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MCADCafe Industry Predictions for 2022 –3DChimeraDecember 24th, 2021 by Industry Experts
In 2021 many companies were plagued with global supply chain issues and shipping delays, which will continue to play out over the next several years. With an eye to the future, the most innovative businesses have turned to additive manufacturing to supplement their production via outsourced service bureaus or with the acquisition of new 3d printing equipment for in-house production.
In 2022, we expect to see more companies adopting additive manufacturing as a practical alternative to traditional manufacturing methods like injection molding or CNC. With strong parts, fine details, quick turnaround times, onshore production, and the elimination of tooling expenses additive manufacturing gives companies an opportunity to produce better products more quickly and efficiently than ever before, without the inherent risks of global supply chain and shipping delays. At 3DChimera, we have already begun to see engineers and executives alike inquire about the additive manufacturing technology and materials to find the best fit for their applications, and we expect to see this demand soar in 2022. We also expect to see growth in Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) training and in automated post-processing equipment for 3D printed parts. These new skills and tools will help to make a smooth transition to Additive Manufacturing for companies that are adopting this technology at scale. A closer look at CCE’s EnSuite – Cloud ReVue LiveLinkMay 31st, 2021 by Roberto Frazzoli
Vinay Wagle, VP of Sales and Marketing at CCE, speaks about the company’s latest announcement: an extension that enables designers to start a real-time 3D collaboration session directly from CAD systems Remote collaboration is an important working process for many designers. However, most screen-sharing apps commonly used today were not built with engineering or CAD in mind. Screen sharing works well for discussing documents or PowerPoint presentations, but collaboration with CAD data has unique requirements. Addressing this need, Michigan-based software company CCE has recently developed EnSuite-Cloud ReVue, an update to its EnSuite-Cloud product, to provide a secure alternative to typical screen-sharing apps for CAD collaboration. Now CCE is adding a new functionality to this solution with the introduction of LiveLink, a set of CAD integrations that enable users to start an EnSuite-Cloud ReVue collaboration session directly from their CAD system. Let’s take a closer look at LiveLink with the help of Vinay Wagle, VP of Sales and Marketing at CCE, who recently gave a video interview on this topic to Sanjay Gangal from MCADCafe. Read the rest of A closer look at CCE’s EnSuite – Cloud ReVue LiveLink NVIDIA GTC October 2020 KeynoteOctober 5th, 2020 by Sanjay Gangal
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang sets the stage for GTC20 by describing the implications behind the coming age of AI and welcomes the company’s developer community, now 2 million strong.
Interview with Aaron Kelly, Senior Director for Product Development from SolidWorks at 3DExperience World 2020March 9th, 2020 by Sanjay Gangal
We recently interviewed Aaron Kelly who’s the Director of Product Management for SolidWorks at 3DExperience World (formerly SolidWorks World) in Nashville, TN. SolidWorks Corporation was founded in December 1993 by MIT graduate Jon Hirschtick. Hirschtick recruited a team of engineers with the goal of building 3D CAD software that was easy-to-use, affordable, and available on the Windows desktop. SolidWorks released its first product SolidWorks 95, in November 1995. In 1997 Dassault Systemes acquired SolidWorks for $310 million in stock. Jeff Rowe: Joining me this afternoon is an old friend, Aaron Kelly, who’s the Director of Product Management for SolidWorks. Aaron Kelly: Jeff, it’s great to see you because we’ve known each other for a long time. JR: And can you discuss how your role has evolved at SolidWorks and what your role is today? AK: As you know I started SolidWorks back in 1996 and at that time it was about migrating people from 2D to 3D; That was kind of the emphasis there. 3D was new, 3D was disruptive at that point so if we fast forward let’s say 25 years, everybody has 3D now. Interview with Ryan Schultz, VP Stratasys at 3D Experience World 2020March 2nd, 2020 by Sanjay Gangal
We recently interviewed Ryan Schultz of Stratasys at 3DExperience World 2020 (formerly Solidworks World) in Nashville, TN. Stratasys is a leading manufacturer of 3D printers and 3D production systems for office-based rapid prototyping and direct digital manufacturing solutions. Engineers use Stratasys systems to model complex geometries in a wide range of thermoplastic materials. Founded in 1989, Stratasys was one of the founders of the 3D printing/additive manufacturing industry, and over the years has strengthened its market position by merging with Objet and with acquisitions that include MakerBot and Solid Concepts. Read the rest of Interview with Ryan Schultz, VP Stratasys at 3D Experience World 2020 AMD GPUs, CPUs and Software Accelerate Performance for Many Applications & IndustriesAugust 22nd, 2019 by Sanjay Gangal
