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Book Review: The Car Hacker's Handbook

Issue #904 Book by Craig Smith; review by Ralph Grabowski When I bought my new car four years ago, it was 11 years old. I had spent a year thinking about what I wanted. Out of the universe of world... Read more →

The Rendering Challenges IKEA Faces

Issue #903 by Martin Enthed Each year, X3DMedia holds its one-day Develop3D Live conference in Warwick England. The conference last year boasted the official launch ofOnShape, and this year's event featured a keynote speaker from IKEA, Martin Enthed. (See figure... Read more →

About Hybrid Modeling with ACIS

Issue #902 by Ralph Grabowski with Brian Rohde Exact modeling (or precise modeling) kernels have been used for over 30 years. "Much of the world we live in has been designed with these precise or b-rep [boundary representation] modelers," said... Read more →

Q&A With Vectorworks' New CEO

Issue #901 by Ralph Grabowski Biplab Sarkar was just three weeks in his new position as ceo of Vectorworks when I interviewed him in Chicago during the 2016 Vectorworks Design Summit. He’s been with the company for 16 years, previously... Read more →

In the Year '96, '96 *

Issue #900! To celebrate the 900th issue of upFront.eZine and its 21st anniversary, I went back two decades -- back, back into our archives to see what was being reported by a one-year-old upFront.eZine in 1996. At the end of... Read more →

Where BIM Hasn’t Gone

Issue #899 From the Editor This week I am in Chicago for the Vectorworks Design Summit, being held Monday-Wednesday at the Fairmont Hotel, Millennium Park. I plan to blog live from the event on WorldCAD Access, and then report more... Read more →

Readers Respond: The Future of Autodesk, After October 1

Issue #897 Our issue on Coming October 1: Autodesk's Future is Different (upFront.eZine #894) was the most-read one over the last 12 months. And so we got a lot of letters from readers, which we share with you here. A... Read more →

How Convergent Science Automates CFD Meshing

Issue #898 by Ralph Grabowski with Rob Kaczmarek Convergent Science, founded in 1997 by a group of PhD students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, kept a low profile in Europe for the next 20 years. I'll explain why you may... Read more →

Bricsys CEO Responds: How Bricsys Plans to Conquer 3D

Issue #896 Guest Editorial by Erik De Keyser In his response to my two-part article "How Bricsys Plans to Conquer 3D," the ceo of Bricsys Erik de Keyser lays out his plan to attack underserved verticals using his company's unique... Read more →

Coming October 1: Autodesk's Future is Different

Issue #894 Industry Analysis by Ralph Grabowski Activist investors want to maximize the profit of public companies, i.e., ones that sell shares to the public. Once investors have at least 5% of an American company's shares, they can get a... Read more →