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Open Source 3D Animation Dragon Tale Gets 1 Million Hits in First Week Online

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Randall Newton

Sintel is the third short film created using the open source 3D content creation suite Blender. The free open source ...

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AutoCAD WS for iPhone & iPad Now Available

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Randall Newton

A new iPhone/iPad application for viewing AutoCAD DWG files is now available for download at the Apple iTunes App Store. ...

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Jay Leno’s Garage Plays with ‘Cool Stuff’ from Autodesk, Geomagic, Faro

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Randall Newton

The current episode of  “Jay Leno’s Garage” introduces car rebuilding enthusiasts to using additive manufacturing to replace rare parts. You’d ...

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Dassault Systémes to Consolidate North American Headquarters

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Randall Newton

Employees from the Solidworks, ENOVIA, and 3DVIA divisions will be the initial occupants of the new building. This is the ...

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The Era of Democratized Visualization Has Begun

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Randall Newton

The cost of professional visualization has plummeted and the value skyrocketed. Jon Peddie predicts a resurgence in the visualization market, ...

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Best Buy Says iPad Cannibalizing Notebook Sales by Up to 50%.

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Randall Newton

Retailers are preparing for a major shift in holiday purchasing in late 2010, away from large items for the home ...

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Boeing Company, Northrop Grumman Planning Second Interoperability Summit

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Randall Newton

This second “Global Product Data Interoperability Summit” promises to be another excellent open and product-agnostic forum. The Boeing Company and ...

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Review: Lenovo ThinkPad W701 Is the Road Warrior’s Mobile Workstation

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Randall Newton

By Alex Herrera Senior Analyst, Jon Peddie Research Calpella is Intel’s sixth-generation Centrino platform for mobile CPU. Originally scheduled to ...

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Scan&Solve Brings “Meshfree” Structural Analysis to Rhino 3D

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Randall Newton

The vision is to create “seamless integration between geometric design and physical simulation.” But is it really meshless? Scan&Solve is ...

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Music Tech Manufacturer Line 6 Relies on SolidWorks and 3Dconnexion 3D Mice

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Randall Newton

As the inventor of guitar amplifier digital modeling, Line 6 is known as a cutting edge manufacturer of music technology. ...