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Competitors leap to replace Softimage

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Randall Newton

LightWave 3D, Chaos Group first to reach out to Softimage users with special crossgrade deals. Autodesk already has offers in ...

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Workstation market ends 2013 on a high note

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GfxS staff

Latest Jon Peddie Research report shows Dell gaining ground on the competition. Jon Peddie Research says 2013 proved to be ...

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Autodesk to discontinue Softimage

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Randall Newton

Three 3D content environments was clearly one too many. Autodesk is offering a no-cost transition to either Maya or 3ds ...

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SpaceClaim 2014 service pack adds utility

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Kathleen Maher

SpaceClaim just rolled out its service pack which includes two utilities: LiveReview for collaboration and STL Prep for 3D print. ...

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Airbus study finds significant advantage in 3D printing for standardized parts

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Randall Newton

Working with laser sintering specialist EOS, an initial benchmarking for further research found cost savings and sustainability advantages across the ...

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Ansys net income rises 35% in fourth quarter

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Randall Newton

Unlike its CAD/PLM colleagues, Ansys continues to set revenue records every quarter. By Randall S. Newton Ansys today reported fourth ...

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Autodesk revenue transition leads to down quarter and fiscal year

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Randall Newton

Fourth-quarter revenue down 3%; fiscal year revenue down 1.6%. PLM 360 has best quarter ever as cloud products become popular ...

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President Obama unveils initiatives for renewed growth of manufacturing jobs in the U.S.

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Kathleen Maher

Government investments in digital technologies—including direct manufacture, PLM, visualization, digital prototyping, and new materials development—will spawn innovation centers across the ...

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Pinocchio comes out to play as Character Generator

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Kathleen Maher

Autodesk introduces Autodesk Character Generator as a cloud based resource. Character Generator is the latest evolution of Evolver software acquired by Autodesk in 2011. It has been available in Autodesk Labs as Project Pinocchio.

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Add-in board market up in Q4, Nvidia gains market share

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GfxS staff

Quarter-to-quarter AIBs shipments increased 3%, and grew 3% year-to-year. Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry’s research and consulting firm for ...