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Survey: CAD software upgrades worth the investment

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Randall Newton

Upgraders see 16% productivity gain within 2 months. A recent international survey of design and engineering specialists shows the average ...

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Demand for desktop CAD hardware expected to decline

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Randall Newton

Use of mobile and virtual workstation use of CAD tools will increase, according to new research survey. A recent survey ...

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Design technology innovation is alive and well at Open Design Alliance

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Randall Newton

What started as a consortium to reverse engineer the AutoCAD file format has matured into an essential developer for a variety ...

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CadMouse extends 3Dconnexion line

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Randall Newton

A mouse designed with CAD users in mind. 3Dconnexion, the Logitech spin-off with several products designed for 3D input, has ...

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Concepts reboots drafting for iPad

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Kathleen Maher

New drafting tool for tablets bridges conceptualization and drafting and opens up new lines of communication for professionals.  The arrival ...

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MyCadbox extends alternative model sharing platform

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Randall Newton

When other companies are moving to all-browser or mobile apps as a primary platform, CADfaster goes retro with a desktop ...

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Graebert offers Android tablet and CAD free with desktop CAD purchase

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Randall Newton

$799 gets you DWG-compatible CAD for Windows, Mac, or Linux; the late beta version of Ares Commander Touch; and a ...

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PTC says the plan is working; Q4 and FY ’14 inline with expectations

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Kathleen Maher

PTC puts 2014 in the win column and sees good growth in the future as the industry enters next wave of product design and manufacture technology.

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Bentley MicroStation update is all about the connections

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Randall Newton

The design platform favored by the enterprise-class design-build and infrastructure firms  will use the cloud without living on it. This ...

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Anatomy of a PLM market shift

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Kathleen Maher

Daimler builds new processes after moving to Siemens PLM. By Kathleen Maher The enterprise CAD/PLM market is something of a ...