Design and Manufacturing According to Autodesk
October 17, 2024
Scenes from AU2024, Part 3. The Design and Manufacturing Keynote.
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Scenes from AU2024, Part 3. The Design and Manufacturing Keynote.
With AI, no Fusion user will be caught in “constraint Hell” and all their views will be automatically created and fully dimensioned.
For the problem of data silos, one software company, Sinequa, offers a solution. Leave the data where it is and connect to it using a search engine with a natural language interface. Like ChatGPT with a twist. ChatGPT may have read the world’s data, but Sinequa has read your company’s data.
COMSOL, arguably the first and best multiphysics simulation software, returns to Boston after a 5-year hiatus. It’s all about multiphysics, something many have claimed but was invented by COMSOL.
TechSoft 3D, the company best known for the HOOPS 3D Graphics Engine has been content to stay out of the public eye most of its existence. HOOPS is licensed by several major CAD, CAM and CAE companies, but users have probably never heard of TechSoft 3D. Unlike geometry kernels. makers like Parasolid, no CAD company declared “powered by TechSoft 3D.” But starting in 2020, things were about to change.
After seeing so many releases during his time with the venerable MCAD program, what could excite Manish Kumar? Kumar, CEO of SOLIDWORKS for over two and a half years,started with SOLIDWORKS as a software developer in 1999.
FreeCAD has released its first release candidate (RC1) for version 1.0, marking a significant milestone for the open-source project that began over twenty years ago.This open-source parametric 3D modeler, forever in development, aims at a broad audience of hobbyists, designers, and perhaps even engineers—anyone for whom paying for solid modeling is an impediment.
In the ever-evolving world of engineering, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a distant concept confined to science fiction. It’s here, and it’s changing the way engineers approach design, problem-solving, and innovation. In this episode of the Being an Engineer podcast, we sat down with Kevin Surace, a renowned innovator, futurist, and AI expert, to discuss the immense potential AI holds for the engineering profession. Kevin’s insights not only reveal the capabilities of AI but also how engineers can strategically use AI tools to transform their work and the industries they serve.
Leave it to Apple to come up with the best AR/VR headset on its first attempt. We should not be surprised. Isn’t that what they did with the phone? Leave it to Shapr3D to come up with a way to use Apple’s headset for design. Isn’t that what they did with the iPad? The brilliant little CAD company from Hungary has jumped into the Apple Vision Pro, again a chance to exploit hardware innovation to make CAD more natural. With the iPad, Shapr3D freed designers from keyboard and mice. With the Vision Pro, they free the designer from the flat screen and immerse them in a virtual reality.
