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Generating meshes in realtime from Webcams

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WorldCAD Access 2013-02-12 18:48:09
One of the companies experimenting with low-cost 3D data input is Geomagic, but their findings are that low-cost devices like Kinect suffer from resolution that is too low for CAD use. Maybe the next generation of Kinect or other device...

In upFront.eZine this week: analysts quiz PTC over Creo sales

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WorldCAD Access 2013-02-12 03:28:40
In upFront.eZine issue #764 we have for your reading pleasure... 1. PTC Q1 2013 Results - Q&A 2. Out of the Inbox, and our other regular columns. You can read all about the business of CAD at www.upfrontezine.com/2013/upf-764.htm

Why doesn't every CAD package have this new function in BricsCAD?

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WorldCAD Access 2013-02-07 09:54:00
Here is a useful function added to BricsCAD V13.1.15: DUAL MONITORS: when using an external display, dockable dialogs like the Properties Bar, Command Line window and Toolpalettes could be off-screen after switching from 'Extend these displays' to 'Show desktop only...

The war-by-proxy against Geomagic ceo Ping Fu's autobiography

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WorldCAD Access 2013-02-06 09:30:00
It's been happening since January 22, when the Chinese government finally noticed Ping Fu's book. Bend Not Break was released nearly a month earlier, and described the story of the ceo of Geomagic survivinging the horrors of the Cultural Revolution....

Geometros comes out with a custom furniture designer running on an iPad

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WorldCAD Access 2013-02-05 09:30:00
Anyone can create a drawing viewer; heck, we had them back in the late 1980s (tip of the hat to Vince Everts and Cyco). A new computing platform demands new ways of interaction, and finally in 2013 we are starting...

Autodesk gets top billing in last week's Apple press release

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WorldCAD Access 2013-02-04 17:44:41
When Apple last week quietly announced that its 128GB iPad is shipping tomorrow, it was so quiet that I didn't notice that Autodesk had twice received top billing in the accompanying press release -- until I read Jean-Louis Gass�e's Monday...

In upFront.eZine this week: Autodesk talks to us about the HSMworks acquisition

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WorldCAD Access 2013-01-28 20:57:09
In upFront.eZine issue #762 we have for your reading pleasure... 1. Autodesk Talks About the HSM Acquisition - Unique to HSMworks - New in HSMworks 2013 - Why Autodesk Chose HSMworks - Q&A - What Ralph Grabowski Thinks 2. Out...

IMSI/Design first to adapt CAD to finger-based tablets

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WorldCAD Access 2013-01-22 17:43:59
There is a lot of CAD softeare for Android and iOS tablets, but pretty much all are simple adaptations of desktop CAD metaphors to the finger-as-stylus interface. The adaptation consists of (a) fewer functions and (b) larger icons. That's pretty...

Dassault keeps beloved SolidWorks intact, so far

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WorldCAD Access 2013-01-22 16:06:27
by Roopinder Tara, Tenlinks.com If you had been freaking out about what Dassault might be doing to your beloved SolidWorks, you would probably be reassured here at SolidWorks World 2013. The Vision From Solidworks World 2012 At last year's event,...

In upFront.eZine this week: ZWSOFT unveils ZW3D 2013

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WorldCAD Access 2013-01-21 19:10:27
In upFront.eZine issue #761 we have for your reading pleasure... 1. ZW3D Press Briefing - UI and Importing - Sketching - Modeling and Assembly - CAM 2. Joshua Smith of Kaon Interactive - Readers React 3. Out of the Inbox,...

My.SolidWorks.com is the new customer portal

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WorldCAD Access 2013-01-21 19:07:42
by Roopinder Tara, Tenlinks.com SolidWorks announced its customer portal, my.SolidWorks.com, as it kicks off its annual user meeting. Currently in beta, and open to all (go to my.solidworks.com), it is mostly an aggregation of content previously found on SolidWorks websites,...

Eric Schmidt's visit to North Korea won't change anything

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WorldCAD Access 2013-01-20 16:41:13
The media is tittering with excitement that Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt's visit to North Korea must result in the country opening up the Internet to the rest of the world. Their hope is vanity. The problem for North Korea's...

Media loves the idea of 3D printing Nokia cases; gets the technology wrong

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WorldCAD Access 2013-01-18 17:16:28
Many tech web sites are reporting this morning that Nokia has released STEP and STL files that would allow owners of 3D printers to print their own cases for the Lumia 820 cell phone. The catch to downloading the STL...

The Wengerd Report: The fat-finger problem solved

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WorldCAD Access 2013-01-15 09:02:00
by Owen Wengerd I enjoy riding my bicycle for exercise and recreation. The open road is a great way to escape the humdrum of home office life, clear the mind, and enjoy the world at 18 miles per hour. When...

In upFront.eZine this week: our exclusive interview with Joshua Smith of Kaon Interactive

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WorldCAD Access 2013-01-14 21:25:59
In upFront.eZine issue #760, I finally got caught up with Letters to the Editor, which is why you'll read a generous amount of them in this issue. In addition... 1. Exclusive interview: Joshua Smith of Kaon Interactive - Talking About...

Trochoidal machining strategies? We've got it, says Delcam

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WorldCAD Access 2013-01-11 15:36:55
Sometimes, as a guy, I look at a picture like this and go, Wow! Delcam included this picture with a press release that explains the new type of milling available in their PowerMill software: The milling approach, which is based...

Running Generic CADD in 2013

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WorldCAD Access 2013-01-10 18:34:57
One of the surprise hits of my collection of ebooks is "Inside Generic CADD 6." This is a book I wrote for WordWare Press back in 1993 under the title of "Learn Generic CADD 6.0 in a Day." The publisher...

3D printing on CSI:New York

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WorldCAD Access 2013-01-09 09:37:00
This year's first episode of CSI:New York featured a 3D printer that made a gun used to kill two people. The application of the technology in the episode was uneven. Here is my list of Yeas and Neas: Yea: the...

Autodesk could adopt The Adobe Plan to crush Bricsys/Graebert/ITC once and for all

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WorldCAD Access 2013-01-08 19:59:12
Autodesk ceo Carl Bass is admirer of Adobe's way of doing things, so much so that he has remarked numerous times that he bundled his company's software just like Adobe did. Yesterday Adobe halted the license servers for its CS2...

Where are the CAD apps for Windows phones?

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WorldCAD Access 2013-01-08 16:36:56
A reader writes from South America: In the last upFront.eZine newsletter, you have written about CAD apps, ?Running CAD on Small Screens.? I am using an HTC Windows Phone 8X, which I really like, but I cant find any apps...

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