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Re: Women In Mechanical Engineering

Akhtar Uz — Sat, 11 May 2013 12:36:35 -0000

But let's not forget that it will be your daughter's choice as to what she will profess in, not you. I have seen my daughter grow and she wants to be an engineer rather than the doctor my wife and I wanted her to be. However, she is now one of the most successful in her field. Let the child choose their profession, not you.

Re: The 3D Printing Revolution Has Begun

Justin Roff-Marsh — Fri, 10 May 2013 19:56:34 -0000

Don't whatever you do buy one of these things for someone as a gift.

My wife just bought me one. Love the idea, but have no time for a new hobby. Guess what?

They now say they don't accept returns. Not even on an unopened item that was delivered yesterday! No luck calling customer support either: they're hiding behind an IVR!

Re: How To Create iPhone And iPad “Apps” Using 3DVIA

Mahesh Beri — Tue, 07 May 2013 00:44:54 -0000

Good analysis .. Curious to know any adoptions have happened .. beyond visualization what are other mobility adoptions can happen in the PLM space

Re: MyCadbox – DropBox For CAD Files

Tuomas Holma — Thu, 02 May 2013 06:20:41 -0000

We have now added any-browser 3D viewer for getting a quick 3D preview on any browser, even on mobile browser. No WebGL needed. Other updates are easier sharing, rewards for invites, IGES support... Check blog.mycadbox.com for more or just try it!

Re: How To Create iPhone And iPad “Apps” Using 3DVIA

James Anders — Wed, 01 May 2013 15:07:36 -0000

Pretty cool. I never knew this existed.

Re: First Version Of Russian Geometric Kernel Announced

Jon Stevenson — Wed, 01 May 2013 13:47:56 -0000

two products that Biplab worked on in the past switched kernels: SolidEdge from Intergraph, Designwave/Pro/Desktop from Computervision/PTC. Although I believe both occurred after Biplab had moved on.

Re: IntelliCAD 7 Finally Released

Ralph — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:11:37 -0000

hum, I have seen Gstar is now on G8 and removed GStaCad 2012 and stopped it... 4M has changed his product and their new architectural version seems to have some problems to install and others like Progecad cms, are now on IntelliCad7...
So it seems April was a special date for intellicad consortium.

No information ?

Re: 3DMe – The Epitome Of Personalization

Rajeev — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:23:03 -0000

Amazing stuff !! You do rock playing the guitar :P

Re: GrabCAD Workbench First Impressions

Alex Kogan — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:28:49 -0000

Hardi, Blake,

I created a Workbench project first to share the optimized models with Deelip. But then I realized that I can't invite GrabCAD user to the project by name - I have to know an email. I hope it is in works. Still, lots of useful functionality to start.

Best regards,
Alex

Re: GrabCAD Workbench First Impressions

Alex Kogan — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:43:34 -0000

Hi Deelip,

Thanks for the interesting review. I tend to agree with you that high-resolution models are not required for 3D View and collaboration. Vizup 3D optimization (http://vizup.com) does exactly what you are asking for - reduces model sizes 5-10 times while keeping the same visualization quality.

I vizup-ed (optimized) your Piston-Cap model and uploaded the results into "http://grabcad.com/library/viz..." project. Take a look and let me know your impression. I'm interested in your expert opinion.

Best regards,
Alex

Re: GrabCAD Workbench First Impressions

Blake Courter — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:09:20 -0000

Hey Deelip,

Measure tools are in! Please keep the great feedback coming.

Best,
-Bake

Re: GrabCAD Workbench First Impressions

gol10dr — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:23:21 -0000

I had similar reactions but was impressed that on my webGL enabled touch devices, touch was fully supported. (pixel and nexus7)

Re: GrabCAD Workbench First Impressions

Hardi Meybaum — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:05:42 -0000

Great post Deelip. All fare points that we are already working on.

