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New Power SubD-NURBS for 3ds max blends CAD NURBS with subdivision surface modeling

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Randall Newton

New nPower product allows 3D workflow to combine conceptual modeling with engineering. nPower Software has released a new product for ...

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Autodesk promotes Steve Blum to lead global sales operation

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Randall Newton

New SVP is an eight-year Autodesk veteran. Autodesk has appointed Steve Blum senior vice president for worldwide sales and services. ...

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IBM PLM acquisition gives Dassault Systèmes a live-cat bounce in 2010

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Randall Newton

SolidWorks remains strong, and Catia sales are steady. There’s more than $1 billion in the bank. [Editor’s Note: the Euros ...

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Chaos Group acquires ASGVIS

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Randall Newton

Purchase consolidates V-Ray development for SketchUp, Rhino, 3ds Max, and Maya, and gives the Bulgarian Chaos Group a US base. ...

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Proficiency Collaboration Gateway update adds STEP as primary exchange format

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Randall Newton

Using STEP will increase customer confidence during non-feature-based conversions. ITI TranscenData (ITI-TD) has released Proficiency Collaboration Gateway 9.0, the latest ...

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Stratasys revenue up 29% in fourth quarter

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Randall Newton

System shipments set a quarterly record. Quarterly net income was higher than in all of 2009. Stratasys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SSYS) today ...

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Kyocera introduces dual touchscreen smartphone

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Randall Newton

The Android-based Echo will offer on-screen multi-tasking. We are already imagining how such a device will be deployed for product ...

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Laser-sintering process improves custom skull implants

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Randall Newton

Researchers use a bio-compatible polymer and a patent-pending micromesh process to improve connective bone growth. Additive manufacturing vendor EOS is ...

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Autodesk at MacWorld

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Kathleen Maher

MacWorld no longer speaks to professional users, but the week of meetings is still a gathering time for Mac users. ...

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Autodesk gives TinkerBox to the kids

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Kathleen Maher

Free iPad app, TinkerBox, is designed to teach the principles of engineering to kids. Autodesk has been very interested in ...