Archive for September, 2013

2D-3D CAD Transformations and Design Interaction

2D-3D CAD Transformations and Design Interaction

I want to continue the topic of design interaction started in my CAD and Design Interaction: 50 years in 3 videos post. CAD software started as a vision to replace drawing board and, eventually, it was 2D. 3D CAD and the vision of 3D design came later in the game….

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PLM Paradigm Shift: Product, Process, Social… Calendar?

PLM Paradigm Shift: Product, Process, Social… Calendar?

We are in the middle of significant paradigm shift. Consumerization, cloud, mobile. This is only a short list of influencing factors changing the way we develop PLM products these days. Paradigm is a “framework of basic assumptions, ways of thinking, and methods” held by its practitioners. New PLM development are triggering…

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PLM Cloud Switch and PTC Final Click?

PLM Cloud Switch and PTC Final Click?

Few weeks ago, I posted Dassault IFWE and PLM Cloud Switch. It was a time for Dassault System to announce their cloud product strategy and intent to deliver the entire portfolio of products via cloud. Back that time, PTC was the only company from “CAD/PLM big 4” formally denying cloud…

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Siemens PLM Analyst Event and PLM Public Cloud Strategies

Siemens PLM Analyst Event and PLM Public Cloud Strategies

Social tools can make your professional life much more efficient these days. I’ve been following Siemens PLM analyst event in Boston last week via twitter. The even is over, but you can still reach the tail of the information today by searching for #SPLM13 hash tag on twitter. Twitter search tool…

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GrabCAD and Open Engineering Source: Dream or Reality?

GrabCAD and Open Engineering Source: Dream or Reality?

Everybody knows about open source software (OSS). The model of OSS skyrocketed for the last decade and made lots projects on the web very successful. The evolution of open source wasn’t simple. It evolved from just making software source code available to quite complicated system of open software licensing. Open source inspired…

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CAD and Design Interaction: 50 years in 3 videos

CAD and Design Interaction: 50 years in 3 videos

My father was engineer. As a child, I’ve been coming to my dad’s office to watch how engineers designed metallurgical plants and heavy industrial machines. Back that days, the design was all about drawing boards and paper. Fast forward in our days. Lots of things changed. Our design interaction is…

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The Complexity of Product Lifecycle and Google’s Blindspot

The Complexity of Product Lifecycle and Google’s Blindspot

The power of search giants like Google is enormous these days. Think about the amount of information Google, Twitter and Facebook are processing and you will be knocked down by the numbers. Consumerization is a significant trend these days and everybody are thinking how we can apply well proven web…

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Product Lifecycle Future in 60 years point-of-view BBC film

Product Lifecycle Future in 60 years point-of-view BBC film

Speak to people about PLM and they will tell you about CAD design, BOMs, processes, ECOs, collaboration and other similar topics. I want to change it and speak about “lifecycle” part of PLM. The core function of the lifecycle is the ability of PLM system to maintain changes and manage…

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PLM Data vs. Process: A Turn Towards Linked Data.

PLM Data vs. Process: A Turn Towards Linked Data.

Data vs. Process. The egg or chicken of PLM industry. This topic is  near and dear to many people in PLM ecosystem . What comes first and why? My attention was caught by Jos Voskuil blog post – Mixing past and future generations with a PLM sauce. Have a read…

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PLM and Common Social Platform Behavior

PLM and Common Social Platform Behavior

It has been long time since I discussed PLM and social trend on my blog. Social is going mainstream these days. It is hard to surprise people with social things now. People made their conclusions and follow their own social patterns and habits. One of the topics that often brings…

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