2005

What! 64 Bits Just 7% Faster? - a 64-bit computing environment may improve data handling but overall speed improvement will be marginal without major architectural changes in software, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, December 13, 2005

Logical Fallacies - a list of logical fallacies being used in CAD marketing, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, December 12, 2005

AutoCAD Blogs Way Ahead of the Market - about 85% of blogs are about AutoCAD, Rachael Dalton-Taggart, PR, Marketing and the Business of CAD, December 8, 2005

The Long Tail in Engineering Software - the Internet is a perfect environment from which to serve specialized engineering software even if big software vendors limit their stock to 'hits,' Joel Orr, Machine Design, October 2005

Corporate Blogging as a Cheap Alternative to Marketing a Company - Lynn Allen, Autodesk's technical evangelist, recommends blogs as a way to put a more personal face on a corporation, Elaine Ng, Mediacorp News, October 11, 2005

Hey! are Bentley & SolidWorks Collaborating? - despite similar crossgrade campaigns from SolidWorks and MicroStation, record numbers of AutoCAD users are upgrading, yielding high revenues for Autodesk, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, October 20, 2005

India is Our Fastest Growing Market - Hans Kurt, UGS Executive Vice President-Asia Pacific, talks on future of PLM in India, Deccan Herald, October 22, 2005

Workstation Market Revitalized in 2005 - Jon Peddie Research reports shipping of branded workstation and professional graphics on a large scale in 2005, Randall Newton, AECnews.com, October 12, 2005

Integrated ERP/CAD Shines for ETOs - CAD-ERP integration software lets the data flow between engineering and production, Thomas R. Cutler, Machine Design, October 2005

3D Base Camp Opens: a Packed House and a Sold Out Event - first SketchUp users conference attracts over 300 attendees, Randall Newton, AECnews.com, October 5, 2005

Made Your Way - manufacturers are now concentrating on customer tailored products, Jean Thilmany, Mechanical Engineering, October 2005

More to CAD Than Just Product Design - the move from 'model-centric' to encompass related data and Australia's lag in converting to 3D design, Keith Power, ferret.com.au, September 14, 2005

Return on Interoperability: the New ROI - $16 billion are lost annually due to poor IT interoperability, Malcolm Walter, COO of Bentley, BE Magazine, pages 30-35, September 22, 2005

Counter Punch! UGS Socks it to Dassault - UGS and Microsoft provide 2D and 3D CAD drawings in non-CAD documents, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, September 14, 2005

Ephemeral Warehouse - digital archival storage and retrieval for future engineers' references is a challenge in light of software obsolescence, Jean Thilmany, Mechanical Engineering, September 2005

CAD, Cars and Commercials - What's Around the Photoreal Corner - the state of the art uses CG instead of real cars, Debra Kaufman, Digital CAD, August 8, 2005

CoCreate's 3-Way Choice - CoCreate claims to be the only vendor to offer perpetual licensing, hosted licensing, or subscription licensing to customers, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, August 26, 2005

Designs on the Future - a Washington high school team takes 2nd prize in SkillsUSA, a national competition in automated manufacturing technology, Hope Anderson, The Daily News, July 18, 2005

The Competitive Requirements for ETO Technology - attention to trends will help technology providers perform better in engineer-to-order market, Tom Cutler, Managing Automation, June 21, 2005

It's All in the Design - in spite of having powerful design tools and strategies, users need more user-friendly tools, Peter Fretty, Advanced Manufacturing, June 2005

"CAD" Domain Names Available for Your Website Address - a list of 'cool' CAD domains just waiting to be picked up, CADVILLE.com, May 7, 2005 (more CAD industry news)

Which Stock is the Most Overpriced? - P/E ratio is used to measure the reasonableness of a stock's price, current P/E ratio of many CAD vendors shows surprising results, WorldCAD Access, June 9, 2005

PODcasting - Do We Care? - PODcasting , publication of an audio file that can be directly downloaded or used with a RSS feed, is the hot buzzword but how can it be used in the CAD industry, Rachael Dalton - Taggart, Floating Point, June 3, 2005

April 2005 - Survey Says - 68% are on subscription model works for their firms and among those, 24% upgrade to the new releases immediately, 52% wait for 6 months and 22% wait a year, Mark W. Kiker, CADDManager.com, May 22, 2005

CAD Makes a Difference in Time To Market - time to market assumes different form in different circumstances and the CAD industry is helping out with faster workstations and software, Bill Mcllvaine, Managing Automation, May 4, 2005

