Thursday, February 21, 2008

Adobe Updates Acrobat 3D CAD Translators

Today Adobe released a free download that delivers updated 3D CAD translators for Acrobat 3D Version 8. The new version allows Acrobat 3D to support the latest version of many major 3D CAD file formats.

The file formats updated as part of the free download include Autodesk Inventor, CoCreate OneSpace Designer, JT, SolidWorks, and UGS NX and I-deas. The updated translators leverage technology Adobe gained as part of its 2006 acquisition of Trade & Technologies France (TTF).

The product update is available from the Adobe web site at: http://www.adobe.com/go/a3d_update. A complete list of supported file formats is at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat3d/supportedformats/

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Friday, June 29, 2007

Autodesk Can Relax, It’s Microsoft in the Adobe Crosshairs

The astute, connected and occasionally smartypants jerk Robert X. Cringely writes a weekly technology column for PBS Online. This week he turns his attention toward Adobe Systems. In the Cringerster’s estimation, Autodesk can relax. Adobe’s plans for world domination don’t include taking over CAD. But they do include knocking off Microsoft.

Catch the whole Adobe vs. Microsoft column, “An Air of Invisibility.”

Bill Gates realizes Roadrunner = Adobe.

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