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Autodesk Motion FX transforms movement into special effects

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Randall Newton

New free app for Mac OS Lion users creates smoke, fire, and other effects in real time using the FaceTime ...

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ParaCloud takes generative architecture beyond gearheads

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Randall Newton

New GEM 5 extends the ability to generate complex 3D models without scripting or complicated diagrams. The output can be ...

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Review: AMD Cayman-generation FirePro V7900 and FirePro V5900

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Randall Newton

The graphics arm of AMD, what we once called ATI, is clearly on the rebound. Alex Herrera takes a close ...

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Luxology brings kitbashing to digital art

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Randall Newton

Model Bashing Kit is a set of pre-built models and textures for creating elaborate technical structures or realistic cockpits and ...

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Kineo CAM finds a software shortcut for nuclear plant robots

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Randall Newton

New technology skips the conversion of 3D point clouds to CAD geometry to create an automatic path finder. Nuclear plant ...

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Siemens PLM to make student edition of Solid Edge free

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Randall Newton

The offer is to all students at all academic levels. The license is for 12 months. Siemens PLM Software today ...

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Nvidia Iray and GPUs supercharge Mercedes Benz visualizations

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Randall Newton

Freelance CG artist Jeff Patton went from one hour per rendering to eight minutes inside Autodesk 3ds Max. Jeff Patton ...

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IMSI/Design releases paid version of TurboViewer for iPad/iPhone

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Randall Newton

Built using Teigha technology from the Open Design Alliance, IMSI/Design creates an Autodesk-free zone to view DWG 2D and 3D ...

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Energizer Bunny dumps Teamcenter for Autodesk Vault

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Randall Newton

Without using the acronym “PLM” Autodesk announces its first competitive displacement since it decided to stop persecuting Product Lifecycle Management. ...

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Blender keeps churning out free top-quality 3D modeling and animation

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Kathleen Maher

The lines were long and the buzz was good around the Blender booth at Siggraph 2011. Blender has come a ...