Everyone Has a Special Relationship with Microsoft - Microsoft's invasion of the CAD industry continues unfazed with CoCreate and UGS pledging support for its products and services, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, April 30, 2005

CADfidential - behind the scenes about Autodesk on annual release schedules, Daratech conference, Dave Arnold's latest venture, more, Sara Ferris, Cadalyst Management, April 1, 2005

Up,Up,Up - CAD vendors like PTC, Dassault, Intergraph report increasing revenues, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, April 27, 2005

Innovations that Will Make Your Engineering Life Easier - changes in the engineering and manufacturing industry is inevitable although accepting such changes might not be easy for individual organizations, Kim Spinsby, CATIA Community, April 25, 2005

Press Releases Rules Are A-Changing - press releases should abandon their traditional form and provide a web site path to more customer information, Rachael Dalton-Taggart, Floating Point, April 25, 2005

The Third Dimension: CAD - CAD software is used by 25 million people all over the world and generates almost $10 billion a year, Graeme Philipson, SMH, March 4, 2005

CAD vs. CAM 101 - the gap between CAD and CAM have reduced considerably over the years, yet there are differences especially in their features and interoperability, Jeffrey Rowe, Cadalyst Manufacturing, March 17, 2005

Now CAD is More Than a Fad - the good old days have taken away with them boring 2D designs. This is the age of three dimensions, ushered in by MCAD, Ved Narayan, domain-b, March 9, 2005

The Deciding Factor - research aims to help the way design engineers make decisions, Daniel D. Frey and Kemper Lewis, Mechanical Engineering Magazine, March 2005

PLM is Here to Stay, So Get Ready - report from daratech SUMMIT 2005, annual gathering of CAD, CAM and CAE company executives, Nancy Spurling Johnson, Cadalyst, Mar 2, 2005

Ten CAD Challenges - significant technical challenges facing the CAD industry and an approach to addressing them, David J. Kasik, William Buxton, David R. Ferguson, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, March/April 2005 pdf

CAD Will Get Easier - virtually every developer is taking steps to improve their user interface - and facilitate design collaboration, Paul E. Teague, Design News January 10, 2005

NCS v3.1: No, Not Many Care - CAD users find any number of reasons not to employ the National CAD Standard in their offices, Michael Dakan, Cadalyst AEC Tech News #138, February 17, 2005

Meet the New Pirates - to reduce software piracy, what's needed is a serious look by the industry into what's being protected, what isn't and a strong lobbying effort to close up the loopholes, Ed Sperling, ferret.com.au, February 16, 2005

JT Open Merging with DWF - UGS and Autodesk are swapping technology to gang up on 3D XML from Dassault Systemes, Ralph Grabowski, upFront.eZine, February 15, 2005

CAD Friendly - to make CAD easily integrated and better able to respond to industry demand, many software vendors are choosing to partner up, Start, February 14, 2005 (requires free registration)

Milestones in the News 1995 to 2004 - CAD companies and CAD-related technology are included in this roundup of technology milestones of last decade, RedNova.com, February 8, 2005

Agile Takes Part In PLM Acquisition Movement - Agile Software last week acquired collaborative visualization specialist Cimmetry for $41.5 million in cash to add to its product lifecycle management offerings and also to add 9,500 customers, Computer Business Review Online, February 7, 2005

Most Valuable CAD Company in the World - Autodesk is currently worth $7.2 billion; see who else is in the billion- and multi-million-dollar club, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, February 7, 2005

5 Major Trends in Product Design - CAD software is becoming more user- and collaboration- friendly, Katrina C. Arabe, ThomasNet, February 1, 2005

That's 2: Hitachi Expresses Support for U3D - Intel has signed up one more high-profile vendor to support its "universal three dimensions" format, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, January 26, 2005

Helping Designers Go Digital - new types of 2D and 3D design software have revolutionized the job for mechanical engineers and architects, in turn boosting sales in the design software industry at a 5% annual rate, J. Bonasia, Investor's Business Daily, January 21, 2005

A Crisis in Innovation? - SolidWorks CEO believes the state of CAD product development is in good shape, and that its standardization provides the fertile ground needed for the incremental development of a steady stream of productivity-enhancing applications, John J. McEleney, Desktop Engineering, January 2005

