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PTC acquires long-time partner NetIdeas

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Randall Newton

The PLM hosting specialist bring remote deployment (cloud) expertise. PTC today announced it has acquired long-time services partner NetIdeas, Inc., a provider ...

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Autodesk formally unveils Fusion 360

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Randall Newton

The next-generation industrial design and mechanical modeling tool runs from the cloud. T-Spline technology gives it the curvy capabilities of ...

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Sunglass adds Cadenas PartSolutions 1 million item 3D parts library to its cloud CAD worksite

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Randall Newton

The Sunglass Parts Library is the first example of a 3D parts library linking directly to an interactive design site. ...

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New 128 GB iPad a natural for CAD?

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Randall Newton

Not every vendor agrees cramming more memory into a tablet is an evolutionary step in the right direction. Apple recently expanded ...

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Year in review: Looking forward to moving forward

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Kathleen Maher

2012 may be remembered as the year the computer graphics industry waited for better times. By Kathleen Maher [Editor’s Note: ...

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Autodesk Fusion 360 takes MCAD into the cloud

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Randall Newton

Autodesk offered a preview of its new cloud-based 3D modeling software at Autodesk University. It is the most ambitious extension ...

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Customers were waiting for Teamcenter on the cloud

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Randall Newton

PLM Software? Check. Integration Partner? Check. Cloud Platform? Check. When PTC announced it would provide its Windchill enterprise PLM software ...

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CyDesign Studio uses 3D model to re-couple requirements management with product design

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Randall Newton

Now available in preview mode, the cloud-based platform lets engineers assess design options and continuously test against initial requirements. CyDesign ...

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Autodesk moves simulation to the cloud

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Randall Newton

Autodesk believes Simulation 360 will lead to increased access, lower prices, and help push simulation up-front in design workflow.  Autodesk has ...

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Autodesk buys Inforbix PLM search technology

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Randall Newton

Cloud-based SaaS for PLM will fit well in Autodesk’s grand plan for PLM. Autodesk today acquired the technology of PLM ...