Re: GrabCAD Workbench First Impressions

Blake Courter — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:42:44 -0000

Hey Deelip,

Thanks for the great coverage. We're pretty excited too. Your observations are astute, as always. Measuring, for example, will magically appear in the very near future.

-Blake

(A product manager at GrabCAD)

Re: First Version Of Russian Geometric Kernel Announced

ralphg — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:29:41 -0000

Or, they can do what IronCAD does: run both ParaSolid and ACIS kernals in one MCAD program.

Re: First Version Of Russian Geometric Kernel Announced

ralphg — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:28:33 -0000

Autodesk did a major rewrite of ShapeManager over the last three years, so that it distributes work between the desktop and server CPUs.

Re: The 3D Printing Revolution Has Begun

Jing Qian — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:47:41 -0000

Hi， i wonder that if I get the printer , my friend signed up with the cubify website . Would they be able to download the 3D file and send them to me to download them?

Re: First Version Of Russian Geometric Kernel Announced

murray — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:20:22 -0000

There is an open source kernel, OpenCascade, nowhere near as developed as proprietry kernels, and the open-source CAD apps that use it are understandably underdone compared to commercial equivalents. There's an extensible/educational CAD app backed by the Indian government education and departments that uses it, though.

Re: First Version Of Russian Geometric Kernel Announced

CAD Guy — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:39:25 -0000

The decision of whether or not it is immediately profitable to replace an existing modeling kernel would mainly depend on:

1) Near term product road map.
2) How well the CAD application is engineered/designed from the beginning so as the geometric modelling code is modularized.

Having said that, the long term benefits are obvious. The dispute between DS and ADSK over kernel is one example. Vectorworks adopting Parasolid is another example.

There are only a handful of modeling kernels currently in the industry and they are all owned/controlled by companies that have their own competing products/interests. Moreover, all these kernels CGM, Parasolid, ACIS, Shape Manager, Granite et al were originally developed for the previous generation of Design Products. They don't take advantage of advances in hardware and software technologies.

Just as now developers don't have to write assembly code when developing a website, lots of functionality that was originally done at the application level can now be done instead in the geometric kernel much efficiently.

Hence, a case for a new modeling kernel is completely justified.

What would be even better is an open source geometric kernel or a geometric kernel from a neutral vendor. That could unleash the innovation in the CAD/Design industry !

Re: First Version Of Russian Geometric Kernel Announced

Anthony Frausto — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:58:02 -0000

Absolutely makes sense. I've had several interview conversations with Dr. Biplab Sarkar who was with PTC and has been CTO at Nemetschek Vectorworks for years now and the labor explained in moving to a new kernel can be significant.

Re: First Version Of Russian Geometric Kernel Announced

Anthony Frausto — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:54:25 -0000

Absolutely. Changing kernels can be big work for the developer and there is serious financial reasons also. Not just about legacy data. Nemetschek Vectorworks switched kernels (went to Parasolid) about 4 versions back and they have just now finished up converting all the elements of their application to the new kernel. They spread out the work over many years so they could reserve developer resources for new features.

Re: Autodesk Fusion 360 Uses Dassault Systemes V6 Cloud Infrastructure

Roger — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 09:54:55 -0000

Superb Deelip!! I was totally drawn in.

Re: Autodesk Fusion 360 Uses Dassault Systemes V6 Cloud Infrastructure

BilgiSpot.Net — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 10:31:35 -0000

Nice work :))

Re: First Version Of Russian Geometric Kernel Announced

Владимир Малюх — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 01:25:36 -0000

Oleg,

If DS SW developers do believe that it's better to leave original SW with Parasolid, rather to switch to DS CGM, or also DS owned ACIS- what shall we think? :)

In fact, switching the kernel means helluwa lot of troubles for existing customers, who own heap of legacy data. How they must deal with their beloved data after such switch?

I strongly believe that true concept is "new kernel is for new applications" but no for replacing kernels in the software with long history.

Re: NX For Mac Licensing Problem

Deelip Menezes — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:05:43 -0000

Got it from Siemens PLM