SolidWorks Configuration - for Progressive Tool Strip Layout
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Six Steps in Product Design For Success
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SolidWorks - Beyond Kernels
SolidWorks has been an enviable product for many CAD Software developers and companies for many reasons - Ease of Use, Rich Feature / Functionality and above all empowering users with a voice that the developers listen to all the time. When Parametric Solid Modelling was in its birth pangs, kernels, architecture, operating systems were discussed threadbare to focus on the inherent power of visualization in enabling design of better products. It is well known that SolidWorks has been leveraging on the Solid Modelling strengths of Parasolid, Surfacing capabilities of ACIS ( Spatial ) and Advanced Math Libraries of CATIA to put SolidWorks on steroids as we know it today. Just looking at the Installation directory and DLL's installed would throw light on the above statement. For many years, SolidWorks has not really been relying on any particular kernel for its existence and growth. A cursory view of features such as Multi-body parts, deformable solids, n-sided patch fill would hel...
What next in 3D CAD? - Ideas for Next Generation Technology
It has been over two decades since a new technology emerged in 3D CAD Design. Parametric representation and B-Rep modelling created a tectonic shift in the CAD industry spawning several codes with the latest generation exploiting the Windows architecture for ease-of-use and reach. While history based representation has provided innumerable benefits, history free editing, a mere corollary, has been confined to limited areas of geometric manipulations in comparison to creat-modify-update-release nature of drawings for manufacture, that the industry requires. Common challenges still remain in 3D CAD technology that needs to be addressed. Some of them include: Handling of large data sets Faster regeneration time during edit and update processes Quicker and easier ways of generating/ modifying 2D Drawings Intuitive approach to design using constraint-free environment Operating System Independent environment Freedom to collaborate without data translation While the debate on choice of para...