Design News: CAD Resurgence Fueled by Technology

By ADMIN | Published: DEC 29, 2011

“This younger, more skilled, and more mobile workforce is demanding tools that work the way they do,” Maher says. “One of the biggest, most profound shifts we’re seeing is that the data is traveling with workers to the field, the shop floor, the construction site, etc. That’s long been an ambition — now it’s a reality.”

In keeping with the new technology advances, Maher believes CAD will continue to evolve with lightweight, more easy-to-use, less expensive tools. She cites PTC’s efforts around the Creo line of apps tailored for specific tasks and specific roles as a harbinger of how CAD tools will continue to evolve. “People are looking at their CAD systems for more efficiencies,” she says. “They’re looking for better ways to create data and more ways to use the data. Most important, CAD customers are visual people and they want to interact with visual data, including 3D, simulations, and point cloud data.”

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Introducing Creo’s Breakthrough Technologies

By Tom Shoemaker | Published: October 28, 2010

 

 

On October 28, 2010, PTC^® launched Creo,^TM a new family of design software, built to solve chronic problems that have long plagued companies that use CAD software. Creo will deliver four breakthrough technologies that address the challenges long associated with usability, interoperability, technology lock-in, and assembly management in CAD environments.  These breakthroughs include:

• AnyRole Apps^TM – the right tool, for the right person at the right time
• AnyMode Modeling^TM – Design and use data in any modeling mode- 2D, 3D direct, or 3D parametric- without losing intelligence or design intent
• AnyData Adoption^TM -Incorporate data from any CAD system
• AnyBOM Assembly^TM- Connect to PLM to create and validate serial number-specific product configurations

Find out more about these breakthrough technologies in the following articles.

Design News: Putting a New Face on CAD Interoperability

By Admin | Published: July 18, 2011

“New visualization and collaboration tools that foster the exchange of lightweight models (meaning 3D geometry without all the design intelligence) have been instrumental in helping companies better exchange multi-CAD data without the hangover of traditional platforms. In addition, new technologies advancing the concept of direct modeling, along with reorienting design workflows so that only critical parts of a design, not full assemblies, are translated between parametric-based offerings, are other tactics easing the interoperability burden.”

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Inventors Digest: FIRST Team Seeks Patent/ Kamen’s Kids

By Admin | Published: July 15, 2011

 

“This year we’ve learned to use a milling machine and Creo, CAD software from PTC,” says Sean Lanier. “I entered in some of the side panels for our robot and used the machine to cut them out. Marc (Celestini) used a wizard on the machine to etch the team number into the side panel.” “Our goal is to create lifelong interest in science and engineering for students,” says Robin Saitz, senior vice president of solutions marketing and communications at PTC and a FIRST executive sponsor.”

 

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Design News: Putting a New Face on CAD Interoperability

By Admin | Published: July 18, 2011

 

“New visualization and collaboration tools that foster the exchange of lightweight models (meaning 3D geometry without all the design intelligence) have been instrumental in helping companies better exchange multi-CAD data without the hangover of traditional platforms. In addition, new technologies advancing the concept of direct modeling, along with reorienting design workflows so that only critical parts of a design, not full assemblies, are translated between parametric-based offerings, are other tactics easing the interoperability burden.”

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