Online collaboration site Sunglass adds product data management to 3D distributed design cloud platform

Apr. 23 | $20 per month buys core PDM elements linked to collaborative cloud access.   Today Sunglass expanded its web-based product development collaboration platform to include a data management and version control system. Sunglass is currently free for teams...

Sunglass and DIYRockets launch 3D printed rocket engine design competition

Mar. 8 | Teams will be rewarded for open design innovations. Dean Kamen is among the prestigious judging panel. Challenging orthodoxy is heady work. Two small ambitious companies are sponsoring a competition for new designs for 3D printed rocket engines. DIYRockets...

New 128 GB iPad a natural for CAD?

Feb. 22 | Not every vendor agrees cramming more memory into a tablet is an evolutionary step in the right direction. Apple recently expanded its iPad line by introducing a 128 GB model, doubling the amount of storage previously available to the fourth generation...

VC funding puts GrabCAD on collision course with Sunglass

Oct. 16 | A new $8.15 million funding for GrabCAD puts it ahead in the funding race to develop the “GitHub of 3D.” Engineering collaboration community GrabCAD announced it has received a third round of venture capital funding. The Series B round for $8.15...

Sunglass unveils cloud-based collaborative product design

Oct. 4 | Sunglass adds management tools to its existing 3D viewing and collaboration in an effort to enhance the ability to collaborate in the design process. Models can slide back and forth between desktop CAD and web viewing. The company claims to be the first...

New Sunglass API connects to popular CAD tools, cloud storage sites

Jun. 28 | To demonstrate the capabilities of the API, Sunglass programmers have released connectors for several popular products including SolidWorks, SketchUp, and Rhino. Today cloud-based CAD collaboration site Sunglass releases an application programming interface...

GrabCAD, Sunglass, and TinkerCAD are leading a CAD industry pivot

May. 30 | WebGL and HTLM5 opened the door to using 3D CAD models in a browser; these start-ups are now delivering a browser-based challenge to the established order. Until recently, if you wanted to create and interact with a three-dimensional model of a physical...