The Ribbon of Doom

Posted by - May 30, 2008
Solid Edge is now fully Ribbon’ed up I’ve spent the last ten years or so writing about the technology we…

Acrobat 9 Unveiled

Posted by - June 4, 2008
On Monday of this week, Adobe launched its now yearly update to its Acrobat digital document tool. I have been…

HP Blade MCAD Workstation

Posted by - June 24, 2008
Blade Workstations are exactly like standard workstations – insofar as they run desktop CAD/CAM/CAE applications, perform complex calculations and offer…

NX 6

Posted by - July 11, 2008
Alongside the Synchronous Technology launch, Siemens PLM also updated its two product development applications, Solid Edge and NX. This month…

Rhino 4

Posted by - July 25, 2008
There aren't many professional-standard, low-cost 3D modelling tools on the market today. Rhino from McNeel & Associates is probably the…

Joining the dots

Posted by - August 25, 2008
Ping Fu is CEO of Geomagic, one of the leading Digital Shape Sampling and Processing (DSSP) companies. Its software enables…

SolidWorks 2009 preview

Posted by - August 28, 2008
SolidWorks 2009 promises to be one of the most impressive releases in years. The ever so slightly eccentric Josh Mings…