Offshore Outsourcing Is Both Inevitable and a Source of U.S. Manufacturing Strength - think3's CEO believes strategic outsourcing lets in-house engineers focus on innovative new designs, while more routine design/engineering work is outsourced, thus improving the recruitment, retention and motivation of in-house engineering talent, Joe Costello, Machine Design, January 6, 2005

Pay Up! HP Loses Against Intergraph in Germany - Hewlett-Packard launched a series of countersuits in the USA and Germany, claiming Intergraph software infringed on HP's patents, some of which related to CAD, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, January 14, 2005

Shifting the Balance - CAD developers have made billions of dollars over the last decade; now it's the users' turn to gain better returns on their investment, Dick Pilkington, CADserver, January 12, 2005

CAD Pros Wanted, PLM's Booming - if India were to capitalize on its product lifecycle management resources, the country might earn as much as $3 billion in the industry by 2008, Prabhakar Deshpande, Economic Times, January 12, 2005

Tsunamic Relief: CAD Vendors Join In - a list of some of the CAD companies - including PTC, SolidWorks and 3D Systems - that have launched campaigns for the relief of tsunami victims, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, January 11, 2005

CAD Will Get Easier - to help nudge more engineers to 3D CAD technology, developers from such companies as Autodesk, SolidWorks and UGS are working to enhance the ease-of-use factor in their CAD and collaboration tools, Paul E. Teague, Design News, January 10, 2005

Hot on the Trail of the Software Pirate - Autodesk's Piracy Prevention Program educates consumers about software law, helps companies better manage their software use and vigorously pursues software thieves, Nancy Spurling Johnson, MCAD Tech News #136, January 6, 2005

Student's Dilemma in Using Original Software - a response to the story of a man who confessed to using a pirated copy of AutoCAD, The Star Online, January 6, 2005

2004

Confessions of a Former Pirated Software User - a Malaysian man admits to using a pirated copy of AutoCAD and other software, Ahmad Sayuthi, The Star Online, December 21, 2004

The MCAD Community Bids Farewell to a Great Friend and Colleague - Joe Greco - a personal reminiscence, Jeffrey Rowe, MCAD Weekly Review, December 20, 2004

BlogCAD Exclusive Interview: Ralph Grabowski - noted CAD journalist reflects on the future of the CAD industry, BlogCAD, December 17, 2004

Joe Greco: Writer Extraordinaire, Colleague, Friend - Joe's name under the title of a review was as close as we in the CAD industry had to a Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval, Roopinder Tara, CADdigest.com, December 14, 2004

Higher Prices = More Piracy - CAD vendors bemoan widespread software piracy overseas, but compound the problem by charging as much as double for their software in those markets, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, December 10, 2004

Microsoft Sparks Renewed Longhorn Buzz with Conference Plans -  Autodesk CTO Scott Borduin says his company plans to exploit Longhorn's Avalon and Indigo graphics and Web technologies as soon as possible, Erika Morphy, Enterprise Windows I.T., December 9, 2004

CAD/CAM/CAE Defense Applications: How Your Software Is Being Used for Defense Projects - how various CAD applications are involved with the world's defense operations, ConnectPress staff, CATIA Community, December 6, 2004 (requires free registration)

How Open Would 3D XML Be From Microsoft? - with the CAD industry already suspicious of "open" formats, it's difficult to see how Dassault and Microsoft can attract any major competitor to 3D XML, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, November 24, 2004

What Matters Most? - outsourcing and software will likely change the way engineers develop products, Machine Design, November 18, 2004

Microsoft and Dassault Systemes Forge Strategic Alliance - Microsoft and Dassault are working on what they hope will become the 3D standard - 3D XML for PLM (Extensible Markup Language for Product Lifecycle Management), a universal, lightweight XML-based format for capturing and sharing live, accurate 3D data, Jeffrey Rowe, MCADCafe Weekly, November 22, 2004

Microsoft, Dassault in Pact - big PLM deal steals some of IBM's thunder, Demir Barlas, Line56, November 18, 2004

The Point Being - as industry analysts asked probing questions during the Dassault-Microsoft press conference, there seemed less and less to the agreement, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, November 17, 2004

India Racing Ahead in Product Development - Indian software product development - including CAD/CAM - is becoming a thriving market for innovative ideas, R Ravichandran, the Financial Express, November 9, 2004

Functionality Is Dead - in software, the name of the game in the 1990s was functionality and technology but now it's ease of use and accessibility, Erik Keller, AMR Research, November 1, 2004

