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3D printing inventor Chuck Hull receives Stibitz Award

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Randall Newton

Thirty years after inventing stereolithography, Hull still ‘humbled and exhilarated’ by the result. Chuck Hull, inventor of 3D printing and ...

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Gravity has pull; the 3D movie industry has a new champion

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Randall Newton

Gravity, by Alfonso Cuarón and his son Jonas represents the start of a new generation of 3D film that no longer needs ...

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Faceware upgrades facial motion capture product line

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Randall Newton

Processing facial motion now takes minutes, not hours; no more paying by the second to export data. One of Hollywood’s ...

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CAD toolkit maker Tech Soft 3D introduces new product suite for cloud and mobile

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Randall Newton

Vendors are eager to build new apps for mobile; these SDK’s mean they don’t have to start from scratch. Tech ...

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Autodesk sales strategy includes discontinuing upgrade purchases

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Randall Newton

At an Investors Day meeting in San Francisco, Autodesk also announced modest layoffs and explained changes in its business model. ...

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Autodesk acquires Graitec structural detailing technology

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Randall Newton

Graitec will continue with other products, and will be a dealer for the two product lines Autodesk acquires. Autodesk is ...

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Bentley announces 65 finalists for Year in Infrastructure awards

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Randall Newton

The Be Inspired Awards will go to winners in 22 categories, selected from many of the world’s largest and most ...

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QuadriSpace releases Share3D cloud-based collaboration platform

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Randall Newton

The combination of cloud services, collaboration apps, and QuadriSpace Publisher 3D shares more contextual data than geometry-only solutions. The platform ...

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HP adds multi-function scan-print to Designjet large-format printing line

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Randall Newton

Up to E-size color prints and scans in a tight footprint.   HP extends its Designjet line of workgroup large-format ...

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RTT updates DeltaGen high-end 3D visualization

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Randall Newton

New features include a software development kit, multi-touch navigation, and easier asset re-use.   RTT says there are more than ...