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The 3MF format pulls ahead with important new members

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Kathleen Maher

The 3MF consortium has reached an important milestone with the participation of key members including 3D Systems, Stratasys, Siemens PLM, SLM Solutions, and Materialise. Meanwhile, Microsoft has figured out a new way to do standards with the Joint Development Foundation.

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Adding cloud to the Windows render farm

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Randall Newton

Thinkbox Deadline adds one-click access to Microsoft Azure New templates from Thinkbox Software allow its render-and-compute management software Deadline to ...

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Free beta for Akeygara, rigging and animating tool

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Kathleen Maher

Game development veterans take on development tool market with new company, Nukeygara. Their first tool, Akeytsu, is available as a free Beta.

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Zombies stalk E3 and VR haunts the game industry

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Kathleen Maher

Game developers Starbreeze are rethinking gaming with their VR headset the StarVR. The company is building immersive games with a kick.

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Holographic visualization gives design firm a leg up

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Randall Newton

Britto Charette found a way to help the “spatially challenged” understand the plan.   Interior design firm Britto Charette specializes in ...

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CineSync jumps on the Shotgun bandwagon

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Randall Newton

Remote video and animation reviewing in the fast-growing Autodesk Shotgun ecosystem Cospective CineSync Pro is the latest video content editing ...

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Airbus to acquire 30,000 Aras PLM seats

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Randall Newton

Old PLM systems never die at Airbus; Aras Innovator will connect the past to the future. PLM vendor Aras today ...

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Divergent Microfactories wants to redefine the car business

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Kathleen Maher

Divergent Microfactories CEO Kevin Czinger unveils the Blade prototype, a car built from 3D printed components. Divergent is selling a process and that process, says Czinger could help save the planet.

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Autodesk updates Fusion 360 with distributed design

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Randall Newton

There are also improvements to sketching, 2D drawing, 3D printing prep, and links with new partners. Autodesk continues its rapid ...

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Former Mainframe2 nets $10 million in VC funding

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Randall Newton

Renamed Frame, the cloud-based hosting service for software is becoming popular with graphics software vendors. Frame (formally known as Mainframe2) ...