With all that bloggers are doing, what is left for the traditional press? By their numbers, voraciousness and speed, bloggers seemed to have nailed event coverage. It wasn’t even a contest. Ditto, tips and tricks — the press just cannot compete with hard core users — which most bloggers are. What
It’s hard for the press to compete with bloggers. There are so many of them. They report on each and everything. Sometimes it’s trivia (what I ate for breakfast), sometimes it’s borderline news (Lynn Allen attends SolidWorks World), but it can be the real choice stuff (enhancements shown for SolidWorks 2009).
Motion Control and Automation
Automation motion technologies shape new machinery designs
What are important trends in automation and motion control?
A key direction in machine design is modular machine concepts where OEMs are utilizing autonomous solutions and modules
AU 2007 ended on Friday, November 30. On Saturday, December 1, Peter Powell and I were married at the Valley of Fire in a Celtic Wedding Ceremony. Now I am officially Mrs. Powell. I’ve used the name officially so as not to confuse anyone when it changed so in a way it was my pen name. I will have some
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Spaceclaim Corporation is releasing Spaceclaim Professional 2008, the most advanced version of the company’s intuitive 3D design tool, empowering users to create and edit models faster than ever before.
This latest release is said to represent a huge leap in product functionality, with
A SolidWorks CAD conversion system has been updated by Okino for importing SolidWorks 2008 files (and all other major CAD file formats) into the newest DCC/Animation package releases
Okino Computer Graphics has updated its SolidWorks CAD conversion system and is available, at no cost, to
Two months ago I did a presentation on BIM at an event at the Hotel Roanoke. I chose to do this because everyone seems to want to talk about it. I suppose it must be like iPod’s or whatever new device is out there
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With the ratio of blogger to CAD user nearing 1:1, it’s no wonder someone offers a service that ranks blogs. I got wind of one such service (blogged.com) when they sent me an award for CAD Insider and an 8.4 rating. That means "great" according to their rating system. Whew! I’m glad I had a few recent posts up, as that is one of their criteria.
For producing and manipulating faceted models for 3D printing, rapid prototyping, simulation, manufacturing and analysis, DeskArtes has introduced 3Data Expert software
DeskArtes has introduced 3Data Expert software version 8.0 for 3D printing, rapid prototyping and simulation data transfer
Some say technology will help architectural and manufacturing firms cope as budgets tighten.
The dreaded R word is making a comeback. Earlier this month, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke conceded, “Recession is possible.” While acknowledging it, he hastened to add, “A recession is
a technical term defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research” (”Bernanke Says Recession Possible,” April 2, 2008, Associated Press).
