If you’re really concerned about interoperability between CAD packages, this is an article you should probably read all the way through. I don’t say that too frequently, although I do…
Category: direct edit
Does SolidWorks do direct editing? If you ask their marketing department, they do, but I think people who use the software might define things a little differently. To me, “direct…
This is a strange move to me. It’s like Microsoft making a cell phone, and saying “hey, we have this small device that fits in your pocket, and you can…
An article on Graphic Speak blog by Randall Newton contains an interview with Gian Paolo Bassi, the new VP of R&D at SolidWorks. One item of interest in the article…
A commenter recently chimed in that he thought sketches in CAD were completely disposable. Something gives me a feeling he is from the direct modeling camp. I have a certain…
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…
I”ve been guessing a lot about what functionality the term Synchronous Technology was meant to obfuscate. I”ve been both wrong and right about some of my guesses. I”m not the…
3D Perspectives, one of Dassault’s blogs that covers CAD, recently put up a post that talks about direct modeling with DS products. Not surprisingly, they don’t want to call it “direct…
I’m not an interviewer, or at least not a good one, as you will see shortly. And my video editing skills are non-existent. Still, watch this 10 minute interview with…
When you step out of your usual range of experience, you tend to learn. The last couple of days have been a huge learning experience for me. First, I’ve got to…