PTC states it’s agnostic on the cult of CAD-on-the-cloud Posted by Martyn Day - July 28, 2010 As a magazine that primarily deals with software developers, the last year has seen pretty much all the main protagonists…
SpaceClaim 2010 Posted by Al Dean - July 28, 2010 Al Dean looks at the latest release of SpaceClaim, one of the most recent entrants into the product development technology…
Fantastic Plastic – Why Lamborghini is key to understanding the future of composite design Posted by Al Dean - July 19, 2010 Composites design is something that’s coming up a lot during my meetings with vendors. Only the other week I was…
Online CAD and the fear for the sales channel Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 23, 2010 In a world where everything is available online where does this leave traditional CAD dealers? The software developers are busy…
PTC User: Orlando 2010 – Day 2 Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 9, 2010 A bright start as today’s presentations got underway Today saw PTC wheel out a few of the big guns from…
PTC User: Orlando 2010 Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 7, 2010 Jim Heppelmann probably won’t be getting a Christmas card from Dassault this year It’s been a long day here in…
Deal made to continue 3D technology development behind PDF Posted by Martyn Day - May 26, 2010 Back in November 2009 we reported that Adobe had allegedly laid off most of the employees in its Manufacturing Solutions…
NX 7.5 #1 : Core Synchronous Technology updates Posted by Al Dean - May 20, 2010 Today is the launch of the latest release in Siemens PLM Software’s NX product line and I’m sure the online…
Why are CAD systems so expensive? Posted by Greg Corke - April 14, 2010 Martyn Day examines this long standing can of worms and concludes that while the way we access the tools may…
Simulation: A couple of thoughts on barriers to entry and adoption Posted by Al Dean - March 31, 2010 The ability to not only define the form of a product digitally, but to also simulate its performance and behaviour…