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Interview with Andrea Carignano, seac02 CEO

by Franco Folini November 29, 2009 0 min read

Italy is a country famous for several reasons. Among them: artistic and historical monuments, great food, fashion, music, and sport cars. Software and technology are seldom added to the list. So when you happen to meet the CEO of a successful Italian software company, the first reaction is always some sort of surprise: "Software?" If the […]

John Helm Reviews Vectorworks 2010

by Franco Folini November 24, 2009 0 min read

I'm proud to host on the Novedge blog a product review of Vectorworks 2010 written by John Helm of Helm & Melacini Architects. John is an architect who splits his professional time between the warm beaches of Southern California and the beautiful mountains of Northern Italy. John does a great job going through the new features and […]

Interview with Alex Antich, TechJewel CEO

by Franco Folini November 09, 2009 0 min read

Rhino is a very flexible application and is gradually penetrating different professional areas, from industrial design, to architecture, and jewelry design. Each specific area can greatly benefit from Rhino's features but requires specific commands and libraries that are usually not provided by Robert McNeel and Associates. What McNeel provides is a powerful software platform on […]

Interview with Mark Vorwaller, VX CAD/CAM CEO

by Franco Folini October 12, 2009 0 min read

There is a CAD company that has been around for many years that makes a fully integrated CAD/CAM system offering a powerful combination of solid modeling and surface modeling few others can match, with a devoted following of loyal customers. Yet only a few users of CAD will mention this company's product in the list […]

Interview with Rafael del Molino, TDM Solutions CEO (RhinoGold)

by Franco Folini September 25, 2009 0 min read

Something must be right for jewelry design in Spain. Not only are several jewelry designers active in Spain, but Spain is also the source of some of the best and most popular software tools for jewelry design. Among those tools RhinoGold stands out as a reference point, setting standards both for features and customer support. The manufacturer […]

Interview with Craig Dennis, TransMagic CTO

by Franco Folini September 09, 2009 0 min read

Data translation is a critical technology and can be the source of many frustrations. As with many other important technologies, the better it works, the less visible it becomes. When we move a file from an external CAD system to our favorite design system, we are asking a complex algorithm to extract geometric data from […]

Interview with Ellen Finkelstein, AutoCAD Author

by Franco Folini August 24, 2009 0 min read

The AutoCAD users' community stands on a few pillars, one of which is the "AutoCAD Bible", published by Wiley and refreshed every year in accordance to the new version of the AutoDesk product. The author of this important and popular book is Ellen Finkelstein, an AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT expert who also publishes a very popular weekly […]

Interview with Jonathan Pickup, Vectorworks Guru and Trainer

by Franco Folini August 17, 2009 0 min read

Every CAD system has its own group of fans and gurus. The excitement of CAD fans for their favorite design system doesn't stop in front of obstacles or barriers. Vectorworks fans are no exception. Among them the most knowledgeable and active is certainly Jonathan Pickup (website, blog, twitter). Despite living in the green land of […]

Alibre CEO Paul Grayson Discusses the New Pricing Structure

by Franco Folini August 13, 2009 0 min read

The recent decision by Alibre to drop the price of their entry level product Alibre Design Standard from $999 to only $99 generated a wave of reaction throughout the CAD world (see the blog posts by Deelip Menezes, Roopinder Tara, Matt Lombard, and Ralph Grabowski). The decision caught everyone by surprise. Even at a time […]

Interview with Kenneth Wong, CAD Journalist and Blogger

by Franco Folini August 03, 2009 0 min read

When I first met Kenneth Wong here in San Francisco my thoughts were not focused on the missing aureola of acronyms that impeccably decorates all his pictures. While shacking his hand I was repeating to myself: "I'm meeting one of the last CAD journalists, a very endangered species. I don't know if I'll ever meet […]

ZBrush is Talking; modo, Maya, and CINEMA 4D are Listening!

by Franco Folini July 22, 2009 0 min read

DCC companies do their best to ensure that 3D models can easily and smoothly be transferred to/from their competitors' systems Coming from a mechanical CAD background I'm always pleasantly surprised by the open approach in data-exchange of 3D graphics software, more specifically known as DCC (Digital Content Creation). While CAD companies try every trick in […]

