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Solid Edge or NX? A reseller comments

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Kathleen Maher

Editor’s note: Kim Corbridge of Ally PLM Solutions, Inc. offered his checklist for users contemplating NX or Solid Edge. We ...

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InspectionXpert for Catia V5 update

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Randall Newton

Changes include AS9102 form improvements and a redesigned interface for automated ballooning in both 2D and 3D. There’s a new ...

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Autodesk releases web-based free trial of AutoCAD LT 2011

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Randall Newton

Through cloud computing, users can experience AutoCAD LT 2011 by downloading only a small player file, not the full program ...

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Chaos Group rolls out V-Ray 2.0

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Kathleen Maher

The newest version of the popular rendering engine for Autodesk 3ds Max includes support for Nvidia GPUs and improved 3D ...

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2007: ATI, NVIDIA Reach for High Performance Computing Status

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Randall Newton

An early introduction to general purpose computing on graphics processing units, as envisioned in 2007 by Nvidia and AMD. Originally ...

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Impatient progress: Abu Dhabi hopes to build its own future

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Randall Newton

The oil-rich Emirates seek opportunities in manufacturing, aerospace, building and infrastructure. Kathleen Maher reports from the new center of investment. ...

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Screampoint ready to reveal new Digital Cities software

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Randall Newton

AEC software veterans and a Google Earth co-creator lead the team. Today venture-funded AEC startup Screampoint announced the launch of ...

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ShapeSpace brings 3D geometric search to open source Aras PLM

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Randall Newton

Aras scores its best partnership yet by linking up with this cutting-edge 3D tool. Aras has landed another technology partnership ...

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Autodesk sales top exec Ken Bado to step down

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Randall Newton

Autodesk, Inc. today announced that Ken Bado, executive vice president sales and services, will leave Autodesk to pursue other opportunities. ...

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2010-2011 in CAD technology, the illustrated version, part 1

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Randall Newton

Not your usual article of reflection and prediction. It is December, the traditional time in journalism to take a look ...