Gentleman Genius: Patrick Hanratty - pioneer in the field of developing NC and CAD code is working on the next big thing, Rachael Dalton-Taggart, Desktop Engineering, November, 2004

Software Piracy: Why You Should Care, and What You Can Do to Ensure the Software You Use is Legal - Sandy Boulton, Autodesk's Director of Piracy Prevention, discusses why software piracy has become so prevalent and what her company is doing to overcome it, Lynda Rutledge, Pro/E Community, October 21, 2004

India's Future in Engineering Design - a perspective on the Indian side of the outsourcing equation and a survey of the overall engineering climate there, Abhinav Rai, Pro/E Community, October 6, 2004 (requires free registration)

2004 Will Be Good, '05 Better Predicts Software President - SolidWorks president John McEleney believes that the continuing migration of design departments from 2D to 3D is one of the major trends that will boost the CAD industry's economy, Machine Design, September 16, 2004

China Guarding Against Software Piracy - troubled by piracy in the world's most populous country, Autodesk recently changed its focus from sales to services to offer an advantage that pirated products lack, People's Daily Online, September 20, 2004

Outsourcing CAD Offshore: Assessing Service Provider Reliability - advice on how to evaluate potential partners for  outsourcing some of your CAD to an offshore service provider, Lakshman Balaraman, CAD Outsourcing Newsletter, September 7, 2004

Subscription-Style Software Licenses Continue Upward Trend - the trend toward subscription-based software licenses continues, with a slight increase in subscription and hosted software in the second quarter, John Foley, Information Week, September 8, 2004

Dimensions, Tolerances, and More Right on the Model - the new ASME standard Y14.41 establishes guidelines for documenting digital 3D models, Machine Design, September 2, 2004

CAD Takes On New Role - mid-range, value-priced CAD software - now with added PLM and collaborative tools - is growing at nine percent today while more pricey competitors are seeing only four-percent growth, Design News, September 7, 2004

Software Piracy: Hype Versus Reality - explores the activities of the Business Software Alliance, a nonprofit trade group formed by more than a dozen major software makers - including Microsoft, Adobe Systems and Autodesk - charged with enforcing licensing and copyright protection, David Becker, CNET News.com, August 2, 2004

Antipiracy Bill Gains New Ally - Autodesk is among the organizations endorsing new legislation that would outlaw peer-to-peer networks and possibly some consumer electronics devices - like Apple's iPod - that could be used for copyright piracy, Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com, July 21, 2004

JT Open Initiative Continues To Attract New Members - JT Open is becoming an influential community of users, software vendors and other parties across the PLM chain, who are able to share 3D data for the purposes of visualization, collaboration and data-sharing, Jeffrey Rowe, MCAD Weekly, July 19, 2004

The Case for 2D Design - if solid modeling is so effective, why are 80 per cent of CAD users still sticking with AutoCAD?, Charles Clarke, e4engineering, July 9, 2004

How GM Saved a Billion Dollars - GM exec Tony Scott discusses the transformation of his company into a 100-percent outsourcing operation, with EDS the primary outsourcer, Jeff Caruso, Network World, July 12, 2004

Offshoring, Part II: The Debate Continues - although a consulting firm study proposes that U.S. companies aren't offshoring operations quickly enough, one manufacturer has launched an innovative program to help keep manufacturing jobs in America, Lynda Rutledge, SolidWorks Community, July 6, 2004 (requires free registration)

Large-Scale 3D Data Integration - An Introduction to the Challenges for CAD and GIS Integration - as computer-aided design has developed towards AEC (architecture/engineering/construction) solutions, the border between Geographic information Systems (GIS) and CAD has begun to fade, Sisi Zlatanova, Directions Magazine, July 7, 2004

Offshoring, Part I: New Study Refuels the Debate - a Labor Department report released this month concluded that few U.S. job losses could be blamed on offshoring, Lynda Rutledge, Inventor Connections, June 28, 2004 (requires free registration)

Outsourcing Chart - a graphical representation of issues relating to the outsourcing of work, Joe Greco, Cadalyst, June 17, 2004 (pdf)

Offshoring Poses Security Hazards - behind-the-scenes account of a fired SolidWorks employee who stole the software's code and attempted to sell it, Barry Shlachter, Star-Telegram, June 25, 2004 (requires free registration)

Outsourcing Part 3 - advice on how to compete in the CAD/CAM sector without sending jobs to cheap labor markets, Joe Greco, Cadalyst MCAD Tech News #123, June 17, 2004

