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Okino celebrates 10 years of Rhino conversion with update

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The .3dm converter is embedded in many products in addition to Okino’s PolyTrans|CAD. Ten years after releasing their first Rhino/OpenNURBS ...

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MacBook Pro and iPad 2: a wowser and a whimper from Apple

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iPad 2 was really a 1.5, while Thunderbolt and no Nvidia makes the MacBook Pro update more interesting. It was ...

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Siemens Tecnomatix lands top 15 electronic manufacturing services firm

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Zollner’s selection benchmark lasted 15 months. The rollout will be enterprise-wide. Zollner Elektronik AG, a German provider of electronic manufacturing ...

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Graphics add-in board market revenue drops in 2010

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Over 18 million graphics boards sold in the quarter failed to prevent decline. Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry’s research ...

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FCC approves Finite Element Method analysis in biomedical engineering

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Ruling allows Ansys HFSS to be used in evaluating implant RF emissions and specific absorption rate. An FCC ruling in ...

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Aston Martin Racing chooses PTC

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The busy racing firm will use both Creo Elements/Pro and Windchill as it develops a next-generation Le Mans prototype chassis. ...

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3Dconnexion passes 1 million 3D mouse milestone

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The Logitech subsidiary got its start creating a 3D controller for Space Shuttle Columbia. 3D mice are now the must-have ...

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New Tekla BIM viewer is good, but not what AEC desperately needs

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BIM has enough proprietary viewers but too few interoperability options. And where are the AEC iPad viewers? Structural engineering software ...

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Gonzaga University smart antenna project uses Ansys simulation

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The NSF-funded project seeks more reliable WiFi. Gonzaga University is using Ansys engineering simulation software as part of its research ...

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Parasolid tops 3.5 million users

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Almost every CAD/CAD/CAE vendor is a Siemens PLM customer. Siemens PLM Software today announced that sales of its Parasolid 3D ...