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Maxwell Render updates SketchUp plug-ins

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Randall Newton

Most of the changes are under the hood. Both the free and commercial versions are available. Next Limit has completely ...

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Autodesk launches Point Layout for construction site modeling

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Randall Newton

Rivals Bentley and Trimble are already offering similar products. Construction-based BIM is slowly becoming a reality. Autodesk today launches new ...

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PDF3D update aids 3D reporting for engineers

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Randall Newton

Multi-language support, improved NURBS control and point cloud simplification also are included in this update. An update to PDF3D from ...

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Lenovo to ship two new ThinkStation workstations with AutoCAD LT trial onboard

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Randall Newton

Both the standard tower and the small form factor version come with a good array of options. Lenovo today announced ...

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Seeing depth through a single lens

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Randall Newton

Mathematical image processing creates a 3D movie of any scene, using just two frames from a stationary camera or microscope. ...

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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 ...