While the latest upgrades to major CAD systems don’t make major changes to the way those programs operate, they do include significant updates. Here’s a look at some of the biggest enhancements and key features of these programs. Jean Thilmany, Senior Editor CAD packages continue to see regular updates, whether a major release, or the […]
International TechneGroup announces GoToINVENTOR for Autodesk customers
International TechneGroup Incorporated (ITI) introduces GoToINVENTOR software. GoToINVENTOR offers feature-based translation that enables the transfer of complete design intelligence from major CAD systems to INVENTOR with up to 100% automation and enhanced efficiency. GoToINVENTOR is based on ITI’s Proficiency software technology. By providing functional models that retain the original product knowledge in INVENTOR, GoToINVENTOR maximizes […]
Utilities for Autodesk software
IMAGINiT Technologies’ customers who subscribe to Autodesk software have complimentary access to several new IMAGINiT Utilities for Autodesk Revit, Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D and Autodesk Vault Client. With more than 40 individual IMAGINiT utilities now available, building information modeling (BIM) coordinators and computer aided design (CAD) managers can increase team efficiencies and reduce human error […]
The perfect, unorthodox design
What if you could create the perfect part unlike anything that exists today? New CAD tools combined with 3D printing can make that happen, makers say. Jean Thilmany, Senior Editor No matter what you call the design method, having the computer generate the designs from am engineer’s directions may just be the future. Unorthodox, 3D […]
AutoCAD 2019 with specialized toolsets released
Autodesk released its 2019 version of AutoCAD. Included in the release are multiple specialized toolsets to help improve design productivity. Subscribers will have access to seven specialized toolsets, more than 750,000 intelligent objects, styles, parts, features, and symbols to choose from when drawing. Designers can automate floor plans; quickly draw piping, plant equipment, or electrical […]
Webinar: Cloud Premium: Cluster Computing Arrives for Autodesk CFD
Following is the transcript from the recent webinar, “Cloud Premium: Cluster Computing Arrives for Autodesk CFD,” presented by James Neville of Autodesk. My name is James Neville and I am a simulation engineering here at Autodesk. I want to welcome everyone here today to our webinar, and thank you all for coming out to learn a […]
The Self-taught design system
Just where will artificial intelligence fit in with CAD software? Here’s a look at where developments stand now, and a preview of what might be coming. Jean Thilmany, Contributing Editor Artificial intelligence has a place in the future of computer-aided design technology, but right now, the role AI will play isn’t clear. That’s the view […]
Changes in CAD—what you need to know
With the March release of Inventor 2018 and AutoCAD 2018, it’s a good time to review several of the recently released major CAD programs. Here’s a look at some of the biggest enhancements and key features of these programs. Jean Thilmany, Contributing Editor CAD packages are updated with the same regularity as other major software […]
Cloud Invent launches Cheetah Solver for AutoCAD
Cheetah Solver for Autodesk AutoCAD is a plugin that replaces the built-in parametric of AutoCAD with the enhanced parametric technology developed by Cloud Invent to enable much more efficient sketching, design modification and motion simulation. Cheetah Solver is a robust and powerful parametric tool that boosts user productivity and lowers engineering costs and errors. Cloud […]
Design for use, lessons in adapting tools to other cultures through CAD
Jean Thilmany, Contributing Editor A functional, well-designed item is a luxury, says Tim Prestero, founder and chief executive officer at Salem, Mass.-based Design That Matters. It’s not that functional items are hard to come by, but in impoverished areas of the world those items may not be designed to fit users’ needs. Medical equipment tends […]
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