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Roopinder Tara

Novato, California (near San Francisco)

CAD, CAM and CAE editor

Interests: Trail running so superior to marathons! I swim but it's more like thrashing. Most of my daydreams are of my time on a road bike.

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Bentley IPO was Impeccable Timing

Bentley Systems, makers of MicroStation and every imaginable software for the infrastructure industry, finally came through with an IPO. The Bentleys had been flirting with an IPO for ages, offering it and withdrawing it, then settling into a quasi-public company... Continue reading

Posted Sep 28, 2020 at The CAD Insider

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Coronovirus Giving Us Great Views. Himalayan Mountains Pop Into View in India.

Himalayas pop into view, as welcome but unintended consequence of the Coronavirus. (Picture courtesy of CNN) Mt Everest grows by a quarter inch a year due to the unrelenting push of the India land mass into the Eurasian plate. That... Continue reading

Posted Apr 15, 2020 at The CAD Insider

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Report from Marin. Not a Lockdown. Week 2.

Now in the 2nd week. We have put ourselves in a self-imposed quarantine. No symptoms. Overabundance of caution, I guess. A trip to the grocery store (allowed under the law), nevertheless. We gear up like a raid. Masks. Check. Sanitzer... Continue reading

Posted Mar 30, 2020 at The CAD Insider

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Report from Marin. It's Not a Lockdown. Day 8.

Today we brave a trip to the Safeway. It was not crowded. Maybe 50 shoppers all told. All appeared nervous. Should they be there? Were they too close? Was it okay to be within the 6 ft social distance if... Continue reading

Posted Mar 25, 2020 at The CAD Insider

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Report from Marin. Not a Lockdown Yet. Day 7.

Has it been a week? Losing track like a prisoner would. Governor Newsom scolds us for taking to the parks and the beaches. “Grow up,” he says. Apparently we aren’t the only ones on the beaches. England has just issued... Continue reading

Posted Mar 23, 2020 at The CAD Insider

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Report from Marin. Not a Lockdown Yet. Day 5.

Today, we wake up to the the news that Kevin Durant, who just last year, was playing for the Warriors, tested positive for the COVID-19. Could it be that basketball players are all touching the same surface, the basketball. Or... Continue reading

Posted Mar 23, 2020 at The CAD Insider

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Report from Marin. Not a Lockdown Yet. Day 4.

Not a Lockdown - Day 4 It’s like a parade of pedestrians out there. Plus their dogs. Their kids. And they all seem happy to see us. They must be the people overjoyed to be at home, not doing a... Continue reading

Posted Mar 23, 2020 at The CAD Insider

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Report from Marin. Not a Lockdown Yet. Day 3.

Getting isolated from everyone then depending on the news for all the COVID-19 information is a real bummer. NPR is reporting on Africa’s impending panic. When the health care workers leave, there will be panic, says a doctor in Nairobi.... Continue reading

Posted Mar 23, 2020 at The CAD Insider

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Report from Marin. Not a Lockdown Yet. Day 2.

The neighbors seem to be friendlier, almost desperate for attention. One calls out from across the street and complains about what she can teach her kids, now that all the schools are closed. She was a preschool teacher, so we... Continue reading

Posted Mar 23, 2020 at The CAD Insider

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It's a Scared New World. Sheltered in Place in the Bay Area.

Where is everyone? Grant Avenue, downtown Novato, almost abandoned the first day of a 7-county "shelter in place" order meant to arrest the spread of COVID-19. Today is a day like no other. I write this from a deserted office.... Continue reading

Posted Mar 17, 2020 at The CAD Insider

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Coronavirus Kills Another Event

SXSW 2020 is cancelled. South by Southwest is the biggest show we (as TenLinks or as engineering.com) have ever attended. In 2018, 160K attended. Officially, it has been delayed "delayed" past it's March date until who knows when, another victim... Continue reading

Posted Mar 8, 2020 at The CAD Insider

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Goodbye, Kobe. Rethinking Air Taxis.

