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Giant burrowing snake machines create London Crossrail tunnel

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Randall Newton

Designed in PTC Creo, eight 1,000-ton units are cutting through 26 miles of widely varying conditions. For years the Crossrail ...

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Growing dragons challenge Game of Thrones CG team

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Randall Newton

Pixomondo created the babies, growing in capabilities as the dragons grow in stature. HBO’s Game of Thrones is popular for ...

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Holographic visualization gives design firm a leg up

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Randall Newton

Britto Charette found a way to help the “spatially challenged” understand the plan.   Interior design firm Britto Charette specializes in ...

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Kung Fury rocks the 80s action movie genre with heavy CG

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Randall Newton

David Sandberg scooped up $630,000 on Kickstarter and put together a hilarious short film in Autodesk Maya and 3ds Max. ...

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New report says Vectorworks top BIM software in UK

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Randall Newton

Government mandate is forcing AEC firms to re-evaluate what software they use. According to results from the fifth annual NBS National ...

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Taking virtual prototyping beyond visualization

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GfxS staff

Virtence helps its automotive clients including Audi and Volkswagen integrate high-quality visualization into engineering and design. Today, virtual prototyping is ...

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Training entrepreneurs for the Internet of Things

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Randall Newton

A new partnership between PTC and the University of Utah will help equip a novel student think tank. The new ...

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What would you do with a battery-powered welder?

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Randall Newton

Using PTC engineering software, Fronius International has brought to market the first manual arc welder that runs from a rechargeable ...

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How Whiskytree runs its “Work Smart” CG pipeline

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Randall Newton

Successful VFX for films including Elysium, Thor: The Dark World, and Captain America: The Winter Soldier are among the projects ...

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Autodesk wind simulation to enhance Fox Sports Super Bowl coverage

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Randall Newton

Swirling winter winds can affect a football game. For the first time, viewers can see exactly what the wind is ...