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Autodesk Adds Lagoa Multiphysics to Softimage, Creation Suites

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Randall Newton

Initial video of Lagoa + Softimage simulation possibilities received more than 1 million hits in first week online. Autodesk has ...

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Solid Edge ST3 Arrives

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Kathleen Maher

It’s a happy day for SolidEdge users. Siemens PLM Software has introduced the latest version of its mainstream 3D CAD ...

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Quadrillions and Quadrillions of Cycles

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Randall Newton

In computer graphics, too much is not enough. Jon Peddie does some simple math on the ridiculous amount of computer ...

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AMD Rolls Out Top of the Line Workstation AIB – FirePro V9800

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Kathleen Maher

AMD has introduced their latest FirePro workstation product, the V9800. The V9800 includes AMD’s Eyefinity technology that enables up to ...

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Autodesk Inventor Mobile Viewer for iOS Brings 3D to Shop Floor

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Randall Newton

The new viewer allows 3D animations and related documentation to reach the shop floor on an iPod or iPhone. I’ve ...

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Open Source 3D Animation Dragon Tale Gets 1 Million Hits in First Week Online

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Randall Newton

Sintel is the third short film created using the open source 3D content creation suite Blender. The free open source ...

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AutoCAD WS for iPhone & iPad Now Available

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Randall Newton

A new iPhone/iPad application for viewing AutoCAD DWG files is now available for download at the Apple iTunes App Store. ...

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Jay Leno’s Garage Plays with ‘Cool Stuff’ from Autodesk, Geomagic, Faro

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Randall Newton

The current episode of  “Jay Leno’s Garage” introduces car rebuilding enthusiasts to using additive manufacturing to replace rare parts. You’d ...

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Anark and Lattice Team Up for Interactive Publishing in 3D PDF

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Kathleen Maher

One of the challenges of 3D CAD modeling can be that there’s too much information for some tasks including rendering, ...

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SolidThinking Rethinks Industrial Design

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Kathleen Maher

SolidThinking, Inc. shook up MacWorld in 2009 with their product for industrial design that ran on both Mac and Windows. ...