Collaboration isn’t a new word in a lexicon of 3D, CAD and PLM software. Sometimes, collaboration sounds a bit buzzy, but if you think about it from a practical standpoint, we do need to have tools that can help us to communicate and work together with remote teams or even…
It took me few days to catch up on my writing about Solidworks World 2018. But I’m not done yet. Now it is a time to catch up on all writing about Solidworks World. Also, this year, I was attending SWW18 with my OpenBOM badge, which means I didn’t join…
Long time ago I found an interesting statistic about Dropbox usage by engineering departments. It was the time when PLM vendors just started to introduce their cloud PLM ideas to manufacturing companies. Navigate to my old blog – PLM cloud concerns and Dropbox reality for engineers. Here is the chart:…
Platform is the next magic word these days. Everyone is building “platform” these days. Platform is sweet word, which sounds really nice and makes you feel much better. Read my Sweet Dreams about Product Innovation Platforms. In the old good days, platform includes a hardware architecture and a software framework…
Do you remember discussions about true and fake clouds a few years ago? It was a trend among PLM and ERP vendors trying to prove that “my cloud” is the best one. Want to get back and read some of these stories? Here are a few links to old posts…
There is a new kid in the block of cloud-based CAD tools. My attention was caught by LEDAS press release – LEDAS to Offer a Software Platform for Building Cloud CAD Apps. LEDAS is a software outfit from Russia with long time record of custom CAD development. In the past…
A novel by Ivan Turgenev “Fathers and Sons” was a real landmark for his time. According to some sources it was the first Russian novel to gain prominence in the Western world. The image of the protagonist Eugene Bazarov was perceived by the youth as an example for imitation. Such ideals…
I spent last two days attending Digital Factory and FUZE conferences organized by Formlabs and Desktop Metal – both Boston based startup companies focusing on 3D printing and additive manufacturing. One of the topics of my interest was digital workflow and impact cloud systems and additive manufacturing can make by changing…
Existing data management paradigms were formed for the last 20-30 years of software development in CAD, CAM, CAE, PDM, PLM and related products. There are many great products created during this time. However, one of the problems of current paradigm and software is silos of information. We can see it everywhere….
Yesterday, my attention was caught by Develop3D article – Data management related tools. Al Dean is sharing his thoughts about new data management features in CAD / PDM – branching. Although some old PDM systems supported branching for revisions and lifecycle, it was not a very popular feature because integration…
