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Reshaping CAD's future: attendees help move the state of the industry forward at the annual COFES conference.(Trends & Technology)(Conference news)

Computer Graphics World

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At COFES, the Congress on the. Future of Engineering Software, users have a voice. And the vendors in the CAD and engineering markets are listening.

COFES is a yearly, invitation-only conference that brings professionals in the engineering fields together with CAD software vendors for unusually frank discussions about the future of engineering and the tools for the future. Vendors aren't there to make a pitch, though sometimes they just can't help themselves. Instead, they're listening to users describe their problems.

Unfortunately, sometimes it seems as if the discussion centers around the same old problems year after year. The number one "same old ...

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