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Sealy & Company Acquires LEED Silver Warehouse Facility
Sealy & Company announced the Mortgage Note purchase resulting in ownership of Braselton 85 Distribution Center, a 439,338 square foot LEED facility.
Sound Devices Success Story
This case study focuses on how to design a light ring assembly, an assembly in the 788T High Resolution Digital Audio Recorder.
How to Spark Development in the Solar Market
Three industry analysts weigh in on how the U.S. government can drive development in the solar marketplace forward.
An Easy Way to Create an Isometric Drawing in MicroStation
This tip details how to create an isometric diagram in 2D DGN.
New Release of InspectionXpert for CATIA
Extensible CAD Technologies announced the release of their new version InspectionXpert for CATIA V5.
NAFEMS To Hold Meetings to Attract U.S. Members
NAFEMS, the National Agency for Finite Element Methods and Standards, wants to expand its North American chapter.
Improving Lean Manufacturing Through 3D Data- Book Excerpt
Learn how JAXA applied Lattice’s XVL format into the configuration parts tree and text search database to access their 2 million part module data.
Explore the Analyze Interference Command in Inventor
In this session we will look at gaining more of an understanding of what the Analyze Interference command entails in Inventor 2010 and 2009.
CORENA Partners with Cortona3D
The document management and system integration provider CORENA will deliver and manage S1000D compliant parts catalogs, eLearning materials and more.
Trouble with how Revit Installs Content?
Get six tips to common questions about confusion surrounding the way Revit installs content.
Gaming Industry Continues to Shape Advancements in CAD
Maher discusses how gaming technology is defining the future of computing, including highlights from the recent E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo.
Lockheed Martin Break Record for Use of Solar Lighting
Carmanah discusses how Lockheed Martin decided to forgo repairing their decades old lighting system and instead implement solar lighting.
Finding Parts in an Assembly
Learn how one setting can save you time every day.
Q1-090106: Draft Analysis
Can anybody tell me how to switch view to material mode in order to run a draft analysis in V5? Thank you!
Threaded Holes in Machined Prototype Parts
The ins and out of threaded fasteners.
Evaluating Portfolio Value
In this column Creswell discusses the importance of developing a business portfolio.
Siemens’ Michigan Branch Facility Awarded LEED Certification
Siemens building sets a good corporate example: a Michigan branch office features energy efficiency, a building automation system and more.
Brian Schanen of Autodesk Blends Creativity with Technology
Find out what brought Brian Schanen to Autodesk, his coolest technology picks and advice for how to continue to stay competitive.
CAD Society President Joins Geomagic
Geomagic has announced the addition of Rachael Dalton-Taggart to its marketing team.
Founder Reflects in 40 Years of Earth Day
Earth Day Founder Denis Hayes discusses his optimism surrounding renewable energy even after 30 years in the industry.
Combining Minds to Solve the Gulf Oil Crisis
The bright thinkers at Rapid Prototyping Technologies in Manufacturing mailing share their ideas about how to stop the Gulf of Mexico Oil spill.
Transoft Solutions’ AutoTURN 6.0 Now Fully Equipped
User downloadable vehicle libraries are now available to complement AutoTURN 6.0’s Vehicle Libraries
Siemens PLM Expands Customer Service Resources
Siemens PLM Software announced the appointment of Phoenx PLM, EnDuraSim and ADA CADPartners as new reseller service partners.
ITP Selects Teamcenter Software
Siemens PLM Software announced ITP selected Teamcenter software to help enhance productivity through improved efficiency and cost reductions.
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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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.






