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Can Microsoft Surface win a me-too tablet war?

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Randall Newton

The new Surface tablet has some unique characteristics. But iPad is a monstrous success because of supply chain genius as ...

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Autodesk debuts SketchBook Ink for iPad with new graphics engine

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Randall Newton

Autodesk’s Consumer Group came up with new technology to create this resolution-independent hybrid drawing package, different from the engine in ...

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Graphisoft updates BIMx app for Retina Display

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Randall Newton

BIMx goes beyond other AEC viewers with such features as gravity, egress recognition, and stereoscopic view. AEC software vendor Graphisoft ...

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Siemens PLM says there’s new wind in the Velocity sails

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Randall Newton

Now known as the Mainstream Engineering group, the Siemens PLM division responsible for Solid Edge says business is booming. A ...

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Finally a SolidWorks app for iPad

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Randall Newton

eDrawings for iPad works with eDrawings, DraftSight, and SolidWorks files and models. Email is used for connecting with the iPad, ...

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GrabCAD releases iPad app

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Randall Newton

More than 150,000 mechanical engineers and designers are now using GrabCAD regularly to share, collaborate, and seek work. Engineering design ...

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Twilight of the desktop tops the Tech Soft 3D agenda

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Randall Newton

It wasn’t the free microbrew that drew 60 developers to the annual pre-COFES customer meeting; it was the opportunity to ...

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ArtRage for iPad now supports Retina Display

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Randall Newton

Artists now have four times more pixels at their disposal than with iPad 2. Ambient Design is out the gate ...

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AutoCAD WS now supports 3D

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GfxS staff

Other new features in the latest update include GPS functionality and plot from mobile. Autodesk’s announcement of its latest version ...

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Vectorworks enters the cloud

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Randall Newton

New service allows users to share and review models, keeping local and remote copies in sync. An iPad/iPhone app is ...