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Cloud-based Cl3ver supports unconnected presentations for AEC and manufacturing

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Randall Newton

A new app for Windows and Apple devices can store cloud-based presentations locally.    The current update of Cl3ver—a cloud-based ...

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uMake brings sketch-model paradigm to iPad

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Randall Newton

Draw a few lines, then manipulate them in 3D space. A team that includes some of the original developers of ...

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GrabCAD and SpaceClaim offer Lagoa cloud visualization

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Randall Newton

Users of both products can offer browser-based photorealistic 3D product views to their users.   When cloud-based 3D product visualization ...

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Autodesk powers new Smithsonian 3D web presence

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Randall Newton

Custom educational tool gives general public virtual access to rare artifacts and specimens.    The Smithsonian today launches its new ...

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CAD toolkit maker Tech Soft 3D introduces new product suite for cloud and mobile

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Randall Newton

Vendors are eager to build new apps for mobile; these SDK’s mean they don’t have to start from scratch. Tech ...

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Seeing depth through a single lens

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Randall Newton

Mathematical image processing creates a 3D movie of any scene, using just two frames from a stationary camera or microscope. ...

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3D Systems acquires TeamPlatform

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Randall Newton

Collaborative workspaces are the new frontier for CAD. 3D Systems now has all the fundamental pieces for its fifth growth ...

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The coolest booth at Siggraph

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Randall Newton

Oculus is showing off the next version of its Rift virtual reality gaming goggles by appointment only. In a back ...

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3D needs its Napster moment

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Randall Newton

The Khronos Group wants to do for 3D what formats like MP3 and JPEG did for audio and video. At ...

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Aras brings first 3D PDF conversion to PLM platforms

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Randall Newton

By using 3D PDF Aras avoids the need to work with competing proprietary 3D data formats, making an open visualization ...