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Autodesk reports 11% first quarter revenue growth

Autodesk reports 11% first quarter revenue growth

May. 17 | Strong performance by suites drives results. Media and Entertainment revenue was down 5%. The interior of Autodesk's AEC headquarters in Waltham, Mass. (Source: Autodesk) Autodesk (NASDAQ:ADSK) today reported a solid first quarter of fiscal year 2013....

Sketchfab puts 3D content on the web for free

Sketchfab puts 3D content on the web for free

May. 17 | New website allows anyone to publish interactive 3D content online; all it takes is a WebGL-compatible browser. A 3D photo of a desk, uploaded to the Sketchfab library. Shown here in 2D; see other images in this article for examples of embedding 3D. (Source:...

Luxion releases free KeyShot plug-in for Autodesk 3ds Max

Luxion releases free KeyShot plug-in for Autodesk 3ds Max

May. 16 | The plug-in enables a one-click workflow connecting Keyshot and 3ds Max. Luxion has released an all new KeyShot plug-in for Autodesk 3ds Max. This plugin is free of charge for all 3ds Max users. The new plug-in automatically loads a 3DS model into KeyShot...

Nvidia Tesla K10 GPU targets oil and gas exploration, defense industry image processing

Nvidia Tesla K10 GPU targets oil and gas exploration, defense industry image processing

May. 16 | First Kepler-generation GPU reaches out to two markets with big data sets and budgets to match. Nvidia today released the first Tesla graphics processing unit (GPU) based on the new Kepler technology announced yesterday. The Nvidia Tesla K10 GPU Accelerator...

3D printing industry grew nearly 30 percent in 2011

3D printing industry grew nearly 30 percent in 2011

May. 15 | The information comes from The Wohlers Report. Now in its 17th year, it has become the authoritative guide to additive manufacturing and related technologies.  The 3D printing products for manufacturing market grew at a 29.4% rate in 2011, says the new...

EOS bringing inventor Dean Kamen to Rapid 2012

EOS bringing inventor Dean Kamen to Rapid 2012

May. 14 | The maker of laser sintering 3D printing devices is sponsoring a user day at the annual additive manufacturing event.   The parts for this prosthetic arm were created using direct metal laser sintering on an EOS 3D printer. (Source: EOS). Prolific inventor...

Stratasys sets first quarter revenue record

Stratasys sets first quarter revenue record

May. 11 | The company has hired and trained 90 new sales reps for its expanding line of desktop 3D printers. Revenue guidance for the rest of 2012 is raised, due to the Objet acquisition. Stratasys (NASDAQ: SSYS) reported first quarter record revenue of $45.0...

New Modo Power SubD-Nurbs reverses the CAD pipeline

New Modo Power SubD-Nurbs reverses the CAD pipeline

May. 9 | Plug-in allows designers to start in Modo and pass a model to 3D CAD.   Making good on a promise from earlier this year, Luxology has released a plug-in for Modo 601 that converts models into Nurbs-based CAD models. The new plug-in will interest product...

Autodesk releases 123D Catch as iPad app

Autodesk releases 123D Catch as iPad app

May. 9 | Turning a set of photos into a 3D image is as easy as shooting and uploading to the Autodesk Cloud for processing. The release of the iPad version also introduces a new cloud storage and sharing feature for the 123D family.  Autodesk 123D Catch turns...

Apple stays coy at NAB

Apple stays coy at NAB

May. 8 | Adobe and Autodesk are using Apple’s lull to reach out for market share. Final Cut Pro on an Apple MacBook Pro. (Source: Apple) There was a time NAB was such an important show for Apple that the company took up a huge amount of real estate in the South...