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August 04, 2010

Deelip Menezes reports that SpaceClaim has better graphics than any major CAD System - Deelip Menezes

But on this 4th day of August 2010,  I, Deelip Menezes, hereby confer upon SpaceClaim 2010 the title of "Freaking Awesome" with respect to 3D Graphics Performance.
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August 04, 2010

SpaceClaim 2010. Direct Modeling Smells of More Features, Simulation and Sheet Metal - SolidSmack

Yesterday, SpaceClaim launched the 2010 version of the history-free 3D modeler and we're gonna give you a look at the new caffeine-rich, direct modeling features and functionality. They're serious about a few things this time around - sheet metal, assembly conditions and volume simulation, among bits of other features. It can be wrapped up beam of highly focused energy though. They're all features users are asking for. It's all giving the major 3D modeling programs a run for the money. In fact, with this release, I'd go as far as to say, that SpaceClaim is now one of the major 3D modeling programs and., as they always have, are pushing the envelope with direct modeling. Why? Let's have a look.
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August 03, 2010

SpaceClaim 2010 Extends 3D to Non-Engineering Groups - Design News

"Now we're able to show the customer that we understand what they want and we're able to give them something to visualize what it is they told us they want," says Trapassi, senior systems architects [at SIE Computer Solutions]. It's helped increase our ability to react to customer requirements."
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August 02, 2010

SpaceClaim 2010 and Bid Modeling - Deelip.com

Bid modeling is basically what a sales engineer does to get business for his company. For example, he may need to quickly mock up a part or an assembly to show a prospective client or do a quick analysis on the customers geometry to verify it before he can place his  bid. Bid modeling could also involve creating stunning photorealistic renders to better illustrate the deliverables.
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August 01, 2010

SpaceClaim and Tools4Design 3D Model Golf Ball Tool - Desktop Engineering

BallLogic's BL3 ballometer [designed with SpaceClaim] is a handheld device to optimize on-course ball fitting.
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July 28, 2010

SpaceClaim 2010 Review - Develop3D

Al Dean looks at the latest release of SpaceClaim, one of the most recent entrants into the product development technology market, and finds a system that's maturing but retaining the stripped back, lean nature of a tool that's still fresh off the blocks.
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June 07, 2010

The Greater Boston 3D Design Cluster - Xconomy -

Companies here [in the Boston area] lead their industry in the development of 3D design and engineering software, which help engineers create visualizations and specifications for everything from cars to buildings to the consumer products at Target and Wal-Mart. Indeed, CAD software is so central to the construction and manufacturing industries that without it, innovation and economic growth would be far slower.
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May 07, 2010

Bid Modeling: A Proposal in 3D

If your engineers are already overburdened with existing projects, who can you turn to to churn out the models you need for your proposals and bids? Your sales team? Is there someone among them who knows his or her way around a CAD program? Do you need a CAD program? In this brief interview with Blake Courter and his colleague Jeff Waters, SpaceClaim's account executive, I ask them about bid modeling, or design for bid. It is, according to them, a trend worth watching.

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April 13, 2010

SpaceClaim claims $5M in new VC-backed funds - Mass High Tech

SpaceClaim Corp., a Concord-based CAD software company, pulled in $5 million in new financing from its backers Borealis Ventures, Kodiak Venture Partners, Needham Capital Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners.

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April 13, 2010

SpaceClaim Captures $5 Million Series D Funding to "Dramocratize" 3D Modeling - Xconomy

 Concord, MA-based SpaceClaim has raised an additional $5 million in Series D funding, bringing its total venture pot to just over $30 million, president and CEO Chris Randles told Xconomy yesterday. The four-year-old startup sells 3D modeling software for non-engineers, and has been enjoying explosive growth over the past year, according to Randles.

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April 12, 2010

CAD Society Announces [SpaceClaim co-founder and chairman] Michael Payne as winner of the 2010 CAD Society Lifetime Achievement Award - The CAD Society

Society recognizes a lifetime and legacy of excellence in building business and technology for 3D CAD and engineering.
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January 06, 2010

SpaceClaim 2009+ - Develop3D

Al Dean takes a look at the second version of SpaceClaim to be released this year [2009], and finds a system that is starting to find a home amongst simulation users, at the same time as introducing some unique model manipulation capabilities.

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December 29, 2009

The Five Best 3D CAD-related Tech Innovations of the Last Decade - SolidSmack

Direct-modeling development - Don't call it a comback... It's been here for years, but the last decade has shown a huge resurgence and a lot of cynicism about how it could change the direction of product development. SpaceClaim stands out as a company that, quickly, gave this tech the innovation it needed to kick the interest back into gear.

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December 02, 2009

SpaceClaim 2009+ Engineering Software Released - Desktop Engineering

Precise multi-touch 3D modeler enhances model preparation for simulation.

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November 17, 2009

SpaceClaim Previews 2009+ - upFront.eZine

"No one" has been talking about direct modeling until SpaceClaim was first released in 2007. Companies like Kubotek USA, CoCreate, and IronCAD couldn't get most users to take them seriously. For whatever reason, SpaceClaim triggered the big four to add direct modeling.

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November 16, 2009

Has SpaceClaim Found the Future Interface? - CAD Insider

[SpaceClaim is] the first to use touchscreen technology as a CAD interface.

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November 12, 2009

Windows 7 could hasten touch-screen computers

SpaceClaim is about to bring out sophisticated 3D modeling software for engineers that exploits multitouch. It's not for consumers, but it shows off the possibilities. You can pan, rotate and zoom in on 3D models.
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November 12, 2009

SpaceClaim 2009+ Preps for Simulation - Design News

In the fifth release of its 3-D direct modeling software, SpaceClaim appears to be firming up its positioning, not as an alternative to 3-D CAD packages, but rather as a utility to prepare models for simulation. The company, which launched its tool in 2007 and seemed ready to take on the leaders in the CAD space, has steered SpaceClaim off that track into the CAE space, adding capabilities that make it easy to prepare models for simulation.

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November 01, 2009

Widex Enhances Hearing Aid Technology with SpaceClaim Modeling and COMSOL - Desktop Engineering

Hearing aid developer Widex infuses expertise and creativity in the advancement of these electroacoustic devices and ensures high performance through rigorous analysis, enabled by 3D direct modeling. 
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October 28, 2009

Multitouch Moves to the Big Screen - Business Week

A forthcoming version of SpaceClaim Engineer, a high-end design program, will allow 3D rotation of a model by touching one finger to the point you want to use as a pivot and rotating the drawing with a second finger. Many creative tools, such a photo editing or drawing software, will be greatly enhanced by multitouch.
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