Autodesk doesn’t go with the flow Posted by Martyn Day - June 26, 2008 Yesterday I met Autodesk’s Ken Bado (executive vice president of sales and services) and the first thing we talked about…
Flomerics goes to Mentor Posted by Al Dean - July 4, 2008 It seems that raising its bid by 17% (to around $60 million) got Mentor Graphics got Flomerics after all. In…
New mould analysis tools – for free Posted by Al Dean - July 4, 2008 Simpoe is planning to deliver a basic injection mould filling simulation tool, called “e-Simpoe ” including melt front animation, for…
Autodesk Subs get real Posted by Martyn Day - July 24, 2008 Autodesk’s Subscription to date, has been little more than paying for the next release, which has settled into a yearly…
Where’s the Future of 3D interaction? Posted by Al Dean - July 28, 2008 3Dconnexion has just released details of research they’ve been doing into the return on investment, commercial pay back that can…
The trouble with PDM Posted by Greg Corke - August 1, 2008 Making the decision to deploy a Product Document Management (PDM) system seems easy enough. To actually pick the correct system,…
Beyond the mouse and keyboard Posted by Greg Corke - August 7, 2008 Recent research shows that dedicated 3D control devices can have a major impact on design, but should we look to…
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…
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.…
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…