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In my last blog post: Technology and the Product Development Process, one of the readers asked a great question:Paul, I know it is coming out in bits and pieces, but at SolidWorks World there is a good deal of reporting about solidworks enhanced direct editing, and  [more...]

It’s like it’s the day after Christmas; all the toys have been played with, food and drink consumed and the relatives have left. Now, I just have this weird empty feeling. Not as bad as losing your best friend, though. Close, but… As I’ve come to expect, SolidWorks  [more...]

Yessir! Step right up and purchase your new "Fusion" SolidWorks Water Bottle, only $18.00, plus shipping and handling, ha! Well, that's not my cup of tea, but this could be a new source of books and other useful things, as opposed to fluffy stuff, like  [more...]

James, you don’t know me, but I see you have been getting involved in CAD events lately, which is my area of interest. Autodesk University 2009 attendees got a sneak preview of Avatar and you were a key speaker at Solidworks World 2010. I absolutely loved Avatar.  [more...]

As I reported early last year, Autodesk is going to discourage you from paying for upgrades as and when you see fit. It is doing this by charging you 50% of the cost of a full license to upgrade from the previous release. The same 50% cost will apply if you crossgrade  [more...]

I’m a few days behind on this, but 3DConnexion has improved the driver for their 3D mice (mouses?) by automatically determining the optical center of rotation. I was part of the beta testing of this driver and I really like what they’ve done. Rather than  [more...]

No more teasers, Bluebeam PDF Revu 8 is alive and ready to download! This new version takes Bluebeam beyond just PDF creation, markup and editing. It’s a complete solution for banishing paper from your workflows. And, with incredible new features that make it super  [more...]

With successful adoption of the Pro/INTRALINK system, we will reduce design time and increase our research and development productivity. [more...]

From a technical point of view, the Windchill PDMLink upgrade was a success. A lot of time and effort will be required from the entire organization to ensure adoption of all new functionality. [more...]

We received valuable information about 3D CAD design and data management from PTC Global Services. We will apply the various methodologies learned through this project and continue to migrate data to the new environment constantly. [more...]

The PTC University Precision LMS helps us effectively manage our teams’ learning status, improving users’ operation skills and reducing the training cost. [more...]

For the record, the rumors of SolidWorks World 2011 being in Columbus Ohio turned out to not be true. SolidWorks World 2011 will be in San Antonio Texas, January 23rd – 26th. Drat, I just purchased a new hot tub and was looking forward to showing it off to all  [more...]

Positions available at KPF and Johnson Service Group are looking to fill BIM positions

Solution Provides Small to Mid-Size Visual Effects Companies with Configurable and Scalable Solution to Meet Rendering NeedsAUSTIN, Texas & SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Feb 09, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- BOXX Technologies, an innovator in high-performance computing systems  [more...]

Layers in Underlay Files If the underlay file contains layers, you can control how the layers display after attaching the file. If the file does not contain layer information, the Underlay Layers dialog box does not display any layer information.  Access this by right  [more...]

As many of you know, the Wednesday General Session at SolidWorks WORLD is one of the most anticipated sessions every year because you get to see a sneak peak at the next major release of the software. This year, like many others did not disappoint. Below you can  [more...]

With all the news and promotion of SolidWorks, Enovia and cloud computing, some other announcements might’ve gotten lost in the background. Attendance SolidWorks World 2010 had a higher than expected attendance of over 5000 people.  This despite a cut of the  [more...]

The system upgrade provided by PTC Global Services will help us improve our design environment, collaboration and data management.

The PTC University Instructor-Led Training was very helpful to learn new upgraded Pro/ENGINEER functionality and to enhance analysis results reliability using Pro/ENGINEER Mechanica. [more...]

Tuesday’s General Session opened with Fielder Hiss, VP of Product Management, taking the stage. He introduced SolidWorks Certification Specialists Mike Puckett and Avelino Rochino to talk about the various certifications that SolidWorks offers. They announced that  [more...]

If you thought I was talking about Oklahoma, think again. In my last 3D Perspectives blog post, I wrote about Keokuk, Iowa leading the world in renewable hydroelectric power, way back in 1913. Today, according to the American Wind Energy Association, Iowa ranks second  [more...]

3Dconnexion has reason to celebrate last week at SolidWorks WORLD 2010 in Anaheim. They announced the release of a new driver for their 3D mice products that allow the user to automatically rotate around the center of the screen or around the users desired point of  [more...]

Once again, RhinoGold will attend Inhorgenta Jewelry Show in Munich. To see RhinoGold, please, visit FlexiCad Stand. RhinoGold Information in Inhorgenta: Company: FlexiCad Hall: A2 Stand: 122 The 37th International Trade Fair for Watches, Clocks, Jewellery, Precious  [more...]

