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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.


With Launch of ARES Kudo, Graebert Completes Its ‘CAD Trinity’ Article
With Launch of ARES Kudo, Graebert Completes Its ‘CAD Trinity’    26 Oct, 2016
By: Cyrena Respini-Irwin

New browser-based application joins ARES Commander and ARES Touch to provide interconnected solution for DWG editing across desktop, mobile, and cloud platforms.

CorelCAD 2017 Comes to Windows, Mac, and Android Article
CorelCAD 2017 Comes to Windows, Mac, and Android    20 Oct, 2016
By: Cyrena Respini-Irwin

CorelCAD 2017 Comes to Windows, Mac, and Android Platforms

Bentley Systems Pursues Autodesk Customers with License Trade-In Offer Article
Bentley Systems Pursues Autodesk Customers with License Trade-In Offer   28 Sep, 2016
By: Cyrena Respini-Irwin

To entice CAD users who prefer perpetual licenses, the infrastructure solutions provider touts promotion that lowers the costs of conversion — and draws ire from Autodesk in the process.

SOLIDWORKS 2017 Introduces New Modeling Tools, Licensing Options Article
SOLIDWORKS 2017 Introduces New Modeling Tools, Licensing Options   22 Sep, 2016
By: Cyrena Respini-Irwin

With the new release, Dassault Systèmes continues its promotion of model-based design, adds a PCB solution, and offers term licenses.

Tetra4D Update Enriches Creation of 3D PDFs Article
Tetra4D Update Enriches Creation of 3D PDFs   9 Sep, 2016
By: Cyrena Respini-Irwin

For Tech Soft 3D, the addition of export support for STEP AP242 format is another step toward the goal of perfectly packaged 3D data.

Rize Seeks to Decrease Effort, Expense of Desktop 3D Printing Article
Rize Seeks to Decrease Effort, Expense of Desktop 3D Printing   13 Aug, 2016
By: Cyrena Respini-Irwin

A newcomer in the prototyping and tooling space promises to take the hassles — and toxic chemicals — out of post-processing, but its full capabilities are yet to be seen.

Bentley Boosts ContextCapture Capabilities Article
Bentley Boosts ContextCapture Capabilities   6 Jul, 2016
By: Cyrena Respini-Irwin

Infrastructure solutions provider believes reality capture technology holds big promise for AEC projects.

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The Relationship Builder   22 Jun, 2016
By: Cyrena Respini-Irwin

User Profile: Christine Massoud knows that to make a big project run smoothly, people skills are just as essential as software skills.

Frustum Unveils Time-Crunching Topology Optimization Platform Article
Frustum Unveils Time-Crunching Topology Optimization Platform   10 Jun, 2016
By: Cyrena Respini-Irwin

Generate seeks to help designers create 3D-printed and traditionally manufactured parts and structures more efficiently by running multiple optimization processes in parallel.

As Mobile Options Multiply, Onshape Keeps Burden of Calculation in the Cloud Article
As Mobile Options Multiply, Onshape Keeps Burden of Calculation in the Cloud   30 May, 2016
By: Cyrena Respini-Irwin

As Mobile Options Multiply, Onshape Keeps