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How PLM vendors plan to attack midsize manufacturing problems?

How PLM vendors plan to attack midsize manufacturing problems?

It’s that time of the PLM development again – vendors have started to pay attention to small and medium-sized manufacturing companies. PLM interest to SMB market and small manufacturing businesses was going up and down for the last two decades. It has its own successes and failures but never delivered…

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CAD Systems Comparison. A View From Onshape…

CAD Systems Comparison. A View From Onshape…

Do you remember Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for software? Just a few years ago, Gartner was still running it for PLM and CAD vendors. Gartner doesn’t do it anymore. My hunch, in the current state of vendors development, it is hard very hard to pull a clean comparison in 4 distinct…

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Killing me (Solidworks) slowly

Killing me (Solidworks) slowly

The predict the future is an ungrateful business. The articles predicting death or disruption are coming from time to time. It has been almost 10 years ago when “killing Solidworks” topic came first. Over the weekend, my attention was caught by Moshe Baum’s – The (CAD) world after Solidworks article….

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SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE – Beyond PDM trajectories

SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE – Beyond PDM trajectories

Solidworks PDM was always a very interesting place to spot. Two decades ago, Solidworks didn’t focus much on PDM. Partnership solutions made a great deal out of this status quo and Solidworks picked those solutions that provided greatest value for majority of Solidworks users and gradually acquired them at the…

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SWW 2019: xShape and desktop – cloud workflows

SWW 2019: xShape and desktop – cloud workflows

I’m catching up on my blogging this week after very intense time at Solidworks World 2019. If you missed my previous blog, check this out – Intro to 3DEXPERIENCE.Works. One of the questions I’m very curious is how Dassault Systemes is planning to co-exist two worlds – desktop and cloud…

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SOLIDWORKS World 2019 – Intro to 3DEXPERIENCE.works

SOLIDWORKS World 2019 – Intro to 3DEXPERIENCE.works

I spent last few days attending SOLIDWORKS World 2019 in Dallas, TX. My timeline was very intense with many meetings, so it took me time to digest and come with some pictures comments about what I’ve seen and heard. The first day and keynote brought the biggest news about changes…

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What is coming at SOLIDWORKS World 2019?

What is coming at SOLIDWORKS World 2019?

I’m in Dallas, TX for Solidworks 2019, which is about start. You can feel it. Halls are still half empty, but people are starting to come and traditional gatherings are happening around. The one not to miss is CAD Monkey Dinner, Sat night before Solidworks World (thanks for the shot…

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