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GrabCAD lands $1.1 million investment
The group of venture capitalists and angel investors includes several with CAD industry experience. GrabCAD, the CAD services marketplace, this ...
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Dassault Systèmes reports strong first quarter
The acquisition of IBM PLM continues to inflate year-over-year comparisons. SolidWorks unit sales set a quarterly record. Dassault Systèmes (Paris:DSY) ...
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GrabCAD releases surprising MCAD user data
The Estonian start-up celebrates its first 100,000 downloads by giving us a peek into its user base. Solid Edge is ...
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Luxology Ships Modo for SolidWorks Kit
The new kit simplifies the importation of SolidWorks models into Modo while maintaining user interface conventions familiar to SolidWorks users. ...
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Graphics board tests are not created equal
Most industry benchmarks can be slanted to prefer or avoid performance characteristics. Jon Peddie explains the Pmark, used by Jon ...
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CadFaster releases cloud-based 3D sharing for Revit and SolidWorks
Recent previews at Autodesk University and SolidWorks World generated considerable interest. After a successful season of previews that generated considerable ...
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Exploring the best new technologies and innovative products at SolidWorks 2011
Two well-known engineering software industry analysts team up to rate the most promising new products on display at SolidWorks World ...
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Parasolid tops 3.5 million users
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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IBM PLM acquisition gives Dassault Systèmes a live-cat bounce in 2010
SolidWorks remains strong, and Catia sales are steady. There’s more than $1 billion in the bank. [Editor’s Note: the Euros ...
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An overview of SolidWorks rendering options
Five rendering products were on display at SolidWorks World 2011. What’s behind each pretty picture? At this week’s SolidWorks World ...
