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Tinkercad celebrates its 10th birthday
Free 3D CAD tool claims 35 million users. Tinkercad was born of a desire to extend 3D CAD and along ...
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Autodesk finds an edge in generative design
It starts with a simple design: the chair. Autodesk has numerous small projects for its generative design program, including its ...
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Nvidia showcases VR, AR, and rendering at SolidWorks World 2019
Offers new features to lure 3D CAD users to the Turing generation. At SolidWorks World 2019, Nvidia was selling the ...
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High-end CAD features have migrated to low-price CAD
TurboCAD and BricsCAD are rewriting the notion that it takes a $5,000 CAD program to do specialized tasks. By ...
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Onshape extends its 3D cloud CAD with sheet metal design
“Simultaneous Sheet Metal” technology lets users work concurrently on flat, folded and bend table representations. Onshape today released new sheet ...
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Survey finds BIM use tops 38% across AEC disciplines
A majority of potential users have not yet migrated to building information modeling. The most recent CAD market survey from ...
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Shapr3D offers iPad Pro-only 3D CAD
Intended for early design work, Shapr3D supports common 3D export formats. Don’t expect Android anytime soon. Shapr3D is gaining attention ...
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SPECapc releases new benchmark for Siemens NX
A complete redesign offers new models, latest graphics display modes and a fresh GUI. The non-profit group SPEC has released ...
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PTC immerses its users in the Internet of Things
From introducing recent acquisition ThingWorx to buying a systems engineering specialist, PTC wants its users to think big about making ...
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Siemens NX 9 beefs up synchronous technology, adds freeform design tools
From editing 2D drafting files to working with monstrous 3D assemblies, NX continues to be a force in CAD. Siemens ...