Frame Secures $10 Million to Put All of Your Apps (Yes, Including SolidWorks)...
The last time we checked in with Frame – the cloud platform that lets users run any software from within their browser – we had the chance to chat with the young startup’s CEO and founder Nikola...
View ArticleCreative Technologist Blair Neal Releases App for Converting Songs into 3D...
Although using the visual data from sound waves to create a number of designs – both 3D and 2D – isn’t necessarily a new concept, the clickity-clack process of gathering and making use of the usable...
View ArticleUMake is The Freeform 3D Sketching App You’ve Always Wanted
Some would say sketching is severely limited in most 3D design software. Some wouldn’t even call it sketching, but more a fork jab into the gum-line process of tediously picking points to create kinda...
View ArticleAutodesk Launches New Generative Design Tool for Optimizing Additive...
When it comes to the near future of how things get made, generative design tools are slowly but surely becoming yet another useful component of the modern day designer and engineer’s tool kit. The...
View ArticleThe Palette Freeform Mixer Interface Makes CAD Modeling Feel Like a DJ Booth
For the seemingly endless flow of crowdfunding stories that come pouring through turnstile on monthly basis, it’s always nice to hear about a successful Kickstarter campaign that not only managed to...
View ArticleFrame Officially Launches to Bring Any Windows Application to the Cloud
Since they started coming up in CAD in the Cloud discussions earlier this year, Frame (fra.me) has shown no signs of slowing down their pursuit of allowing users to put any Windows application in their...
View ArticleThe New SolidWorks Subscription Late Policy (and How to Avoid It)
When it comes to CAD software, there’s likely no topic more divisive than that of maintenance fees. Ahh, fabulous subscription service–the additional yearly charge, on top of any license cost, which...
View ArticleApple’s Boot Camp Now Officially Supports Windows 10
For most users who run Windows programs on a Mac, Boot Camp has always – and will likely always continue to be – the very best option for partitioning drive space without resorting to laggy virtual...
View ArticleAutodesk Announces New Incubator Partnership to Give Entrepreneurs Free...
Thanks to a number of new platforms, tools and infrastructures, bringing a viable hardware product to market has never been easier than it has been in the past decade – and the momentum is only...
View ArticleHow TB&O Created an Immersive Web Campaign for Specialized Bicycles Using...
As the fastest road bike on the planet with wicked-cool industrial design, the new Specialized S-Works Venge is also one of the most technologically advanced bikes ever made. Needless to say,...
View ArticleOnshape Introduces Drawings On Their Web-based 3D Modeling Platform
It’s ok, you can uncover your child’s eyes. That’s only a 2D drawing they’re seeing on the computer screen. I know, it looks all sultry with its sassy projected views and consistent dimensioning, but...
View ArticleDassault Systèmes Launches SOLIDWORKS 2016 [Watch Live]
Well, wouldn’t you know it. The temperatures have dropped 20 degrees in the northern hemisphere, so that can only mean one thing, football season, less daylight, winter is coming, a new release of...
View ArticleOnshape Shifts Into Overdrive, Announces $80M in New Funding
Just six months after they announced $30M in Series C funding, Onshape has announced $80M in new funding, led by Silicon Valley firm Andreessen Horowitz, known for their investment in Airbnb, Box,...
View Article‘SolidWorks Online Edition’ is Real, And It’s Exactly What We Thought
Do you remember way back in 2010, when SolidWorks was going to be available anytime, anywhere? Well, that’s finally happening… maybe, kinda. On September 22nd, at the SolidWorks 2016 Launch Event in...
View ArticleAutodesk Introduces Full Browser CAD in the Form of Project Leopard
When Onshape came out swinging earlier this year, it was speculated that whether users chose to use the new full browser CAD program or not, it would change the greater landscape of MCAD pricing and...
View ArticleLuxion’s KeyShot 6 is the Most Powerful (and Flexible) KeyShot Release to Date
Last we heard from Luxion, the makers of KeyShot were arching back to prepare a knuckle sandwich of rendering KAPOW! for their latest release, KeyShot 6. Well, the troop has held true to their promise...
View ArticleAdam on #AU2015: fistpump baby
#AU2015 was, in the literal sense of the word, awesome. Space-time-distortingly gigantic, yes, but also impeccably designed, meticulously planned, and flawlessly executed. And yet, behind the...
View ArticleA New Dimension with Motion | Sketchfab Announces Sketchfab Animation
It was only a couple of weeks ago when Sketchfab announced that they had put together the world’s first directory for industrial 3D scanning services – The Sketchfab Community 3D Scanning Services –...
View ArticleOnshape Breaks Out of Beta, Introduces Onshape App Store
Onshape has had a bang-up year. After launching in March, upending CAD pricing, and locking down additional $80M funding (for a total of $144M), there were only two things left to do in the year: break...
View ArticleSharpr3D is Developing An iPad Pro CAD App. And It’s Awesome.
Ever wonder why 3D modeling wasn’t more like sketching? Or sculpting? Why we’re limited to mouse clicks? I’ve had that conversation with multiple people. Some thin modeling with a stylus (a pencil)...
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