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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 ...

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2001: RAND Worldwide Overview

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Randall Newton

From the April 2001 edition of Engineering Automation Report, engineering business analyst Evan Yares takes a close look at RAND ...

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2007: Autodesk CEO Takes A Verbal Baseball Bat to PLM

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Randall Newton

“There are only three companies in the world with a PLM problem,” says Autodesk CEO Carl Bass. “Their names are ...

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Bunkspeed Shot debuts as first Iray end-user application

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Steve Wolfe

On July 26, Bunkspeed released Shot, an application for making realistic renderings quickly. It’s the first end-user application of mental images Iray interactive realistic rendering technology. Mental images became a subsidiary of graphics-chip maker Nvidia in December 2007.

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Stratasys Reports Strong Second Quarter

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Randall Newton

The Minnesota-based manufacturer of Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing systems achieves record consumable revenue and system shipments. This is the ...

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3D Systems Revenue Rises 42% in Second Quarter

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Randall Newton

The maker of 3D printing and additive manufacturing units experienced good recovery in all aspects of their business. 3D Systems ...