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Michael Alba

Canada, Toronto

Senior Editor at Engineering.com

Senior Editor for @ENGINEERINGcom. Email me at [email protected].

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  • 1 week ago | engineering.com | Michael Alba

    Toolpath's browser-based AI platform aims "to make it 10x faster to go from digital design to high-precision machined part."This is Engineering Paper, and here are the latest design and simulation software updates. Sometimes I worry that I'm going to run out of AI startups to write about. Thankfully, they keep popping up like heads on a Hydra. Today I draw my pen on Toolpath, an AI startup focused on CAM automation.

  • 2 weeks ago | engineering.com | Michael Alba

    Maxon to release a Vectorworks plugin for real-time rendering, plus more engineering software (and $$$) news. Welcome to Engineering Paper. If you're here for the latest design and simulation software news, you're in the right place. Today's top story comes from Maxon, developer of the rendering app Redshift and 3D modeling and animation software Cinema 4D, among others. Maxon announced last week that it's on a mission to improve architectural visualization. How?

  • 3 weeks ago | engineering.com | Michael Alba

    The Redshift and Cinema 4D developer is expanding into architectural visualization with several planned BIM plugins. Maxon is expanding its reach into architectural visualization. The developer of 3D modeling, animation, and rendering software, including Cinema 4D and Redshift, announced today that it will release dedicated plugins for several BIM platforms, starting with Vectorworks.

  • 3 weeks ago | engineering.com | Michael Alba

    Tech Soft 3D's new VizStreamer tool aims to speed up web-based CAE development. Plus, God weighs in on design software. This is Engineering Paper, bringing you the latest design and simulation software news. Tech Soft 3D, a developer of engineering software development toolkits, has announced VizStreamer, a new tool to enable web-based CAE visualization. "The move to the web has not been as fast as expected," Andres Rodriguez-Villa, Tech Soft 3D's director of CAE, told me.

  • 1 month ago | engineering.com | Michael Alba

    Small and medium businesses are being sought by the new UK Digital Twin Centre and Altair's upcoming simulation conference, plus more engineering software news. Welcome to Engineering Paper, bringing you the latest news in design and simulation software. The UK Digital Twin Centre opened last week in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with funding from the UK government and industry partners including Thales UK, Artemis Technologies and Spirit AeroSystems.

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Michael Alba
Michael Alba @albaneering
9 Oct 18

RT @mikerobinson26: “..crux of (Mark) Zebrowski’s viewpoint is that #simulation should go #lean. . . . For simulation to thrive as an effec…

Michael Alba
Michael Alba @albaneering
4 Apr 18

Calling all students and teachers! What awesome projects are you working on in science classes today? Share with us for a chance to win a Live "Impossible Science" Stage Show at your school by World Champion Magician, Jason Latimer! #SciFest https://t.co/uIdBmcMmgi

Michael Alba
Michael Alba @albaneering
20 Mar 18

Onshape Adds Release Management, Revamps BOMs https://t.co/Q8TGGXPzhX