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President Obama unveils initiatives for renewed growth of manufacturing jobs in the U.S.

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Kathleen Maher

Government investments in digital technologies—including direct manufacture, PLM, visualization, digital prototyping, and new materials development—will spawn innovation centers across the ...

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3D Systems forms strategic alliance with consulting firm Deloitte

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Randall Newton

The two will jointly create regional solution centers to promote 3D in manufacturing. 3D printing systems vendor 3D Systems has ...

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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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Autodesk manufacturing acquires HSMWorks to fill CAM “missing link”

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Randall Newton

Current SolidWorks products will continue to be sold.  But for how long? [Editor’s Note: This article was updated October 2, ...

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Redefining production in the age of Digital Reality

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Kathleen Maher

Software is transforming every stage of the manufacturing process. Small companies with niche technologies are being gobbled up. By Kathleen ...

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Delcam sets revenue and profit records in 2011

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Randall Newton

The world’s largest CAM software specialist saw strong demand in aeronautics, automotive, and health care. UK-based CAD/CAM software developer Delcam ...

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KeyShot update adds real-time environment editing

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Randall Newton

Luxion has also added a new metallic paint material, material templates, network rendering, and more. Hot on the heels of ...

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Autodesk closes fiscal year with 12% fourth quarter revenue increase

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Randall Newton

AEC and manufacturing divisions both set single-quarter revenue records. AEC in North America is finally starting to rebound. Net income ...

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Cyon Research opens 2012 engineering software user survey

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Randall Newton

Annual survey explores the business outlook and technology plans of firms that use CAD, CAE, PDM, PLM, and BIM software. ...

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Proficiency Collaboration Gateway adds Autodesk Inventor translator

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Randall Newton

Inventor is the first mid-range MCAD product to be supported by Collaboration Gateway. All parts, assemblies, and related data can ...