ARTICLES from

• Workstation Performance: Tomorrow's Possibilities - CAD users have to find best ways to harness advance hardware technologies like parallel computing and GPUs, Simon Floyd, Cadalyst, May 1, 2008 (more CAD hardware articles)
• Create Models Faster With a Library of Surfaces in SolidWorks - using insert part feature for inserting surfaces into other parts, Josh Mings, SolidSmack, May 13, 2008 (more SolidWorks tutorials)
• Flexes, Hexes and Vexes - modeling small plastic bottle cap using Flex command in SolidWorks, Gabi Jack's Blog, May 13, 2008 (more SolidWorks tutorials)
• DP Technology Discovered - Chuck Mathews of DP Technology talks about ESPRIT and CAM market, Roopinder Tara, CAD Insider, May 13, 2008 (more ESPRIT articles)
• The Prophecy - open letter to CAD community discussing current state of CAD software, Jacob Abel, CADgasm.tk, May 8, 2008 (more CAD industry articles)
• Who Drives Software Development? - translating concept into software product is not always successful, Mark Kiker, CADD Manager.com, May 13, 2008
• Inventor 2009 is 'Stacked' - And So is Its Text Now - ability to auto-stack text in text editing dialog boxes, Ask The INCAT CAD Geeks, May 13, 2008 (more Autodesk Inventor tutorials)
• Slab Edge Hidden Lines Display - changing display of hidden lines using Revit.ini file in Revit Structure 2009, Wai Chu, BIM & Beam, May 13, 2008 (more Autodesk Revit tutorials)
• Action Macros and VBA - action macro in AutoCAD can not be converted into VBA format but can be called in VBA routine, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider, May 13, 2008 (more AutoCAD tips)
• Is Autodesk Outfoxing the ITC? - Autodesk is patenting new features so that IntelliCAD Technology Consortium Can not copy those, Deelip Menezes, May 13, 2008 (more Autodesk articles)
• A Close Encounter With Mumbai Pirates - author manages to get pirated CAD software like AutoCAD, Pro/E for just $2.5 even after cleanup by local authorities, Deelip Menezes, May 12, 2008 (more CAD industry articles)

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REVIEWS from

• Delivering the BIM Promise - Revit 2009 product line offers sustainable design and energy analysis capabilities to fulfill BIM potential, Heather Livingston, Cadalyst, May 8, 2008 (more Revit reviews)
• Hardware Review - small-sized, portable 3D mouse 'SpaceNavigator for Notebooks' can roll, pan, spin, tilt, or zoom 3D object, works well with Google Earth and SketchUp, more, Leslie Gordon, Machine Design, May 5, 2008 (more trackball reviews)

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