Sescoi Celebrates WorkNC's 20th Anniversary

In the late eighties, CNC programming of complex components was a difficult and lengthy process. This was when Bruno Marko, CEO and Gerard Billard, R&D Innovation Manager, the driving forces behind Sescoi, pioneered the development of a new, reliable and automatic 3-axis CAM system, which led to the launch of WorkNC in 1988.

Over the years, Sescoi has stuck to the original philosophy behind WorkNC : to speed up toolpath calculations, ensure optimum reliability to facilitate machining directly into hard materials, and maximize ease of use so that programming can be carried out on the shop floor. Automation is a theme which runs throughout the development history of the software. According to Bruno Marko, “WorkNC’s aim has always been to be the closest thing possible to ‘single-button’ CAM”. The following Press Release appeared here

Inspirtech.com Joins SolidWorks Partner Program

nspirtech.com announces its acceptance into the SolidWorks partner Program.Lessons at inspirtech are delivered in a unique hybrid approach to highlight the advantages of both download and streaming lesson formats. All example and exercise files can be download directly into the SolidWorks design library to offer students with instant access to completed examples as well as starting point files. Course content is then delivered though a web-based learning management system. By delivering content through a web-based solution inspirtech can allows users to review training at any PC with web access without the need for a SolidWorks installation. For users who wish to access training on the go a DVD-Rom Edition is also available. read more here.

LightWork Design and ACA España announce partnership

LightWork Design, the world's leading supplier of rendering solutions for developers of advanced 3D computer graphics software, are pleased to announced their partnership with ACA España.

ACA España is a leading supplier of furniture configuration software within Spain with their DecoDesign product. The new partnership with LightWork Design has enabled improved rendering functionality to be integrated within the product in record time, not only making higher quality rendering more accessible to their users but also providing them with enhanced navigation and viewing.

Pilar Horna, CEO of ACA commented, "The use of LightWorks in our products allows our customer to see high quality images of their designs, which is something that they could only do before by transferring the model to a separate 3rd party application. The speed with which we integrated LightWorks into our products was amazing and we are now shipping this functionality to our customers only a few months after we had made the decision to partner with LightWork Design."

Project Draw 0.7.2 Now Available

With this release of Project Draw, we've done a few things:

• The ability to go offline with Google Gears is disabled for the Firefox 3 Beta since the Firefox 3 Beta does not yet support Google Gears.
• Eventually Firefox 3 will mature and support Google Gears.
• The color palette has been reconfigured to make a desired color easier to select.
• A preliminary Export to DWF capability has been included.Be gentle, this is way far from done. In Autodesk Labs tradition, we are sharing this "work in progress" with you, so you can "take a sad DWF, and make it better. Remember to let us..."

CAD Outsourcing Industry in India

CAD services have been a major sector where Indian outsourcing firms have drawn prominent track of success. Documentation, design and AEC firms in the United States, United Kingdom and European countries are utilizing the Indian talent. These firms are enjoying the benefits of not only the cost effective production but the expertise that India has developed in over 2 decades of experience.

Geographic information system or GIS evolved in late eighties when the whole world started computerized their mapping data. From land usage to tele-communication and road networks to risk management studies , every unit and department had started the computerization of the vital data for better analysis and reporting. Since the job was a real challenge for its magnitude, better production capabilities and cost effectiveness were the main issues to deal with. India CAD firms are considered and soon the GIS was a major CAD INDUSTRY in India and the global outsourcing destination. Some firms even setup their own production houses in New Delhi, NCR and Indian regions. GIS boom in India provided tremendous employment opportunities.

While this GIS conversion or digitization was on peak, Other sectors as building industry, building services, architectural records and mechanical engineering documents were next to look to India. The raster to vector technology was used vastly for quicker production. Not later than this, the 3D parametric services were outsourced too in early nineties. The whole CAD industry was growing with better profits to their western counterparts. The industry went on peak by year 2000 an never looked back again.

The present scenario is that engineering document are being drafted in India. The architecture design and detailing sector is evolving dramatically. The major architecture firms have started accepting design assignments from American and European architecture firms. The conceptual designs are provided to Indian architecture firms to elaborate and produce the complete set of design documents. Even services and presentations are being prepared in India. Architectural rendering firms in India have their parallel existence. It is most likely that soon the complete architecture services would be available under single roof in the near future.

The future looks promising for CAD firms in USA and European countries and the Indian CAD sector. Everyone seems to be enjoying better business and fruitful profits. Author is available to discuss you CAD outsourcing requirements.

Author is the CEO of Architectural Rendering firm known as http://www.virses.com which provides outsource architectural renderings to real estate, visualization, media and architectural firms.

Desktop Engineering Magazine Appointed Official Media Sponsor of the SME's RAPID 2008 Conference

Desktop Engineering (DE) magazine (Dublin, NH) has been selected by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) as a media sponsor of the SME’s RAPID 2008 Conference and Exposition to be held May 20-22 at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort and Convention Center in Lake Buena Vista, FL. Read the news here.