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3D Systems revenue up 42% in 2010

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Randall Newton

All categories rebounded nicely from 2009. The company continued to expand its services division with last week’s acquisition of Quickparts. ...

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Autodesk to acquire game UI company Scaleform

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Kathleen Maher

Autodesk will add Scaleform to its catalog of middleware programs for game developers as the company looks for opportunities to ...

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Autodesk to acquire CFD vendor Blue Ridge Numerics for $39 million

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Randall Newton

Blue Ridge products are used in both products development and construction engineering. It has a sizable customer list of PTC ...

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Upstart vendor Eurocom offers heavy, powerful mobile workstation

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Randall Newton

Deskside workstations continue to outnumber mobile units by a wide margin. Alex Herrera explains why this won’t change anytime soon. ...

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Integrated systems engineering is the new battleground for MCAD’s Big Four

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Randall Newton

Here’s why Dassault Systemes made a big deal out of BMW choosing its V6 platform for future electronics design. By ...

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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 ...