Inventor Fusion Part II: Working with existing geometry, assemblies + annotation Posted by Al Dean - June 29, 2009 #2: While the tools we’ve discussed are predominantly targeting the creation of geometry from scratch, one of the reasons that…
Inventor Fusion Part III: Plans for the future + a conclusion of sorts. Posted by Al Dean - July 1, 2009 #3: Looking at this initial Tech Preview, Inventor Fusion has some legs to it. Yes, there are things missing or…
SustainabilityXpress Beta: The Benefits & Challenges of talking Green & Technology Posted by Al Dean - July 7, 2009 SustainabillityXpress loads up into the Browser panel to the right-hand side of the UI. This release onto SolidWorks’ Labs web-site…
How to buy a professional graphics card for SolidWorks 2009 Posted by Greg Corke - July 15, 2009 SolidWorks 2009 has one of the most advanced 3D graphics engines in the CAD industry, but what is it that…
Spatial to help CAD/CAM/CAE software developers take advantage of multiple CPU cores Posted by Greg Corke - July 29, 2009 Applications running Spatial’s new ACIS thread technology should thrive on multi-core workstations, such as this beast of a machine from…
South of the river Posted by DEVELOP3D - July 31, 2009 As the financial crisis hits all areas of the industry, Stephen Holmes heads to one of the Capital's most CAD…
PLM – What’s in a name? Posted by DEVELOP3D - July 31, 2009 It’s everywhere, it’s overused and it’s a marketing buzzword, but it also holds the key to developing, producing, and supporting…
Top 10 tips for workstation tuning Posted by DEVELOP3D - August 14, 2009 Regular DEVELOP3D columnist Rob Jamieson gives his top 10 tips on how to get more performance out of your workstationBy…
Inventor Fusion tech preview Posted by DEVELOP3D - August 14, 2009 DEVELOP3D's editor Al Dean gives his first impressions of Autodesk's brand new direct modelling technology preview. Now available to the…
TurboCAD 16.0 Posted by DEVELOP3D - August 28, 2009 Al Dean looks at TurboCAD, a stalwart in the world of 2D CAD, and wonders if the implementation of new…