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Redefining production in the age of Digital Reality
May. 17 | Software is transforming every stage of the manufacturing process. Small companies with niche technologies are being gobbled up. By Kathleen Maher May Day is over and the workers of the world are still pretty much wearing their chains. Ironically, the...
Nvidia launches the Kepler era of virtual GPU computing and accessible HPC
May. 15 | Nvidia says previously unobtainable performance opens the door to a variety of possibilities including streaming games like movies or doing sophisticated simulations from the cloud. Power efficiency gains are as important as the graphics gains. Nvidia...
Siemens PLM says there’s new wind in the Velocity sails
May. 14 | Now known as the Mainstream Engineering group, the Siemens PLM division responsible for Solid Edge says business is booming. A reference customer says SolidWorks should be worried. Last week at the Siemens PLM Software annual customer conference the company...
Promoting the big video toolbox at NAB
May. 14 | Everybody wants to be the preferred vendor of end-to-end tools for digital video production. Act of Valor proves affordable cinema tools can do the job. By Kathleen Maher At the National Association of Broadcasters convention (NAB) this year, there was...
New digital video cameras take the stage at NAB
May. 11 | Canon, RED, and Panasonic talked about 4K resolution. Blackmagic Design stole the spotlight with a 2.5K video camera promising feature film quality for $2,995. This year’s show stood in contrast to NAB of the last two years. Previously, stereo 3D was...
Autodesk Labs Factory.Modz() brings gameware physics to factory layout.
May. 10 | When customers wanted simple simulation and animation in Factory Design Suite, Autodesk raided the Media and Entertainment cookie jar for technology. When Autodesk released Factory Design Suite a year ago, it was to many people an unexpected addition...
Anthropomorphic robot, 3D HD camera rig highlight Siggraph 2012 Emerging Technologies Preview
May. 8 | The hands-on displays give Siggraph attendees a chance to explore cutting-edge technology research on the show floor. Other projects include virtual tennis and wiring a potted plant to be a computer interface. Attendees at Siggraph 2012 will have the...
Is Catia V6 over the hump?
May. 2 | Everybody wanted to talk about Catia V6 at this year’s Catia Operator’s Exchange (COE) Conference. Some manufacturers are creating new products in V6, others remain cautious. By L. Stephen Wolfe, P.E. The annual spring conference of the...
Finally a SolidWorks app for iPad
May. 1 | eDrawings for iPad works with eDrawings, DraftSight, and SolidWorks files and models. Email is used for connecting with the iPad, not a cloud account. New eDrawings for iPad can view exploded SolidWorks assemblies. (Source: Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks) Dassault...
