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Marketing 101 — Score 2 for Autodesk

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Kathleen Maher

Hey, the battle is on. Autodesk has been commissioning studies lately. They’ve hired long time journalist, writer, and hardware/software reviewer ...

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Inventor Chuck Hull Describes the High Tech Cycle

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Randall Newton

Chuck Hull is a co-founder of 3D Systems and the inventor of stereolithography. In a rare public presentation at the ...

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Toon Boom Releases Free iPad Animation App

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Randall Newton

The Emmy-winning software developer brings fingerpainting-simple animation to the iPad. Montreal-based software developer Toon Boom Animation has released Flipboom Lite, ...

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Graebert Launches ARES Commander 2D/3D CAD for Apple Macintosh

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Randall Newton

The newest Mac CAD product offers AutoCAD-compatibility at an introductory price of $495. Today German software developer Graebert GmbH launches ...

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Fiat Selects aesthetica Software to Improve Perceived Quality in Auto Design

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Randall Newton

Fiat will use the product visualization software to help improve manufacturing variation analysis and reduce development costs through early identification ...

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Autodesk Resellers Avatech, Mensch und Maschine Report Growth

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Randall Newton

The rate of positive improvement reported by Avatech Solutions and Mensch und Maschine Software, two leading resellers, offers a bit ...

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How Many Design Firms Have Gone Under in This Recession?

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Randall Newton

It seems no one knows exactly how many architectural and engineering firms have closed in the US since the start ...

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Diva Adds Architectural Daylight Analysis to Rhino

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Randall Newton

A team of Harvard architectural design researchers wrote Diva so they could do daylight analysis inside Rhino. A team of ...

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ANSYS Posts Rosy Second Quarter Results

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Randall Newton

ANSYS is doing well again, in line with its industry peers. But does it deserve such a high stock price ...

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April 2007: SMB Talking Points The Big PLM Sales Teams Hope You Never Hear

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Randall Newton

From 2007: A light-hearted look at PLM and Small Business By Randall S. Newton Editor-in-Chief, CADCAMNET [Editor’s Note, 2007: The ...