NVIDIA launches GPU based ray tracing at Siggraph Posted by Al Dean - August 14, 2008 NVIDIA has announced that it can calculate ray traced imagery on the fly using its GPUs, claiming an industry first.…
AMD rebrands while Nvidia gears up for extravaganza Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 14, 2008 AMD’s legendary ATI Fire GL brand, which was made famous by Diamond Multimedia ten years ago, is no more. AMD…
Beyond the mouse and keyboard Posted by Greg Corke - August 7, 2008 Recent research shows that dedicated 3D control devices can have a major impact on design, but should we look to…
The trouble with PDM Posted by Greg Corke - August 1, 2008 Making the decision to deploy a Product Document Management (PDM) system seems easy enough. To actually pick the correct system,…
Where’s the Future of 3D interaction? Posted by Al Dean - July 28, 2008 3Dconnexion has just released details of research they’ve been doing into the return on investment, commercial pay back that can…
New mould analysis tools – for free Posted by Al Dean - July 4, 2008 Simpoe is planning to deliver a basic injection mould filling simulation tool, called “e-Simpoe ” including melt front animation, for…
Flomerics goes to Mentor Posted by Al Dean - July 4, 2008 It seems that raising its bid by 17% (to around $60 million) got Mentor Graphics got Flomerics after all. In…
HP Blade MCAD Workstation Posted by Greg Corke - June 24, 2008 Blade Workstations are exactly like standard workstations – insofar as they run desktop CAD/CAM/CAE applications, perform complex calculations and offer…
Architectural tools finding new home Posted by Greg Corke - June 14, 2008 Bentley Systems and McNeel and Associates both recently announced new modelling tools which are primarily designed for architects. This wouldn’t…
New SolidWorks Integrated mould filling analysis Posted by Al Dean - June 5, 2008 I got a release through from UK SolidWorks VAR, New Technology CADCAM about it adding SimpoeWorks to its product portfolio.…