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Blimp-based Power Plant Modeled in SolidWorks

December 1, 2009 · Designs that Will Change the World, Third Place: Aerostat Wind Turbines has a keen interest in problem solving and an entrepreneurial spirit to raise wind power to a new level.

Autodesk Inventor Dispels Sounds of Silence

December 1, 2009 · Designs that Will Change the World, First Place: Cochlear uses advanced technology to design and develop a breakthrough hearing aid that opens the world of sound to the hearing impaired.

Rethinking the Internal Combustion Engine with Autodesk Inventor 2010

December 1, 2009 · Designs that Will Change the World, Second Place: In an age in which so many are advocating the demise of the internal combustion engine, Grail Engine Technologies' design team wants to make it better.

SolidWorks Enables Innovative Auto Design

December 1, 2009 · Designs that Will Change the World, Honorable Mention: This car is a composite of new technologies that promise significant potential benefits, but requires consumers and the automotive industry to accept change.

Mimics Revolutionizes Life-Saving Device and Therapy Development

December 1, 2009 · Rapid Tech that Will Change the World, Second Place: Materialise's MIS helps doctors and designers get a better view of the human anatomy.

Wynn Technology Joins the InspectionXpert Reseller Program

November 30, 2009 · Will help companies with automate the creation of ballooned inspection drawings and inspection sheets.

SYCODE Releases CATIA V4 and V5 File Import Plug-ins for AutoCAD

November 30, 2009 · Plug-ins are powered by 3D InterOp technology from Spatial.

Change Has Arrived

November 24, 2009 · Autodesk adds direct-to-parametric conversion plug-in to Inventor Fusion.

InspectionXpert Adds Support for SolidWorks 2010

November 23, 2009 · Facilitates ballooning of SolidWorks drawings and exporting the dimensions to Excel.

PTC Windchill Keeps Elevators Running Smoothly

November 20, 2009 · Otis Elevator Company selects Windchill to manager change orders.

PTC Takes Aim at Barriers to Productivity with Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0

November 20, 2009 · Company delivers new release with more than 330 enhancements.

Extensible CAD Joins PTC PartnerAdvantage Program 

November 16, 2009 · New integration will automate first article inspections for Pro/ENGINEER.

Sescoi Releases Version 3 of WorkPLAN Enterprise and MyWorkPLAN

November 16, 2009 · New versions enhance custom manufacturing solutions with more interoperability.

LEDAS Ships Next Generation of 3D Geometric Constraint Solver

November 16, 2009 · Version 2 of LGS 3D geometric constraint solver features improved stability and performance.

Planit to Display Latest Release of Radan, 2010 R1 at Fabtech

November 12, 2009 · CAM software for sheet metal fabrication capable of 2D and 3D design.

LEDAS Adds Assemblies and Kinematics to Rhino

November 9, 2009 · Rhino Assembly 1.0 plug-in for assembling complex mechanisms and simulating kinematics.

Report: AutoCAD 2010 Delivers More than 60 Percent Productivity Improvement

November 9, 2009 · Study finds that engineers and designers realize value from design and documentation activities.

Form and Function: The Value of Industrial Design

October 1, 2009 · Industrial design takes all aspects of manufacturing and combines them to add value to the bottom line.


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