If you would like to be included in Pulse, please submit your news, Press Release, or blog URL to pulse@novedge.com Novedge reserves the right to exclude certain items from Pulse. | Novedge Novedge Pulse Latest NewsBlog Posts and News From the Last 24 Hours![]() Brian McElyea Yesterday CADFanatic Blog PDF Format Becomes ISO StandardIn a press release dated July 2, 2008, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) announced that Adobe had relinquished control of the PDF format to ISO: The Portable Document Format (PDF), undeniably one of the most commonly used formats for [...] ![]() Alex R. Ruiz Yesterday The SolidWorks Geek Blog Using BOMs in SolidWorks 2008 Pt2Today we continue our discussion on using BOMs in SolidWorks 2008. Be sure you go back and read my previous post Creating Your BOM Template and Using BOMs in SolidWorks 2008 before reading on. I would also highly recommend Josh’s coverage of BOM at SolidSmack, [...] ![]() Hakan Sonmezler Yesterday The UGS NX way to do the job Blog Exposing NX attributes to Windows ExplorerIf you'd like to see or modify your part attributes outside of NX, here's a simple trick :-Click on Start - Run... and type the following :regsrv32 "C:\Program Files\UGS\NX 5.0\UGII\ugpropext.dll"-You'll see that the dll has been registered successfully.-Log off and [...] ![]() VX, Corp. Jul 2, 08 Source: Novedge Yamaha Motors & Shonan Unitech select VXMelbourne, FL -- VX Corporation, specializing in CAD/CAM for consumer products, molds and machining, announced the selection of VX by prominent global recreational vehicle and automotive manufacturers.[...] ![]() Alex R. Ruiz Yesterday The SolidWorks Geek Blog What is an RSS Feed?I realize that since I have been asking my readers to subscribe to my RSS feed, that some of my less tech-savvy readers might not know what that means. A RSS feed, Really Simple Syndication, delivers blog entries, News Headlines and Podcast to an aggregator or RSS [...] ![]() Pixar Yesterday Source: Novedge WALL-E floors the audiences in Pixar’s latest animation venturePixar’s latest industrious undertaking has hit the screens in the US, a story of a lonely robot meant for greater things. Spending his years on Earth cleaning up humanities garbage, the little trash compacter has more gizmos than a Swiss Army knife and more soul than his hollow chest can hold. The artist’s quest to create him is a story that rivals WALL•E’s own. (William) Austin Lee, Character Modeler and Articulation Artist, and Animator Doug Frankel discuss how they brought the character to life, and Keith (Daniel) Klohn, one of the Effects Sequence Leads, shares how he accomplished some of the digital effects on the film. [...] ![]() Ralph Grabowski Yesterday WorldCAD Blog RasterDWGHere is the agreement whereby softelec hands over the RasterDWG trademark to Autodesk "for good and valuable consideration":It's not noted in this agreement, but softelec gets to continue using the RasterDWG name. Autodesk owns it, but softelect uses it. Could this [...] ![]() Car-Body Design Yesterday Source: Car Body Design Tutorial: Car Drawing![]() Alex R. Ruiz Yesterday The SolidWorks Geek Blog RSS Feed TestHey Folks! This is a test and only a test. If all works well only RSS subscribers will see this message. Pay attention to your feed because within the next couple of days you will be receiving your first clue for our RSS contest. -The SolidWorks Geek ![]() Jimmy Bergmark Yesterday JTB World Blog Participated in setting a Guinness World Recordhttp://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/Guinness World Record for the most downloaded software in 24 hours. From 18:16 UTC on June 17, 2008 to 18:16 UTC on June 18, 2008, 8,002,530 people downloaded Firefox 3 [...] ![]() Josh Mings Today SolidSmack Blog Friday Smackdown: 10 Cups of DeathSuddenly and without warning, I leapt to my feet, only to realize I had no feet and the ceiling was much shorter than it was when I had a beard. That can really throw off your concentration. Fortunately I came across these links. Desktop wallpaper for July - I was [...] ![]() Graphisoft Today Source: Graphisoft News Structural SolutionsStructural Design, Analysis and Production "... Simplicity of construction, clarity of tectonic means, and purity of materials has about them the glow of pristine beauty." Ludwig Mies van der Rohe The Role of Structure in Architectural Design A buildingÂ?s architectural design and its physical structure are closely interrelated: on the one hand, the architectural design of the building defines the structure; on the other hand, the structural design of a building reflects the overall architectural design. As structure