Is CAD a commodity? (Don’t bother googling that question, you’ll get an earful about the CAnadian Dollar and the price of wheat). Well, what is a commodity? Dictionary.com defines it…
Category: cad philosophy
With SolidWorks announcement that they are pushing their Forum to the 3D Experience site, I thought this might be a good time to create an independently run forum managed by…
I’ve worked on a couple of things recently which put me on opposing sides of the same issue. One project, let’s call it the Knurl project, has some aspects that…
This is a topic I spent a lot of time contemplating when I wrote my SolidWorks Administration Bible. Every company should go through the process of writing this type of…
A few days ago there was a discussion on the SolidWorks forum about some very old videos showing some simple functionality of Synchronous Technology in Solid Edge. It looked like…
Digitization is the process of moving your data, workflow and processes into the modern age. You’re doing more with digital simulation, replacing some physical prototypes. Your manufacturing uses CNC machines,…
I can say from having written a fair amount about at least two CAD packages, that in order to say something definitive, you really have to put a lot of…
I once sat at a table and listened to someone mock engineers, explaining why we have such a lack of creativity. I blew my top, because I had heard it…
Let’s imagine that you could start your own CAD company. This CAD company has to deliver functionality for the next 20 years. What are you going to do? What will…
This is one I’m surprised to hear about from time to time, but I’m always surprised every time I hear about it. Devon (Sowell) recently reminded me in the comments…