SolidWorks recent development resources are reportedly being used to develop IT answers to questions you may not have asked. People buy CAD software for several reasons, but I would guess…
Category: cad philosophy
I’ve been working on a new writing project recently, which is part of the reason I haven’t been writing here. Another part of the reason is that I’m just kind…
We tried this once before, and the results were kind of disappointing. Let’s give it another try, since the time seems to be ripe for building a new CAD system.…
Ok, let’s take a break from talking about the cloud and business aspects of CAD. You’d never guess it, but I really hate that topic. From the frying pan into…
The more I know about the CAD business, the less I understand it. The high-end vs mid-range comparison is something in particular that leaves me scratching my head. In the…
Roopinder Tara has mentioned an interest in an event he calls CAD Olympics before, but I guess I never took him seriously. His latest mention came in a CAD Insider…
In the recent multi-body thread on the SolidWorks forum, there was a side discussion about zero thickness geometry. It later spilled over into twitter and other places. This topic comes up every now and…
Instead of files. The title of this post is a question for a reason. I don’t know much about databases, even though my blog and my email are both run…
There is a sub-story in the Solid Edge ST3 saga that I think I can share, and it has to do with change. To some people “change is good”. I…
I think I remember PTC CEO Dick Harrison saying at one point that geometry creation is a solved problem. Or something to that effect. This was of course when he…