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Report from Siggraph 2013 in Anaheim

Issue #785 SIGGRAPH is not a CAD show, which is why I was surprised when CADdigest publisher Roopinder Tara asked me to help him cover the event last week in Anaheim, California. Siggraph is short for "special interest group, graphics,"... Read more →

About That Exploit in DWG Files

Issue #788 Two security researchers in Argentina earlier this year found an exploit in DWG version AC1021 files used by AutoCAD 2007 and later, as well as TrueView and Autodesk software based on AutoCAD. The exploit is severe enough ("Medium")... Read more →

RTC NA 2013 (Revit Technology Conference)

Issue #784 I spent three days last week at the ninth annual Revit Technology Conference, North American edition. Actually, I was at two conferences, as Design Technology Conference took place the day before RTC. DTC was an invitation-only event for... Read more →

Linux beats Microsoft to 3D printer support, maybe

Issue #783 Microsoft last week announced that Windows 8.1 would support 3D printers directly. Almost immediately, the news was eclipsed by Fedora, which said it already had direct 3D printing. Fedora Version 19 shipped last week but Windows 8.1 will... Read more →

Reporting from the Second Solid Edge User Conference, and First Firefox phones launch on Dominion Day

Issue #782 Some refer to Solid Edge as the red-headed stepchild. I had never gone to one of the Siemens PLM Connection conferences, but I'm told that there was a distinct class structure: the NXers in black suits, the Solid... Read more →