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Geometric launches JT-based mobile viewer
Feb. 2 | Glovius runs on Windows, iOS, and Android; requires use of online conversion service. Small vendors are continuing to beat the big CAD vendors in mobile. Engineering software and services vendor Geometric Limited is launching a new set of products for...
Lattice extends XVL mobile viewing
Feb. 1 | New iXVL Player and iXVL Publisher go beyond iXVL View, offering a deeper dive into manufacturing data. iXVL Player can distinguish between assemblies and parts. (Source: Lattice Technology) Digital mock-up specialist Lattice Technology has released...
Proficiency Collaboration Gateway adds Autodesk Inventor translator
Feb. 1 | Inventor is the first mid-range MCAD product to be supported by Collaboration Gateway. All parts, assemblies, and related data can be imported and exported. In a move that separates Autodesk Inventor from its mid-range competitors, ITI TranscenData has...
IMSI/Design releases first 2D/3D DWG viewing app on Android
Jan. 31 | The boutique CAD vendor is taking the high ground; surely others will quickly follow. TurboViewer v1 for Andriod can store drawings for field view when no Internet service is available. (Source: IMSI/Design) Drawing on its market-leading experience with...
Inventor of the Year nominees read like a small manufacturer’s hall of fame
Jan. 31 | Autodesk asks its users to select a winner from 12 nominees. All have used engineering software to competitive advantage. For the past few years Autodesk has named an Inventor of the Month as a way of celebrating the achievements of its users and score...
Tetra 4D and Lattice Technology to help each other refine 3D design data reuse
Jan. 30 | New business partnership will help Lattice’s digital mock-up tools produce interactive 3D PDF documentation, and give Tetra’s customers better tools for preparing design data for downstream use. Lattice Technology’s XVL Studio is used to create...
ScanToNURBS links 3D scanning to 3ds Max
Jan. 27 | Imported models can have G1 curve continuity across surface boundaries. NURBS specialist nPower Software has released a new plug-in for Autodesk 3ds Max that imports 3D scans as as NURBS-based meshes suitable for further work in 3ds Max and most CAD...
Manufacture comes home
Jan. 26 | The future is always different than we think it will be. There are people working to completely revamp the process of manufacture and they’re not thinking about some distant time. They’re looking at what happens now. On January 24, the earth...
PTC first quarter revenue up 19%; plans internal re-organization
Jan. 26 | Revenue of $318 million was led by Windchill PLM and contributions of recent acquisitions. CAD revenue is flat. PTC (PMTC: NASDAQ) reported a good first quarter of its fiscal year 2012. For the period ending December 31, 2011 revenue was $318.3 million,...
