Digabit will use XVL technology in Documoto to deliver 3D data to aftermarket technical documentation. Users of Documoto, web publishing software for aftermarket technical documentation, will benefit from the recent partnership announced between Digabit (publisher of Documoto) and Lattice Technology, which publishes XVL technology to deliver compressed 3D models with full … [Read more...] about Lattice Technology to help Documoto users publish 3D data faster
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Modding the Xbox Kinect to gather 3D streaming data
In less than a year after its release, a flood of researchers and tinkerers are finding ways to re-purpose the Kinect that have nothing to do with games. Two UCSD researchers are adapting the inexpensive and popular motion sensor to gather archaeological data. The November 2010 launch of the Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360 immediately unleashed a tidal wave of tinkerers who … [Read more...] about Modding the Xbox Kinect to gather 3D streaming data
2007: SAP PLM Road Map: High-Speed Rail Line or Head-On Train Wreck?
In detailed plans that read more like an internal memo than a press release, SAP announced a four-year road map in 2007 for its PLM suite. But can a software company that speaks Operations appeal to buyers who speak Engineering? Originally published August 2007 in Engineering Automation Report, acquired in 2010 by Jon Peddie Research. By Randall S. Newton Engineering … [Read more...] about 2007: SAP PLM Road Map: High-Speed Rail Line or Head-On Train Wreck?
2007: Anark Core offers new approach to sharing CAD data while protecting intellectual property
Core uses a ‘recipe’ methodology to transform 3D data so that a user can select exactly what information—no more and no less—is passed along to a partner. From the archives of Engineering Automation Report, acquired by Jon Peddie Research in 2010. By Randall S. Newton The new QQ from China’s Chery Automobile Company looks suspiciously similar to the GM/Daewoo Spark. Could … [Read more...] about 2007: Anark Core offers new approach to sharing CAD data while protecting intellectual property