Month: May 2011

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Autodesk updates TinkerBox App, extend it to iPhone and iPod touch

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Randall Newton

More than 800,000 downloads for the free app so far. The hypnotically fun Autodesk TinkerBox for iPad is now available ...

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Siemens PLM Software launches rental version of Solid Edge in Japan

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Randall Newton

Solid Edge DesignPad is a product subset, tailored to appeal to students and occasional users. Siemens PLM Software is offering ...

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French researchers develop glasses-free stereoscopic viewing for iPad, iPhone

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Randall Newton

The two were inspired by work previously done with Nintendo Wii. The technique uses only the camera, not the accelerometer. ...

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3D Systems acquires two boutique 3D printing content companies

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Randall Newton

Freedom of Creation and The3DStudio.com are expanding the availability of 3D content for printing, and 3D Systems wants the trend ...

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Like daisies in Spring, tablets are popping up everywhere

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Kathleen Maher

Spring refresh means plently of iPad wannabes are coming to market. By Jon Peddie and Kathleen Maher Tablets are all ...

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Oracle updates AutoVue to more deeply integrate visualization in the enterprise

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Randall Newton

The enterprise software behemoth prefers to co-exist with CAD-based PLM than take it over. New features focus on formats, platform, ...

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Hot March propels Creaform to strong first quarter

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Randall Newton

Revenue grew 56% from the first quarter of 2010. The 3D scan and reverse engineering specialist now expects to exceed ...

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Pixologic ZBrush update enables smoother workflow

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Kathleen Maher

Two-way file exchange enabled for Photoshop, Maya and more. Pixologic’s ZBrush is generally considered the market leader for digital sculpting ...

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Rendering at 12 meters in Modo

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Randall Newton

3D artist commissioned to recreate Hadrian’s Wall as a massive banner image. A small museum in Northern England needed a ...

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Corel introduces CorelCAD, an all-new CAD product

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Kathleen Maher

Corel has been steadily building a business around technical drawing; with CorelCAD it takes the next step into design and ...