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Ares Commander update causes ripple effect

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Randall Newton

CorelCAD is also updated today and DraftSight will be shortly; both use Graebert’s Ares technology. A consistent market remains for ...

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PTC releases shake-and-break Creo View Mobile for iOS

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Randall Newton

18 months after its first preview, Creo users have a way to use and share models in the iPad/iPhone environment. ...

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GstarCAD release free version of tablet CAD viewer

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Randall Newton

The viewer can now read DWG drawings directly, eliminating need for a desktop conversion. Beijing-based CAD developer GstarCAD has release ...

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Perfect Shelf brings 3D to retail planning

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Randall Newton

Procter & Gamble has been working closely with Dassault Systèmes in developing ways to use 3D and PLM methods in ...

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Eye-tracking poised to become a standard computer-graphics feature

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Steve Wolfe

SolidWorks is only one of many companies looking to incorporate eye tracking into future updates to the user interface.   ...

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Video: Jon Peddie on GPUs and CAD industry

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Randall Newton

When CPUs went from faster to wider and GPUs became parallel processors, CAD vendors were caught in a bind. At ...

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Autodesk increasing prices in August

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Randall Newton

Discounts for upgrading older software are going away, and the price of upgrading recent releases is going up. Autodesk dealers ...

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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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Siemens PLM releases NX 8

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Randall Newton

The latest release stresses integration between design and engineering analysis and introduces the company’s vision for high-definition PLM. Siemens PLM ...

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2008: Wide-Ranging Autodesk lawsuit boils down to three letters: D-W-G

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GfxS staff

In 2008 Autodesk filed a federal lawsuit against Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks, opening another front on its DWG litigation war. While ...