News about happenings in the world CAD marketplace
Many of us are familiar with designing 3D objects using specialized software such as AutoCAD. As the designer painstakingly creates the object, it is necessary for him to manipulate the object in three dimensions. He has to do this to have access to all points on the object, which is required for say, adding a…
Autodesk, the makers of the leading CAD platform AutoCAD, has every right to be nervous. Two household names, Microsoft and Apple, are straying into what has more or less been their kingdom. The Windows CAD Offering Windows 8.1 will include tools to produce inputs for 3D printers. According to Microsoft, creating those inputs will be…
AutoCAD 360 is the official AutoCAD® mobile app. Available for Android as well as Apple phones, its earlier versions were called AutoCAD WS. Seeing it in the news and being in the CAD services business, we were of course curious and decided to download it. We were immediately faced with a disincentive for the download….
A recent report in The Australian claims that coal-based power plants are forced to idle because of solar power. Australian government bonus schemes promise rooftop solar power producers 44c/ kWh for electricity they pour into the grid, whereas baseload generators are allowed only 4c/ kWh. In addition, the fact that sizeable solar power is being…
Like eating food shaped as a truncated tetrahedron? Or as a cone with a square hole through it? Or as a plate with an array of octagonal holes? Food designed with CAD is now a reality (although how good it is for you is open to question… ) Anjan Contractor, a mechanical engineer with a…
