Career management for CAD types
I absolutely love what Matt Lombard just wrote in his latest blog, https://dezignstuff.com/its-better-to-have-multiple-tools-available/. His main thesis is this: ... [T]here also comes a point where you need to diversify a little. That point has to come before you...
Hexagon adds Thermopylae to its geospatial biz
Another week, another acquisition: Hexagon says it will buy Thermopylae Sciences and Technology, a software provider of geospatial applications, mobile frameworks and cloud computing for enhanced location intelligence, primarily to the US government and other defense...
Webinars 2.0 – we’re not there yet
I tune into a lot of webinars, whether product announcements, investor updates or the occasional training session and, while things are much better since I first mused on the state of the art in 2008 and 2010 (here and here), it's time for a refresher on how to get...
Quickie: Schnitger Corp website changes
Always trying to make things better ... A while ago, web browsers started identifying unsafe websites, and put www.schnitgercorp.com in that category because we didn't have a valid SSL certificate. We got that sorted but the site was still deemed unsafe. Turns out the...
Wartsila using AR to collaborate & educate
Wartsila’s combo of Virtual Towing Tank and Dive Inspections works to simulate and explain the results, in one technological leap.
MuM reports rebound in Autodesk sales
We are nearing the end of earnings season, but still have a few biggies to go. One of those is Autodesk, and we use its largest European reseller, Mensch und Maschine (MuM) as a preview since MuM reports preliminary results a couple of weeks before Autodesk. Like...
AVEVA cruises along, positive about FY2019
Schneider Electric announced results today, which means that we have a hint about how things are going at AVEVA. AVEVA says that it "delivered low double-digit revenue growth in the first nine months of the financial year", meaning the period ended December 31, 2018....
#SWW19 takeaways from afar
For the first time in years I'm not at SolidWorks World, happening right now in Dallas, TX. Too much travel, too many time zones -- it just didn't fit. So I've been following from afar, on Dassault Systèmes' live broadcasts here. (I'm having trouble with the recorded...
Bentley gets into street signs
I live on a street with the popular girl's name, Kathleen. Every so often a boy, hoping to impress a girl (likely named Kathleen), steals our street sign. I've often wondered how someone monitors those thefts and then causes replacements to be made -- and today, I...
Quickie: DS acquires elecworks
Dassault Systèmes said today that it will acquire Trace Software’s elecworks electrical and automation design software product line in an asset transfer. Trace has been a SolidWorks applications partner since 1997; in 2012, Trace became a strategic partner so that the...