Comments on: CAD is boring… because CAD is alone!

By: CADWatcher

CADWatcher — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:22:37 +0000

From Franco:

“We replace our car every 3-5 years, our sell phone every 2 years, etc.”

I like the “sell” / “cell” phone mistake, it tells so much…

Interesting debate, anyway.

By: Sachin

Sachin — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:05:49 +0000

Thanks

By: olegshilovitsky

olegshilovitsky — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:41:08 +0000

Sachin, You are welcome! Good to have you here for blogging.

By: Sachin

Sachin — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:38:43 +0000

yes, i do appreciate with your views and there is need for expansion, new technologies, most important is “being social” will definitely be more interesting.
Thanks for Sketchpad movie.

By: olegshilovitsky

olegshilovitsky — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:29:13 +0000

Sachin, Thanks for comment! Do you see value in expansion of CAD related information outside of engineering desks? Regards, Oleg

By: Sachin

Sachin — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:25:46 +0000

CAD is interesting from users point of view, may be resellers finding it boring. But working on CAD application is better job then other engineering fields.
Evalution is slow and we can’t change CAD tools every year As cost, learnig,and implimentation is difficult. But most of the time upgrade to new versions, whre CAD designers enjoy working on new features till next release!

By: olegshilovitsky

olegshilovitsky — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:56:40 +0000

I see CAD very closed space. Everything you create in CAD will remain in the CAD system you use. Output PDF for manufacturing and for archive of released documents in ERP system is a small fraction of CAD work. Potentially CAD content is very rich and contains a lot of information that we cannot leverage today. At the same time this content is very locked on particular CAD system. Last create situation you described – “Switching CAD platform is an incredibly complex and expensive process. Design and manufacturing companies are considering a platform switch only if they see a very significant improvement in performance and a reduction of costs”.

So, getting back to my point – to unlock CAD content in various ways should be ultimate goal of next engineering and enterprise systems for manufacturing companies.

By: Franco Folini

Franco Folini — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:56:33 +0000

I confirm that the quote “boring CAD” is mine.
Why CAD is boring? Because it’s a slow market where evolution is extremely gradual.
We replace our car every 3-5 years, our sell phone every 2 years, etc. Those replacement cycles crate great good opportunities for innovators. If they can convince us that their product is reasonably better than the one we are replacing we switch!
With CAD it’s a completely different game.

Switching CAD platform is an incredibly complex and expensive process. Design and manufacturing companies are considering a platform switch only if they see a very significant improvement in performance and a reduction of costs.
This leaves very few opportunities for innovators, and make the CAD market a boring place where changes comes at a geological pace.

By: olegshilovitsky

olegshilovitsky — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:06:00 +0000

Sorry, Chris. I see it your mutual agreement with Franco … Regards, Oleg.

By: chris williams

chris williams — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:54:30 +0000

CORRECTION, it was NOVEDGE that said CAD is boring… not me. I love CAD! If Franco thinks CAD is boring I wonder what he thinks about PDM?