And I definitely mean that in a rock-your-cad-soaked-gourd kind of way. I’m always impressed by the articles on the MCAD magizine website and the diverse topics they cover. They’re based out of the UK, but you can see the current issue and back issues online. This month particularly caught my attention because they cover a…
Them anteaters are huge. I was eatin’ my lasagna and all of a sudden they come stompin’ through the livin’ room like it’s a naturally inhabitable arid grassland. These links saved my life. 100 awesome hi-res Photoshop brushes – My search is over. These are all the brushes I’ll ever need… maybe. What are your…


I wrote previously about Acrobat 8 3D. At that time it was great with small to medium size models, but there were some issues that made converting large models, particularly assembly files, difficult which resulted in large PDF file sizes. The PDF files sizes were quite a bit larger than the original file, which made it harder to use as a collaboration tool. That is no longer the case.
You may have seen the news about Dassault’s poor earnings yesterday. Well, as suspected, PTC (Proe/E, MathCAD) is reporting higher earnings. But, that’s not the interesting part. PTC also announced they are acquiring Germany-based CoCreate, another 3D CAD System, for…get this… 250 million. That’s about $2500 per seat CoCreate reports having. not too shabby. Why…
If you think your Tuesday was bad, how would like to get 36% of your revenue taken for taxes. That’s exactly what happen to Dassualt Systemes (SolidWorks, Catia) today as they reported their Q3 earnings. Their net income fell 24% over the last 3 months due to the higher tax rates and the weak US…
