January 2011 News (24)

For anyone who missed SpaceClaim's webinar previewing their newest release it is now available on-demand through their website.

The webinar showcases product enhancements that expedite upfront concept modeling, save time and money, and foster innovation.

New capabilities range from increasingly accessible surfacing, assembly and model preparation enhancements to strengthened sheet metal and…

With their introduction of live building at SolidWorks World, SolidWorks has finally entered the AEC market. Built on top of Dassault Systemes V6 platform the product is an online (Web-based) 3D software tool for architecture.

Live Building can accept and integrate with DraftSight by Dassault, the free AutoCAD clone that was recently released for both Mac…

Pennsylvania based Tait Towers, has been designing and manufacturing entire stage sets for the top shows and talent in the entertainment industry using AutoCAD and 3ds Max for years. Up next for the…

LT expert Kate Morrical has again given us a helpful tip regarding AutoCAD LT. This time she guides us through breaking and splitting objects. Using two related buttons on the Modify panel, Break and Break At Point, her…

With the release of SpaceClaim 2011 fast approaching news of the new features and improvements have been surfacing. Among the improvements cited include:

• Enhanced surface modeling and model preparation.
• More simulation during the design process.
• New sheet-metal capabilities.

"By elevating concept and bid modeling, advancing CAE…

It may come as a surprise but many top-rated, prime-time television shows today are using AutoDesk products in post-production. “Glee,” “NCIS”, and “Bones” are some of the shows that are using AutoDesk creation software to enhance their visual effects.

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T-Splines Inc. has just announced the introduction of tsElements for SolidWorks, the first integrated application to bring T-Splines’ groundbreaking organic modeling technology to the SolidWorks user community.

CEO of T-Splines, Matt Sederberg, said, "We are looking forward to introducing T-Splines to the broader SolidWorks…

For those of you who missed Jeff Ray's speech at SolidWorks World 2011, I'lll give you a brief rundown of what he discussed.

Jeff, the former CEO of SolidWorks, profiled several companies that were integral in the rescue of the trapped Chilean miners. The common demonstrator of all the companies he discussed: they used…

IMAGINiT Technologies has recently held its 'Render Us Speechless' contest and awarded cash prizes to designers in architecture and building design, civil engineering, and mechanical and manufacturing design. First, second and third place was awarded in each category and the winning renderings can be viewed here.

A…

Alibre has recently gone through its website AlibrePowered.com to find its top designs from Alibre users. AlibrePowered is a free showcase to display your designs. The designs are pretty incredible.

Take some…

Cadalyst.com, one of the essential information sites for everything about computer-aided design and related software and hardware technologies for the fields of AEC, manufacturing, and GIS, has published a review of AutoDesk Inventor…

Scott Harangue provides a personal blog about engineering, design, and analysis from the perspective of a mechanical engineer, including topics on ethics, state of the profession, news & highlights, and just about anything that is touched by engineers.

Check out his latest hilarious…

SpaceClaim, a leader in 3D Direct Modeling solutions for rapid concept design and modification, today announced that Tyco Electronics. SpaceClaim is being deployed as a global, enterprise solution for engineers across all Tyco Electronics (TE) business segments.

“We identified the need for a…

SpaceClaim 2011 will be available Monday January 31st. All customers with an active subscription service will be notified directly when the release is ready to download. This new version of SpaceClaim includes many new features and enhancements in the areas of modeling, model preparation, sheet metal, and interoperability, and also includes enhancements to thew…

KOR EcoLogic a Winnipeg based company is developing a two-passenger car called Urbee that will use a hybrid electric/gasoline engine that gets up to 200 miles per gallon.(The name is an acronym standing for URBan Electric with Ethanol backup.)

The company is using Autodesk digital prototyping to embrace sustainable design…

O, The Oprah Magazine has collaborated with AutoDesk to release the SketchBook O for iPad, an innovative painting and drawing app created specifically for O readers. Based on one of Oprah Wonfrey's favorite apps,…

Michael Enn Sirvet, a D.C. artist, recently used AutoCAD to design basketball great Michael Jordan's new dinning room table. The table was made from aircraft-grade aluminum and designed with 32,292 holes in it, one for each of Jordan's career points.

"[If I were him,] I'd like to see some manifestation of my…

National rail provider Amtrak is now utilizing SolidWorks to refurbish old rail cars, and update compartments that in some cases are 50 to 60 years old.

They offer low-energy LED lighting systems, contemporary detail, integrated recycling bins, and overhead luggage pods.

“We’re as…

Today, January 11th, Vuuch, creator of the first enterprise social system (ESS) for manufactures, announced the availability of Vuuch™ 4.0. Vuuch is social technology software that transforms the way product development teams interact. Specifically designed to foster social interactions, Vuuch helps develop and…