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2007: The Way of Rhino, Part 4: The Passion of the Rhino
No product specification sheets; no PR announcement until two months after it shipped; a list of new features that covers ...
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2007: The Way of Rhino, Part 3: Tracking the coming perfect storm in CAD
Just as it takes more than a butterfly in the Azores flapping its wings to launch a hurricane toward Houston, ...
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2007: Blurring and bridging the boundaries between PLM and factory automation
Increasing the communication between engineering and the factory floor has developed significantly, but still has a long way to go. ...
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2007: New Acrobat 3D promises a treasure box of possibilities
Once upon a time the CAD world waited with breathless anticipation for the second release of Acrobat with 3D capabilities. ...
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2007: Assessing the challenges and rewards of design reuse
Manufacturing models may have hundreds of interrelated features, yet a growing number of companies are pushing to increase their reuse ...
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2007: 3D data interoperability vendors sound off
In design automation circles, interoperability is said to be like the weather; everybody talks about it, but nobody does anything ...
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2007: In Remembrance of Dr. Jason A. Lemon, CAE pioneer
Dr. Jason Lemon was a true pioneer of the computer-aided design industry. This remarkable article by Peter Marks will touch ...
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2007: Is Second Life a new opportunity for engineering application vendors?
In 2007 IBM invested in Second Life, which at the time was the talk of technologists everywhere. Industry analyst Allan ...
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2007: UGS publishes JT data format; industry observers do a happy dance
Sharing 3D product data with rich detail and a light data footprint has been the Holy Grail of design automation ...
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2007: IBM and Dassault Systèmes redefine sales relationship
This agreement in 2007 set the stage for the 2009 acquisition of IBM PLM by Dassault. From the archives of ...