Basketball loses one of its stars. Kobe Bryant, NBA legend, died in a helicopter crash over the weekend. With him was his daughter and 7 others. No one survived. It is a tragedy. Kobe was in a Sikorsky S-76B, known... Continue reading

Posted Jan 27, 2020 at The CAD Insider

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Did Onshape Miss a Golden Opportunity to Make a Community?

Did Onshape miss the opportunity to become the next GrabCAD? You can be forgiven for not knowing about GrabCAD. The once wildly popular model sharing site (over 5 million users at its height) was sold to Stratasys, a 3D printing... Continue reading

Posted Jan 23, 2020 at The CAD Insider

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Surprise but No Surprise: Lynn Allen Pops Up at Dassault Systèmes

We should have known. Lynn Allen at SOLIDWORKS World 2019, less than a year after leaving Autodesk. Lynn Allen, long-reigning Queen of CAD, in her role as Technical Evangelist for Autodesk where she tirelessly supported AutoCAD user groups, was fawned... Continue reading

Posted Nov 26, 2019 at The CAD Insider

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Autodesk CIO Drives Forward On Digital Transformation

Prakash Kota isn’t shy about making his perspective on digital transformation known—from contributing to CIO magazine, hosting CIO conferences and everything in between. Continue reading

Posted Apr 18, 2019 at The CAD Insider

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Autodesk Pops Into Profitability. Does Anyone Care?

Last Thursday, at the end of the trading day, came the announcement of Autodesk's FY2019 Q4 earnings. Late in the day is when you announce things you don't want people to notice. Or during a distraction. If President Trump would... Continue reading

Posted Mar 3, 2019 at The CAD Insider

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Wine and Dine the Journalist. It's Just Smart Marketing.

It's reputed to be the best meat in the world. Jamón Ibérico de Bellota is the most famous ham of Spain. It’s the hind leg of a little black Spanish pig that eats nothing but acorns, giving it's meat the... Continue reading

Posted Feb 26, 2019 at The CAD Insider

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Scenes from the Last World

After 21 years, SOLIDWORKS World, the second biggest CAD conference is renamed Continue reading

Posted Feb 20, 2019 at The CAD Insider

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John Hayes Leaves Engineering.com

He was the rug that tied the room together, would say the Great Lebowski. Continue reading

Posted Feb 18, 2019 at The CAD Insider

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The Bear Growls – Andreas Vlahinos on Generative Design

Industry veteran, university professor and genuine GD user doesn’t always like what he sees. Continue reading

Posted Dec 9, 2018 at The CAD Insider

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Conferences in Las Vegas. Let’s Stop the Madness.

Las Vegas: A great place to party, but seediness a bad image for companies Continue reading

Posted Nov 27, 2018 at The CAD Insider

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Industry Veteran Jeffrey Rowe Joins Engineering.com

Nov 12, 2018--Engineering.com, the largest online publication for engineers, is pleased to announce the addition of Jeffrey Rowe. Jeff, a CAD, CAM and CAE industry veteran will lead engineering.com Design Software and Simulation sections. “We are delighted to have Jeff... Continue reading

Posted Nov 12, 2018 at The CAD Insider

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It’s a GD Invasion: Generative Design Takes Over a Conference

ASSESS 2018 attended by many from a fast-growing generative design industry. Continue reading

Posted Nov 5, 2018 at The CAD Insider

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Amazon's 2nd Headquarter in Atlanta? Sure Thing, They Are Saying.

Update: They were wrong. Amazon will have 2 East Coast HQs, but not in Atlanta. Sorry. The billion dollar decision as to where Amazon will build its "2nd headquarters' has been the subject of much speculation and consternation. But if... Continue reading

Posted Oct 31, 2018 at The CAD Insider

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Hexagon Buys Bricsys. Does It Matter?

(Image courtesy of Bricsys.) At Bricsys’ annual reseller event, which recently concluded in London and was attended by a few hundred, the expectation was to learn about the recent enhancements of BricsCAD. But, the biggest news came from a Hexagon... Continue reading

Posted Oct 30, 2018 at The CAD Insider

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