That’s because this month has seen British MEP firm Trimble acquiring Dutch CAD/CAE software provider Stabiplan. To learn more, head over to the ParaMatters website.įinally in this month’s World of CAD, we’re turning to the business side of the industry. With so many tools in its arsenal, the company’s goal of a fully automated and autonomous design-to-manufacturing process doesn’t seem too out of reach. Michael Bogomolny of ParaMatters attributed the performance of CogniCAD to “the convergence of advanced topology optimization techniques, computational geometry, infinite computing power in the cloud, and artificial intelligence”.

Not only that, but it also has the capability to automatically 3D print those parts. We’ll certainly be keeping an eye on it here at World of CAD, so watch this space!ĬogniCAD is targeting the aerospace and automotive sectors, and offers users the ability to create lighter parts whilst maintaining high performance. We’re certainly excited to try out the new features in Onshape, and are looking forward to see how its competitors respond. Custom Features, employing Onshape’s FeatureScript language.Simultaneous Sheet Metal Tools, which synchronizes flat and folded views.Managed In-Context Design, which ensures that models update in a predictable manner.Standard Content, which improves fastener design and assemblies.Configurations, which allows for greater configurability, the creation of complex families of parts, and easier navigation.Multi-Part Design, allowing you to design all related parts in one place.“The difference is that they were clunky at best… and unusable or dangerous at worst.” In a launch blog post, Hirschtick noted that this wasn’t a total reinvention of the wheel. “All of the core elements of Parametric Modeling 2.0 existed in some form in Parametric Modeling 1.0,” Hirschtick said. They decided to name it Parametric Modeling 2.0.

However, Onshape looked at the technology-which has now been around for 30 years-and decided it needed an upgrade. Parametric modeling lies at the base of most of today’s 3D CAD software, including SolidWorks and many of its affordable alternatives.

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