CAD Pioneers Gave Desktop PCs A Full Range of Electronic Drafting - examines the origins of CAD at Autodesk, the current state of the industry and a discussion - with Bentley's Keith Bentley - of CAD's possible future, Tom Sawyer, Engineering News-Record, June 21, 2004

10 Electronic Technologies That Changed Construction - CAD (specifically AutoCAD) is listed as number two in the list of the 10 technologies to change the construction industry in the past 20 years, Tom Sawyer, Engineering News-Record, June 21, 2004

Outsourcing, Part 2 - examines many of the often overlooked problems that outsourcing causes for the company it's supposed to benefit, Joe Greco, Cadalyst MCAD Tech News #122, June 3, 2004

Tech Execs Want Better Schools, Fewer Software Pirates - among the tech leaders appearing before senators on Capitol Hill, SolidWorks CEO John McEleney described his recent trip to Asia where he bought a black market copy of his company's $4,000 software for $4, CNN.com, June 17, 2004

Group Drafts First Spec for 3D CAD - the CAD software market could move into new dimensions with XML data, Clint Boulton, internet.com, June 2, 2004

Outsourcing, Part 1 - much overseas outsourcing is the result of the extreme greed of large multinational corporations, who place what's good for the corporation ahead of what's good for the individual, under the guise of "if the company does well, the individual will do well," Joe Greco, Cadalyst MCAD Tech News #12, May 20, 2004

CAD Financials - Part 2 - discusses the CAD industry's financial outlook and some of the market factors that may affect the industry in the near future, Robert Green, Cadalyst CAD Manager's Newsletter #106, May 13, 2004

Mexico's Race Against Time - a shortage of CAD systems is part of the problem of Mexico's troubled apparel industry, Daniel Kaye and Charlotte Woodcock, Apparel Magazine, May 1, 2004

Dassault Joins With Rand Worldwide - Dassault Systemes is investing $8.5 million to create a new US company called Rand Americas - what's in it for Dassault and Rand?, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, April 15, 2004

The State of CAD Interoperability 2004: Survey Results - Proficiency and TenLinks studied the issue of CAD interoperability to determine how engineering model data is delivered today to manufacturers and suppliers, how CAD conversion, geometric translation and/or feature-based CAD interoperability is handled, at what expense and under whose authority, CADdigest.com, April 16, 2004

Mac CAD: COFES Is Over, What Next? Tidbits and Hearsay - the announcement by UGS PLM Solutions that they are porting Parasolid to the Mac OS X platform is welcome news to Mac CAD users and shouldn't be a great surprise considering Apple's Unix-based OS and 64-bit hardware, Anthony Frausto-Robledo, Architosh, April 7, 2004

They Love Me, They Love Me Not? - thoughts on the changes in the CAD dealer/developer relationship in a time of decreasing margins and dealers going out of business, Martyn Day, CADserver, April 7, 2004

COFES 2004 Report - an account (with photos) of the recent COFES (Congress on the Future of Engineering Software), where more than 200 CAD users, vendors, journalist, and analysts debated the past, present and future of CAD, Ralph Grabowski, upFront.eZine, April 6, 2004

Summary of COFES 2004 - a participant offers his thoughts on some of the discussions that took place at COFES on the state of the CAD industry, Sean Dotson, sDotson.com, April 5, 2004 2004 (pdf)

The Increasing Cost of Ownership - a look at the latest trends in the buying and selling of CAD software, Martyn Day, CADserver, April 6, 2004

Intergraph Settles with Intel, Dell - in a patent infringement suit, Intel will pay Intergraph $125 million now and an additional $25 million a quarter for the next year, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, March 30, 2004

Chinese Whispers - buzzwords, techspeak and mysterious acronyms are rampant in the CAD world, and although some of this is inevitable the downside is that such jargon can create barriers to communication and understanding, Nigel Davies, bentleyuser.org, March 16, 2004

Auto Outsourcing: India's World No.1 - CAD/CAM professionals in India are enjoying the fact that their country is the top outsourcing destination for Detroit's auto industry, Economic Times of India, March 25, 2004

2004 Engineering Salary Survey: It's Good to Be an Engineer - salaries are up, but engineers are feeling insecure about the threat of job outsourcing, Victoria Reitz, Machine Design, March 18, 2004

EDS Selling UGS PLM Solutions For $2.05 Billion - how the deal evolved and what it means for the future of UGS PLM Solutions, Jeffrey Rowe, MCAD Weekly, March 22, 2004

