CADFind release a new version of their Graphical 2D & 3D Design Retrieval product addin for SolidWorks.
Priced from $59 for the basic version to $249 for the “Pro” version.
http://www.sketchandsearch.com/index.htm
Essentially, the product will allow you to find both 2D drawings and 3D models from a sketch drawn in SolidWorks. Once a part, or similar part, has been found it can then be loaded directly into SolidWorks.
Something special happened this week (Wednesday) when the following event occurred at two minutes and three seconds after one am …
01:02:03 04/05/06 (US date format)
(of course it happens again on 4th May for us Brits…)
Solid Edge Version 18 introduces a new add-on application for wire harness design. It allows electrical and mechanical design teams to collaborate, providing integration between popular electrical wiring design packages for electrical circuit simulation, and Solid Edge, to create a complete digital mock-up.
Read more at SolidEdge
Geomerics is a Cambridge based company specializing in advanced graphics and physics technology.
At this years Game Developers Conference (GDC) they are announcing a new solution to overcome problems faced by game developers with lighting and shadowing technology.
Its system handles dynamically changing lighting environments, moving objects and changing viewing angles. The technology also allows for dynamic specular effects to be integrated into the same pipeline.
Geomerics has utilized the power of ‘geometric algebra’ to provide exciting and innovative solutions to geometric problems in real-time. This technology is poised to transform computer graphics in gaming, providing a major step-change improvement over the current state-of-the-art in terms of speed, achievable effects, and ease of programming – its also GPU friendly.
Further details appear a little sketchy at the moment, perhaps following the GDC, more information will become available. One to watch in the future…
“Visualising integrated information on buried assets to reduce streetworks” (Vista).
The project, funded by the Department of Trade and Industry (UK) and being undertaken by researchers from Leeds and Nottingham Universities, is aimed at producing a 3D model of the pipes and cables which are buried under the streets in the UK and will look at constructing a unified database combining data available from the various Utility companies.
You can read more in an article at the BBC – Pipe Network to be mapped in 3D
Microsoft plans to release Vista to business customers through its volume licensing program in November but machines with pre-installed consumer versions will not be generally available until January 2007.
Specific reasons have not been given for the delay although it is possibly due to efforts to improve security in the new system.
No details have been given about pricing for the different versions.
ePaper (electronic paper) could come a step closer to reality following work on a new plastic material by members of a joint US-UK industrial and academic team of researchers, reports an article from the BBC – Chemists work on plastic promise
The new material can be printed using traditional inkjet printers or techniques similar to those used to produce magazines and wallpaper. This means it can easily be printed on large flexible surfaces, making it attractive for use in electronic paper where rigid silicon cannot be used.
I first noticed Fujitsu reporting on their developments in this area back in July 2005 …
NVIDIA and Havok are to demonstrate the Worlds first GPU-powered Game Physics solution at the Game Developers Conference in San Jose, California (21-24 March).
Havok FX is designed for GPUs supporting Shader Model 3.0 which includes the NVIDIA GeForce 6 and 7 Series GPUs.
You can read the Press Release at
http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_30478.html
or other reports on the development at the Inquirer – Nvidia SLI Physics is a fat pipe dream
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30434
or the Nvidia SLI Physics Technology Report at www.rojakpot.com.
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