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Lagoa Developing Cloud-based 3D MCAD Modeler

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Interesting news coming out of this year’s Congress on the Future of Engineering Software (COFES) event regarding startup Lagoa, a cloud-based provider of rendering technology. The company’s VP of marketing, Chris Williams, shared with a handful of press folks that the company was in the process of developing a 3D mechanical CAD program based on the Parasolid kernel.

Startup Lagoa announces that it's working on a cloud-based 3D modeler based on the Parasolid modeling kernel.
Startup Lagoa announces that it’s working on a cloud-based 3D modeler based on the Parasolid modeling kernel.

The Lagoa 3D modeler will be ready for release sometime by the end of this year and will compete with SolidWorks (ironic since Lagoa was a big hit among attendees at this year’s SolidWorks World where it was nominated for a Best of Show award).

The cloud-based Lagoa modeler will work through a standard web browser, so no installation is required on the part of the user. It will be able to be used on mobile devices, making it highly portable. The CAD model will reside in the cloud and users will be able to share it with others using a hyperlink.

As with any cloud app, the advantage is accessibility. The 3D CAD model would be available anywhere by anyone with access to the Internet, unchaining the model from a specific user’s computer. Two users will be able to see and interact with the same assembly regardless of their location. Moving a part around will update the same part on the other viewer’s screen.

Pricing has yet to be determined, but because of its cloud deployment, it will most likely be offered on a monthly subscription basis, just as Lagoa’s rendering products. According to the company’s president, Thiago Costa, a former game developer, the goal of the Lagoa modeler is to create a CAD product that is easy enough for a casual, non-CAD user to use. Perhaps the company’s goal is to attract those wanna-be inventors who want to 3D print out their models.

Check out Roopinder Tara’s post on the announcement and his conversation with Costa. Worth a read.

Barb Schmitz

PTC Releases Windchill 10.0

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PTC announced the release of Windchill 10.0, its product lifecycle management (PLM) software. With new capabilities that focus on product analytics and quality management, Windchill 10.0 allows you to define, manage, and validate complete bills of material (BOMs), providing linkages across domain-specific views of product structures throughout the entire lifecycle. The product is said to be easier to use and maintain. Users managing product structures in Windchill 10.0 can take advantage of embedded visualization.

Windchill centrally manages all product deliverables including MCAD, ECAD, documentation, and service information. The product unifies its ECAD data management capabilities to offer a common user experience, consistent with its existing approach for MCAD data management.

When combined with Creo for 3D illustrated and animated service instructions and parts lists, and Arbortext for technical communications creation and delivery, Windchill supports a complete service information solution. The software supports business process optimization, most notably for Detailed Design, Variant Design and Generation, and Verification and Validation.

With Windchill 10.0, PTC’s Relex and Insight product lines have been rebranded as part of the Windchill product family to better reflect their availability as both a stand-alone offering as well as part of a comprehensive Windchill solution. 

Windchill Quality Solutions (including the former Relex products) help improve next-generation products, prevent repeat errors, and build reliability and risk management into the product development lifecycle. New offerings include solutions for CAPA (Corrective Action Preventive Action) to accelerate problem resolution through improved monitoring and root cause identification. 

Windchill Product Analytics (formerly InSight) provides early knowledge of product performance and includes new solutions for cost visibility and carbon footprint analysis. These enhancements bolster an already rich solution for materials and substance management, which includes reporting against compliance specifications such as REACH and RoHS. These solutions help companies understand environmental impacts and address potential points of failure before they occur. 

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