Month: January 2013

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New Fir Tree CAM method replaces 19th Century milling process

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Randall Newton

A three-way research partnership between software vendor Delcam, engineering services firm Iruba, and tool maker Hermle led to the new ...

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Vectorworks BIM camp heads to Washington DC

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Kathleen Maher

BIM Camp teaches skills to architects and landscape architects, and is designed for smaller firms. AIA credit is available. The ...

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Hexagon acquires portable metrology software specialist New River Kinematics

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Randall Newton

The first company to sell a 3D solution for on-site industrial scanning has a solid list of customers. Hexagon has ...

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Autodesk buys PI-VR for real-time visualization technology

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Randall Newton

Computational horsepower now allows high-end product development to work real-time with fully visualized models. Autodesk will target automotive first.  Autodesk ...

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Geomagic/3D Systems deal accelerates the digital reality revolution

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Kathleen Maher

3D Systems, Stratasys, and EOS divvy up competitive territories. 3D Systems makes bid for Geomagic and expands software play. By ...

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Ansys, SpaceClaim extend joint distribution agreement

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Randall Newton

The 3D modeler will be bundled with several existing Ansys products. Ansys (NASDAQ: ANSS) and SpaceClaim have extended their license and distribution agreement ...

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Autodesk teams with Organovo for 3D bio-printing

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Randall Newton

Moving beyond metals and plastics, there is huge growth potential for custom manufactured bio-materials. By Kathleen Maher There is a ...

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Boxx Technologies ships extravagant graphics workstation

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Randall Newton

The 3DBOXX 8950 can hold four dual-size GPUs and still leave room for other add-ins. Boxx is aiming at high-end ...

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ZBrush upgrade focuses on usability, topology

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Randall Newton

Version 4R5 adds to the utility of QRemesher for creating reusable model parts. Pixologic has released yet another upgrade to ...

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3D Systems to acquire Geomagic

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Randall Newton

Making good on its recently announced fifth growth initiative, 3D Systems will own the top two technologies for scan-to-CAD. 3D ...