Seeing Into the Future: Eureka Asks 3 CAD Companies What They See as Emerging Technologies - PTC, SpaceClaim, Autodesk on mobile markets, social media, easy-to-use, highly interoperable CAD software, Justin Cunningham, EUREKA, May 14, 2012

Are Engineers Ready to Go Mobile? - CAD vendor offer mobile apps to easily access product data, effectively collaborate with peers; tablets, smart phones offer capabilities like GPS tracking, accelerometers, video capabilities, voice, Beth Stackpole, Design News, May 11, 2012

Nanosoft = DraftSight + APIs (and It's Free) - AutoCAD clone, nanoCAD has linetype editor, Excel-style table editor, APIs include OLE automation, C++, .NET, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, Mar 9, 2012

What the New iPad Means for CAD Developers - improved CPU performance, screen resolution, memory for faster display, rendering of CAD models, storing CAD data, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, Mar 8, 2012

Displaying Massive CAD Models Using a Gaming Engine - Paul Schuebach of CAD Software Solutions on displaying 3D models from Inventor in Windows, Web browsers, Android, demos of models running in Unity3D, Ralph Grabowski, upFront.eZine, Feb 14, 2012

NASA Open Sources Conceptual Aircraft Design Application - NASA to release OpenVSP under open source license, includes library of standard components/primitive geometric building blocks common to all aircrafts, Canadian Manufacturing, Jan 16, 2012

Surfacing Top 10 - users' wish list regarding surface feature in CAD software, improvements in SolidWorks, Matt Lombard, Dezignstuff SolidWorks Blog, Jan 5, 2012

Back to Back Comparisons Don't Matter - CAD software take totally different approaches towards single job, ease of use doesn't matter at all if software is not capable, Matt Lombard, Dezignstuff SolidWorks Blog, Dec 19, 2011

Consumers in Front Seat of Driving Product Innovation - companies must support user innovation, creating documented, open interfaces to support modifications to products, Barb Schmitz, Creo (by PTC), Dec 5, 2011

What Problems Should Your CAD Vendor be Solving for You? - better idea generation tools, 3D data reuse, control of history tree, geometry diagnostics, instead of cloud, Matt Lombard, Dezignstuff SolidWorks Blog, Dec 5, 2011

Get Smart with Embedded Software - software development along with embedded software should progress with same professional engineering techniques to create smart products, Mike Evans, Desktop Engineering, Nov 1, 2011

Better Tools for Conceptual Design - CAD vendors are offering tools to select materials, processes in planning stages to make environment-friendly products, Justin Cunningham, EUREKA, Oct 13, 2011

Best Practices in 3D CAD User Interfaces - principles for general system design, 3D parametric design, user support, Evan Yares, Sep 29, 2011

Two Approaches to Innovation - advantages, disadvantages of discontinuous, continuous approaches for software development, Matt Lombard, Dezignstuff SolidWorks Blog, Sep 28, 2011

Multi-processing in ACIS, CGM - multithreading, shared memory model benefit from data access plus thread-management routines that control thread interactions in CAD, high-level compute-intensive operations systems, Developer2Developer, Feb 23, 2011

Pump up Performance of Your Old Laptop - upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 32-bit, turn off Aero graphics theme, use readyboost, reduce/reset System restore usage, Robert Green, Cadalyst, Feb 23, 2011

Developer Tips & Tricks - Isolating Problematic Entities - ACIS APIs error processing for segregating problematic domains, notification, detection, cause & remedy, Shilpa Dhall, spatial.com, Dec 22, 2010

CAD, PLM and Pragmatic Cloud: Do Less - slow, careful adoption of cloud technology yielding dividends for Autodesk with AutoCAD WS, Siemens PLM with TeamCenter, Dassault with 3DVIA, Oleg Shilovitsky, PLM Think Tank, Dec 15, 2010

2010-2011 in CAD Technology, the Illustrated Version, Pt 1 - Creo is PTC's curly fries, nerd queen collaborative PDM now a hot date, Randall Newton, GraphicSpeak, Dec 14, 2010

Desperately Seeking System Tests - software test suites are necessary  but may not simulate customer use, Stefanie Kenny, Developer 2 Developer, Dec 9, 2010

Evolution of Computer-Aided Design - fathers of CAD, CAD today/tomorrow, Creo, CAD on Mac, low cost CAD, more, David Cohn, Dec 1, 2010

Evolutionary Biology and Software Engineering - evolution a model for software engineering, penguin in Sahara analogous to heavy application on mobile device, John Sloan, Developer 2 Developer, Nov 23, 2010

Lean Product Development Ideas For Your CAD Problem - Pt 1 - eliminate waste, improve processes, Jeff Waters, Aug 12, 2010