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Okino celebrates 10 years of Rhino conversion with update

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Randall Newton

The .3dm converter is embedded in many products in addition to Okino’s PolyTrans|CAD. Ten years after releasing their first Rhino/OpenNURBS ...

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Exploring the best new technologies and innovative products at SolidWorks 2011

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GfxS staff

Two well-known engineering software industry analysts team up to rate the most promising new products on display at SolidWorks World ...

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Parasolid tops 3.5 million users

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Randall Newton

Almost every CAD/CAD/CAE vendor is a Siemens PLM customer. Siemens PLM Software today announced that sales of its Parasolid 3D ...

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Autodesk third quarter net income up 81%

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Randall Newton

For the first time in three years all geographic regions reported double-digit growth. CEO Carl Bass used the analyst Q&A ...

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Solid Edge ST3 Arrives

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Kathleen Maher

It’s a happy day for SolidEdge users. Siemens PLM Software has introduced the latest version of its mainstream 3D CAD ...

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Jay Leno’s Garage Plays with ‘Cool Stuff’ from Autodesk, Geomagic, Faro

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Randall Newton

The current episode of  “Jay Leno’s Garage” introduces car rebuilding enthusiasts to using additive manufacturing to replace rare parts. You’d ...

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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 ...

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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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Alibre goes with Luxion

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Kathleen Maher

3D CAD/CAM vendor Alibre has announced a new bundle deal for Luxion KeyShot rendering and Alibre’s Design Expert and Alibre ...

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One Screen to Rule Them All, One Screen to Find Them, One Screen to Bring Them All and In the IT Bind Them

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Randall Newton

Consumer technology pundits say there is a war going on over what screen size will prevail: mobile, desktop, or room-size. ...