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An Interview with Howie Markson, Sr. Director of Marketing of SpaceClaim
by Franco Folini June 07, 2007 0 min read
Howie Markson is Senior Director of Marketing of SpaceClaim, a new CAD company. SpaceClaim is bringing to the CAD market a new fresh approach that claims to perform similarly to the parametric-feature-based systems, but without the hassles typical of those systems. It’s not every day that you see a new company with original ideas trying […]
Read MoreWho is Using Wikipedia to Promote Autodesk Inventor?
by Franco Folini June 06, 2007 0 min read
A few days ago while browsing Wikipedia searching for information I landed on the Autodesk Inventor page. not exactly an encyclopedic and objective style Going through the text I was surprised when I found a series of statements that looked as though they have been written by a marketing department. I don't think people at […]
Read MoreBack to the Future: CAD Returns to the Drawing Board?
by Franco Folini May 30, 2007 0 min read
Yesterday Microsoft announced a new product called Microsoft Surface. It's a computerized table — the top surface is a computer display that recognizes and interacts with physical objects from a paintbrush to a cell phone and allows for hands-on, direct control of content such as photos, music, and maps (see TechCrunch post). I can envision […]
Read MoreThe New Rendering Frontier: an Interview with Chema Guerra, Co-Director of Fryrender
by Franco Folini May 30, 2007 0 min read
Jose María Guerra García is co-founder and co-director, with Pedro Osma, of Feversoft, the Spanish company that is developing Fryrender. Fryrender is a new rendering engine strictly based on light simulation (it comes as a standalone product with plug-ins for 3ds Max, Maya, Rhino, LightWave, and Cinema 4D). Jose Maria's new software product is emerging […]
Read MoreAn Interview with Louis Gary Lamit, Author of the Book “Moving from 2D to 3D CAD for Engineering Design”
by Franco Folini May 25, 2007 0 min read
Louis Gary Lamit is a CAD professional and teacher with several years of experience behind him. He is the owner of Lamit and Associates and the author of the book Moving from 2D to 3D CAD for Engineering Design recently published by BookSurge. The transition from 2D to 3D has been an hot topic for […]
Read MoreBreaking the Barrier Between Bits and Atoms: Neil Gershenfeld Video
by Franco Folini May 24, 2007 0 min read
After yesterday's post about Ponoko, I received quite a bit of positive feedback by e-mail and on blog posts (for example on SolidSmack). In my opinion, one of the best ways to understand the power of the Ponoko approach to manufacturing is to go back to one of the minds that inspired it. This special […]
Read MoreFrom Bits to Atoms, an Interview with David ten Have, CEO of Ponoko
by Franco Folini May 23, 2007 0 min read
David ten Have is co-founder and CEO of Ponoko (blog), a company from New Zealand exploring a new approach to manufacturing. Dave’s goal is to provide a customized manufacturing process so easy that almost anybody can use it. Send Ponoko a 3D digital model and they will take care of transforming it into a physical […]
Read MoreAn Interview with Chris Yessios, CEO of auto.des.sys (formZ)
by Franco Folini May 21, 2007 0 min read
Chris Yessios is the President and CEO of auto.des.sys, Inc., and Professor Emeritus at The Ohio State University. He holds a PhD in Computer Aided Design from Carnegie-Mellon University and his formal education includes a BArch and a Diploma in Law, both from the Aristotelian University in Greece. He taught and researched at The Ohio […]
Read MoreThe Best Scientific Presentation, Ever
by Franco Folini May 20, 2007 0 min read
you will not be able to resist the irony of this short video Everybody is talking about this PowerPoint presentation by Doug Zongker (blog), from the University of Washington. Doug, now a software engineer at Google, gave this talk at the humor session of the 2007 AAAS Conference in San Francisco. It’s based on this […]
Read MoreCan Oracle Shake the CAD Visualization Market?
by Franco Folini May 17, 2007 0 min read
Two days ago, on May 15, Oracle (ORCL) announced the acquisition of Agile (AGIL), a company known mostly for its PLM products, for $495 million. I don’t want to discuss the impact of Oracle in the PLM market here. If you’re interested you can find more detail at PC World, LinuxWorld, eWeek, Roy Wildeman, Ralph […]
Read MoreAn Interview with Matt Lombard, Author of the SolidWorks 2007 Bible
by Franco Folini May 10, 2007 0 min read
Matt Lombard (blog, website) is the author of the recently published "SolidWorks 2007 Bible", a huge volume with over 1,000 pages. His book has quickly become recognized as the reference book of choice for the SolidWorks community (see Rob Rodriguez, Anna Wood, and Jeff Mirisola), of which Matt is a very active and well-known member. […]
Read MoreAn Interview with Paul Babb, CEO of Maxon (Cinema 4D)
by Franco Folini May 07, 2007 0 min read
Paul Babb is the CEO of MAXON US, the company that makes the famous Cinema 4D modeling, rendering, and animation products. Based on my experience I can say that every company and product has its own personality. Whenever I have the opportunity to talk with a Cinema 4D user about their experience with the product, […]
Read MoreNovedge is Looking for a European Intern
by Franco Folini May 02, 2007 0 min read
Novedge is the largest online store for CAD, CAM, and 3D graphics software. We are offering a seasonal unpaid internship in our friendly environment this summer (flexible – about 2 or 3 months, between June and September). We are looking for a college student or recent graduate from Europe. The intern should come from a […]
Read MoreIs Google Fair?
by Franco Folini May 01, 2007 0 min read
Let’s start with the facts. A few days ago I was working at the data feed for a Google service called Google Base, previously known as Froogle. It’s an online service that allows sellers to upload a list of products with price and description and lets users search online for products to compare prices, shipping […]
Read MoreAn Interview with Giuseppe Massoni, Jewelry Designer and Rhino 3D Guru
by Franco Folini April 27, 2007 0 min read
Giuseppe Massoni is a jewelry designer and a Rhino 3D guru. He is a Tech Support Specialist as well as a Rhino Training Specialist for Robert McNeel & Associates (McNeel Europe), and is also in charge for the Italian Rhino Newsgroup. Giuseppe is a well-known and highly respected member of the Rhino community. He is […]
Read MoreThe Next CAD Revolution Starts Today
by Franco Folini April 23, 2007 0 min read
Parametric modeling, also known as feature based modeling, was brought to the CAD market in the middle of the 80's by PTC with Pro/Engineer. In a time when all 3D modeling was explicit (no parameters, no geometric relationships, no constraints), Pro/E was a revolutionary system. After a few attempts to defend the old non-parametric mode, […]
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