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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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Technology Outsourcing Chooses India
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A recent article in the 20th August print edition of the Economic Times, India, spoke about aircraft manufacturer Bombardier, the world’s third largest aircraft manufacturer with its headquarters at Montreal, Canada, looking at outsourcing to India. Bombardier is looking to lower its operational costs by ratcheting its outsourcing of design projects up. Bombardier has requested…

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New Software for VR Motion Platforms
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VR, of course, stands for virtual reality, which is where you put on a special headset. That headset envelops your eyes so that you cannot see the outside world. It has a small screen in front of each eye, and all you see is what those screens show you. Those screens typically show you a 3D…

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AutoCAD 2021: Block Palette Improvements
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Overview This is the third in our series of posts discussing new features in AutoCAD 2021. Our earlier posts in the series are: AutoCAD 2021: the Drawing History Palette New in AutoCAD 2021: Xref Compare There’s nothing new about the Block Palette per se, since it already exists in AutoCAD 2020. What AutoCAD 2021 has…

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Outsourcing: Onshore Call Centers Are Viable
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Business Week, dated August 25th 2009, published an article on US-based call-center jobs that pay $100K a year. Though it is popular opinion that the US workforce is not competitive in the fields of information technology, web development and graphic design, some companies have proved otherwise. Even with globalization changing the economic front and knowing…

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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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Product Visualization: Rolex Cell Phone (The Magnum Group Impression)
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Ever wondered what a Rolex cellphone would look like? Well, we did, and this visualization was the outcome! Our product visulalization team, consisting of graphic artists and engineering drafting experts, built the basic 3D model in AutoCAD after considering aspects like usability, functionality and compatibility with Rolex’s signature design theme. This is an example of…

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