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
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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
Autodesk updates Fusion 360 with distributed design
There are also improvements to sketching, 2D drawing, 3D printing prep, and links with new partners. Autodesk continues its rapid pace of innovation for Fusion 360, its cloud-based MCAD software. New this week are a variety of updates topped by new ability to have multiple designers working on a model at the same time. Autodesk positions Fusion 360 as software “for the … [Read more...] about Autodesk updates Fusion 360 with distributed design
Lagoa working on cloud-based MCAD tool
Lagoa's new modeler based on Siemens PLM Parasolid engine is being readied in Lagoa skunk works. By Kathleen Maher Lagoa, which is best known for its cloud-based rendering tools, is working on an MCAD product for the cloud. Although surprising, this isn’t huge news. The company has been showing its product around, and some attendees at SolidWorks World got a little flash … [Read more...] about Lagoa working on cloud-based MCAD tool