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Autodesk doing so well it announces layoffs

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Randall Newton

925 to be shown the door in a quarter when revenue will exceed expectations; the restructuring continues. In a statement ...

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Maxon updates Cineware for Adobe After Effects CC

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Randall Newton

Streamlined workflow and improved performance for motion graphics and VFX artists Maxon is shipping an update to Cineware (3.0) to ...

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PTC unveils Vuforia in ThingWorx product line

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Kathleen Maher

PTC acquired Vuforia from Qualcomm in October 2015 for $65 million. The company has wasted little time incorporating the AR ...

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Lanmar Services turns old NASA buildings into geometry with 3D scanning

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Randall Newton

Thinkbox Sequoia now commercially available after lengthy beta cycle.   Austin, Texas-based Lanmar Services has found new work saving clients ...

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Boxx Apexx 5 redesign maximizes expansion choices

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Randall Newton

This liquid-cooled behemoth can handle five dual-width GPUs. Boxx Technologies is now shipping a redesigned Apexx 5, a max’d out ...

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Create character animation in real time during game play

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Randall Newton

New Ikinema Run-Time Indie works inside Unreal Engine 4 Ikinema, is now shipping a small studio version of its full-body ...

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Fusion 360 adds thermal analysis

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Randall Newton

Run thermal studies, and probe internal locations for thermal stress. The January update to Autodesk Fusion 360 includes new thermal ...

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Image Engine makes the alien credible

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Randall Newton

A custom IK solver is the secret behind some of Hollywood’s new class of other-worldly CG characters. In the world ...

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Another “if only” quarter for PTC

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Randall Newton

In the first quarter of fiscal 2016 PTC is posting a net loss due to restructuring costs. The silver lining ...

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Faraday Future wants to reinvent automobile manufacturing

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Kathleen Maher

A new electric car company is using Dassault Systemes software to design a variable platform automotive architecture. We might be ...