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SolidWorks Decision Highlights Competitive Angst Between Luxology and Mental Images

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Randall Newton

The latest release of SolidWorks dumps PhotoWorks, based on Mental Images technology, for PhotoView 360, based on Luxology technology. Contributing ...

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SolidWorks Rolls Out 200+ New Features for 2011

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Randall Newton

Contributing Analyst Steve Wolfe sorts through the list and takes a close look at the most important features in the ...

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Exocortex Debuts Adaptive Multi-Core Fluid Analysis

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Steve Wolfe

By L. Stephen Wolfe, P.E. Contributing Analyst Mention Siggraph and most people think of sophisticated computer graphics for making movies ...

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CAD Moves to New Platforms, Expands Its Territory

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Randall Newton

We are moving into a new era of computing. But exactly how Cloud-based computing will affect CAD and related technologies ...

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ZWSoft Acquires VX and Targets the 3D Market

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Kathleen Maher

Chinese developer ZWSoft hopes to displace AutoCAD in China. Now,  ZWSoft has acquired VX Corporation and plans to take advantage ...

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The P&P Industry Shows the Others How

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Kathleen Maher

CAD competitors have been struggling with the co-op-ompetition model. Meanwhile, the Process & Power industries are working out data exchange and collaboration because the customers demand it.

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Mental Images Teams with Penguin for Cloud Computing

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Kathleen Maher

If you haven't gotten around to building a server farm, you might want to look into Penguin's new POD (Penguin on Demand). As a hint of how customers might use POD, Nvidia's RealityServer 3D is now available on POD for remote rendering, visualization, and collaboration.

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Videos: AutoCAD 2011 for Mac

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Randall Newton

The following QuickTime videos were released by Autodesk this morning to illustrate  the new AutoCAD 2011 for Mac. Click on ...

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Autodesk Announces AutoCAD for Mac and AutoCAD WS App for iPad and iPhone

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Randall Newton

The worst-kept secret in software is out; Autodesk returns to the Macintosh platform with a new version of AutoCAD, and ...

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Nemetschek Division Name Change Reflects Reality

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Randall Newton

The former Nemetschek North America has changed its company name to Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. The Vectorworks line of software provides ...