Boston, Mass. – Artist-owned and -operated bi-coastal effects boutique Brickyard VFX recently contributed VFX to the 2010 ad campaign for Titleist via ad agency Arnold. The multi-spot campaign was directed by @radical.media's Greg Kohs and began breaking before the  [more...]

Culver City, Calif. - I.E. Effects has installed an Isilon IQ6000x cluster storage system at its Culver City location. With several large stereoscopic projects currently active, the Isilon system expands the company’s ability to manage the data and throughput requirements  [more...]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Feb. 9, 2010— The computer industry came out in mass support for the new NVIDIA® Optimus™ technology announced today.

One item to keep in mind with multiple equality constraints is the anchor symbol. The anchor symbol can be used in multi-segmented, equality constrained dimensions to determine which element will remain stationary. The anchor symbol will not appear if one [more...]

I meant to get this one posted last Wednesday, but it needed a bit more editing than I had time to get to. So anyway, better late than never. Here's Darren Henry talking about some of the new features that [more...]

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Feb. 9, 2010— NVIDIA Corp., today announced NVIDIA® Optimus™ technology, a breakthrough for notebook PCs that chooses the best graphics processor for running a given application and automatically routes the workload to either an NVIDIA discrete  [more...]

Occasionally, you want to create a new Surface Profile from an Alignment that already has a Profile associated with it. If you have multiple Profiles created, they will be listed below. You may notice the “Remove” button down below, but [more...]

I’m just having some fun playing with words and trying (hopelessly) to be witty. With no further ado, it is my pleasure to introduce a new co-author on this blog: Steven Campbell.Steven is the Project Manager responsible for the Revit platform content, and has been  [more...]

In this Boris TV episode, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how to create an ultra-realistic image using the new Boris Continuum Materials Unit in conjunction with Adobe After Effects and MAXON CINEMA 4D.Play the Movie [more...]

I was looking at the Project Showroom integration on Dacor.com. Recently we remodeled the kitchen in our townhome. Although ours is smaller than the traditional kitchen depicted on the web site, I couldn't help but notice that I could approximate [more...]

AUSTIN, Texas & SAN RAFAEL, Calif. - BOXX Technologies, an innovator in high-performance computing systems for visual effects, post-production, graphic design and advanced visualization, together with Autodesk, Inc., a world leader in 2D and 3D design, engineering,  [more...]

More great stuff from The Revit Clinic:Splines & Creating FormsBy default you cannot create a single closed loop with one spline created in Revit. I’ve included a few possible scenarios and what may be occurring below:Single SplineThis will create one spline which  [more...]

SANTA ANA, CA--(Marketwire - February 9, 2010) - MSC.Software, a leading global provider of simulation software and services, announces the formation of a new global business unit to focus and expand on its recognized leadership position in Simulation Data and Process  [more...]

Last September in Machine Design, Leslie Gordon wrote about Toyota:It’s easy to fall into the trap of relying too much on digital prototyping to test products. So says Brian R. Lyons, safety and quality communication Manager at Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc., Torrance,  [more...]

Ran into this one today. Here's the scenario:View List - Using it to update View Names - Edit the View Name field but before advancing from the field when you are done close the view instead. Hoping that it would fill in the value and let me get back to the plan. The  [more...]

PASADENA, Calif. - Bluebeam® Software announced today Bluebeam PDF Revu® 8, the newest version of the leading PDF editor for the architecture, engineering and construction industry.

I flew into Maui yesterday. I am staying at the home of Ron Barranco, my business partner in Print3D Corporation. Ron has been living in Maui for over ten years now. For most of that time he has been convincing me to do the same. So far I have been resisting, which  [more...]

CAD and PLM vendors may discovered a new goldmine: environmental impact assessment (also known as lifecycle assessment, LCA in short). Last year, both Autodesk and SolidWorks made advances by striking up partnerships with firms already established in the new frontier.  [more...]

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Immersion Corporation , the leading developer and licensor of haptic technology, today announced that its Audit Committee has completed its independent financial investigation into certain previous revenue transactions with respect to its medical  [more...]

Well, it’s happened. Someone at SolidWorks had a few too many no-doze with NOS chasers (and I’m almost positive) shot through the Concord office with fire spraying from their back screaming, LET’S GO DESIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGN!!!!!!!!! It was  [more...]

The first training session I attended was presented by Charles Culp, who is very well known at the SolidWorks Forums.  Charles was introducing all of us to a series of useful surfacing techniques, including how to convert a solid body into a surface body, fix some  [more...]

This is a wonderful report--not shocking, but interesting in its scope. Who is using the Internet--men/women; age groups; countries; and more. Enjoy. [more...]

This tutorial explains how to understand the behaviour of surfaces in order to find the right approach for the modeling process using a NURBS-based CAD software. [more...]

SolidWorks World Conference is never without excitement and new announcements.  The General Sessions are always used as the platform to announce exciting future offerings and spark conversation among attendees.  This year, SolidWorks ramped up the excitement by kicking  [more...]

