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Perfect Shelf brings 3D to retail planning
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
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
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
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
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
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
In 2008 Autodesk filed a federal lawsuit against Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks, opening another front on its DWG litigation war. While ...
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2007: Oracle acquires Agile in $495 million bid to become PLM leader
In hindsight, this acquisition was just one of many; Oracle assimilated Agile and moved on. Here’s what it looked like ...
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AEC startups Horizontal and Ziggurat launch cloud BIM partnership
The two plan to carve out a niche as the ‘best of breed’ in 3D BIM project collaboration for existing ...
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Open Design Alliance adds raster library, Android support to Teigha update
The raster support comes from an open source library used by 90 products. The Android support is an API in ...
