CAD Future and GrabCAD

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Hardi Meybaumwww.grabcad.com

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History

1983 Unigraphics II introduced to market

1983 Applicon introduces BRAVO! first 32-bit VAX based mechanical design/NC system

1983 The first German and French versions of AutoCAD

1983 The work has started for a new reliable and universal system of transferring data called STEP (Standard for the Exchange of Product model data). STEP can transfer CAD data, to include complete details of product modeling including materials and various design parameters.The first generally available STEP translator was released in 1991 by EDS Unigraphics.

Autodesk ships version 1.2 of AutoCAD in April, version 1.3 in August and version 1.4 in October.

CoCreate Software Inc., was established in 1984 as a division of Hewlett-Packard Company with the charter to expand the scope and focus for development of computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software products.

In 1996, CoCreate became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Co. and expanded its product offerings to include collaboration software solutions.

DUCT development continued at Cambridge together with the small team established at Delta in Birmingham.

By 1984 the Birmingham team was larger than that at Cambridge and the unique features of DUCT began to be recognised.

It was one of the very few systems developed from the beginning to design and machine products.

The equal emphasis on design and machining made it different to its competitors and this was appreciated by the users.

Most other systems had developed 2D draughting first, followed by 3D modelling with machining added later.

In 1984, a Hungarian physicist, Gabor Bajor, smuggled two Macs into his country. At the time, ownership of personal computers was illegal under Communist rule. Using Pascal, he and a teenager, Tamas Hajas worked to write a 3D CAD program for the Mac which will be the beginning of Graphsoft Company.

Drafting capabilities are added to CATIA in 1984, enabling it to function independently of CADAM

PROBLEM - CAD vendors

SOLUTION - OPEN Source CAD?

PROBLEM - DIFFICULT TO USE

CAD Operator EngineerVS

SOLUTION - Easy to use CAD

SOLUTION - Spaceclaim, direct modeling?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdkxqgbXaSI

SOLUTION – Self-learning CAD

PROBLEM - Accessibility

SOLUTION - CAD on The cloud

www.deelip.com

SOLUTION - CAD on phones

SOLUTION - AutoDesk Project Butterfly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhJkK186Vbc

PROBLEM - Collaboration

Solution - GrabCAD

GrabCAD - story

GrabCAD – services in hours

GrabCAD - lets build a speedboat

http://blog.grabcad.com/2010/09/lets-build-a-speedboat/

GrabCAD - join the crowd

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