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Blender releases Cycles ray-tracing render engine with more permissive open source license

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Randall Newton

Cycles joins a variety of CG code libraries released to open source in the past few months. The primary Blender ...

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Autodesk buys technology assets for civil engineering BIM

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Randall Newton

Sam is a suite for bridge design; AutoTrack does vehicle swept path analysis. Autodesk continues to expand its reach in ...

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Cl3ver steps out with 3D authoring app

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Kathleen Maher

The Cl3ver 3D content authoring site is a project funded by Wayra, an accelerator fund backed by Spain's Telefonica. The young company is making the rounds of potential funders.

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Aras improves multi-CAD performanace in Innovator PLM update

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Randall Newton

The open source PLM vendor has a new cloud-based file exchange system, updated support for Microsoft enterprise platform technology, and ...

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CitiesAlive conference sponsors design contest

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Kathleen Maher

Students are invited to compete in design challenge using living elements.  The CitiesAlive Green Roof and Wall conference is coming ...

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Graphics add-in board market down in second quarter

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GfxS staff

AMD gained market share even though the total number of boards sold went down. Jon Peddie Research (JPR) says shipments ...

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SolidWorks releases eDrawings for Android

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Randall Newton

After initially resisting calls to move beyond iPad, the new Android app is optimized for tablets. The SolidWorks division of ...

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3D Systems launches consumer 3D sculpting software

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Randall Newton

$129 Cubify Sculpt is based on Sensable volumetric CAD engine.   3D Systems  today launched Cubify Sculpt, virtual clay sculpting software ...

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AMD, Intel graphics chip shipments up in second quarter, Nvidia down

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GfxS staff

Graphics chips outselling PCs as transition to mobile devices increases. Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry’s research and consulting firm ...

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Delcam sets another half-year revenue record

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Randall Newton

The British makes of CAM software increased its R&D spending and its shareholder dividend. CADCAM developer Delcam achieved record revenue ...