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The Way of Rhino Part 1: CAD Master Bob’s Most Excellent Launch Trajectory
Nov. 26 | First in a four-part series; Originally published in CADCAMNET and Engineering Automation Report in 2007 By Randall S. Newton The meeting hall in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico is concert-dark and filled with several hundred college students. Heat, humidity,...
2008: Avatech’s George Davis: ‘We Can Weather the Storm’
Aug. 19 | When George Davis became CEO of Avatech Solutions in 2007, the company was in the middle of its own economic crisis. When Davis spoke to CADCAMNET in December 2008, his attitude toward the current economic climate was “bring it on.” This interview...
2008: “3D Manufacturing Innovation” Explains the Japanese Quest for an Alternative to PLM
Aug. 17 | The Japanese are ready to embrace 3D in manufacturing. But they have little interest in the Western top-down, design-driven linear approach to 3D design—especially as implemented in PLM. A new book just translated from Japanese sheds light on why Japan...
2009: PTC’s New Windchill ProductPoint is Facebook for PLM
Aug. 16 | PTC introduces Windchill ProductPoint, a new product data management product based on Microsoft SharePoint. It is the first product ever built from scratch on top of the SharePoint technology stack, and becomes PTC’s new “Social Product Development...
2009: New Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz: Give “Some Friggin’ Breathin’ Room” So We “Can Kick Some Butt”
Aug. 16 | When former Autodesk CEO Carol Bartz took over as CEO of Yahoo! in January 2009, most tech media pundits were wondering if she was right for the job. Those of us who follow design technology had a better understanding. Originally published in CADCAMNET...
2008: STL Inventor Chuck Hull Describes the High Tech Cycle
Aug. 11 | Chuck Hull is a co-founder of 3D Systems and the inventor of stereolithography. In a rare public presentation at the 2008 3D Systems World Conference, Hull talked about his years as a “serial inventor” and his observation of the High Tech Cycle. ...
April 2007: SMB Talking Points The Big PLM Sales Teams Hope You Never Hear
Aug. 5 | From 2007: A light-hearted look at PLM and Small Business By Randall S. Newton Editor-in-Chief, CADCAMNET [Editor's Note, 2007: The following is a commentary written to jump-start the conversation at COFES 2007, the Congress on the Future of Engineering...
