Update to the iOS app allows access to Reporting and Analytics dashboards. Siemens has also updated Teamcenter AppShare. Siemens PLM has updated its Teamcenter Mobility app for the iPad and iPhone with new features and a new price—free. New in version 3.0 is access to Teamcenter Reporting & Analytics (relevant license required) to view and use project dashboards … [Read more...] about Teamcenter Mobility app now free
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Autodesk ports Homestyler to iPad
The 3D interior design tool is popular with homeowners as an idea generator for remodeling projects. Autodesk has created an Apple iPad app version of its popular Homestyler free online software for interior home design. The new version goes beyond simply accessing the online version to take advantage of the iPad. To get started on a project, users can draw … [Read more...] about Autodesk ports Homestyler to iPad
Viso3D exports SketchUp models to iPad
A desktop program and an iPad app team up to allow navigation and provide full lightmap options for SketchUp models. SketchUp third-party developer Cadalog has released Viso3D to export SketchUp models for the iPad. Viso3D will export SketchUp faces and textures, add a lightmap and then provide the ability to view and navigate the 3D model on an iOS device. The lightmap will … [Read more...] about Viso3D exports SketchUp models to iPad
CadFaster introduces iPad collaboration for STEP models
New MyCadbox uses cloud technology to optimize viewing large models. Think of it as Dropbox for MCAD models. iPad CAD viewing specialist CadFaster has introduced a new product for the viewing of STEP models. MyCadbox uses cloud technology along with viewing optimization to create a Dropbox-like storage and collaboration tool that can also be used to view CAD … [Read more...] about CadFaster introduces iPad collaboration for STEP models
New 128 GB iPad a natural for CAD?
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 model with Retina display. Apple billed the upgrade as a way to provide twice the storage capacity “to hold even more valuable … [Read more...] about New 128 GB iPad a natural for CAD?
New app controls Final Cut Pro X from iPad
An emerging use for iPad as a front-end for Mac-based creative software. When Apple introduced its dramatic X version of Final Cut Pro, the company said it planned to do more with the iPad and to broaden the market for video editing. Pixel Film Studios is offering a product that seems to follow in the path Apple is envisioning for Final Cut Pro. They have created ProCutX, an … [Read more...] about New app controls Final Cut Pro X from iPad
TurboSite update adds HTML reporting, AutoShapes
We called version 1.0 of this innovative AEC iPad app a bargain at $495. Apps like this one reveal the true utility of the iPad. TurboSite, a field and site survey iPad app from IMSI/Design, is now at version 1.1 with the addition of several new features including HTML reporting and AutoShapes, a gesture-based precision drawing tool. TurboSite takes advantage of geo-location, … [Read more...] about TurboSite update adds HTML reporting, AutoShapes
CadFaster Collaborate updates for speed and increased compatibility
The first iPad viewer for AEC/BIM is still the technical leader. CadFaster has updated its Collaborate iPad 3D viewer for AEC/BIM applications, with improvements to the core product and to specific plug-ins for Autodesk Revit and Bentley SelectSeries 3 BIM applications. CadFaster Collaborate users store models in the cloud space called the CadFaster 3D model box. The … [Read more...] about CadFaster Collaborate updates for speed and increased compatibility
SolidWorks updates eDrawings Pro for iPad
The standard version is a viewer; the pro version adds mark-up, cross-sections, and measurement. SolidWorks has released an update to its Pro version of eDrawings for iPad, a 2D/3D mobile viewer. Compared to the original version (still available) eDrawings for iPad Pro adds various new tools for mark-up, section views, and measurement. Primary features of eDrawings for … [Read more...] about SolidWorks updates eDrawings Pro for iPad
PTC releases shake-and-break Creo View Mobile for iOS
18 months after its first preview, Creo users have a way to use and share models in the iPad/iPhone environment. PTC has released Creo View Mobile, an iPhone/iPad app for viewing and sharing Creo and Pro/Engineer models. The app is unique among the various CAD-related mobile apps in that a quick shake of the phone or tablet will explode or reassemble model … [Read more...] about PTC releases shake-and-break Creo View Mobile for iOS