UGS PLM to Sell for $2.05B - Martyn Day and W. Bradley Holtz discuss the recent selling of UGS PLM Solutions, CADwire.net, March 15, 2004

Design: Next BPO Frontier for India - India is emerging as a design hub as more and more companies are increasingly outsourcing industrial and engineering design tasks to the country, N. Vidyasagar, Time of India, March 1, 2004

Reuters Summit-Tech Companies Focus on Asia to Expand Jobs - executives at a recent conference said they see increased hiring in countries like India and China, but few jobs will be added in the United States, David Zielenziger, Feb 27, 2004

PLM - With and Without CAD/CAM/CAE - if SAP buys UGS PLM it will mean that three of the five main MCAD systems of the past decade will be in the hands of non-US-based companies, Dennis A. Nagy, CADwire.net, February 18, 2004

Mars: Fourth Planet from the Sun - how SolidWorks, COSMOSWorks and Pushbutton PDF helped to create the robotic arm of the Spirit Rover, Arnie Williams, Cadalyst, February 1, 2004

Collaboration Driven By Globalization - Autodesk's Robert Kross discusses the trends in CAD, including the use of collaboration as a management tool and the growing adoption of 3D modeling, Design News, February 12, 2004 (may require free multiple-field registration)

CAD Companies Seek Beta Testers - how to get involved in testing the CAD software you use and what to expect as a tester, Michelle Lang, Design News, February 10, 2004 (may require free multiple-field registration)

Out With The Old, In With The New - we need to remove the emphasis on CAD as a process and concentrate instead on making it a tool again by which we achieve our desired result - concentrating on design, Nigel Davies, benyleyuser.org, January 23, 2004

Is CAD a Done Deal? - a fundamental change in CAD technology is needed to help users make a quantum leap forward in productivity terms - but the answer is not simply PLM as many in the industry would have you believe, Bob Brown, Engineering Automation Report, January 2004 (hosted on Cambashi)

State-of-the-Art Software Key To Golf Course Designing - golfer Greg Norman's firm, Golf Course Design, uses the latest CAD software and other technical tools to produce documents ranging from 3D conceptual plans to final construction drawings, Financial Express, February 3, 2004

They Love Me, They Love Me Not? - in the face of a tough market, ever-decreasing margins and dealers going out of business, what is the future of the CAD dealer/developer relationship?, Martyn Day, CADserver, January 23, 2004

An A List Alliance - AVEVA (formerly Cadcentre) has teamed up with Autodesk in a strategic alliance to provide extended design software solutions to the process industries, e4engineering, January 30, 2004

And the Award Goes to ... Us! - that CAD magazines and organizations hand out so many awards has as much to do with placing themselves in the limelight as it does honoring outstanding products and services, Ralph Grabowski, upFront.eZine, January 26, 2004

Advanstar Buys Cadence - a discussion of Cadalyst's recent purchase of Cadence magazine and how that acquisition reflects the maturity of the CAD publishing industry, Adena Schutzberg, GIS Monitor, November 6, 2003

Women On Top - a female CAD manager explores the reasons why there are so few women sharing her leadership position in the industry, Nigel Davies and Karen Fugle, bentleyuser.org, November 6, 2003

Cadalyst Buys Cadence Magazine - the growing influence of the Web is one of the major factors in the changing nature of the CAD publications industry, Rachael Dalton-Taggart, CADwire.net, October 31, 2003

Spatial vs. Autodesk Lawsuit - reflections on the aftermath of the Spatial vs. Autodesk lawsuit that lasted almost two years, Joe Greco, CADENCE MCAD Tech News #108, October 23, 2003

PDF vs. DWF - a report on the battle between Adobe and Autodesk to win the engineering publishing format war, Martyn Day, CADdigest.com, October 29, 2003

Is RaceCAD Design a Clone of Alibre Design? - an interview with the unnamed programmer, accused of stealing the Alibre Design code and selling it in Russia under the name RaceCAD, who claims he is innocent,  Ralph Grabowski, upFront.eZine, October 28, 2003

Open Source Riles Software Makers - Autodesk is among the companies concerned over a decision by the state of Massachusetts to shift to open-computing standards and consider open-source software as part of that strategy, William Welsh, Washington Technology, October 27, 2003

Piracy, Security Hot Issues with Tech Execs - software executives lobbying the US Congress include Carol Bartz of Autodesk, by Kent Hoover, bizjournals.com, October 20, 2003

