Month: April 2012

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Geometric annual revenue rises 22% to $167.5 million

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Randall Newton

The Mumbai, India PLM software and services company closed the year with revenue higher than guidance. PLM software and services ...

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Google puts the spotlight on augmented reality

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Jon Peddie

The search giant proposes the specs for AR glasses. How fast can they come to market?  By Jon Peddie Have ...

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Geomagic acquires Sensable 3D design and haptics businesses

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Randall Newton

Geomagic expands by acquisition for only the second time. Voxel-based modeling fills a strategic gap. 3D data specialist Geomagic filled ...

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Autodesk expands Media and Entertainment Suites for 2013

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Kathleen Maher

Multi-product workflows and extreme 3D detail drive this year’s updates. By Kathleen Maher The entertainment industry is fundamentally changing. It ...

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GrabCAD releases iPad app

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Randall Newton

More than 150,000 mechanical engineers and designers are now using GrabCAD regularly to share, collaborate, and seek work. Engineering design ...

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Lightbeam Systems offers 2.66 teraflops of computing power

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GfxS staff

The new E5 series workstations and render nodes are designed for demanding 3D broadcast and film applications. Lightbeam Systems introduces ...

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Lattice Technology Releases XVL Player v12.0

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Randall Newton

Enhanced free 3D viewer now supports Mozilla Firefox, process animation. Lattice Technology has updated its XVL Player and XVL Player ...

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New rendering competition from Nemetschek Vectorworks and Maxon Computer

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Randall Newton

An international panel of judges will select winners in three categories. GraphicSpeak will highlight the winners.  Professional and student designers ...

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Inventor Fusion now available for Mac OS X

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Randall Newton

The popular complement to Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD is now a free download through Autodesk Labs. Autodesk has released a ...

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A midterm test for the CAD industry

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Kathleen Maher

Pockets of economic uncertainty remain, but 2012 is shaping up to be a better year for CAD than 2011. Kathleen ...