We recently interviewed Glen Matthews, Head of Product Management from AMD at SIGGRAPH 2019 conference in Los Angeles, CA. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is a semiconductor company that develops computer processors and related technologies. AMD's main products include microprocessors, motherboard chipsets, embedded processors and graphics processors for servers, workstations, personal computers and embedded system applications. AMD is the second-largest supplier and only significant rival to Intel in the market for x86-based microprocessors. Since acquiring ATI in 2006, AMD and its competitor Nvidia have maintained a competitive duopoly in the discrete graphics processing unit (GPU) market. Dassault Systèmes‘ Five Pillars of Additive ManufacturingMay 23rd, 2019 by Sanjay Gangal
Sanjay Gangal interviews Rani Richardson, Director at CATIA Technical Sales for Light Weight Engineering at Dassault Systèmes and discusses the company’s strategy for additive manufacturing (AM). SG: To begin, tell us about the state of additive solutions at Dassault Systèmes. RR: We have developed a solution that contains five pillars for additive manufacturing. We put them into a suite of tools starting with silicone material engineering with the virtual material lab and we are able to certify existing materials or create new ones on the molecular level. Second, we moved to function-driven generative design, which is what I concentrate on where we can create optimal shapes for traditional and additive manufacturing, using topology optimization. RR: Third, is the process simulation and production planning, where we can actually see what's happening during the print process and make any changes that are necessary for optimizing the process. We move to the global production system with manufacturing execution systems (MES) and what's happening on the shop floor. This includes scheduling all the way through to delivery and everything that occurs in between. The fifth pillar is the 3DEXPERIENCE marketplace where we connect internal ecosystems with external service providers to provide a safe business transaction where you can perform manufacturing or prototyping. Read the rest of Dassault Systèmes‘ Five Pillars of Additive Manufacturing Dell Solutions for SOLIDWORKS Community – SWW InterviewMarch 8th, 2019 by Sanjay Gangal
Sanjay Gangal interviewed Chris Ramirez, Strategical Alliances Manager at Dell at the 2019 SOLIDWORKS World Conference in Dallas, Texas. Here is the video and transcript of the interview. SG: Tell us; What brings Dell to SOLIDWORKS World 2019? CR: We’re absolutely thrilled to be here! SOLIDWORKS users make up one of the most vibrant communities that we have between Dell and SOLIDWORKS. So, I’m here to talk about the latest Dell Precision Workstations that we think is right up the alley for the traditional SOLIDWORKS user. Our line-up of Dell Precision workstations goes from our 3000 series class up to our 7000 series class. You can view the 3000 as a sports car and the 7000 as an earth moving bulldozer. The right thing for this crowd is something that has a high frequency CPU – doesn’t need a lot of cores; because SOLIDWORKS primarily is single cored, that can take advantage of the brilliant GPU acceleration coming from our friends at NVIDIA with the RTX 4000. That’s what we’re demoing in our booth! Those combined with a tech preview of SOLIDWORKS Visualize where they’re actually taking advantage of the real-time ray-tracing cores inside the RTX 4000. So, what that means to those people that are familiar with Visualize is: they can come by my booth, grab the monitor, take a photo-realistic image that we’ve got up or a photo-realistic model that we have up and rotate that model anyway they want to and within three or four seconds, it renders photo-realistic. (SG: wow!) Instead of having to do a rendering overnight or it will take several hours to render, we can now do it in seconds. The advent of real-time, photo-realistic rendering is huge to this audience. And we wanted to show off that work that we’re doing with NVIDIA and SOLIDWORKS. Read the rest of Dell Solutions for SOLIDWORKS Community – SWW Interview MCADCafe Sweepstakes Winner at the 2019 Solidworks WorldFebruary 19th, 2019 by Sanjay Gangal
Brian Dreiling won the MCADCafe Sweepstakes at the 2019 Solidworks World Conference.
He went to school for Mechanical Engineering and after collage he found a job as a test engineer in a company near Fort Collins and has been working there since. As a test engineer he designs and builds production test systems that are used to make sure products work between when they are built and when they are shipped. He does a mix of mechanical design, electrical design, programming, and hands on debugging. He attended Solidworks World to increase his mechanical design skills and see what new technologies are out there or in the works. |
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