EDS To Sell Part of PLM Solutions - why is EDS selling a portion of its PLM division, and who will buy it?, Ralph Grabowski, upFront.eZine, October 14, 2003

Workstations in the CAD/CAM Sector - as PCs have grown more powerful, the use of workstations for CAD tasks in the UK has fallen to a mere 10 percent - and within that number systems from Sun account for some 40 percent of the hardware, CAD Spaghetti, Autumn 2003

The Little Stock That Could - in April, Faro Technologies traded for $2; now the stock trades for over $11, Ben Berentson, Forbes.com, September 18, 2003

Some Thoughts on IMSI's Recent Purchase - will IMSI's recent deals with Upperspace and CADKEY usher in renaissance or ruin for the company?, Joe Greco, CADENCE MCAD Tech News #105, September 3, 2003

CAD Outsourcing Trends - examines the growing trend of the globalization of technical labor and how it affects CAD professionals in North America and Western Europe, Robert Green, CADENCE CAD Manager's Newsletter #92, September 10, 2003

The Increasing Cost of Ownership - where once CAD companies competed on features and functions, today’s CAD market is more and more reduced to one issue: the rising cost of ownership, Martyn Day, CADdigest.com, September 9, 2003

Booming Firm "A Perfect Model" - a UK firm, Cad-Cam Projects, reveals the secrets to its success in growing from four employees to more than 50 in just three years, Colin Lewis, ic Coventry, July 16, 2003

What CAD/CAM Corporate Executives Earn - although CAD companies have seen little or no growth recently, many company executives are not only unwilling to take responsibility for this, they're earning enormous salaries that show low correlation between pay and performance, CADCAMNet, June 19, 2003

Thoughts on the Dealer/Developer Relationship - do software companies really respect CAD dealers and their function in the sales process any more?, Martyn Day, CAD Spaghetti, Summer 2003

Software Firms Keep Hard Times At Bay With New Business Models - MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) CAD firms such as IntelliSense are seeing the necessity of cooperation to grow their market, Jeff Karoub, Small Times, May 29, 2003

Commercial CAD/CAM for Linux? - Weber Systems may be the first company to offer a commercial 3D CAD/CAM package for Linux, Carl Brown, NewsForge, May 28, 2003

Bay Area Case Ends with Bangkok Arrest - a 25-year-old Ukrainian man faces charges for marketing and selling counterfeit software - including Autodesk products, Josh Richman, Oakland Tribune, May 22, 2003

For EDS, Not Enough Good News - EDS has named a new CEO and made several other recent positive moves, but a number of outstanding issues must be resolved to win back investor confidence, Richard Stice, Business Week, May 23, 2003

Avatech - discusses Avatech's decision to sell its PrescientQA software to TDCi and the company's new deal with Dassault, Ralph Grabowski, upFront.eZine, May 16, 2003

COFES2003: A Technology Summit Like No Other - a report from the recent Congress on the Future of Engineering Software, where discussions stemmed from the latest advances in science and technology, Amy A. Rowell, MCADCafe, May 21, 2003

Today's Drafters Draw on New Skills - in the near future, CAD operators will need to master at least two 3D CAD programs to be competitive in their field, Patricia V. Rivera, Indianapolis Star, May 21, 2003

daratechSUMMIT2003 - a report from this year's gathering, where the latest 3-letter superstar, PLM, took center stage, Martyn Day, CADdigest.com, May 15, 2003

CAD/CAE Initiatives for Growing Future Engineers - a look at some of the CAD-related programs for high school students that are prepping tomorrow's engineers, Louise Elliott, DE Online, May 2003

Garment Sector Grows Stitch By Stitch On Tech Adoption - CAD/CAM applications are among the technological tools that have helped boost the Indian apparel industry to a $15 billion a year enterprise, Kavitha Alexis, The Financial Express, May 5, 2003

Catching Them Younger - "pre-engineering" programs such as PTC's Partnership for Innovative Learning, which brings CAD to high-school students, is helping to create a new generation of engineers, Jean Thilmany, Mechanical Engineering, May 2003

Solid Modeling and Medical Devices: Maintaining Compliance in a Virtual Design Environment - 3D digital design has yielded huge gains in speed and flexibility, but going paperless also raises important legal and regulatory hurdles, David Warburton, Medical DeviceLink, April 2003

Licensing: Software by the Numbers - the Business Software Alliance, which includes Autodesk and Bentley, are trying to deal with software pirates, a fair number of whom are CAD users within the architecture industry, Alan Joch, Architectural Record, April 2003

