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…
A moral quandary: Should we cover the weapons and defense industry? Posted by Al Dean - July 9, 2009 In the forthcoming issue of DEVELOP3D, we have a huge range of stories as ever (inlcuding a look at Vuuch,…
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…
SpaceClaim shows its hand(s) with regards to multi-touch Posted by Greg Corke - July 20, 2009 SpaceClaim has just posted a video on YouTube that is certain to grab the attention of multi-touch CAD fanatics. The…
Do graphics cards hold the secret to photorealistic real time rendering? Posted by Greg Corke - July 27, 2009 Last week I saw a very slick demo of a brand new rendering, animation and composition package called MachStudio Pro…
AMD takes the fight to Nvidia at the high-end of professional graphics Posted by Greg Corke - July 28, 2009 For years AMD (and before it ATI) has been happy to exist only in the mainstream professional graphics market, but…
Broadband rates not up to speed Posted by Greg Corke - July 28, 2009 Moving processor intensive CAE operations to The Cloud is no use whatsoever if our broadband connection is inconsistent. Image Copyright…
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…
Apple iPhone goes 3D with NaviCAD Posted by Greg Corke - July 29, 2009 Here’s a nice little story from Josh over at SolidSmack.com. He’s been trying out the first 3D viewer app for…