Interview with Jessie Newburn, PR Gal at Nemetschek NA

by Franco Folini July 22, 2009 0 min read

Who is the face customers identify with a typical CAD company? Maybe the CEO whose smile appears on the cover of business magazines, or the tech support guy who handles the most challenging cases, or maybe the well-dressed salesperson who convinces big customers to buy dozens of licenses? All of them or none of them, […]

Grab this Kinemac Special! Best Value on Animation for Mac

by Franco Folini July 14, 2009 0 min read

For this week only we're having a special on Kinemac: only $124 For this week only we're having a special on Kinemac — half price! Kinemac runs on Macs and is a powerful and easy-to-use 3D real-time animation and presentation software. If you're in the market for a Mac animation product at an extremely attractive […]

Another RhinoJungle Successful Contest!

by Franco Folini July 09, 2009 0 min read

We want to thank everybody who designed banners and cast their vote After the successful poll contest on RhinoJungle in May, we were excited to run another contest. If you are among the few who don’t know yet, RhinoJungle is a free online community for Rhino 3D users and enthusiasts. The results of the poll […]

modo 401 Pushes the Limits of Rendering and Animation

by Franco Folini July 07, 2009 0 min read

modo has been improved in so many ways that is almost impossible to list everything here On June 23 Luxology released the latest version of its 3D modeling, rendering, and animation product: modo 401. The version 4 of modo arrived about a year and a half after the release of version 3. modo has been […]

Interview with Paul Bay, CEO of Punch! Software

by Franco Folini July 06, 2009 0 min read

Not all CAD companies play in the same arena. While most CAD companies stay busy talking to the press, explaining strategies to financial analysts, and placing expensive ads in magazines nobody reads anymore, some CAD companies invest their time and money in talking to customers. These companies are less likely to be on a stage […]

Vectorworks Trial Download Now Available at Novedge

by Franco Folini July 02, 2009 0 min read

If you always wanted to try Nemetschek Vectorworks but never found a trial demo available I have great news for you: we now have the free trial available at Novedge! we now have the free Vectorworks trial available at Novedge! Vectorworks is a high quality professional design product very popular with architects, landscape designers, and […]

Interview with Lorenzo Puleo, CEO and Founder of Kinemac

by Franco Folini July 01, 2009 0 min read

Lorenzo Puleo is one of the many creative people who fell in love with Mac. However Lorenzo didn’t stop at the user level as most Mac fans do, he went on to conceive a new product and created a company around it. That company shares the name of its main product and is called Kinemac (website). Kinemac […]

Who are the Rhino Users? A Poll on RhinoJungle Gives Us Some Answers

by Franco Folini June 19, 2009 0 min read

I'd like to share with you some more results from a recent poll we did on RhinoJungle, the online Rhino 3D users community. The results will give us a better picture not only of the RhinoJungle community, but also of the average Rhino users. I'm not going to throw a bunch of numbers to you, […]

Rhino and Autodesk Inventor Are Becoming Good Friends

by Franco Folini June 18, 2009 0 min read

Rhino 3D is not the minor CAD system many CAD companies were used to think The Rhino community could not be ignored anymore! Rhino 3D is not the minor CAD system many CAD companies were used to think. Over the years the community of Rhino users has become larger and more influential with several Rhino […]

Vectorworks 2009 Viewer Makes Architects’ Life Easier!

by Franco Folini June 17, 2009 0 min read

in order to view and print a Vectorworks file you don’t need a Vectorworks license People at Nemetschek, the makers of Vectorworks, have a little secret I would like to reveal to you: in order to view a Vectorworks model or drawing you neither need to own a Vectorworks license, nor to convert your files […]

Interview with Al Whatmough, CEO and Founder of InspirTech

by Franco Folini June 16, 2009 0 min read

A few major trends are shaping the balance between classroom training and online/DVD self-training. The first trend is the gradual decrease of CAD system prices. It used to be normal to pay a few thousand dollars for a training class. It is now perceived as unfair to have to pay as much or even more […]

