“Simultaneous Sheet Metal” technology lets users work concurrently on flat, folded and bend table representations. Onshape today released new sheet metal design capabilities for its cloud-based mechanical CAD design system. The new tools allow creation and refinement of sheet metal parts with simultaneous generation of editable, synchronized flat, folded, and tabular views. … [Read more...] about Onshape extends its 3D cloud CAD with sheet metal design
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CADfix adds new features for advanced MCAD feature editing
Facet control, better STL conversion, and tighter mesh control are also included in this update. CADfix version 11, just released by International TechneGroup Incorporated (ITI), brings current many of the MCAD import and export formats used by CADfix, as well as adds new editing features. CADfix is a multi-purpose tool for CAD data translation. It allows users to import … [Read more...] about CADfix adds new features for advanced MCAD feature editing
Onshape moves to commercial release
A private beta begins today for its app store and API, as Onshape seeks to build a complete ecosystem around its cloud CAD product. Cloud-based mechanical CAD startup Onshape went from open beta to commercial release today, having logged 400,000 user hours since its March 2015 debut. Now the challenge for the team lead by SolidWorks founders is to build a business and an … [Read more...] about Onshape moves to commercial release
Simulation of real-world forces in latest Autodesk Fusion 360 update
New collaboration tools are not a free-for all, but eliminate lag time from review cycles by enabling review and comment in real time from any computer. Autodesk continues meeting its almost-a-promise to deliver meaningful updates every six weeks to its hybrid cloud-client MCAD Fusion 360, this time with its first move into simulation and collaboration. A new workspace … [Read more...] about Simulation of real-world forces in latest Autodesk Fusion 360 update
Onshape releases Android app
The browser is good enough on the desktop, but CAD works better on mobile devices with a dedicated app. CAD startup Onshape has released its second dedicated mobile app this week with the launch of the Onshape for Android app in the Google Play store. As with its sibling app previously released for iOS, Onshape for Android brings the full feature set of Onshape 3D mechanical … [Read more...] about Onshape releases Android app