Roopinder Tara is the President, CEO, editor and founder of TenLinks.com, the popular website that is a reference for the online CAD, CAM and CAE community. In the ever changing Internet world TenLinks has been a reliable source of information for many years. Roopinder is the man behind TenLinks. If you are curious to know more about... Continue Reading →
An Interview with Gino Ferretti, President and Dean of the University of Parma
Articolo pubblicato nel giugno 2007 sul blog di BAIA. Gino Ferretti is the President and Dean (Rettore) of the University of Parma (Università degli Studi di Parma) in Italy. Parma is a very interesting city, not only for its incredible cultural and historical heritage, but also for its gastronomic tradition which brought us such products... Continue Reading →
An Interview with David Opsahl, CEO of Actify (Spinfire)
David Opsahl is the CEO of Actify, the company that makes the SpinFire products for CAD data visualization. The CAD data visualization market is going through some very important changes with acquisitions (Cimmetry and Agile) and new products (Acrobat 3D) available to end users. Actify has been in this market for several years and has witnessed this evolution. In... Continue Reading →
An Interview with Joe Anand, CEO of MecSoft (VisualMill and RhinoCAM)
Joe Anand is the CEO of MecSoft, the company that makes the famous CAM products VisualMill and RhinoCAM. we have been the first to use the OpenNurbs technology and to write a full-fledged CAM plug-in for Rhino The CAM market is fragmented with several small players. Many of them are selling good technologies but having problems creating a friendly user interface and... Continue Reading →
First Public Presentation of BAIA Link
Presentazione tenuta nel giugno 2007 per BAIA (Business Association Italy America)
An Interview with Dan Ablan, 3D Guru and Writer
Daniel Ablan is a well known 3D computer graphics expert and writer. He is the author of several books about Newtek LightWave, Luxology Modo, and digital photography and cinematography. Dan heads two businesses: AGA Digital Studios, a professional services and training company, and 3DGarage.com, which produces and sells training DVDs. Knowing Dan through Novedge, I couldn't resist asking him a few questions... Continue Reading →
An Interview with Howie Markson, Sr. Director of Marketing of SpaceClaim
Howie Markson is Senior Director of Marketing of SpaceClaim, a new CAD company. SpaceClaim is bringing to the CAD market a new fresh approach that claims to perform similarly to the parametric-feature-based systems, but without the hassles typical of those systems. It's not every day that you see a new company with original ideas trying to shake... Continue Reading →
The New Rendering Frontier: an Interview with Chema Guerra, Co-Director of Fryrender
Jose María Guerra García is co-founder and co-director, with Pedro Osma, of Feversoft, the Spanish company that is developing Fryrender. Fryrender is a new rendering engine strictly based on light simulation (it comes as a standalone product with plug-ins for 3ds Max, Maya, Rhino, LightWave, and Cinema 4D). Jose Maria's new software product is emerging from a long phase of beta testing as... Continue Reading →
An Interview with Louis Gary Lamit, Author of the Book “Moving from 2D to 3D CAD for Engineering Design”
Louis Gary Lamit is a CAD professional and teacher with several years of experience behind him. He is the owner of Lamit and Associates and the author of the book Moving from 2D to 3D CAD for Engineering Design recently published by BookSurge. The transition from 2D to 3D has been an hot topic for several years, and is once again... Continue Reading →
From Bits to Atoms, an Interview with David ten Have, CEO of Ponoko
David ten Have is co-founder and CEO of Ponoko (blog), a company from New Zealand exploring a new approach to manufacturing. Dave's goal is to provide a customized manufacturing process so easy that almost anybody can use it. Send Ponoko a 3D digital model and they will take care of transforming it into a physical object. They will even help... Continue Reading →
An Interview with Marco Palombi, Italian Entrepreneur
Article published on the Official BAIA blog on May 2007 Marco Palombi is a special Italian entrepreneur and blogger. After starting a very successful company (Tipic, Inc.), he wants to share his experience helping Italy and Italians to be more competitive and to develop a stronger entrepreneurial attitude. To me this sounds like a perfect match with... Continue Reading →
An Interview with Chris Yessios, CEO of auto.des.sys (formZ)
Chris Yessios is the President and CEO of auto.des.sys, Inc., and Professor Emeritus at The Ohio State University. He holds a PhD in Computer Aided Design from Carnegie-Mellon University and his formal education includes a BArch and a Diploma in Law, both from the Aristotelian University in Greece. He taught and researched at The Ohio State University where he was a Professor... Continue Reading →
An Interview with Matt Lombard, Author of the SolidWorks Bible
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BHCA3F2?ie=UTF8&tag=ffbooks-20&camp=1789&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=B00BHCA3F2 Matt Lombard (blog, website) is the author of the recently published SolidWorks 2007 Bible, a huge volume with over 1,000 pages. His book has quickly become recognized as the reference book of choice for the SolidWorks community (see Rob Rodriguez, Anna Wood, and Jeff Mirisola), of which Matt is a very active and well-known member. He is also a... Continue Reading →
An Interview with Paul Babb, CEO of Maxon (Cinema 4D)
Paul Babb is the CEO of MAXON US, the company that makes the famous Cinema 4D modeling, rendering, and animation products. Based on my experience I can say that every company and product has its own personality. Whenever I have the opportunity to talk with a Cinema 4D user about their experience with the product, I can "feel" the... Continue Reading →
An Interview with Mauro Lupi, Ad Maiora
Articolo pubblicato nel maggio 2007 sul blog di BAIA. Mauro Lupi is the president and CEO of Ad Maiora, an Italian Internet marketing agency. His blog is one of the top 20 Italian blogs. Mauro doesn't need any additional introduction to BAIA members; he was a panelist for a BAIA event held here in San Francisco last February about Blogs... Continue Reading →
An Interview with Giuseppe Massoni, Jewelry Designer & Rhino 3D Guru
My interview with Giuseppe Massoni, a jewelry designer and a Rhino 3D guru. Giuseppe talks about the intersection between CAD and jewelry design.
An Interview with Greg Milliken, CEO of Alibre
Greg Milliken is the CEO of Alibre. Greg is one of a kind -- he has an impressive track record of success as an entrepreneur and executive in the CAD and 3D world. Greg can look at ideas with an open-minded curiosity, never taking anything for granted. He is a very busy guy -- it took me... Continue Reading →
An Interview with Doug Halliday, Business Development Manager at Adobe (Acrobat 3D)
Doug Halliday is the Business Development Manager specializing in manufacturing at Adobe. Doug's main focus is on Acrobat 3D and its applications for design and manufacturing. Recently he started a blog where he talks about Acrobat 3D and shares his experiences with the Acrobat users community. I first met Doug when, after posting my impressions on Acrobat 3D, I left a comment... Continue Reading →
An Interview with Victor Gonzalez, CEO of Next Limit Technologies (Maxwell Render)
Victor Gonzalez is the CEO of Next Limit Technologies, a Spanish company known for the the famous Maxwell Render, a sophisticated rendering software based strictly on physical equations of light transport. After a long phase of beta testing, Maxwell Render enjoyed instant success upon its recent release. In order to know more about the company and the people... Continue Reading →
An Interview with Ian Wright, Founder and CEO of Wrightspeed
Articolo pubblicato nell'aprile 2007 sul blog di BAIA. Ian Wright is CEO of Wrightspeed, the Californian company working to bring high performance electric cars to the market. Before founding Wrightspeed in January 2005, Ian was vice-president of vehicle development at Tesla Motors. Last week at an electric sportscars event in San Francisco organized by BAIA, Ian presented the X1 prototype to a... Continue Reading →