Novedge Story on SolidWorks: Heard!

by Franco Folini June 15, 2009 0 min read

I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed on Lou Gallo’s on-demand radio show. We talked about Novedge, social media and the last COFES event in Scottsdale, AZ. It was really a lot of fun to talk to Lou about what we do. He always has intelligent and relevant questions and I really like his […]

V-Ray RT Can Change the Way We Design

by Franco Folini June 12, 2009 0 min read

The Moore Law is supplying us with an incredible and ever growing amount of computer power. There is so much computer power, in fact, that most of the time we use only a small fraction of what is available on our workstation. Why not use some of this unused power to improve our design and […]

Web Browsers Flirt with 3D

by Franco Folini June 12, 2009 0 min read

Is the web ready to adopt plugin-less 3D and advanced 2D? Are web browsers ready for a new wave of 3D and vector-based 2D content (plugin-less)? Is the web ready to adopt 3D and advanced 2D with the same enthusiasm it recently adopted videos? Those were the questions discussed yesterday evening in Cupertino at the […]

Interview with Matthew Sederberg, CEO and Founder of T-Splines

by Franco Folini June 09, 2009 0 min read

One of my recurring complaints about surface modeling is the intrinsic complexity of existing modeling systems. Even if the level of user friendliness of these systems has improved, sooner or later every user needs to invest some time to understand how the underlying geometry works and to accept the limitations that come with each modeling strategy. T-Splines […]

A SpaceClaim Review by an End User

by Franco Folini June 08, 2009 0 min read

A member of SpaceClaiming, our online community about new CAD technologies, wrote a very interesting review of SpaceClaim. In a moment when the blogosphere (Matt Lombard, Deelip Menezes, Kenneth Wong, Ralph Grabowski, Paul Hamilton) is busy discussing the benefits and limits of the direct-modeling approach pioneered by SpaceClaim, it is refreshing to hear the opinion […]

AutoDesSys Family Grows: the New bonzai3d is Here!

by Franco Folini June 08, 2009 0 min read

I’ve been waiting for some time. The couple of sneak previews I had only made me even more curious. And finally, on June 5th, 2009, AutoDesSys officially released bonzai3d. formZ is not anymore the single child (with polymorphic incarnations) of Alexandra and Chris Yessios‘ company. From now on, formZ has a little brother. It’s called […]

Nemetschek NA Releases Vectorworks SP4

by Franco Folini June 05, 2009 0 min read

Today Nemetschek NA announced the release of Vectorworks 2009 Service Pack 4 immediately available free of charge as a downloadable updater for all commercial licenses. To install the SP4 start your copy of Vectorworks 2009, go to the [About Vectorworks] dialog box and click [Check for Updates], or visit the Vectorworks 2009 Service Pack 4 […]

V-Ray and T-Splines Webinar for Rhino 3D Addicts!

by Franco Folini June 05, 2009 0 min read

What makes Rhino 3D so special? The power of the NURBS modeling commands? The affordable price? The strong and supportive community? The kindness and generosity of the McNeel team? Or the powerful set of plugins available to expand the Rhino 3D in every conceivable direction? These plugins make Rhino 3D the optimal solution for an […]

What does the Poll on RhinoJungle Tell Us?

by Franco Folini June 04, 2009 0 min read

In 25 days, 30% of the members took the poll on RhinoJungle and we welcomed many new members. Thanks you, and welcome! We support RhinoJungle as a place where you can interact with other Rhino users and to find answers to your questions To us, this poll has been a great success. We are happy […]

Explore SpaceClaim with a Free Webinar Next Wednesday

by Franco Folini June 03, 2009 0 min read

SpaceClaim is offering a Free webinar on Wednesday June 10, 2009 between 12:00pm and 12:30pm EDT (Register Here). The online interactive live demo will explore the features of SpaceClaim targeting Industrial Designers and Product Stylists.SpaceClaim is a next generation, new approach to CAD systems, and in my opinion it is very important to sign up […]

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