has become a visual and aesthetic part of the design in modern architect ![]() Steve Johnson Today Blog Nauseam Autodesk’s 12-month release cycle - Is it harmful?I’ve opened a poll asking for your opinion about whether the 12-month release cycle of AutoCAD and its variants is harmful to the quality of the software that Autodesk is providing. I won’t express my own opinion on this subject here yet, but will do so [...] ![]() Erhan Toker Today Daily AutoCAD Blog Making the lines and surfaces with unstraigth angles paralel while plottingAutoCAD 2002 and higher versions In AutoCAD, axis that are perpendicular to coordinate system ‘orthographic‘ axis. Our drawings are generally developed by using these axes. However, depending up on the drawing discipline, i.e. surveying, highway engineering, we have [...] ![]() Kean Walmsley Today Through the Interface Blog A tale of tight turnaroundJust a quick post [...] I've been (and am still) on vacation this week (not doing anything very exciting, mostly cutting hedges and other miscellaneous garden work), but I queued up a few posts in order to keep things moving along [...] ![]() Scott Sheppard Yesterday It is Alive in the Lab Blog Chris Blocher: We've come a long way babyImage source: http://www.wpclipart.com/world_history/ape_man_evolution.png User Assistance Manager, Chris Blocher, used to write documentation for Autodesk Design Review. One day he sent me the following: Chris noted how viewing designs had evolved from Autodesk View, [...] ![]() Flomerics Yesterday Source: Planet Analog 04 July 2008SAN JOSE, Calif. -- EDA giant Mentor Graphics Corp. has apparently taken over Flomerics Group plc, a simulation software maker, for $60 million, according to reports. ![]() Dan Ablan Yesterday Dan Ablan's Blog Selling Some StuffHappy 4th of July everyone - I have three items I’m looking to unload. 1. Lowepro Vertex 200AW bag. I was planning on a photo trek and bought this bag, as it can carry my big 1D Mk III, the 300mm, the 85, my 15″ laptop, memory cards, cables, and more. I [...] ![]() Al Dean Yesterday Develop3D Blog New mould analysis tools - for freeSimpoe is planning to deliver a basic injection mould filling simulation tool, called "e-Simpoe " including melt front animation, for free, as a download. It can also be used as a viewer to interact with simulation results performed with any of the commercial Simpoe [...] ![]() Al Dean Yesterday Develop3D Blog Flomerics goes to MentorIt seems that raising its bid by 17% (to around $60 million) got Mentor Graphics got Flomerics after all. In one of the most public attempts to sell an organisation for a while, the electronics engineering specialist finally got hold of all that lovely CFD code that [...] ![]() Steve Stafford Yesterday Revit OpEd Blog Worksharing Monitor - Doesn't Work with Some FilesDavid Duarte posted a reply to a thread on this subject at AUGI stating that the Worksharing Monitor tool (available via Autodesk Subscription) does not detect activity with files that contain an additional period (.) in the file name.For example: MyAwesomeProject.NoReally.central.rvtI [...] ![]() Steve Stafford Yesterday Revit OpEd Blog Export To File Error - Illegal Characters in View/Project NamesI posted this at the HOK CAD Solutions blog regarding this issue today and I am providing a link here just in case you don't visit their blog...yet...Keep it Legal!! [...] ![]() Steve Stafford Yesterday Revit OpEd Blog Web Database and Revit InsideI'm writing this here because I don't want to muddy the waters at the Revit Inside blog with a new post. First, thanks to every firm that has asked to be on the list. It has grown steadily and even more so lately. The number of requests has tripled in the last few [...] ![]() Mark W. Kiker Yesterday CADDManager Blog Thought Leadership - What’s in it for you?Many would ask: Why should I bother doing all this? What’s in it for me? What will I gain by being a Thought Leader? Let me list a few things that I think make it an advantage to you and your career to become a Thought Leader. Admittedly these are from my [...] ![]() Jimmy Bergmark Yesterday JTB World Blog Expression Web 2 is not available with Empower MSDN subscriptionI have MSDN access through my ISV Empower subscription and noticed that I could access Expression Web 1 but not Expression Web 2. Version 2 was greyed and not available. I got confirmed from Microsoft that this was the case and that this media is only available for [...] ![]() Matthew Lorono Yesterday SolidWorks Legion Blog Drill and Tap (~Part 3)I previously discussed threaded hole callouts in the context of SolidWorks and its calloutformat.txt files (Part 1 and