Siemens has announced v33.0 of Parasolid software that has been widely adopted by designers, engineers, and manufacturers due to its open business model. The company says that the latest release has ability to model with mixed models, supports more complex blending operations and configurations for mixed models, provides extended support for lattice structures. Parasolid V 33.0 … [Read more...] about Siemens’ Parasolid v33.0 brings enhanced support for mixed models
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2007: New Acrobat 3D promises a treasure box of possibilities
Once upon a time the CAD world waited with breathless anticipation for the second release of Acrobat with 3D capabilities. Four years later, we are still waiting for the promise to be achieved. Here, from the archives of Engineering Automation Report, is the origin story of a wannabe superhero; no foreshadowing added. By Randall S. Newton Engineering Automation Report, … [Read more...] about 2007: New Acrobat 3D promises a treasure box of possibilities
Spatial releases Catia 3D geometry kernel for commercial use
CGM release gives Dassault Systèmes a direct competitor to Parasolid. Spatial also releases an update to its 3D InterOp translator toolkit. The Spatial Corp. division of Dassault Systèmes has announced general availability for the Convergence Geometric Modeler (CGM) 3D modeling kernel, the same underlying technology used by Catia. The release gives software developers a new … [Read more...] about Spatial releases Catia 3D geometry kernel for commercial use