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"Quick & very helpful. We have been using Novedge for years and are very happy with their quick service when we need to make a purchase and excellent support resolving any issues."

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"Scott is the best. He reminds me about subscriptions dates, guides me in the correct direction for updates. He always responds promptly to me. He is literally the reason I continue to work with Novedge and will do so in the future."

Edward Mchugh

"Calvin Lok is “the man”. After my purchase of Sketchup 2021, he called me and provided step-by-step instructions to ease me through difficulties I was having with the setup of my new software."

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Novedge in the World of Social Media

by Franco Folini March 09, 2009 0 min read

On March 2nd, Skittles shook the world by changing its homepage to a big social media playground; when navigating to skittles.com you found yourself in a stream of Twitter messages with the tag #skittles. For 24 hours this was a big hit, but there was no filter, and also abusive tweets from pranksters about the […]

Interview with Chris Williams, Vuuch Founder and CEO

by Franco Folini January 26, 2009 0 min read

Let’s be honest: the CAD world is boring. I read CAD blogs and news every single day (using Novedge Pulse), and I rarely find something really exciting. In this market, technological improvements are very gradual and real breakthroughs happen only once in a decade. Also, the adoption of new technologies in the design and manufacturing process […]

Design for the Future Charity Drive

by Franco Folini January 23, 2009 0 min read

My friend Alex Ruiz, mostly known as the SolidWorks Geek, is announcing the Design For The Future Charity Drive for The Orangewood Children’s Foundation, a non-profit foundation taking care of under-privileged kids at the Orangewood Children's Home in Orange, California. Alex lived there as a teen and now he wants to give back. This is […]

Novedge Pulse Pushes the Limits of Social Media for CAD

by Franco Folini January 22, 2009 0 min read

Blogs are an important source of information. We all know this. Most of us started bookmarking one CAD blog and going back every day to read the new posts. It was a nice way to stay updated while drinking a morning coffee. Soon, we found our attention and time split among a set of cross-referenced […]

Interview with Daniel Ha, DisqUs Founder and CEO

by Franco Folini January 08, 2009 0 min read

Novedge recently added a section at the bottom of each page of its website providing a space where visitors and customers can leave comments sharing their opinions and experiences. The tools that allowed us to implement this service are provided by Disqus, a new startup located in San Francisco, just a few blocks from Novedge headquarters. Disqus has […]

Novedge Now Accepting Comments with DisqUs and Facebook Connect

by Franco Folini December 24, 2008 0 min read

I believe that comments are a powerful tool to establish a dialogue with blog readers as well as to listen to customers. While comments have become a standard feature of blogs for some time, they have seldom been available on other websites. Technically speaking there is no reason for this limitation. While websites are not […]

Interview with Maxim Bogdanov, ASCON CEO

by Franco Folini December 22, 2008 0 min read

When buying a CAD product most of us consider many factors, such as the list of features, the price, the platform, the level of integration between programs our clients and customers are already using, and so on. While we may not realize it, many times we are also looking for something that feels or looks […]

Interview with Al Dean, DEVELOP3D Co-founder and Editor

by Franco Folini December 16, 2008 0 min read

It is difficult for me to write an introduction for Al Dean. On one hand I have read several articles and blog posts by Al, but on the other hand I've never had the opportunity to meet him personally (this interview was done by e-mail). What I like the most about Al and what keeps […]

Interview with Chris Randles, SpaceClaim CEO

by Franco Folini October 15, 2008 0 min read

Direct-modeling is the new trend in CAD. No doubt about it! Some call it Synchronous Technology, some Interactive Solid Modeling, and some direct-editing. All of these approaches differ, but all are trying to overcome the limitations of existing parametric systems. If we were to identify one original source that started this trend, we would certainly […]

Interview with Biplab Sarkar, CTO of Nemetschek NA

by Franco Folini October 13, 2008 0 min read

With the recent release of Vectorworks 2009, Nemetschek NA made an important change in the product architecture with implications that are expected to extend well beyond this release. They replaced their obsolete geometric software library with a powerful and reliable state-of-the-art geometric engine: Parasolid. While geometric engines have been widely used in mechanical CAD for […]

Interview with Paul Brown, NX Marketing Director

by Franco Folini October 10, 2008 0 min read

Siemens NX, with various names and affiliations, has been around for several years. Nobody would really expect a well establish CAD system to become the lead innovator of a new technology. Usually those kinds of CAD systems invest in maintaining their user base rather than trying to acquire new users and push technological limits. For […]

Interview with Gaetano Tavano, Founder of MechWorks

by Franco Folini September 29, 2008 0 min read

When Solidworks was first released in 1995 it changed forever the way design and manufacturing companies approach CAD software. Compared to the contemporary 3D modeling systems, Solidworks had a significantly lower price and was much easier to learn and use, with almost no compromise on features. This was a clear call for a new generation […]

Interview with Anthony Frausto-Robledo, Owner of Architosh

by Franco Folini September 08, 2008 0 min read

Creative professionals have always had a fascination with Apple products and the Mac personal computer in particular. While Mac was one of the first personal computers to have a graphic user-interface, the connection seems to goes beyond that — and to continue even after the GUI became a standard. One of the first websites who […]

Interview with Brian Roberts, President of QuadriSpace

by Franco Folini August 29, 2008 0 min read

The relatively short story of CAD visualization is paved with big ambitions and small results. No company has been able to escape this spell. Looking at the target market the opportunities for a CAD visualization system seem huge, with potential users by the millions including entire departments outside the design and manufacturing areas. Here’s the […]

An Interview with Roberto Ciarloni, think3 CTO

by Franco Folini July 29, 2008 0 min read

Current CAD systems are all based on only a few core geometric engines. Among those software engines, the ones that integrate solid modeling with free-form surfaces can be counted on one hand. One of those few engines is made by Think3, an Italian company that has been trying for several years to enter the US […]

An Interview with Michael Gibson, MoI CEO and Founder

by Franco Folini July 02, 2008 0 min read

It’s part of my daily job to stay in touch with new technologies and systems by reading CAD news and playing with trial versions. Over the years I’ve become immunized to most of the CAD marketing buzz. Despite the grand announcements, the CAD world evolves at a slow pace with few real advancements each year. […]

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