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 →

10 May 2007 0

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 →

7 May 2007 0

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.

27 April 2007 0

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 →

18 April 2007 0

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 →

13 April 2007 0

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 →

10 April 2007 0

An Interview with Ron Fritz, Managing Partner of Tech Soft 3D (HOOPS3D)

Ron Fritz is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Tech Soft 3D, the company that makes the famous HOOPS3D, a graphics toolkit used by several design applications. The impressive list of TechSoft3D customers includes Alibre, Autodesk, Bentley, Fluent, IronCAD, MSC.Software, PTC, SolidWorks, and TransMagic. After a long phase of apparent immobility, the announcement of some new products such as Acrobat 3D 8, AfterCAD, and SpaceClaim has kindled a spark of excitement in... Continue Reading →

22 March 2007 0

An Interview with Robert McNeel, CEO of McNeel & Associates

Articolo apparso nel marzo 2007 sul blog di Novedge. Robert McNeel is the CEO of Robert McNeel & Associates, the company that makes the famous CAD modeling software Rhinoceros, simply known as Rhino or Rhino3D. Novedge has been a McNeel reseller since the opening of our online store. The recent release of Rhino 4.0 was... Continue Reading →

14 March 2007 0

An Interview with Antonio Pellizzaro of Actify (SpinFire)

Antonio Pellizzaro is the Lead Developer of Actify, the software manufacturer of the SpinFire product line, a group of applications for CAD data visualization and sharing. Actify and Novedge are both located in San Francisco, a few blocks away. I invited Antonio to participate in the following interview. The interview Franco: Can you tell us... Continue Reading →

9 March 2007 0

An Interview with Sean Flaherty, CEO of Nemetschek NA (VectorWorks)

My interview with Sean Flaherty, the CEO of Nemetschek North America, the American branch of Nemetschek AG, the German company that is well known worldwide for products like VectorWorks and Allplan.

7 March 2007 0

An Interview with Alex Mazzardo of EVOQE, aka solidThinking

Article published on March 5, 2007 on NOVEDGE blog. Alex Mazzardo is the Managing Director at EVOQE, the worldwide publisher of the solidThinking product line, a suite of applications for industrial designers (CAID - Computer Aided Industrial Design). A few days ago EVOQE launched Modeler, a new product, and updated the entire solidThinking line. Taking... Continue Reading →

5 March 2007 0

Is the New Acrobat 3D headed for Failure or Success?

Articolo apparso nel febbraio 2007 sul blog di NOVEDGE. I like to call it "CAD Data Visualization," another may prefer DDC (Digital Design Communication), someone else might like the ambitious acronym PDC (Product Design Collaboration), but whatever name you choose, this kind of software program has been around for many years. The central idea is... Continue Reading →

26 February 2007 0

Do’s and Don’ts for Selling CAD CAM Software in the US

Articolo apparso nel febbraio 2007 sul blog di NOVEDGE. In the last few years several companies from around the world have entered the market in the development and commercialization of CAD, CAM, and graphic software. Some are from countries that have a long tradition of software production, such as France with Dassault. Others, from countries... Continue Reading →

23 February 2007 0

2007: Free CAD for Everybody

Articolo apparso nel febbraio 2007 sul blog di NOVEDGE. Is CAD software following the same path of web browsers? According to some small-size 2D CAD vendors (as reported by Ralph Grabowski) there are too many free CAD systems and too long lasting free trials around. As a CAD reseller I should agree, and maybe I... Continue Reading →

5 February 2007 0

Frederick W. Taylor and 3D Technology

Articolo apparso nel dicembre 2006 sul blog di NOVEDGE. In 3D, designers need to master the art of creating parametric CAD models I was pleasantly surprised to see so many readers going through my recent post about the slow transition from 2D to 3D. Several readers left thoughtful comments explaining why they still use 2D... Continue Reading →

3 January 2007 0

Five CAD Trends for 2007

Articolo apparso nel dicembre 2006 sul blog di NOVEDGE. It’s that time of year for predictions and forecasts. I'll take up the challenge, try my best to look into the crystal ball, and tell you what I see for CAD for the year ahead. More Internet Internet will become even more pervasive for CAD systems... Continue Reading →

22 December 2006 0

Why the transition 2D to 3D is taking forever?

Articolo apparso nel dicembre 2006 sul blog di NOVEDGE. For as long as I can remember, sophisticated 3D CAD systems have been on the verge of fully replacing the supposedly inefficient 2D CAD systems. For years it has been considered just a matter of time before the obvious advantages of 3D systems would push traditional... Continue Reading →

12 December 2006 0

Can the Internet put Fat CAD Software on a Diet?

Articolo apparso nel dicembre 2006 sul blog di NOVEDGE. I read the interesting post of Ralph Grabowski about fat CAD systems and how the Internet can change the way users purchase CAD software. First of all, let me say that I agree with Ralph. Most CAD systems are packaged with an incredible collection of features,... Continue Reading →

5 December 2006 0