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PTC extends mechatronic reach with MKS acquisition

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Randall Newton

Managing embedded software as part of product development continues to be a major trend in PLM. When John Deere became ...

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Autodesk rides the manufacturing rebound

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Randall Newton

Business trend lines show industrial growth, and Autodesk sees itself beating its peer group for the new business. A year ...

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PTC provides names for new Creo apps

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Randall Newton

Last October when PTC announced plans for the Creo line, replacing Pro/Engineer and other CAD tools, it only hinted at ...

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Aston Martin Racing chooses PTC

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Randall Newton

The busy racing firm will use both Creo Elements/Pro and Windchill as it develops a next-generation Le Mans prototype chassis. ...

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Parasolid tops 3.5 million users

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Randall Newton

Almost every CAD/CAD/CAE vendor is a Siemens PLM customer. Siemens PLM Software today announced that sales of its Parasolid 3D ...

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Autodesk to acquire CFD vendor Blue Ridge Numerics for $39 million

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Randall Newton

Blue Ridge products are used in both products development and construction engineering. It has a sizable customer list of PTC ...

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Integrated systems engineering is the new battleground for MCAD’s Big Four

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Randall Newton

Here’s why Dassault Systemes made a big deal out of BMW choosing its V6 platform for future electronics design. By ...

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PTC YouTube channel answers Creo questions

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Randall Newton

Got questions about Creo? PTC’s Mike Campbell has answers. PTC has posted a set of short videos to YouTube with ...

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CAD companies get behind FIRST programs

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Kathleen Maher

Get ‘em while they’re young. Young students start making choices about where their interests lie pretty early and educators in ...

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2011 is a year of transition for the CAD industry

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Randall Newton

Our Editor-in-Chief reviews the year in CAD and looks ahead to 2011. At least it wasn’t 2009. By Kathleen Maher ...