Is the Worst Over? - the job market for both new grads and experienced engineers is showing some positive signs, Machine Design, April 30, 2003

CAD Whiz Creates Her "Dream Story" - Stephanie Kvamme's CAD Store, founded in 1984 with a $5,000 loan, last year boasted $10 million in revenue, Suzanne Starr, The Arizona Republic

Malaysian Software Developers Feel the Heat of Piracy - a recent investigation found that four out of five copies of Autodesk software in use in Malaysia is pirated, Raslan Sharif, TechCentral, April 15, 2003

CAD on Campus - explores what some educators, industry leaders, and students have to say about CAD's role in education and what they see as the opportunities to refine the tech-education process for mutual benefit, Kenneth Wong, CADENCE, April 2003

Adding Excitement To E-learning - think3 is among the growing number of companies offering simulated software for employee training, Jennie L. Phipps, Industry Week, April 2003

Meetings and Interviews - a report from the recent Daratech Summit2003 and NDES on discussions with various CAD/CAM industry executives, including representatives from EDS, PTC, IBM, ANSYS, Autodesk, SolidWorks, VX and Iced*CAD, TechniCom Weekly, March 25, 2003

Are We Doomed Yet? - the computer-networked, digital world - including the CAD/CAM sector - is beginning to reconfigure the world as we know it, with possibly dire consequences, Sheldon Pacotti, Salon.com, March 31, 2003

CAD Five Years Down the Road - where will CAD's developers focus their future developmental efforts, and how will that change the way we use CAD?, John Connolly, TimeCompress, January 2003

Is There a Future for the CAD Software Industry? - more and more consolidation of companies and new ways to sell and support CAD software are likely trends in the future of the industry, David E. Weisberg, A-E-C Automation, February 2003

Re-Thinking the CAD Course: Design Not Drafting - traditional drafting courses need to be re-thought to emphasize design and creativity, John Hutchinson, Ties Magazine, December 2002 (pdf)

Creative Revival - recent advances in CAD technology may free designers from repetitive work so they can be more creative, David Fowler, e4engineering.com, January 24, 2003

CAD Software Report Card - examines how well CAD applications are doing in adopting technologies - such as data exchange and 3D visualization - that should be fundamental components of CAD software, Peter K. Sheerin, CADENCE, January 2003

2002

Keynote Address by Carol Bartz at Autodesk University - Bartz rallies the users - and once again claims Autodesk is second only to God in the creation of the universe, Joe Francica, Directions Magazine, Dec 5, 2002

Special Autodesk University Issue - a report from the recently concluded Autodesk user conference, includes Carol Bartz' keynote, by Adena Schutzberg, GIS Monitor, Dec 5, 2002

Special Issue - Autodesk University 2002 - mostly about GIS but includes a peek at the Tablet PC, Joe Francica , Directions Magazine, Dec 5, 2002

CAD Industry in Decline-Conclusion - how CAD vendors are affecting the industry and  why CAD managers should learn how to customize their software, Robert Green, CADENCE, July 11, 2002

EDS PLM Solutions: Delivering on its Potential - Unigraphics was absorbed by EDS, bought SDRC, changed its name and now moves forward, Martyn Day, July 15, 2002

An Interview with Carol Bartz, CEO, Autodesk, Inc. - GIS revenue has been up 27% during the last year but what is Autodesk's vision?, Joe Francica, Directions, June 25, 2002

Bernard Charles Interview - the head of Dassault talks about the latest product updates, including some new 3D morphing capability, DSweb.com, June 11, 2002

EDS PLM Solutions Leads CAM Software Market - with Dassault 2nd and PTC 3rd, CIMdata, June 18, 2002

2001

Interview: Yoav Etiel, former VP of Bricsnet - Yoav Etiel, executive vice president of World Wide Marketing, recently left Bricsnet. Here is an exclusive interview with TenLinks.com, October 2001

An Interview With Joe Costello - he may be think3's CEO but there's a whole lot more to this dynamic individual, Peggy Aycinena, EDA Vision, Nov 2001 (pdf)

EDS Acquires SDRC - CIMData's position paper on the merger, June 22, 2001, pdf file (reprinted in MCAD Vision, Aug 2001)

Re-Engineering The New PTC: v.2001-2002 - detailed report on PTC financial status and its financial expectations, by Merrill Lynch, July 30, 2001

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