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Cyrena Respini-Irwin


Cyrena Respini-Irwin is Cadalyst's editor in chief. She has covered CAD and related technologies for more than a decade.


NVIDIA’s Long Game: The Evolution from GPU Maker to AI Computing Company, Part 1 Article
NVIDIA’s Long Game: The Evolution from GPU Maker to AI Computing Company, Part 1   22 Sep, 2017
By: Cyrena Respini-Irwin

NVIDIA recasts itself as an enabler of artificial intelligence.

Mars Colony Competition Takes Crowdsourced Design to a New Frontier Article
Mars Colony Competition Takes Crowdsourced Design to a New Frontier    30 Aug, 2017
By: Cyrena Respini-Irwin

HP and NVIDIA call on architects and engineers to envision a home for humankind on the Red Planet.

Structured-Light Technology Expands 3D Scanning Options for AEC Applications Article
Structured-Light Technology Expands 3D Scanning Options for AEC Applications   18 Aug, 2017
By: Cyrena Respini-Irwin

For users with less-stringent accuracy requirements, Matterport looks beyond lasers, capturing spaces with infrared instead.

Real-Time Rendering Promises Unreal Level of Control over Visualizations Article
Real-Time Rendering Promises Unreal Level of Control over Visualizations   14 Jul, 2017
By: Cyrena Respini-Irwin

Epic Games’ Unreal Engine and immersive virtual reality solutions help the Soluis Group visualization company narrow the gap between client expectations and reality.

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Autodesk Announces Its First Commercial Generative Design Product   29 Jun, 2017
By: Cyrena Respini-Irwin

Autodesk Announces First Commercially Available Generative Design Product

Miniature Workstation Movement Takes Small Step Forward with Lenovo ThinkStation P320 Tiny Article
Miniature Workstation Movement Takes Small Step Forward with Lenovo ThinkStation P320 Tiny    20 Jun, 2017
By: Cyrena Respini-Irwin

Pressures such as shrinking office spaces push vendors to think small, packaging professional-level computing power into pocket-sized chassis.

Will Integrated CAM Yield More Manufacturable SOLIDWORKS Designs? Article
Will Integrated CAM Yield More Manufacturable SOLIDWORKS Designs?   14 Jun, 2017
By: Cyrena Respini-Irwin

Sandesh Joshi, a former member of the SOLIDWORKS R&D team, expects the coordination of CAD and CAM in the upcoming 2018 release to have a significant effect on product design.

Integration and Security Concerns Dog Cloud-Based PLM, CIMdata Finds Article
Integration and Security Concerns Dog Cloud-Based PLM, CIMdata Finds   26 May, 2017
By: Cyrena Respini-Irwin

Adoption of product lifecycle management (PLM) software is lagging behind other cloud-based solutions in the enterprise space, but that may change as established providers bring their offerings to market.

Bricsys Seeks to Take DWG Community ‘Beyond AutoCAD’ Article
Bricsys Seeks to Take DWG Community ‘Beyond AutoCAD’   3 May, 2017
By: Cyrena Respini-Irwin

Belgium-based developer expands the scope of BricsCAD with 3D direct modeling capabilities, a building information modeling (BIM) module, and support for Intergraph CADWorx.

NX Module Adds New Generative Design Capabilities to Venerable MCAD Platform Article
NX Module Adds New Generative Design Capabilities to Venerable MCAD Platform   30 Mar, 2017
By: Cyrena Respini-Irwin

New Plug-In Marries Frustum Generative Design Technology to NX Platform