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Live Newsfeed

DOE to Invest to $12 Million to Support Solar Technologies
DOE announced up to $12 million in funding in four companies to support the development of early stage solar energy technologies.

The New Ribbon UI — Command Locator
Jonathan Landeros gives us a reason to give the ribbon interface a second look.

Residential Installers Can Tap Into The Commercial Market
SMA America’s Sunny Tower allows residential solar installers the ability to expand their services and customer base.

A Recap of the Keynote at Greenbuild 2009
At this year’s opening plenary session, Al Gore gave an inspiration speech on leading the charge to bringing green building to Main Street.

Join SMARTORG for a Webinar on 2/24 or 2/25
In this web event learn how HP developed an exciting new product, Ligte Scribe, using the tools for value-based decision analysis.

Autodesk Increases Profitability
Revenue was $417 million, flat sequentially, and a decrease of 31 percent compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2009.

Planit Attends Southern Manufacturing Show
Planit Software announces that four of its market leading brands will be exhibiting at the Southern Manufacturing and Electronics show.

Cool Mobile Display Products
Insight Media provides updates and reviews on some of the latest innovations in the mobile display industry, including iPhones, e-books and more.

Automated Baseline Comparisons Now Available
Hevacomp Simulator V8i now automates ASHRAE baseline comparisons of building designs to determine LEED certification requirements.

Tolerances of Countersinks and Chamfers
This month's column looks at best practices for creating countersinks, chamfers and the tolerances of these types of features.

TraceParts 3D Catalogs to be Presented at SolidWorks World
The first 3DContentCentral® content partner demonstrates its 10-year commitment to the SolidWorks community.

Requirements Driven Product Development
Learn how leading companies are improving product development by managing requirements across multiple disciplines.

Ideate, Inc. Publishes TLCD Architecture BIM Study In Succes
Ideate announced the online and limited print publication of its most extensive Study in Success to date featuring TLCD Architecture.

Areas Across U.S. to Receive Sustainability Assistance
AIA Center for Communities by Design has selected seven communities to receive technical assistance under the SDAT program in 2010.

California Leads Green Building Standards Implementation
California's CALGREEN program will achieve major reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption and water use.

CAE Software Veteran Joins Comet Solutions
Comet welcomes Steve Sacro as the new Director of Sales.

Oerlikon Solar Attempts to Reduce Solar Energy Cost by 30%
Oerlikon Solar plans to reach production costs at grid parity by the end of this year making solar energy cost equal to fossil fuel-generated energy.

System Engineering Trade Study to Support Green Initiatives
This paper looks at a model driven approach to designing an environmentally conscious, cost-effective family-size vehicle.

Q1-090114: Inventor User Groups Near D.C.
Are there any Inventor user groups in northern Virginia, Washington, D.C. or the southern Maryland region?

CCE’s EnSuite Now Supports JT Format
CCE announced the addition of JT support to its EnSuite product.

eSeminar: The Business Value of Virtual Reality
In this webinar, Dassault Systèmes and HP will demonstrate how companies can improve Operation/Maintenance Planning and training for Oil & Gas.

$465 Million Loan to Tesla Motors
DOE has closed its $465 million loan with Tesla Motors.

CFD Web Seminar on Simulating and Optimizing Reaction Forces
This online seminar taking place January 27 will demonstrate the advantages of adopting ‘Concurrent CFD’ into your design workflow.

Auria Solar Gains Mass Production Stage With Oerlikon Solar
Oerlikon Solar and Auria Solar ramped up the entire Tainan facility and brought it to mass production in less than eight months.

Razorleaf Joins Aras Partner Program
Razorleaf Corporation is a consulting services provider for PLM, PDM/TDM, Enterprise Portals, and Design Automation.

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Communities

The Revit Community represents the users of Autodesk Revit Architecture software, the Autodesk Architecture, Engineering & Construction suite and third-party companion products. Revit Architecture is Autodesk’s primary Building Information Modeling (BIM) software, designed to support all phases of design and construction documentation, used by architects and other members of the building team. The Community aims to serve the users of Revit Architecture, Revit MEP and Revit Structure.

The Revit Digital Digest, the e-newsletter of the Revit Community, goes to Members every Tuesday.










The new Siemens PLM Community covers new developments in the Siemens PLM Software suite, companion products, and also includes other industry focused coverage. Siemens PLM software products covered include NX, Solid Edge and The Velocity Series and more.

The Siemens Community Digital Digest, the e-newsletter of the Siemens PLM Community, arrives in member's mailboxes every Wednesday morning.










Created as an online community for users of Pro/ENGINEER, Wildfire, Windchill, and other PTC affiliated products, the Pro/E Community replaced Pro/E: The Magazine. Pro/E is our largest community with coverage that builds upon 15 years of Pro/ENGINEER content, including CAD business and technical articles, tips, case studies, and Q&A, galleries and calendars.

Pro/E Digital Digest, the e-newsletter for the Pro/E Community, goes out to Members every Thursday morning.










Inventor Connections serves the community of Autodesk Inventor professionals. Autodesk’s major push to move users from 2D to 3D has resulted in one of the fastest growth curves in MCAD software. Our Inventor Connections membership has grown 183% since its launch. Inventor is maximized for “Tube and Pipe design, Cable and Harness design, Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for design validation, and Dynamic Simulation to test real world performance.”

Inventor Connections Digest, the enewsletter of the Inventor Connections Community, arrives in Members’ mailboxes every Tuesday.










The CATIA Community covers Dassault Systèmes’ CATIA PLM suite, including CATIA, ENOVIA, DELMIA, SIMULIA, and SMARTEAM. In conjunction with IBM, Dassault sells CATIA PLM primarily to the Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, Consumer Products, Medical Devices, Shipbuilding, Electrical & Electronics, Semiconductor industries.

CATIA Digital Digest, the e-newsletter for the CATIA Community, is sent every Tuesday.










The MicroStation Connections Community represents the users of Bentley Systems’ MicroStation product. MicroStation is used in the architecture/civil engineering/construction (AEC) industry for “work on buildings, civil engineering projects, power plants and geospatial information.” Though MicroStation is also a CAD program, the MicroStation Connections Community membership only partly crosses our MCAD sites but also has much in common with the Green Building Community.

MicroStation Connections Digital Digest goes to Members every Thursday.










Sun-Enews serves the business to business needs of alternative energy product and service providers and interested consumers. Though small, the Community has grown exponentially almost entirely through word-of-mouth, 32% just this year. We expect this Community to continue to explode as the interest in non-fossil fuel energy sources grows.

The Sun-Enews e-mail newsletter arrives in Members’ mailboxes every Tuesday.











The SolidWorks Community is an extremely active and involved Membership base. Membership in this Community is up 54% just this year. SolidWorks products, including the SolidWorks Office line, PDMWorks data management, and COSMOSWorks analysis, are used in the Industrial, Medical, Scientific, Consumer, Educational, Technology, and Transportation industries.

SolidWorks Digital Digest, the e-newsletter for the SolidWorks Community, is sent out every Wednesday morning.










The Green Building Community presents sustainable- and green-building technology to design and construction professionals, as well as others interested in this growing market. The Community’s mission is to bring the latest green building content to the web to serve companies selling products and services and professionals seeking the latest technology. Membership is up 670% in the past 18 months.

The Green Building Community Digital Digest arrives in Members’ mailboxes every Tuesday.