November 1999 in the CAD Report
Getting the most for your hardware budget -- Budgetary constraints force
most CAD workstation buyers to weigh tradeoffs and make tough choices. When,
for example, does it make sense to buy extra memory instead of a faster
graphics accelerator? Is Intel's Pentium III-Xeon microprocessors worth the
extra cost compared to regular Pentium IIIs? How much time will be saved
with a faster CPU or disk drive? This article answers these questions and
more. It also estimates how long it will take to recoup the expense of
workstation upgrades through productivity gains.
Three-D viewer buyer's guide -- Makers of three-D viewing software have
come up with diverse approaches that let people who aren't CAD users view
and comment on three-D CAD models. This article helps you understand the
options available and the pros and cons of each.
Smarter drawing format -- SolidWorks has devised a new drawing format that
combines the advantages of traditional prints with the visualization aids of
three-D viewers. Find out what's missing from the new concept and whether it
will become a de facto standard.
How popular is three-D CAD? -- Does three-D CAD remain a high-priced niche
for wealthy companies? Or has it become mainstream technology? A look at the
numbers tells the story.
John Cooper tries again -- John Cooper, who made a fortune selling Cooper
and Chyan Technology to Cadence in 1998, plans to rent printed circuit
design software by the month starting next year.
A major mess at EAI -- Engineering Animation's stock collapsed as third
quarter revenues plunged 40 percent and the company reported huge losses.
Sloware: SolidWorks 99 build 250 -- Comparing date codes 229 with 250, we
found that the average time it took to run benchmark tests and the memory
used while running them doubled. Performance degraded still further with
date code 271.
MSC's miraculous recovery -- After years of flat sales, MSC software
(formerly MacNeal-Schwendler Corporation) reported 35 percent growth in the
third quarter. But the bulk of the increase came from acquisitions and
accounting changes.
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