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Dassault to Launch 3D Swym Software, ENOVIA V6 on the Cloud, SolidWorks Web-based PDM.

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I’ve been on site earlier this week at the Dassault Systemes Customer Conference (DSCC) where Dassault was serving up ‘life-like’ scoops of web-based CAD and PLM. Part of the “What’s your dream” theme and conference highlights is a soon to be launched software, a collaborative web environment just for you, your team or your entire company. 3D Swym.

Now, you may have heard of the 3D Swym community a few months ago with the release of Dassault’s free 2D program, DraftSight. That web-based environment is an example of a the same sort of environment you’ll be able to set up and use yourself. Along with that, Dassault will be releasing, through the 3DAppStore, an app to use the ENOVIA V6 platform via the web. But that’s not all, SolidWorks will also be launching an app that provides document management via the web. Here are the details.

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Friday Smackdown: Crumb Rumble

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It quickly became evident where it was hiding. Nothing makes a noise like that. Not unless it’s been sprayed with 5 kinds of soup, put into a deep metal dish and sprinkled with these links. Andreas Rocha – Slightly, just slightly epic in scale and composition.Wooded glens, mountainous landscapes and eerie environments. 17 Signs your…

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Get in On the Action. GrabCAD 3D Printing Challenge

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Are you ready? Really, you may want to cancel the cheese squeezing party you’ve been planning and instead plan on squeezing out some extraordinary 3D models. There is but one reason for this.

You have till Friday, November 26th to submit your model for the GrabCAD 3D Printing Challenge. It couldn’t be more simple either. Just upload your model, bask in the comments of others and see what everyone else is submitting. Here are the details.

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First Thoughts on Exploring Solid Edge ST3

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Here’s where it happens. Where the surly bonds of history-based design slip off into a miry pool of sketch-driven constraints. Ker-plunk. Yes, watch them sink… down, down, down.

It pains one who has built models feature-upon-feature to see the control, the order, give its last fleeting breath. As it happens though, Siemens hasn’t quite let the process of history-based modeling slip down into the dark undertow. Instead, they’re pulling it right to safety, giving it a proper chest whack and spitting a good amount of lung juice on the face of iterative design. They’ve passed this… ability on to the users of Solid Edge ST3. You have a choice, features with history, features with no history. All in the same interface. Here’s a breakdown of what’s important and first thoughts on the program as we explore Solid Edge ST3.

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