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• CAM Software fully integrates into SolidWorks environment.

  30 Jul 2010 | 6:38 am

  Based on proven machining algorithms, Delcam for SolidWorks includes technology for drilling and 2- through 5-axis milling as well as strategies for high-speed machining, including trochoidal roughing, spiral finishing, and race-line machining techniques. Automatic Feature Recognition[…]

• Standing on the cloud: A summary of where large CAD vendors sit

  30 Jul 2010 | 2:50 am

  [satire alert]Autodesk -- Experimenting with offloading compute-intensive operations to the cloud in their Lab. Frankenstein was bought to life by the cloud, and so this should work, too. SolidWorks Dassault Systemes -- All cloud, all the time,[…]

• What consumes memory in drawings

  29 Jul 2010 | 2:47 am

  The Bricscad update log has an entry I found interesting:A user-provided drawing required more than 1.5GB of memory to load and display, due to dense dashed linetype patterns used for long entities. The threshold to switch[…]

• I'm virtually attending Planet PTC's virtual conference

  28 Jul 2010 | 11:03 am

  OK, so I'm taking in PTC's PlanetPTC virtual conference. Like Deelip likes to say, sitting at home can be a lot nicer than wrecking your body traveling long distances. I wonder if we will one day[…]

• New this week in your upFront.eZine: an architect explains blue prints, blue lines...

  26 Jul 2010 | 9:12 am

  In this week's issue of upFront.eZine:1. Sent From My iPad    Guest Editorial by Dave Angelotti 2. All About Blueprints     by Jon Sommers Plus lots more letters from readers about DraftSight's EULA, and tidbits of[…]

• Mathcad 15 Available from CADDIT Australia

  24 Jun 2010 | 6:00 am

  Mathcad 15 is now available from CADDIT Australia. According to the official release, "Mathcad 15.0 includes over 25 new functions, more robust reference libraries and integration with third-party tools, including the latest version of Microsoft Excel.[…]

• How Outsourcing to China will "Bring it Home"

  22 Jun 2010 | 7:13 am

  Mei (name changed) is a Chinese factory worker who makes toys sold overseas. She works 12 hours except on Saturday when she is permitted to only work six hours. She lives in a small flat with her husband and[…]

• "Alibre Design Personal" Replaces Standard & Xpress versions; New Alibre Products

  15 Jun 2010 | 10:34 am

  Alibre is a powerful but easy-to-use 3D mechanical CAD package which is distributed and supported in Australia through CADDIT.net. Beginning in mid-May, Alibre no longer offered a "Standard" version of their CAD software. Alibre Design "Standard"[…]

• New progeCAD 2010 10.0.8.9 Released from CADDIT; Automatic Upgrade for Current Users

  10 Jun 2010 | 10:45 am

  progeCAD 2010 Professional 10.0.8.9 is available from CADDIT with several more small bug fixes for issues reported from our forum, customer and user feedback. These fixes include:- Fixed "copy as block" when name is already defined[…]

• Fixing our public service

  3 Apr 2010 | 3:26 pm

  The Australian public service must address the practical challenges of salaries, what sort of talent is needed and where government work should be done. 4 Apr 2010 7:26 AM

• Why Australia shouldn't withdraw the stimulus

  25 Mar 2010 | 5:09 pm

  The results of the Ai Group/Deloitte CEO survey tells me the economy is recovering rather than recovered. And we must not take it for granted. 26 Mar 2010 10:09 AM

• More tax, fewer women

  9 Mar 2010 | 3:53 pm

  Tony Abbott's new parental leave policy is no doubt a step forward, but the controversial new tax that comes with it could see employers favour male employees. 10 Mar 2010 9:53 AM

• How manufacturing got buried

  29 Dec 2009 | 12:39 pm

  One of the challenges for the manufacturing industry in Australia is China's voracious demand for resources – the 'two speed' economy is back with a vengeance. 30 Dec 2009 6:39 AM

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