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….
Onshape announced available of their first ever study about product design and development. The study is available online for free. You just need to give Onsahpe your email, phone and other contact information, which I did. Navigate to the following link to get it. Here is a stat about the…
I like data and databases. It is one of my favorite topics. Especially when it comes intertwined with PDM, PLM, and CAD. Therefore my attention was caught by Onshape blog article giving some sort of Database Marketing 101 course. Check this out here – The Difference Between Files and Databases –…
Engineering.com article A Solidworks user look at Onshape brought my PDM twisted mind again to what I call CAD version of Turgenev’s novel “Faters an Sons. Modern CAD Onshape is competing with once modern CAD Solidworks created almost by the same group of people, but 20 years later. Read the article and…
CAD systems are around for many years. Computer-aided design systems went through the trajectory of innovation – some of the innovation in CAD systems was related to core principles of geometric modeling and some others came from usage of modern technologies and platforms. AutoCAD, Pro-E, Solidworks are probably one of…
Holiday season is almost done and now is the time to get back and focus on business. And as we come back to business, the most important question to ask is how not to miss that big thing that can make or break your business in 2019. Internet is full…
Everyone needs data, but nobody wants to be responsible for data management. I learned it during many years of working with engineers and manufacturing companies. Engineers prefer to keep files on Dropbox and not get involved into PDM (product data management) development. PDM was always perceived as a tool that…
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There is one topic that always drives discussion in CAD/PLM world. It is a question about data interoperability and standards. It is not a secret that “data locking” was for very long time a known business practice for many CAD and PLM vendors. In my view, the situation is changing,…
VR and new user experience are fascinating these days. Companies are looking for new ways to interact. Mobile devices made a big difference in the last decade by bringing a completely new way of interaction. Just few days ago, I was writing about experiments to develop applications for VR sets….
Unless you lived under the rock for the last 3-4 years, you probably heard one or two times about Onshape. A brainchild of a group of ex-Solidworkers with a leadership team including Jon Hirschtick, John McEleney, Dave Corcoran decided to take a fresh look and to create a modern CAD…
