The ‘Analyst problem” & Aberdeen’s New Digital Prototyping tool Posted by Al Dean - November 24, 2008 I was fascinated by this news release. The Aberdeen Group has launched a “online digital prototyping assessment tool,“ which utilizes…
Bass breaks the bad news Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 6, 2008 Carl Bass, president and CEO of Autodesk has admitted they are feeling the pinch of the global financial crisis, as…
DWG: Do We Give a… Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 9, 2008 For anyone trying to keep tabs on the flurry of law suits being undertaken and pending between the major CAD…
Dassault Systemes: Beyond Catia Posted by DEVELOP3D - September 24, 2008 Over the past few years, Dassault Systemes' has seemingly been constantly reshaping and innovating its business and product lines in…
Rob Jamieson reports from SIGGRAPH 2008 in Los Angeles Posted by DEVELOP3D - September 23, 2008 SIGGRAPH is becoming increasingly focussed on CAD with plenty of new graphics-centric technologies on show. Finding time to see them,…
What’s stopping users from exploring new functionality in their product development environment? Posted by DEVELOP3D - September 12, 2008 What is it that is stopping users from exploring new functionality in their workhorse product development environment? Al Dean wonders…
Joining the dots Posted by DEVELOP3D - August 25, 2008 Ping Fu is CEO of Geomagic, one of the leading Digital Shape Sampling and Processing (DSSP) companies. Its software enables…
Plastic fantastic Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 18, 2008 A nifty preview of Inventor’s Plastic Features Technology has been offered up on Autodesk Labs, giving users the chance to…
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…