May 01, 2012
SpaceClaim Engineer 2012 Named Product of the Month - NASA Tech Briefs
NASA Tech Briefs named SpaceClaim Engineer 2012 Product of the Month for May of 2012.
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April 01, 2012
CAD-based FEA: A Marriage of Convenience - Desktop Engineering
One of SpaceClaim’s strong points is that beams (“children”) remain
linked to the original solid (“parent”)—that is, if the geometry of the
solid changes, then that of the truss/frame will change as well.
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March 22, 2012
Direct modeler quickly builds large assemblies - Machine Design
This article documents Auto Metal Craft's ongoing use of SpaceClaim.
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March 21, 2012
Mechanical Design for everyone: SpaceClaim Direct Modeling - The Daily CatchUp (Daily Google SketchUp News)
I’ve just learned from a article by Gopla Shah at Google SketchUp that a very old wish list item in SketchUp is now achievable with SpaceClaim for SketchUp!
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March 20, 2012
SpaceClaim Launches SpaceClaim 2012 - SolidSmack
Low and behold. SpaceClaim, the company slapping the history out 3D modeling just launched SpaceClaim Engineer 2012.
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March 16, 2012
Engineer Vs. Designer Radio Show Interviews Blake Courter
Listen to this radio interview with Blake Courter on how SpaceClaim is having a big impact on the CAD industry.
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February 08, 2012
SpaceClaim continues rapid growth in 2011 - GraphicSpeak
During 2011 SpaceClaim announced new customers Ford, Bosch, Eaton, and
Carl Zeiss. The Ford announcement is especially intriguing. Dr. Richard
Riss is in charge of engineering software deployment for all of Ford,
and he runs a tight ship. Insiders have told us the process from initial
demonstration to pilot deployment to full approval was incredibly fast,
a matter of weeks not months.
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November 09, 2011
SpaceClaim 2011+ - Develop3D
SpaceClaim occupies an interesting position in the product development software market. At present, the system is gaining ground in various places and making inroads against established players. While the numbers of sales aren’t divulged, we’re certainly seeing
more SpaceClaim users registering with DEVELOP3D — and that’s always a
good indication. But why is this happening now, four years since its
initial release? One answer is that the organisation has added functionality that’s
transformed the system from being an interesting new technology to
something that’s eminently usable.
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October 06, 2011
Faster, Easier Metalwork with SpaceClaim - Desktop Engineering
The suffix plus in SpaceClaim 2011+, the latest upgrade from SpaceClaim Corp., may be a reference to the new sheet-metal functions added to the software. Many CAD users have discovered — like I did — that using direct modeling tools to create and edit sheet metals is a lot easier than using a classic parametric modeler. The ability to push, pull, and rotate sheet-metal plates and corners without worrying about their feature history gives you a lot more freedom in how you work. (You don’t, for example, need to worry about regeneration failure when you need to reposition a plate past the bend line you’ve defined previously.
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September 07, 2011
SpaceClaim 2011+ - CAD Insider
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
Mohandas Ghandi
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August 26, 2011
SpaceClaim Stakes Manufacturing Claim - Design News
Building off the
generalist focus of this year's earlier release, SpaceClaim has launched an upgrade to its 2011 3D direct modeling platform that makes a beeline for manufacturing production environments by packing in an array of new functions.
SpaceClaim can tout as its claim to fame raising the CAD world's consciousness to the benefits of direct modeling. Over the years, it has infiltrated a number of industry segments and smaller shops with its promise of a less complex but still powerful CAD environment.
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August 23, 2011
SpaceClaim: Got Sheet Metal? - Design & Motion
Trumpf, a major manufacturer of CNC equipment, has partnered with SpaceClaim in order to develop real features that are needed in the industry today...They know sheet metal and their partnership with SpaceClaim has definitely helped the product fill a niche that was poorly addressed for years.
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August 23, 2011
In 2007 we laughed at SpaceClaim; well, laugh no longer as the company talks "displacements" - WorldCAD Access
"It is fair to say that we're being more aggressive in this release as we see how our is being used in the market," [said Blake Courter, Director of Customer Development, SpaceClaim]. Indeed, new features in 2011+ are oriented toward detail design work, such as hole tables and the output of drawings and details."
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August 22, 2011
SpaceClaim Announces SpaceClaim 2011+ and Expands into Manufacturing Production Environments- Desktop Engineering
SpaceClaim
has announced SpaceClaim Engineer 2011+. According to the company, the
update includes advances in concept modeling and model preparation tools
while enhancing manufacturing-focused capabilities.
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July 27, 2011
CIMdata Publishes "Overcoming the Barriers Imposed by Geometry" - MCAD Cafe
According to Ken Versprille, Ph.D., CIMdata Executive Consultant, "To succeed in preparing geometry for finite element meshing, a product must be able to import the extensive range of CAD model formats commonly used in industry and offer an intuitive user interface that is easy to learn by non-CAD experts. SpaceClaim boasts a positive record in each case, as testified to by their customers."
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June 29, 2011
3D Direct Modeling Accelerates Ceramicx Concept & Design Work - Ceramicx Magazine
In search for a better solution for detail design and geometry-based work, Marcin discovered SpaceClaim...Marcin uses SpaceClaim for 3D geometry creation and editing, sheet metal design, and general analysis work, and has found the ease-of-use of the software has enabled him to improve and increase the quality and rate of his design work.
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June 20, 2011
RS components make 3D CAD models available in SpaceClaim format to enable direct modeling for faster design
Commenting for RD Components, Mark Cundle, technical marketing manager, said: "SpaceClaim is unique in its ability to involve many disciplines in the product design process. By doing so early in the design cycle, it eliminates a lot of time-consuming rework associated with traditional processes and enables organisations to tap into creative contributions from a variety of individuals from diverse disciplines. It's an extension of the RS promise to make it very easy for all contributors to the design process to find, design-in and buy electronic components."
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June 06, 2011
Ray Kurland Interviews Blake Courter about SpaceClaim's success with CAE customers
There are two workflows we see the most. One is when simulation users unfortunately have to do simulation after the CAD models have been made — which is usually a bit more work. And then there are the cases where companies use simulation before CAD to drive product development. That’s obviously a much more efficient strategy.
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May 18, 2011
COMSOL Releases V4.2 and LiveLink for SpaceClaim
The new LiveLink for SpaceClaim interface fuses direct modeling and
multiphysics simulation in a tightly integrated environment.
Read the release on the COMSOL website.
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April 15, 2011
Applying Lean to Product Development - Design News
Rather than mapping lean manufacturing directly to product development, engineering teams need to consider information flow and knowledge capture to truly reduce efficiencies and optimize the process...Modeling tools like SpaceClaim can facilitate set-based design techniques, which let engineers explore diverse design alternatives before committing to detailed design.
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