Dassault acquires Netvibes to track brand buzz

Mar. 29 | The cloud-based brand management service was profitable and not for sale before Dassault came calling. It will be added to other enterprise services. By Kathleen Maher During the most recent conference call with investors, Dassault Systèmes CEO Bernard...

Dassault Systèmes wants to bring 3D technology to fashion industry

Feb. 27 | FashionLab is a technology incubator and community website. Dassault is working with top designers to create technology the reluctant fashion industry will embrace. By Randall S. Newton My daughters love the reality shows on TV about fashion. Shows like...

Boeing signs 10-year software deployment deal with Siemens PLM

Feb. 27 | The aerospace giant says “openness” was a key factor. Large manufactures are becoming more interested in best-of-breed than in single-source solutions.  The Boeing 737MAX, now under development, is one of several new projects at Boeing. (Source:...

SolidWorks 2013 will launch as legacy software

Feb. 22 | Dassault Systèmes is committed to building a next-generation 3D design platform to replace SolidWorks. Getting it out the door is proving hard; convincing SolidWorks customers to upgrade will be harder. By Randall S. Newton On the final day of SolidWorks...

No SolidWorks V6 news this year

Feb. 13 | SolidWorks World attendees were told today to wait until 2013 for news about the long-term future of their beloved 3D modeler. Banner at SolidWorks World 2012 in San Diego, California. (Photo courtesy Oleg Shilovitsky) SolidWorks CEO Bertrand Sicot told...

Strong fourth quarter caps solid year for Dassault Systèmes

Feb. 11 | Quarterly revenue topped a half-billion euros for the first time in company history. Results are quite good, but we notice that sales growth has slowed for three straight quarters.   Dassault Systèmes (EPA: DSY) ended 2011 on a strong note, with solid...

New SolidWorks R&D VP Gian Paolo Bassi will be under the microscope at SolidWorks World 2012

Feb. 8 | In a wide-ranging interview, Bassi talks about the future of SolidWorks, the challenges of ‘knowing the pulse’ of the user base, and how being part of Dassault Systèmes benefits SolidWorks users. In one week last October, two long-time members of...

Luxion releases updated plug-ins for SolidWorks, Rhino, Creo, Pro/Engineer, SketchUp

Dec. 21 | The KeyShot plug-in allows CAD data to be directly transferred from a modeling session into high-resolution rendering. Luxion has updated its 3D CAD plug-ins for direct import into KeyShot, its real-time ray tracing and global illumination software. Shock...

Mobile makes CAD industry submit to Joy’s Law in 2011

Dec. 19 | Most CAD vendors released at least one mobile app in 2011, but some felt pressured to do it.  Joy’s Law of Innovation, credited to Sun Microsystems co-founder Bill Joy, can be summarized as “innovation happens elsewhere.” It certainly...

Update: Gehry Technologies says October funding was $10 million

Dec. 6 | Autodesk was the primary investor of the Series B financing, but Dassault Systèmes and unnamed private investors also participated. Digital Project, the architectural software from Gehry Technologies based on Catia, has been used on many signature architecture...