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Bricsys aims to expand its low-cost CAD empire

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Randall Newton

New tools for mechanical design and product data management are coming. More than 700 third-party developers now build on the ...

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Bentley Be Inspired Special Recognition winners show cross-disciplinary creativity

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Randall Newton

The CAD industry’s largest vendor-organized professional awards program honors exceptional achievement in using software to improve infrastructure design and use. ...

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Review: Lenovo ThinkPad W530 makes “mobile workstation” so not an oxymoron

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Randall Newton

Powerful performance options in a stylish package, plus tools for digital content creation make this a great computer. By Tom ...

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Exploring the democratization of 3D

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Randall Newton

Jon Peddie Research will examine “3D for the people” at its annual Siggraph Asia Press Luncheon. It is a given ...

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3D Systems buys Rapidform for scan-to-CAD and inspection software

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Randall Newton

The aggressive acquirer launches a fifth growth initiative, content-to-print. 3D Systems now owns all the essential parts for a manufacturing ...

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Siemens PLM acquires motion planning expert Kineo CAM

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Randall Newton

This marks the eighth purchase of an industrial automation software company since acquiring the former UGS, now Siemens PLM Software. ...

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Laptop roundup: Asus Zenbook, Fujitsu Lifebook, & AMD Trinity notebook

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GfxS staff

All portables are not the same—by a long shot. There are currently almost two dozen Ultrabooks on the market; for ...

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DuPont to standardize on Bentley OpenPlant P&ID

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Randall Newton

Intelligent P&ID is perhaps the most competitive aspect of the already competitive Plant design business. DuPont says it applied a ...

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Global Product Data Interoperability Summit free registration ends October 15

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GfxS staff

Boeing and Northrop Grumman co-sponsor the annual event to provide a neutral gathering for discussing product data quality. Boeing and ...

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Just how ultra are some of those Ultrabooks?

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GfxS staff

The Jon Peddie Research review team create an Ultra Factor formula and weigh the results. By Jon Peddie, Robert Dow, ...