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AutoCAD Drafting News: Autodesk Fined

Our favorite CAD software manufacturer has suffered a hit. Because of a patent infringement suit filed against them by Z4 Technlogies regarding the product activation software AutoCAD employs, U.S. District Judge Leonard Davis of Texas ordered Autodesk to pay an $18 million fine. This of course will not wreck Autodesk, which has revenues in excess of $1 billion, but still, it’s a tough pill for Autodesk to swallow!

If it’s any consolation, mighty Microsoft was fined too: $140 million !!!

CAD Drafting : What A Nike Cell Phone Might Look Like

Our engineering drafting expertise in drafting artists’ impressions of concept products continues to evolve. Here is an illustration of what we think a Nike cell phone would look like. It is completely shockproof, mainly due to the blue rubber bumper pads on the corners and the grey ones on the sides. There are also air…

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Outsourcing to India: the Other Side

Silicon.com has published an article on August 25th, 2009 on how Indian outsourcing workers are being stressed to their limits. Though it has been hailed as the key to India’s economic growth, the inside story of its the outsourcing industry is one of sheer drudgery, with punishing deadlines, long night shifts, irate customers a thousand…

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May We Gift You a $400 3D Rendering?

This month TMG will give away one high-resolution 3D architectural rendering worth $400 or more to a selected US architectural firm. This is being done to popularize our high-quality rendering service, samples of which can be found at http://themagnumgroup.net/3D_Visualization.htm. Image Specification The rendering we create will be of an external view of a building…

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I Inaugurate CompSci Association at DMI College of Engineering

DMI College of Engineering is a relatively new institution about 40 kilometers out of Chennai, India (where incidentally where TMG’s office is), and the Computer Science Association very kindly asked me to inaugurate their activities for the year. It was a complete privilege for me to address part of India’s IT future. Here are several…

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3D Printed Textiles Enable Wearable Computers

After smart phones, it is time for smart wearables to take the technology world by storm. Whoever thought no overlap between computers and clothing was possible is in for a pleasant surprise, all thanks to 3D printing. With Tamicare recently announcing commencement of its production line for 3D-printed textiles, the idea of wearable tech is…

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3D Visualizations: How Can You Tell Them from Photographs?

For quite some time, computers have been producing 3D visualizations (also called “renderings”) that are similar to photographs. In many cases it is difficult to discern a visualization from a photograph. But the experienced eye knows what to look for. Here are the signs of a 3D visualization, compiled by an expert visualizer (it often…

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