Desktop or Mobile Workstation: Comparing the Lenovo ThinkStation S30 & ThinkPad W530

Here is another great review from our friends at CADplace. What are your thoughts about a desktop or mobile workstation? Which do you prefer?

Reviewed by Tom Lansford, CADplace

When professionals need new workstations, they look at how they use their computing resources and once the facts are on the table, they can – usually – make an easy choice. But sometimes it takes a second look to decide between 2 good options such as when deciding between a desktop workstation or a similarly configured mobile workstation.

Your clear choices might look like these, below :

• I travel 40% of my time – mobility is critical
• My workstation needs to do fast simulations
• I am running AutoCAD and managing our BOM database Read full article »

New Look for CAD/CAM Performance Blog

We hope you like our new look! Don’t worry, though, because it’s the only thing that’s changing.

We’re still going to provide you with the latest news and trends for the CAD/CAM industry…and even more tips for improving the performance of your workstations.

Enjoy!

An Update on Dassault’s CATIA

One of the CAD software products with a long and compelling history is Dassault Systems’ CATIA product. As one of the CAD products that have been driven by large scale design programs, typically undertaken by larger organizations, CATIA is a critical tool for corporate CAD professionals. Given its heritage and importance in the market, there have been a few very important and recent announcements around this product that are worth noting. Read full article »

Good News on the SolidWorks Front

One of the most popular CAD tools being used today, SolidWorks has benefited from some positive activities in just the last few months.  Some of this revolves around cool new capabilities and the disclosure of new product direction that will help SolidWorks users make the right choices going forward.

In this blog I’ll review some of the most interesting and beneficial happenings around this outstanding product. Read full article »

The Pen Is Mightier Than the Sword – The New 3D Drawing Pen

One of the great things about the technology industry is that there are literally thousands of start-up companies that are conceiving and building very cool new products. One of these has just announced their contribution to this trend the 3D Pen, called the “3Doodler”. Basically, what you now have is a “pen” that lets you draw, with a plastic compound, a full three dimensional item.

It is worth noting that the level of precision that this pen provides is not that high, so the idea of actually drawing a gear or any other high precision item isn’t here yet. However, this brand new device opens up some really interesting new capabilities and will likely create some new CAD market dynamics. Read full article »