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Big CAD Little PLM; CadFaster promises easy viz

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Kathleen Maher

CADfaster brings new visualization tools to market for AEC and product development, using a novel cloud-based foundation. PLM can be ...

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Power and Potential: GPUs for Engineering Simulation

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Randall Newton

Engineering simulation and analysis is getting a major hardware upgrade, due to the rise of general purpose graphics processing units. ...

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Quadrillions and Quadrillions of Cycles

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Randall Newton

In computer graphics, too much is not enough. Jon Peddie does some simple math on the ridiculous amount of computer ...

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AMD Rolls Out Top of the Line Workstation AIB – FirePro V9800

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Kathleen Maher

AMD has introduced their latest FirePro workstation product, the V9800. The V9800 includes AMD’s Eyefinity technology that enables up to ...

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Autodesk Inventor Mobile Viewer for iOS Brings 3D to Shop Floor

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Randall Newton

The new viewer allows 3D animations and related documentation to reach the shop floor on an iPod or iPhone. I’ve ...

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AutoCAD WS for iPhone & iPad Now Available

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Randall Newton

A new iPhone/iPad application for viewing AutoCAD DWG files is now available for download at the Apple iTunes App Store. ...

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The Era of Democratized Visualization Has Begun

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Randall Newton

The cost of professional visualization has plummeted and the value skyrocketed. Jon Peddie predicts a resurgence in the visualization market, ...

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E-on Expands Its World-Building Capabilities

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Kathleen Maher

Software from natural image digital content specialist E-on is used just about everywhere digital greenery is required. This summer E-on ...

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SolidWorks Decision Highlights Competitive Angst Between Luxology and Mental Images

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Randall Newton

The latest release of SolidWorks dumps PhotoWorks, based on Mental Images technology, for PhotoView 360, based on Luxology technology. Contributing ...

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Exocortex Debuts Adaptive Multi-Core Fluid Analysis

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Steve Wolfe

By L. Stephen Wolfe, P.E. Contributing Analyst Mention Siggraph and most people think of sophisticated computer graphics for making movies ...