Issue #894 Part II: Bricsys Builds on Its Foundation Industry Analysis by Ralph Grabowski In part I last week, I introduced the foundation upon which Bricsys plans to build an all-emcompassing 3D modeler based on the universal DWG format. Embracing... Read more →
Issue #893 Industry Analysis by Ralph Grabowski Part I: The Foundation "I aim to make BricsCAD #1 in 3D by 2020." That's the gist of the outrageous-sounding claim made by the ceo of Bricsys, a small CAD software company headquartered... Read more →
Issue #892 by Ralph Grabowski with Dave Taylor TuboCAD is one of those mainstays of the CAD world that like AutoCAD we tend to not notice areas in which it keeps improving. Now, to be fair, it's the programming folks... Read more →
Issue #891 by Ralph Grabowski with Neil Trevett February 16 was the day a brand-new API launched for GPUs. Khronos is best known for OpenGL, the graphics system used by most software today. Now they have the next-gen API, called... Read more →
Issue # 890 by Ralph Grabowski with Allan Partridge CanBIM calls itself "the business voice of BIM [building information modeling] in Canada." During the regional CanBIM conference held last week in Vancouver Canada, I had the opportunity to interview its... Read more →
Issue #889 by Ralph Grabowski with Cary O'Connor The thing about IronCAD is that they innovated a lot of technology that other CAD vendors subsequently copied, such as interactive 3D cursors (IronCAD calls theirs the "TriBall"), dragging and dropping parts... Read more →
Issue #888 by Ralph Grabowski with Jeff Brown Companies like OnShape and Autodesk have their own browser-server software (aka "cloud"), but some of it, like AutoCAD 360, is too immature for production use. That's where service providers such as Frame... Read more →
Issue #887 by Ralph Grabowski with Dan Williams "Ganta has everything to do with materials that are put into products, whether theoretical like new composites, or practical materials like steel," Dan Williams of Granta tells me. Ralph Grabowski: How did... Read more →
Issue #886 Book by David J Gerber; review by Ralph Grabowski The title seems odd, given that for most of Joseph Gerber's life he didn't have to choose between difficult choices. It's the other meaning of the word that David... Read more →
Issue #885 by Ralph Grabowski Mecsoft arose out of CAM programmers who used to be with UGS (akaUnigraphics), UGS being later purchased by Siemens PLM. At Mecsoft, Joe Anand is ceo and Uday Honnalager is technical support manager. I asked... Read more →
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