SolidWorks World, The second 24 hours
Monday's SolidWorks World keynote session is tilted towards the company, with presentations from CEOs and other leaders. We take a completely different tack on Tuesday and focus on customer accomplishments in the morning general session. Yes, a couple of customers...
Quickies: Hexagon acquires, Geometric reports
Just because we're off celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day or the US Presidential Inauguration, or here in Orlando at SolidWorks World doesn't mean lots wasn't happening in the rest of the world. A quick recap of what you might have missed: Hexagon adds...
SolidWorks World, The first 24 hours
User conferences are always fun: lots of technology to see, interesting and perhaps unusual motivational speakers, user stories galore. SolidWorks 2013 is no exception, as 4,500 of the SolidWorks faithful made the trek to Orlando this year. All of the users I've...
SolidWorks World, here we come!
I just landed in Orlando, FL , fresh off plane-load of people with 2 things on their minds: Mickey Mouse and SolidWorks World. I'm hoping to get in a bit of both, learning what's new in the 2013 release, what's coming and, perhaps, what's not. I'll be in the general...
Quickies: Catching up on earnings
While some of us were out of the office over the holiday break, others were clearly hard at work generating news, including a couple of earnings items. Softech continues to get its financial house in order, completing both a private placement of shares in December and...
Acquisitions just keep coming: Autodesk, Hexagon
Just a couple of days ago, we posted a quick recap of recent acquisitions -- and already that post needs to be updated with new info. Autodesk announced that is has acquired PI-VR, maker of VRED, real-time visualization technology that's used primarily by automotive...
Quickies: Acquisitions news from the break
Welcome back! While some of us were out of the office, others were clearly hard at work and doing more than sipping eggnog. This week, we'll try to catch up. Acquisitions didn't seem to slow down one bit as the year rolled over, as a number of companies announced...
LMS, A Siemens Business
I'm not actually officially back in the office yet -- trying to prep for a hectic week ahead -- but needed something on the LMS website. Imagine my surprise when I saw that the logo now reads Further poking around reveals that Dr. Urbain Vandeurzen is no longer part...
3D Systems to acquire Geomagic
Happy New Year! We're officially not back in the office until next week, but this is big news: 3D Systems is acquiring Geomagic for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition should close during the first quarter. Geomagic founder Ping Fu will join 3D Systems to become...
Welcome, 2013!
From all of us to all of you, Happy New Year! 2013 is already shaping up to be an exciting year. We'll be writing and tweeting about engineering and design technology, attending conferences, sometimes with a speaking role, and supporting our clients' strategic...