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Autodesk intends PLM global domination with Nexus

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Autodesk 360 is a cloud-based suite for product lifecycle management that represents a new strategic direction and a significant about-face. ...

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Jon Peddie Research releases Worldwide CAD Market Report 2012

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Alive and well after the recession, the CAD industry will hit $7 billion in revenue by the end of 2011. ...

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AEC CAD pioneers launch SmartBIM Access Suite

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The suite provides a web-based way to organize, store, manage, and display Revit data. A team including two AEC technology ...

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EDA consolidation: Synopsys to acquire Magma Design

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Synopsys will pay $735 million and gain two product lines it covets. Electronic design will soon have one fewer vendor, ...

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Autodesk acquires Horizontal Systems for cloud BIM technology

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Horizontal Glue is web technology to allow use of BIM data from competing products. We believe existing users have nothing ...

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Autodesk University Day One: Presenting Heroes of the New Revolution

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In the opening day presentation, Autodesk The Toolmaker cast a vision of empowered makers harnessing The Internet of Things. I’m ...

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Project Falcon update reads all STL files

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Just in time for Autodesk University comes a new release of the wind-tunnel simulation software preview as a stand-alone install. ...

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MagicPlan app makes creating floor plans point-and-shoot simple

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The app takes advantage of the gyroscope and GPS in newest Apple products to capture data for a floor plan ...

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Dassault Systèmes ships new Catia Natural Sketch

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The product is targeted to counter recent Autodesk gains in Catia shops with Alias Sketch and the growth of iPad ...

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Nikon adopts Dassault Systèmes V6 to upgrade Catia, add Enovia

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The legendary optics and camera manufacturer is upgrading its imaging division from Catia V5 and standardizing on the Enovia PLM ...