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MCAD Tech News #150
15 Aug, 2005 By: Jeffrey RoweLots of entertainment and
gaming technologies,
but some CAD, too
by Jeffrey Rowe
Early this month, I attended SIGGRAPH 2005
in Los
Angeles, along with more than 29,000 other attendees. SIGGRAPH is
devoted to computer graphics and interactive techniques, primarily for
the entertainment and game-development communities, but you’ll also
find some representation of scientific and industrial applications,
including CAD.
A clear indication of the conference’s target audience was its keynote
speaker: George Lucas, creator of the Star Wars and Indiana Jones
movies, among many others. I arrived too late to see his presentation,
but heard it was great. Read more >>
Cadalyst Labs Review: Solid Edge v17
by Jeffrey Rowe
Like its competitors, Solid Edge v17 creates parts, assemblies and drawings, but unlike them, it captures design intent through a unique combination of inference logic and decision-management concepts called STREAM technology. Introduced in the initial release, STREAM continues to be a productivity enhancer in the way it reduces the number of steps required to perform certain kinds of tasks, such as constraining profiles with dimensions that can be directly edited in sketch mode. Read more >>
Mark
Your Calendar: MCAD Events
Fourth Annual
Midwest SolidWorks User Conference: September 13-15, 2005, Lake
Lawn Resort, Delavan, Wisconsin. Organized by Graphics Systems Corp.,
the conference includes productivity seminars, management sessions,
product presentations and networking opportunities. http://www.gxsc.com/newsevents_annualconference.htm
Design Profit Summit:
September 20-21, 2005, Troy Marriott Hotel, Troy, Michigan. Organized
by Munro & Associates, the event will include presenters discussing
some of the most successful products from the automotive, aerospace,
recreational vehicle, homeland security and medical products
industries, focusing on issues critical to making higher profits. An
interactive format is designed to help product executives learn from
industry leaders who will share the methods that made them successful. http://www.designprofitsummit.com
Moldflow User Group:
October 25-27, 2005, Wyndham Orlando Resort, Orlando, Florida.
International conference hosted by Moldflow, provider of automation and
optimization software solutions for the plastics injection molding
industry, will feature two tracks of peer-reviewed presentations by
members of the Moldflow user community, technology presentations by
Moldflow representatives, and numerous training opportunities. http://www.moldflow.com/imug
For Cadalyst's full calendar of events, click here >>
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