Part 2). As mentioned before, there is a tendency for some to callout threaded holes with too much information. Often, the thread callouts include [...] ![]() Robert McNeel Yesterday Rhino News, etc. Blog Grasshopper tutorialDavid Fano has turned David Ruttens ’s Shift Example into a very nice video tutorial. [...] ![]() Robert McNeel Yesterday Rhino News, etc. Blog Students having too much funPatricia Muñoz's "Morfologia" students at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo are showing their projects on YouTube. [...] ![]() Josh Mings Yesterday SolidSmack Blog SolidWorks Wallpaper: 3D Product Design Goodness for Your DesktopI know what you’re going through. Every time you boot your computer the Windows ‘Bliss’ background, circa 2001, burns holes right through your retinas. You desire something with a little more snap. Maybe a cool looking product design. huh? yeah? Then [...] ![]() Randy K. McSwain Yesterday CAD Panacea Blog Quick access to layer states managerStarting with AutoCAD 2008, you now have direct access to the Layer States Manager, without opening the LAYER dialog first.In AutoCAD 2008, click the button on the far right of the LAYERS toolbar.In AutoCAD 2009, click the button shown below:Once you get the Layer [...] ![]() Mike Puckett Yesterday Mike Puckett's Blog Don't Take My Word For It...I have written several times on here about the benefits of participating in the online Solidworks Community. Devon Sowell posted an interview today with a guy named Gary Swingle who happened to be the 50,000th person to join the Solidworks [...] ![]() Melanie (Stone) Perry Yesterday Mistress of the Dorkness Blog Book: AutoCAD and LT 2009 Bible AvailableI just noticed a post on Shaan Hurley's blog revealing that the AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT 2009 Bible is nowavailable.As I mentioned, I've been lucky enough to have been able to assist Ellen Finkelstein in the updating of her priceless teaching and reference work for the [...] ![]() Ralph Grabowski Yesterday WorldCAD Blog A $2.6B Oopsie for nVidianVidia's market value dropped $2.6 billion overnight after it admitted it has a big problem with faulty GPUs used in some notebook computers -- as well as weaker demand for its products and downward pressure on prices from archrival ATI. After making $1.15 billion [...] ![]() Gabi Jack Yesterday Gabi Jack's Blog All for one and once and for all? Display States in SW2008The inspiration for this post came from a question a friend asked me about an alternative way to have a component in an assembly display in different colors, without using a configuration for each of the colors. He complained that [...] ![]() Scott Sheppard Jul 2, 08 It is Alive in the Lab Blog Through the Interface: Getting to know the Project Draw APIOur old pal, Senior Manager of Worldwide DevTech, Kean Walmsley, has an article about Project Draw on his Through the Interface blog: Getting to know the Project Draw API Recall that Project Draw 0.7.5 featured a new API call to [...] ![]() Melanie (Stone) Perry Jul 2, 08 Mistress of the Dorkness Blog Nerding of AmericaI just read an entertaining column from one of my favorite local Post-Dispatch writers, Bob R (I can't spell his last name, but, I can pronounce it!).He's written a piece with examples of how nerds, dorks and geeks are taking over America, from business to movies and [...] ![]() Silicon Graphics Jul 2, 08 Source: SGI News Armed With 13-Fold Increase In Compute Power, HLRN Inaugurates New SGI SupercomputerFirst Phase of Multi-Year Deployment to Help Scientific Community Solve 'The Most Challenging Problems of Our Time' ![]() Scott Sheppard Jul 2, 08 It is Alive in the Lab Blog UI Technology Preview for Autodesk Inventor 2009 Read MeThe Read Me for the UI Technology Preview for Autodesk Inventor 2009 is available at: http://labs.autodesk.com/files/201_300/270/file_270.pdf OK - don't everyone click at once. I am familiar with the fact that not everyone reads the read me. On the other hand, [...] ![]() Stephan Seifert Jul 2, 08 Rhino News, etc. Blog Poli.Design Milan: Rhinoceros Architectural Design CourseArchitectural Design with Rhinoceros
On the 14th July, for the launch of the first Italian Rhinoceros course for architectural modeling , (covering both conceptual and practical modeling) you are invited to the presentation of Rhinoceros in architecture. During the [...] ![]() Delcam Jul 2, 08 Source: Delcam News Delcam's on-line forums reach 10,000 membersDelcam is pleased to announce that the company's series of on-line forums for users of its CADCAM software now share over 10,000 members. |
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