Issue #910 This issue sponsored by PLM Components Innovation Conference Boston, MA, October 11-12, 2016 An outstanding lineup of 20 industry experts and CxOs -- including George Allen, Jon Hirschtick, Sean Flaherty, Jon Stevenson, and Ken Versprille -- presents at... Read more →
Issue #909 by Ralph Grabowski with Robert Graebert Graebert Gmbh is significant to our industry because it is the only CAD company to have all or most of its ARES CAD software running on six operating systems: Android, iOS, Linux,... Read more →
Issue #908 by Ralph Grabowski It was first introduced to the public at the annual Solid Edge University last October, and now Catchbook is out of beta. It is a parametric sketching app for Android, iOS, and Windows 8.1/10. (See... Read more →
Issue #907 by Ralph Grabowski with Jesse Blankenship The idea for Generate came from Jesse Blankenship's initial interest in generative design for architectural structures: could buildings be designed automatically based on criteria of goal-based design, such as layouts of open... Read more →
Issue #906 by Ralph Grabowski Last year, and for next few years, see Autodesk changing its entire business model to what it thinks is the future. At the end of January, the company eliminated sales of permanent licenses of standalone... Read more →
Issue #905 by Ralph Grabowski with Cody Armstrong Thing is, people don't have to use Onshape. There is freeCAD and cheapCAD, and really expensive CAD that your employer requires you to use. And until Onshape programmers implement an offline mode,... Read more →
Issue #904 Book by Craig Smith; review by Ralph Grabowski When I bought my new car four years ago, it was 11 years old. I had spent a year thinking about what I wanted. Out of the universe of world... Read more →
Issue #903 by Martin Enthed Each year, X3DMedia holds its one-day Develop3D Live conference in Warwick England. The conference last year boasted the official launch ofOnShape, and this year's event featured a keynote speaker from IKEA, Martin Enthed. (See figure... Read more →
Issue #902 by Ralph Grabowski with Brian Rohde Exact modeling (or precise modeling) kernels have been used for over 30 years. "Much of the world we live in has been designed with these precise or b-rep [boundary representation] modelers," said... Read more →
Issue #901 by Ralph Grabowski Biplab Sarkar was just three weeks in his new position as ceo of Vectorworks when I interviewed him in Chicago during the 2016 Vectorworks Design Summit. He’s been with the company for 16 years, previously... Read more →
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