Tuesday, November 17, 2009
SpaceClaim, provider of the world's fastest and most innovative 3D Direct Modeling software, today announced the fifth release of the company's engineering software, SpaceClaim 2009+. This new version of SpaceClaim is the first in the industry to support Windows 7 and Multi-Touch for 3D direct modeling. Other new 2009+ capabilities are aimed at driving ease of use in preparing models for simulation, and extending SpaceClaim's leadership in direct modeling for conceptual design."This has been a remarkable year for SpaceClaim, as we have begun to see wider adoption in engineering organizations," said Chris Randles, SpaceClaim President and CEO. "Our rapid growth this year demonstrates that we are solving real, complex, and costly engineering challenges, such as accelerating the development of concept models, or speeding model preparation for upfront or downstream analysis and simulation. On average, our customers report a halving of the time taken to prepare models for CAE, enabling them to be more productive and accelerating overall time-to-market. With industry-leading partners such as ANSYS, we are now recognized as an innovative solution that is expanding the use of 3D among analysts, engineers, and other non-CAD specialists in modern manufacturing organizations."
SpaceClaim is enabling manufacturers to accelerate innovation cycles and leverage engineering and product styling as key differentiators. SpaceClaim evolves 3D outside of the traditional detail design environment in CAD, putting straightforward modeling tools in the hands of engineers and CAE analysts. With SpaceClaim, engineers can perform simulation, collaborate, and converge before specifying the design concept to the CAD team for detailing and design-for-manufacture. Additionally, SpaceClaim provides CAE engineers with a solution to easily prepare, edit, and optimize CAD data, with the freedom to explore solutions without relying on CAD operators.
SpaceClaim 2009+ Pushes the Envelope of Direct Modeling and Automates Model Preparation
The new release features enhanced capabilities for design and analysis engineers that include:
-- Direct modeling enhancements:
-- Bodies can be locked to prevent unintentional modification.
-- New round creation techniques allow rounds to be placed in more
complicated situations.
-- Curves imprinted on faces can be easily manipulated, facilitating
conceptual sketching in 3D.
-- Numerous other enhancements to surfacing, patterning, and
construction geometry maintain SpaceClaim's lead in direct
modeling.
-- Model preparation for simulation made easier:
-- Conceptual beam elements facilitate structural design.
-- A beam library provides easy beam creation with standard sections.
-- Beam extraction converts imported beams to conceptual beams.
-- Enhanced geometry checking and repair makes it easy to diagnose
common geometry problems.
-- De-featuring is faster than ever with new round slicing tools.
-- Several ANSYS add-in enhancements, including the ability to
transfer beams and pattern count dimensions, making it more
convenient to optimize models from within ANSYS(R) Workbench(TM)
2.0.
-- Multi-touch user interaction
-- Hands-on interactive solid modeling using up to four fingers
provides a more immersive user experience.
-- New selection techniques such as four-finger box select and lasso
select make the most common 3D interactions faster than possible
with a mouse.
-- Multi-touch view rotation and gesture support provide
straightforward access to commands that would normally be hidden
behind toggle keys and shortcuts.
Labels: 3D, press release, software, spaceclaim
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Uh oh. Up to 40 to lose jobs as Google scraps radio ads.
Google's radio advertising business has become the newest project that didn't pass muster in Google's new financially rigorous era, and up to 40 employees will lose jobs as a result, the company said Thursday. However, the company isn't completely withdrawing from the market, saying it's begun exploring ads for streaming audio instead.
"While we've devoted substantial resources to developing these products and learned a lot along the way, we haven't had the impact we hoped for. So we have decided to exit the broadcast radio business and focus our efforts in online streaming audio," said Susan Wojcicki, Google's vice president of product management, in a blog post Thursday. "We will phase out the existing Google Audio Ads and AdSense for Audio products and plan to sell the Google Radio Automation business, the software that automates broadcast radio programming."
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Disney World's specialty is fantasy, but a new attraction that opened this weekend deals in real-life dreams.
The American Idol Experience, a near-exact replica of the theater the American Idol TV show uses, will give singers a chance to audition, perform and maybe even get a spot to try out for the real Idol.
If the singing is as polished as the set, it should be another Mickey triumph.
If the singing is bad, no Disney magic will be able to fix it.
*~*~*
Fraunhofer has developed a dash that displays your location and the surrounding area in 3D, in real time. The system uses cameras to keep track of the location of your eyes, so the depth imaging effect can be achieved without using those funny glasses. In addition to the GPS, the dashboard only displays the information that is most relevant to the driver at any time -- fuel gauge, tire pressure, route information or the title of the song can be displayed, depending on user preferences. It's only a prototype at this point.
I am sure it would make me car sick.
*~*~*
The 2011 Chevrolet Volt is all about energy efficiency, but that doesn't mean boring. The new Energy Efficient Series sound system from Bose is 30 percent smaller, 40 percent lighter and uses 50 percent less energy than conventional Bose sound systems, company reps say.
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Japanese cell phone maker KDDI has teamed up with Hitachi to one-up your iPhone as the iPhone can't manage 3D content. The Hitachi WOOO H001 will show you 3D versions of your phone's still images and video.
But that's not all, the phone also will give you a 5 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, microSD slot, and a 1Seg TV tuner. No word on price, but the handset should hit the Asian market by spring.
Sounds like an infomercial, doesn't it? Lol.
Google's radio advertising business has become the newest project that didn't pass muster in Google's new financially rigorous era, and up to 40 employees will lose jobs as a result, the company said Thursday. However, the company isn't completely withdrawing from the market, saying it's begun exploring ads for streaming audio instead.
"While we've devoted substantial resources to developing these products and learned a lot along the way, we haven't had the impact we hoped for. So we have decided to exit the broadcast radio business and focus our efforts in online streaming audio," said Susan Wojcicki, Google's vice president of product management, in a blog post Thursday. "We will phase out the existing Google Audio Ads and AdSense for Audio products and plan to sell the Google Radio Automation business, the software that automates broadcast radio programming."
*~*~*
Disney World's specialty is fantasy, but a new attraction that opened this weekend deals in real-life dreams.
The American Idol Experience, a near-exact replica of the theater the American Idol TV show uses, will give singers a chance to audition, perform and maybe even get a spot to try out for the real Idol.
If the singing is as polished as the set, it should be another Mickey triumph.
If the singing is bad, no Disney magic will be able to fix it.
*~*~*
Fraunhofer has developed a dash that displays your location and the surrounding area in 3D, in real time. The system uses cameras to keep track of the location of your eyes, so the depth imaging effect can be achieved without using those funny glasses. In addition to the GPS, the dashboard only displays the information that is most relevant to the driver at any time -- fuel gauge, tire pressure, route information or the title of the song can be displayed, depending on user preferences. It's only a prototype at this point.I am sure it would make me car sick.
*~*~*
The 2011 Chevrolet Volt is all about energy efficiency, but that doesn't mean boring. The new Energy Efficient Series sound system from Bose is 30 percent smaller, 40 percent lighter and uses 50 percent less energy than conventional Bose sound systems, company reps say.
*~*~*
Japanese cell phone maker KDDI has teamed up with Hitachi to one-up your iPhone as the iPhone can't manage 3D content. The Hitachi WOOO H001 will show you 3D versions of your phone's still images and video.
But that's not all, the phone also will give you a 5 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, microSD slot, and a 1Seg TV tuner. No word on price, but the handset should hit the Asian market by spring.
Sounds like an infomercial, doesn't it? Lol.
Labels: 3D, american idol, cell phone, chevy, disney, Fraunhofer, google
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