Dassault's 3DExperience platform is designed to accommodate the whole Solidworks community and provide a fertile field for further development as new technology becomes available. At the 3DExperience Conference 2020 the buzz words included additive manufacturing, AI/ML, AR/VR, cryptocurrency, and blockchain. Dassault is reaching the home stretch of a very long journey. … [Read more...] about The first 3DExperience World Conference sets a new course for Solidworks
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SolidWorks drives strong second quarter for Dassault Systemès
Boeing signs a new long-term deal worth $1 billion to expand its use of Dassault software. Dassault Systèmes (Paris:DSY) reported a positive second quarter, with all results at or exceeding predictions. Software revenue was up 7% while new license revenues were up 8%. Total revenue for the quarter was €806.4 million, up 6% in constant currencies from a year ago. During the … [Read more...] about SolidWorks drives strong second quarter for Dassault Systemès
Dassault Systemès adds support for virtual reality viewer
Expensive CAVE systems can soon be replaced by consumer-class viewers. Dassault Systemès is at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week, demonstrating how its “3DEXPERIENCE” approach to engineering can take advantage of the new generation of business oriented head-mounted display (HMD) virtual reality devices. Dassault says headsets such as the HTC Vive will soon be able … [Read more...] about Dassault Systemès adds support for virtual reality viewer
Datakit updates SolidWorks export plug-ins
A license of the export target is not required to create a new version of the 3D model. Datakit has updated its line of SolidWorks conversion plug-ins. Each converter works as a SolidWorks plug-in, but does not require a license of the software in the format being exported. Updated modules include: SolidWorks 3D to Siemens NX: Converts models in SolidWorks … [Read more...] about Datakit updates SolidWorks export plug-ins
AMD gives advanced rendering software to developers
Radeon ProRender released to open source. Several CAD and DCC plug-ins are already available. By Jon Peddie At Siggraph, AMD announced that it was making its physical-based ray-tracing rendering engine open source, and would share its source code with developers as part of its GPUOpen program. The software has been renamed Radeon ProRender (it used to be called AMD … [Read more...] about AMD gives advanced rendering software to developers