From CAD Manager's Guidebook
APPENDIX
Here is a listing of Web sites that provide the CAD manager with more information, including CAD vendors and standards bodies.
STARTING POINT
The following Web sites and publications provide you with information on CAD software, hardware, and management:
Tenlinks.Com
Links to almost all other CAD-related Web sites
www.tenlinks.com/CAD/products/index.htm
upFront.eZine
Free weekly email newsletter carrying news about CAD, published by author Ralph Grabowski.
www.upfrontezine.com
The CAD Depot
A large collection of shareware and freeware for CAD users.
www.caddepot.com
CADinfo.net
A Webzine that concentrates on articles and reviews of CAD software and hardware.
www.cadinfo.net
Multi-CADD
Australian independent magazine for all CAD products.
www.echomags.com.au
CADserver
The Web site from the British publishers of CADdesk AEC and MCAD magazines
www.cadserver.co.uk
Cadence Channel
The Web site from the publisher of Cadence magazine.
www.cadenceweb.com
CAD Online
The Web site from the publisher of CADalyst magazine.
www.cadonline.com
MCAD Vision
Mechanical CAD articles, reviews, and opinion by MCAD Cafe.
www.mcadcafe.com/MCADVision
Desktop Engineering
www.deskeng.com
DesignNews Online
www.manufacturing.net/magazine/dn
CAEnet
The Web site from the publisher of Computer-Aided Engineering magazine.
www.caenet.com/res/index.html
Pro/E The Magazine
www.proe.com
Solid Solutions magazine
www.solidmag.com
CATIA Solutions magazine
www.catiasolutions.com

The early packaging for AutoSketch (Autodesk) was a small, bright yellow, spiral-bound binder.
CAD VENDORS
The following list of CAD vendors is, of necessity, incomplete and may be out-of-date due to mergers, closures, and changes. For example, as this book was being written, Varimetrix changed its name to VX, and its Web address to www.vx.com (the old address, www.varimetrix.com,...
Products & Services
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