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AutoCAD Drafting News: Autodesk Fined

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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 !!!

Read more about this event here.

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CAD Services: Manipulate 3D Virtual Objects with Your Hands
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Many of us are familiar with designing 3D objects using specialized software such as AutoCAD. As the designer painstakingly creates the object, it is necessary for him to manipulate the object in three dimensions. He has to do this to have access to all points on the object, which is required for say, adding a…

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Do You Offer Downloadable Parametric Models?
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If you are a manufacturer of architectural products like furniture, bath fittings, sanitaryware, light fittings, modular kitchens or refrigerators, you might sell more products if you offered downloadable 3D models of your own products. Interior designers who want to use your product need to know if they fit in the locations they want to put…

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CAD Services: How We Create 3D Models for 3D Printers
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3D printers have picked up momentum and it will be no wonder if you soon find a 3D print shop in your locality. We have already written several blog posts regarding 3D printers and are now going to explain how we prepare a model for 3D printing. The Steps 1. Create the 3D model using…

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3D Printed Rocket Engine – An Innovation by NASA
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Credits: NASA/MSFC/Emmett Given There seems to be no end to the possibilities in scientific development, and the latest to join is 3D printing technology. One major development is that NASA has accomplished the manufacture of rocket engines implementing 3D printing technology, which was a first for NASA. Project Manager Elizabeth Robertson, who is responsible for…

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CAD Services: How We Organize a Project
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I thought it might be worthwhile to provide a pictorial example of the team that we deploy on a typical medium-sized CAD project. The diagram illustrates the structure of the team that is currently working on one of our active projects. Please spend a few moments looking at it, after which I will explain what…

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3D Printing Electronics Along with Plastic
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STOP PRESS: Now microelectronics can be 3D printed along with the usual plastic. As you may be aware, microelectronics are made by a type of printing process, more specifically by etching areas defined by a photograph created on the surface to be etched. Now microelectronics are being created by 3D printing, by using microelectronics in…

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