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CADdepot Opens Its Doors to Sell CAD Products

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Randall Newton

CAD news veteran Roopinder Tara revamps an old site to challenge the status quo in CAD product sales. By Kathleen ...

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Guntert & Zimmerman Streamline Product Development with SolidWorks and Synergis Adept

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Randall Newton

When G&Z upgraded from AutoCAD to SolidWorks, its old Windows Explorer-based document management system could not keep up, and high-end ...

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Stagnant SofTech Delists Stock

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Randall Newton

Small CAD and PLM developer SofTech filed this week for the delisting of its common stock. The company says the ...

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Ansys Makes FORTUNE 100 Fastest-Growing Companies List Again

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Randall Newton

The simulation and analysis software vendor makes Fortune’s list for the second straight year. Ansys (NASDAQ: ANSS) has been ranked ...

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2009: Feisty Vuuch Offers Social Network Technology for ‘People-Centric’ Product Development

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Randall Newton

In 2009 CADCAMNET interviewed Vuuch’s feisty CEO Chris Williams, who says true design history is in the discussions, not the ...

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New Bentley Products Represent Victory for iRING User Group

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Randall Newton

Three new Bentley products support the iRING standards for real-time interoperability for plant engineering data models. The iRING Users Group, ...

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2008: Avatech’s George Davis: ‘We Can Weather the Storm’

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Randall Newton

When George Davis became CEO of Avatech Solutions in 2007, the company was in the middle of its own economic ...

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Ansys Workbench Adds Durability & Fatigue Testing Capabilities

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Randall Newton

nCode from HBN allows Ansys Workbench users to add fatigue analysis to engineering simulation. Ansys Workbench now offers the option ...

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Resellers Rand and Avatech Merge Business Operations

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Randall Newton

The reverse merger returns Rand Worldwide to the stock market. This deal is about three things: Strength, Liquidity, and Cashing ...

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2008: “3D Manufacturing Innovation” Explains the Japanese Quest for an Alternative to PLM

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Randall Newton

The Japanese are ready to embrace 3D in manufacturing. But they have little interest in the Western top-down, design-driven linear ...