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This is probably a good time for a brief, updated review.
In Part 7, previous installments were reviewed and the impact of Web 2.0 thinking on digital tools was discussed; particularly usability and…

In my last entry I said I’d post some examples of recent developments in the CAD arena. So without further delay, here’s some items which caught my attention.
Dassault CATIA V6 What’s notable about…

I previously offered (reLink) that there were three issues of particular relevance to the future evolution of “next generation” 3D CAD applications:
Limited data portability
Proprietary, closed…

First let me confess to not having paid sufficient attention to the “direct modeling” wave that’s flooding the CAD market. While the technique isn’t new, it’s made substantial gains in recent years……

In my previous post I touched on the data portability issues which plague CAD applications, particularly those which employ parametric, feature-based history trees (a dynamic, rearrangeable record of…

One reason for the current level of relative application complexity is the segmented, proprietary CAD market and the gated communities which form around a particular application. As we saw with…

In my previous entry the migration of digital tools in general was discussed; in particular, advancements in both usability and collaborative capabilities. In this and a couple of brief follow-up entries, I want to focus on CAD applications.
The Inevitable Fall of the CAD Priesthood
With any difficult to master skill there usually arises a group of […]

To cover the gap between this installment and my last entry:
In parts 1 and 2, I covered the current low-end and hints of the future high-end potential for augmented reality.
In parts 3 and 4, I touched upon both current mass production methods and emerging rapid manufacturing technology.
In parts 5 and 6, I linked tangible to […]

In the previous installment I focused on tools that help designers create virtual models. In this entry I want to focus on other ways to generate virtual models (in all their glory).
The word “sampling” is probably most often associated with music, but it’s not at all limited to that application. Physical models are sometimes sculpted […]

As the previous two entries were very much about the meatspace side of the equation and there was basically no discussion regarding the digital in “direct digital manufacturing”, I want to address that now. In addition, I want to expand from the relatively limited idea of “manufacturing” (which has certain connotations) to the broader idea […]