3D Systems, Stratasys, and EOS divvy up competitive territories. 3D Systems makes bid for Geomagic and expands software play. By Kathleen Maher The revolution continues at breakneck speed. In the field of digital reality, a term used to define the intersection where digital design, information capture, and additive manufacturing come together, there is increasing … [Read more...] about Geomagic/3D Systems deal accelerates the digital reality revolution
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Aveva reboots plant design portfolio
New Everything3D seeks one-to-one correspondence of physical and digital assets. The original data-first philosophy behind PDMS lives on. Plant and marine design vendor Aveva last week introduced a significant reboot of its plant design portfolio by introducing next-generation design software that integrates 3D geometry and 3D laser scan data into a coherent unit. Aveva … [Read more...] about Aveva reboots plant design portfolio
Kineo CAM finds a software shortcut for nuclear plant robots
New technology skips the conversion of 3D point clouds to CAD geometry to create an automatic path finder. Nuclear plant operators use as-built models to determine access paths for equipment and mobile robots, which must traverse areas humans cannot generally visit. New software from Kineo CAM makes it possible to find these paths directly from within point cloud data, without … [Read more...] about Kineo CAM finds a software shortcut for nuclear plant robots