360 "the fastest growing in the market" -- a point that was repeated. Of course growth...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~4/lUAcC-198PY" height="1" width="1"/> Cloud Ralph Grabowski 2013-05-14T10:00:00-07:00 http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2013/05/with-netsuite-linkup-autodesk-confirms-that-its-no-longer-just-a-cad-company.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~3/je1nTcdI3RA/graphisoft-announces-archicad-17.html In all modesty, upFront.eZine was going to be the first to announce what's new in ArchiCAD 17. We did the interview and demo last Friday, but logistics prevented the story running in yesterday's issue of the newsletter. Gosh, editors hate...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~4/je1nTcdI3RA" height="1" width="1"/> Computer-aided Design: NEWS Ralph Grabowski 2013-05-07T09:06:56-07:00 http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2013/05/graphisoft-announces-archicad-17.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~3/ndo2Zy19gGk/the-unthanked-who-put-on-cad-events.html We show up at CAD marketing events and expect it to be interesting, worthwhile the trip. Some are not; many are. While we in the media show up on the day the event starts, others have been preparing and practicing....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~4/ndo2Zy19gGk" height="1" width="1"/> Travelogues Ralph Grabowski 2013-05-07T01:59:00-07:00 http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2013/05/the-unthanked-who-put-on-cad-events.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~3/UfwSydWnM34/in-upfrontezine-this-week-cad-war-in-russia-and-a-cross-cultural-wedding.html From the editor: This week is the one time a year when I ask for donations to upFront.eZine. Please consider sending $25 (for individuals) or $500 (for corporations). To pay by PayPal, I have added buttons at www.upfrontezine.com. Thank you...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~4/UfwSydWnM34" height="1" width="1"/> CAD Blogs Ralph Grabowski 2013-05-06T17:25:25-07:00 http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2013/05/in-upfrontezine-this-week-cad-war-in-russia-and-a-cross-cultural-wedding.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~3/kuqAE7Xq01g/what-kind-of-a-threat-does-autodesk-faces-from-china-part-2.html by Roopinder Tara, Tenlinks.com In the wake of the GstarCAD8 launch last month in Beijing, to which three of us western journalists were invited, I reflect on the chances of success of a Chinese CAD company in the US and...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WorldcadAccess/~4/kuqAE7Xq01g" height="1" width="1"/> Roopinder Tara Ralph Grabowski 2013-05-06T09:02:53-07:00 http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2013/05/what-kind-of-a-threat-does-autodesk-faces-from-china-part-2.html