What’s New in GrabCAD Print Version 1.4
One of the things we value most is the feedback we receive from our users. Thanks to your insightful feedback, here is GrabCAD Print Version 1.4.
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Roger is GrabCAD’s product manager. He loves solving problems and making products that both look good and provide an amazing user experience. A veteran of Boston’s Startup Institute, Roger is focused on making GrabCAD awesome.
How the Amazon Web Services Outage Affected GrabCAD
Like many other popular sites on the internet, GrabCAD suffered a service disruption yesterday (Feb. 28) due to a massive server outage of Amazon Web Services (AWS). The outage occurred around 1 p.m. EST and affected all GrabCAD services across the board, and even the portal by which GrabCAD Support receives requests from our users.
Turning Students into Productive Junior Engineers
Most junior engineers have just spent the last four years in school toiling away on problem sets, engineering projects, and examinations all for the glory of becoming a fully-fledged engineer. But there’s a difference between the perception of what it’s like to be an engineer and what it’s really like to work as one.
Internet Explorer finally supports WebGL with IE11 release
Windows users rejoice! With the release of Windows 8.1 comes Internet Explorer 11, the first version of Internet Explorer to support WebGL. With native WebGL support in IE11, GrabCAD members can now experience 3D viewing right in their browser without having to install an external plugin.
Engine & Gearbox for the M72 Project by john fall
6 New changes to Workbench you might have missed
We've been hard at work improving GrabCAD Workbench to make it the best private CAD collaboration software available. Here's an overview on some of the new look and recently released features on Workbench you might have missed.
How GrabCAD helps make sure you love using GrabCAD
Our users are super important to us at GrabCAD. But how do we know what features to build? How do we make sure that our community is healthy and that Workbench is helping engineers collaborate, edit and share online 3D models most efficiently?
At a loss for words? Not a problem with sketches in the 3D Viewer!
When we announced our 3D Viewer a few months ago, we were excited to introduce a new way to collaborate with other engineers. Now we bring you the next evolution of our 3D Viewing Experience - sketches.
The Power of Pins, Comments, and Sketches
You already use pins in our 3D viewer to communicate right on the geometry. While comments are great, there are some things words cannot fully express especially when dealing with 3D models.
Ever have problems describing your suggestions for a CAD project? Instead of sending written descriptions to your collaborators, sketches allow you to show your collaborators exactly what you mean. The great thing about pins is you can can point to exactly where in the geometry you are talking about. Comments and sketches in pins put the conversation in one place, making it easier to collaborate than ever before.
Have an idea for making a model look better? Draw it right on the model.
Finally, AutoCAD back on Mac. And iPhone. And iPad.
Today there has been a huge buzz about AutoDesk releasing its popular AutoCAD for Mac, after being away from the platform for almost two decades (the last release available for Apple Macintosh dates back to 1992). You can pick up your copy of AutoCAD for Mac from October for $3,995 (same as for the Windows version). Read the rest of this entry »
CAD on Mac, part 2 – what’s holding engineers back
Last week we wrote about using CAD software on a Mac. As we already knew beforehand and the feedback we got confirmed it, it is not a very popular idea to use CAD on a Mac. As we found out, the main reasons holding CAD engineers back are:
Hardware costs:
"I will not buy a Mac when I can build 2-3 workstations with the same cash outlay."
Hardware suitability and customizability:
"PC's have a big advantage hardwarewise concerning freedom of choice. You can configure a system exactly according to your need, with components from multiple suppliers."
Software compatibility
"Mainstream 3D CAD programs such as Catia, SolidWorks and Inventor are simply not available on the mac."