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New Jersey Search and Rescue streamlines search logistics with large-format printing

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Randall Newton

  Their new HP DesignJet accepts print commands from mobile devices; the scanner is used to digitize hand-annotated maps containing ...

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Aerospace toolmaker removes programming bottleneck with Delcam PowerMill

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Randall Newton

Using software designed for toolmakers instead of programmers made the difference. The toolmakers at G. Parker Aero Tooling Solutions were ...

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The present and future of raytracing

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Jon Peddie

New display capabilities and ever-increasing processing power keep this technology on the cutting edge.   By Jon Peddie More papers, ...

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Siemens to acquire engineering simulation specialist CD-Adapco

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Randall Newton

$970 million buys one of the largest remaining independent CAE firms. Siemens has announced it will acquire engineering simulation specialist ...

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PTC to pay settlement in China investigation

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Randall Newton

$28.2 million fine imposed for improper spending on clients. PTC has reached a settlement agreement with the U.S. Securities and ...

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Khronos releases Vulkan 1.0 specification for GPU use

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Randall Newton

The open API provides common access to graphics acceleration technology. After 18 months of collaborative research and development among a ...

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Mari, Laika among winners of Technical Oscars

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Randall Newton

Other winners include Dolby Laboratories, Autodesk, and ILM. The 3D digital paint system Mari and a “groundbreaking” new 3D printing ...

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Review: HP new entry-class Z240 workstation

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GfxS staff

Intel Skylake processors give a lot of bang for the buck. By Alex Herrera The big news in the workstation ...

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3YourMind now on 10 CAD and DCC products

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Randall Newton

Vectorworks becomes the tenth product for one-click access to 3D check, analyze, repair and print. EOS founder is now largest ...

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Sky X9 runs desktop replacement workstation-class CPU and GPU in mobile footprint

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GfxS staff

A workstation hybrid, meant for the desktop but sized like a mobile.  By Robert Dow If bigger is better, Eurocom ...