The new Autodesk 123D Catch app allows users to capture the world around them in 3D. Photos of vacation memories, family or other mementos brought to life in 3D. Captures made in 123D Catch can also be used as the foundation for further 3D modeling, 3D animation, create a 3D printed object. Read more on 123D and see the gallery … Read more
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Premium quality “Enthusiast” and “Performance” class equipment contributes $3.2 billion in growth from 2011 TIBURON, Calif., May 03, 2012 –Jon Peddie Research estimates there are 54 million Performance and Enthusiast class PC gamers worldwide, with new entrants and console converts bolstering this to 72 million by 2015 The recession is winding down and the Enthusiast and Performance class PC gamers … Read more
Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks today releases eDrawings for iPad, an app to view and review drawings and models. It works with native eDrawings files, DraftSight files, and SolidWorks parts, assemblies, and drawing files. It also supports drawings in the DWG and DXF formats popularized by AutoCAD. The app is $1.99 and now on sale in iTunes. Check out a video of … Read more
I started out the week trying to run some tests on few machines, something that is frustrating enough without unwanted or unexpected obstacles thrown in your way. When I tried to run Battlefield 3 on a laptop, I had to log into Origin first; annoying but not too much different from trying to run a Steam game. However, I was … Read more
The first response from Adobe users is overwhelming positive. A new Creative Cloud makes it possible to rent all CS6 products for a monthly fee. The various technology updates in the products are worth the upgrade, but the big news is Creative Cloud, a subscription-based hub for making, sharing and delivering creative work using Adobe technology. See Creative Suite 6
PLM software and services vendor Geometric Ltd. saw its annual revenue, as expressed in US Dollars, rise 22% year-over-year for fiscal year 2012. The company’s fourth-quarter revenue was up 18.7% year-over-year. For fiscal year 2012, which ended March 31, 2012, US Dollar revenue was $167.5 million. Read more on Geometric on GFXspeak.com
Pockets of economic uncertainty remain, but 2012 is shaping up to be a better year for CAD than 2011. In JPR’s 2012 CAD Report, we put the number of CAD users for 2011 at just over 5 million. That means over 5 million sets of CAD were bought or upgraded in 2011. In 2011 we estimated there were 19.3 million … Read more
Of the great companies I’ve been fortunate enough to come into contact with, there is one common denominator: R&D investment. Nvidia’s CEO made a comment in a meeting recently that no super computer company could (or ever did) match the R&D investment his firm makes. Former Cray manger and now Tesla CTO at Nvidia Steve Scott echoed those words. Meg … Read more
Confirming weeks of rumors, the two makers of industrial 3D printers will unite under the Stratasys name in an all-stock transaction. The combined company will be worth $1.4 billion. The merged company will have over 260 resellers and 42 direct channel managers, with a presence in 72 countries. The new company will still be called Stratasys. Read More on the … Read more
The mobile industry has come to rely on Khronos’ APIs as much as the graphics industry. The future is rosy if all industry players pay attention to the bigger picture. The Khronos Organization took their name from the god of time. It is appropriate; in this industry timing rules the success and failure of almost everything we do.
Autodesk made its annual pitch to the media last week in San Francisco, and threw out a lot of numbers. When we parse the numbers, the picture emerges of a company happily running as fast as it can to transform digital art and design. Autodesk 2012
