IronCAD is a product that’s little off the beaten path. It had its beginning in a popular but short-lived industrial design product called Trispectives in 1995. Walking through the software…
Category: review
For a while I had this brilliant idea of creating a CAD Olympics. Let me tell you, if you think you have too many friends and need to leave some…
I was setting up to do an interview with John McEleney on Onshape, but I realized the conversation won’t mean much if we don’t know much about the software. So…
I finally got my hands on a Microsoft Surface. I tried to get one on release day, and no dice. I tried again the next week, still no love. Finally,…
I’ve long been a fan of spaceball type products. I’ve owned several, from the old 2000 and 3000 series, and what I have to review today is the 3Dconnexion SpaceMouse…
Chris McAndrews has written a series of articles about Solid Edge from the viewpoint of a SolidWorks user. Chris has been a SolidWorks user for a number of years, and…
When I was first asked to review the AMD FirePro W7000 video card, I was eager to compare it against my existing ATI FirePro V4800. It’s clearly not fair comparing…
Specs The Xi PowerGo XT The Xi PowerGo XT is a 17.3” portable workstation that weighs nearly 9 pounds. A machine like this is not for everyone. For professionals who…
My quest for the perfect CAD input device has taken me through many strange and foreign lands. Although there are a lot of fun-looking gaming mice out there, I don’t…
This article also ran on CADdigest. This computer was sent to me by Lenovo for evaluation purposes. The base price is $1104.15, and as-tested price is $2592.99. Detailed specs listed…