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Lumatix Atrium Designer 2012 offers global illumination previews in milliseconds

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Randall Newton

As 3D modeling software has matured, most of the emphasis on visualization quality has gone to the final rendering. But ...

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Autodesk acquires T-Splines modeling technology

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Randall Newton

The first major advancement in CAD geometry since NURBS has become popular in industrial, commercial, and architectural design. The fate ...

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Autodesk’s year of living acquisitively

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Kathleen Maher

All divisions—including their new consumer products group—went shopping in 2011. Here’s our list of companies and technologies now part of ...

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Mobile makes CAD industry submit to Joy’s Law in 2011

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Randall Newton

Most CAD vendors released at least one mobile app in 2011, but some felt pressured to do it.  Joy’s Law ...

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Santa rides a Norelco again

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Randall Newton

Re:think Studio re-creates classic TV ad in Modo. People of a certain age can likely recall the Norelco electric razor ...

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Study: Rich storytelling as important online as for TV, movies, or games

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Randall Newton

Forrester Research study shows leading advertisers are seeking out agencies with media design capabilities. Firms with rich digital media capabilities can ...

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Update: Gehry Technologies says October funding was $10 million

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Randall Newton

Autodesk was the primary investor of the Series B financing, but Dassault Systèmes and unnamed private investors also participated. Gehry ...

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Autodesk intends PLM global domination with Nexus

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Randall Newton

Autodesk 360 is a cloud-based suite for product lifecycle management that represents a new strategic direction and a significant about-face. ...

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Autodesk’s AEC division regroups

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Kathleen Maher

The surprise move put the AEC division under an unscripted spotlight at last week’s Autodesk University. It is a good ...

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Autodesk acquires Horizontal Systems for cloud BIM technology

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Randall Newton

Horizontal Glue is web technology to allow use of BIM data from competing products. We believe existing users have nothing ...