We’ll round things off with a quick look at the first CAD business to reach the Forbes Cloud 100 list. If that wasn’t enough to whet your CAD appetite, Vectorworks have also announced the launch of their latest version of their eponymous product, which we’ll also be exploring. We’ll then move onto strong competitor Autodesk, who have plenty up their sleeve-from a new pricing structure for Fusion 360 to new features for PowerMill 2019. In September’s edition, we’ll be looking at Dassault Systèmes’ 2019 launch of flagship product SolidWorks. Welcome to our latest edition of World of CAD, where we look at the biggest CAD-related news stories of the month. This is a tool for average engineers,” Frank emphasized.It’s the end of September, and you know what that means: it’s time for our monthly roundup of CAD news. “Our GD technology is not a specialist tool.

Consequently, some requires a steep learning curve for average engineers. GD is available from design and simulation software vendors in various forms, with interfaces that target users with different levels of simulation expertise.

The new pricing, Frank believes, makes it simpler for the design engineers to estimate the cost of the desired number of studies, thus increasing the chance of approval from project managers. You can then set up your GD study using that model,” said Frank. “If you have a SOLIDWORKS model, for example, bringing that into Fusion 360 is seamless and painless. Product Line Manager, Generative Design & Simulation, Autodesk. Though the Autodesk GD extension is tightly integrated with Autodesk Fusion 360, it doesn't exclude those who work with data from other CAD packages, according to Brian Frank, Sr. Since then, the technology has evolved, incorporating manufacturing constraints in its topology generation. Image courtesy of Autodesk.įormerly dubbed Dream Catcher, Autodesk's Generative Design technology became commercially available in 2018. An engineer examines the design options proposed by the Generative Design software.

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