Occasionally I write for design and engineering publications. This week Desktop Engineering published my article Rise of the Simulation Stack. I checked Google just a second ago; the only instance online of “simulation stack” is in this article. Perhaps I’ve coined a useful term. The introduction to the article follows. Use the link to read the […]
Develop3D Live promises streaming CAD fireworks
The Takeaway How would you like to watch Carl Bass, Jon Hirschtick, and Gian Paolo Bassi go head-to-head-to-head on stage? The Details This year’s edition of Develop3D Live, March 26 in Warwick, UK, is shaping up to be quite an event if you follow the CAD industry. Video of key meetings will be streamed over the […]
Onshape 3D CAD now open for business; use for free; pay for privacy
The takeaway An all-star team has created a 3D CAD program which will surely force the next wave of industry change. Any company with an extended supply chain or a dispersed design team will benefit immediately by working in Onshape. The details Onshape 3D CAD moves into open beta today as the first fully browser-based […]
Onshape begins the dance of the seven veils
The Takeaway CAD start-up Onshape is slowly emerging from its cone of silence to talk in broad terms about its new CAD technology. The details For almost two years Onshape has been the talk of the CAD industry, ever since co-founder Jon Hirschtick assembled a team of software all-stars and started talking how “CAD isn’t […]
Graphisoft extends BIMcloud messaging to mobile
The takeaway Social media has forever changed the nature of communications. People know they can be connected to their friends all the time, and they want the same flexibility and freedom in their work relationships. With integrated team messaging in BIMcloud, Graphisoft is providing it for design-build teams. Our opinion Graphisoft started thinking out of […]
AutoCAD Mac 2015 comes closer to matching Windows
The takeaway AutoCAD for the Mac is a vanity product, only suitable for Mac users whose buying decisions are based on logos. There are much more mature CAD products available. Our opinion For many years, if you wanted to do drafting on the Mac, you had many choices but AutoCAD was not one of them. […]
Bricsys throws down the gauntlet
The takeaway “Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM” has been an IT truism for a generation. In 2D design technology, Autodesk is equivalent of IBM, the assumed standard of excellence. At its annual development conference meeting this week in Barcelona, Bricsys is explaining to its community of developers and end users how the CAD industry […]
Bentley buys sophisticated Siteops land development software
The takeaway Bentley buys powerful software for exploring site design, software it can repurpose for other engineering tasks. One retail company brought in an additional $140 million in sales by using the software to design all its new stores. Cloud + Generative Analytics make the difference. The details For the past few years Bentley Systems […]
BricsCAD is now an EDA option
The takeaway It just got cheaper to use EDA tools. The details Companies who use Electronic Design Automation (EDA) CAD tools have a new low-cost option for software. CAD Design Software (CDS) of Santa Clara, California has integrated its suite of EDA tools with the Bricsys BricsCAD platform, a popular dwg-compatible design suite primarily sold […]
Trimble acquires detailing specialist Gehry Technologies
The CV takeaway Dassault Systèmes and Autodesk wanted in on the construction detailing action at Gehry Technologies, but after 12 years Trimble wins the prize. The details The sale of a boutique architectural detailing and technology practice is part of a strategic alliance announced today between Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) and famed architect Frank Gehry. Trimble […]
12