NIST Releases Blockchain Report for Business Beginners
New document seeks to guide IT managers who may be asked to use the technology. The US agency National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a public draft […]
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Bringing real-time visualization simulation into engineering collaboration
The human element remains at the center of any emerging engineering collaboration technology. By Randall S. Newton Advances in computing speeds are allowing engineering software vendors to rapidly innovate in […]
CorelCAD 2018 extends the reach of CAD for the rest of us
The office is filled with people who only occasionally need to work with CAD data or create technical drawings. CorelCAD is now also available on mobile devices. This week Corel […]
Recent metal 3D printing advances improve usability
If the exhibits and announcements at formnext 2017 in Frankfurt this month are any indication, 2018 will be the year of metal for 3D printing. There is nothing new about […]
Speculating Onshape growth
The history of SolidWorks and SpaceClaim hold lessons for estimating the number of paying Onshape users. Next month Onshape will celebrate two years as a commercial product. The CAD-in-a-browser startup […]
Bringing Design Thinking into product development: An interview with Chris Cheung
Former lead designer/product owner at Alias/Autodesk and Entrepreneur identifies the challenges and opportunities inherent in bringing Design Thinking into the enterprise. By Randall S. Newton Product design processes have been […]
Graebert presents the business case for cloud-era drafting
Desktop, mobile, and browser-based CAD tools work alone or synchronized. Mobile Device Management simplifies team deployment of mobile CAD. Graebert GmbH has introduced a synchronized line of drafting software […]
Why 2D CAD is still important
3D is modeling, best for design, analysis, and product definition. 2D is drafting, best for fabrication, assembly, and construction. Cost differences are substantial. For as long as CAD has been […]
.dwg is post-proprietary
Design-based industries still depend on drafting software; .dwg has become the common denominator of technical communication. Last month I attended the annual development conference of the Open Design Alliance (ODA), […]
Other voices: BIM is the Canoe, Construction is the River
Noted CAD writer Ralph Grabowski challenges conventional wisdom about Building Information Modeling. “In the end, BIM cannot be in charge of construction; construction is in charge of BIM.” [Editor’s Note: […]