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Twilight of the desktop tops the Tech Soft 3D agenda

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Randall Newton

It wasn’t the free microbrew that drew 60 developers to the annual pre-COFES customer meeting; it was the opportunity to ...

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Kubotek introduces FEA simulation for the novice

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Randall Newton

New KeyCreator Analysis features auto-meshing technology to simplify set-up time and simultaneous calculation of multi-physics simulations. It is combined with ...

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Khronos turns 12 with 15 APIs and counting

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Jon Peddie

The mobile industry has come to rely on Khronos’ APIs as much as the graphics industry. The future is rosy ...

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SPEC updates Siemens NX benchmark

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Randall Newton

The new version tests NX 6 or 7 on 64-bit Windows 7.The benchmark is available at no charge from the ...

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Who is Monica Menghini and why is she quoted in a SolidWorks press release?

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Randall Newton

The rising star among Dassault Systèmes executives is working on a long-term global marketing theme of ubiquitous 3D experience. By ...

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GM names Siemens PLM Supplier of the Year

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Randall Newton

The award caps a banner year in which Siemens PLM became the leading supplier of design software in automotive. General ...

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PipelineFX gives artists a render farm management GUI

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Randall Newton

The out-of-the-box add-on to Qube helps artists and students manage render farm jobs in ways they intuitively understand. The process ...

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Koomey’s Law rewrites the future of computing

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Randall Newton

There’s a new law in tech town, guiding how we plan our computational future. If you think mobile is interesting ...

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PTC releases Creo the Next Generation

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Randall Newton

First full update of the MCAD suite replacing Pro/Engineer and CoCreate introduces a tenth app, for modular product design. Creo’s ...

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Review: AMD Radeon HD 7950 Graphics Board

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GfxS staff

JPR’s Robert Dow thinks it is even better than even the Radeon 6970. By C. Robert Dow Announced in December, ...