Adding multimedia Sopal Selects V6 PLM Express and 3DVIA Composer

Dassault Systèmes announced that SOPAL, a Tunisian manufacturer of complex and distinctively styled kitchen and bath fixtures, is using V6 PLM Express and 3DVIA Composer to cover the entire development process of its line of faucets and related equipment. Based on the V6 platform, SOPAL has adopted a PLM strategy for all of its products, from initial... [Read more]

progeCAD Upgrades: What are my choices?

Until 11 May 2010, CADDIT.net is sharing in a global limited-time 15% discount for all upgrades to progeCAD 2010 Professional. This includes discounts to the following basic upgrade options:Upgrade progeCAD 2009 to progeCAD 2010 Upgrade progeCAD 2008 to progeCAD 2010 Upgrade progeCAD Network License Upgrade progeCAD USB LicenseThe procedure... [Read more]

Who decides on which buttons should be big?

I read recently that the current trend in user interface design is to make important buttons big; this makes them easier to find and easier to click with the mouse cursor (more landing area). In contrast, dangerous ones are made harder find and to click. Sounds reasonable, and we see the effect of this new design philosophy embedded in the much-disparaged... [Read more]

The CADville modeller lives… on Twitter

Blake Courter writes, "Well, CADville is real, at least for now: twitter.com/cadvillemodeler." He explains: Just send a tweet to (at) cadvillemodeler box x1,y1,z1,x2,y2,z2 where x1, y1, etc are integers. Then look for the reply tweet! For example, @cadvillemodeler box 20,10,10,200,20,20 The x,y,z coordinates are the opposite corners of the... [Read more]

Siemens PLM not so social anymore; censors own blog; update: posting is back

Earlier today, April 1, the official Siemens PLM Blog hosted a new item: The Future of CAD and Social Media is Here! But visiting siemens.pmhclients.com/index…/the-future-of-cad-and-social-media-is-here/ now gets us: As a reminder of what once was, here is the remnant in Google's cache, complete with the April Fools tag: We need... [Read more]

Meanwhile, back at #cadville…

Before the long arm of Siemens PLM Systems also wipes out the #cadville Twitter feed, here's a copy of it (read it in reverse order): - – - swertel: It has been confirmed. THe best April Fools joke is the one @burhop played on himself. #CADVille swertel: Wait. So #CADVille is NOT real and I shouldn't blog about it? vlna: Thank you, it... [Read more]

And I thought it was Canadians who were the best comedians

Kubotek USA posts the second-best April Fool's Day posting today: Monkey Trained to Create 3D Designs Using KeyCreator 3D Direct CAD FranKey [the monKey] was exposed to a model car and then designed his own version of the hot rod in what some consider to be a really unusual way: Be sure to read the entire non-censored posting!Go to Source VN:F... [Read more]

Jon Brouchoud writes about Siemens’ CADville

The CAD-on-the-Cloud concept from "Siemens PLM Systems" gets a writeup at The Arch Network. Jon Brouchoud muses about Facebook and the Future of CAD at http://archvirtual.com/?p=2512 As soon as I discovered CADville… I was immediately hooked, and was lucky enough to get accepted in their early testing group in mid-February. I quickly... [Read more]

Best April Fool’s Day joke wiped from InterWeb by CAD giant’s complaint; update: they’re back

TechCrunch lists dozens of April Fool's jokes created by tech companies, but none was as well-crafted as Deelip Menezes' — until the Germans got wind of it.Siemens PLM offers CAD on the Cloud – Part 1 described the approach late-comer Siemens PLM Systems plans to take for providing CAD on the cloud. It explained in detail how subscribers... [Read more]

This week in upFront.eZine: Looking out from inside the corporation

From this week's issue of upFront.eZine: 1. Open is Relative     - Looking Out from Inside the Corporation     - April Fool's Day Web Pages 2. 4M IDEA and FINEAlso, Out of the Inbox and our other regular columns. You can read it all at www.upfrontezine.com/2010/upf-640.htmGo to Source VN:F [1.8.5_1061]please... [Read more]