Aftercad Software is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with the Open Design Alliance (ODA) to license the Live Web platform technology that powers Renderjam.com to the ODA.

Wednesday at SolidWorks World has always been my favorite…it is the day they give us a sneak preview into what will be in the next version of SolidWorks. These enhancements aren’t anything to bet the house on…I know of some things they have shown in the past that still  [more...]

Published date: 2010-Feb-08 ID: TS14510396 Applies to: Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2010 Revit® Architecture 2009 Autodesk® Revit® MEP 2010 Revit® MEP 2009 Autodesk® Revit® Structure 2010 Revit® Structure 2009IssueWhen reloading latest or synchronizing with  [more...]

Sometimes you want an area of polylines in acres. The code below will let you select one polyline at a time and return the cumulative area of the polylines selected. I’ve used a Sub to start the command and a function to loop until the user doesn’t select something.  [more...]

Wasim Younis has a new Blog site titled “Virtual Reality”. http://vdssolutions.wordpress.com/ Wasim wrote the book “Up and Running with Autodesk Inventor Simulation”, and has proven to be an informative look at numerous points throughout the simulation process.  [more...]

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards 1.0. The NIST sees an urgent need to establish standards for the smart grid because without standards, there is the potential [more...]

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Immersion Corporation , the leading developer and licensor of haptic technology, announced today that it will host a conference call on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.

Bunkspeed has found a replacement rendering future with mental images' iray technology. The company has announced its new and upcoming Bunkspeed SHOT.

Cimatron Limited , a leading provider of integrated CAD/CAM solutions for mold, tool and die makers, as well as manufacturers of discrete parts, announced a new partnership with Coretech System, a leading provider of advanced 3D flow simulation for injection molding.

Due to an increasing amount of spam comments being posted to old blog posts, I have set the blog service to automatically lock comments to blog posts older than 3 weeks. I felt 3 weeks was about right to at [more...]

Delcam will launch the 64-bit version of its award-winning PowerMILL CAM software at the Industrie exhibition to be held in Paris from 22nd to 26th March.

This just in from Marc Foucalt of Océ: Océ launches world's first single footprint system for large format colour and black and white. New Océ ColorWave 300 multifunctional printer cuts space requirements and cost of wide format printing. http://www.oce.co.uk/news/press-releases/2010/oce-launches-worlds-first-combi-printer-for-wide-format-color-and-black-white.aspx  [more...]

By default you cannot create a single closed loop with one spline created in Revit. I’ve included a few possible scenarios and what may be occurring below: Single Spline This will create one spline which cannot be connected to the [more...]

In honor of the record-setting blizzard that dropped 2+ feet of snow on us this weekend, I thought I'd post today about a way for you to dig through the layer information in your drawing. (Get it? Dig, snow...okay, it's [more...]

Parametric Technology Corp. reports it has acquired environmental analysis technology company Planet Metrics Inc. as a way to expand its Insight Product Analytics software platform.

The next Chicago West SolidWorks users Group Meeting will take place: Date: Thursday, February 11th, 2010 Time: 5:30 - 8:00 pm Location: Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove... Do you want to know how to create sections in 3D? How about forgotten sketch techniques?  [more...]

A study released last week by the Centre for International Governance Innovation predicts only a modest increase in the number of nuclear power plants and a small number of new countries joining the 30 or so countries that currently have [more...]

Autodesk has acquired Dynamite VSP and Dynamite SIM visualization software products from 3AM Solutions in the UK. Dynamite VSP and Dynamite SIM help automate the process of creating visualizations for civil engineering projects designed with AutoCAD Civil 3D by providing... [more...]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. —Feb. 8, 2010— NVIDIA Corp. announced today that it has recognized the University of Maryland as a CUDA Center of Excellence, placing it in an elite grouping of 9 other universities and research organizations worldwide.

For those who design large products out of plate steel or aluminum, it's often a problem to define these components in an as formed finished state and again in a flat state so they can be cut with a... Do you want to know how to create sections in 3D? How about forgotten  [more...]

Since I know most of those within the Autodesk hive responsible for many Autodesk products, I thought it might be a good idea for a blog post. So what would you ask an AutoCAD Team member?

Come for a day of basic T-Splines training at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City on March 17.Taught by Matt Sederberg.Register early to save $150. [more...]

Back in 1998 I submitted an assembly model to what was then the SolidWorks Library, and they posted it. The model was terrible, and didn’t really have any endearing qualities, wasn’t easy to pose, was over 6 feet tall, and didn’t much look like a  [more...]

Delcam?s 2010 Sales Partner Meeting, which was held in Birmingham last week, attracted over 200 delegates, the highest attendance in the company?s history.

If you happen to be customizing your CUIX file and pointing Civil 3D to a newly created CUIX, named something other than C3D.CUIX, you may be suffering from these little question marks. When creating your CUIX file and saving as, [more...]