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A Critic’s Perspective: Dr. Ken Versprille on the PLM Components Conference

Dr. Ken Versprille is a well respected CAD pioneer; his research and contributions to the industry are numerous and span over 35 years. He was the lead architect on the CADDS 4 product, the leader of…

Passionate Customers

Passionate Customers

During my 30 years or so in the CAD/CAM/CAE world, it’s been my experience that software development folks are generally reserved and somewhat quiet personalities. They are not usually prone to hyper…

PLM Components Innovation Conference 2016 – Content Available

We just returned from hosting our first conference for customers, partners and industry analysts seeking to exchange ideas, best practices and experiences with Parasolid, D-Cubed, Kineo and the JT To…

Robotics automation and human collaboration at Automatica

We recently returned from Automatica, one of the major international trade fairs for robotics automation. This year’s event attracted 45,000 visitors and over 800 exhibitors from 47 countries. Compar…

What is D-Cubed?

What is D-Cubed?

When someone from Siemens PLM Software mentions “D-Cubed” they are talking about a collection of six Software Development Kits (SDKs) also known as “components”. These components are used by sof…

HOOPS Exchange and Parasolid Integration – webinar replay

We were excited to have many industry professionals join our recent webinar to learn how the integration of Parasolid with HOOPS Exchange enables Parasolid-based applications to re-use imported data …

D-Cubed geometric constraint solver used in Catchbook

Siemens PLM Software recently announced the availability of Catchbook – a new app for converting freehand sketches into accurate 2D designs. The app makes very neat use of geometric constraint solvin…

HOOPS Exchange and Parasolid Integration webinar

On June 2nd, our team is co-presenting a webinar with Tech Soft 3D that shows how it’s easier than ever to develop applications based on Parasolid and HOOPS Exchange that enable customers to re-use t…

HOOPS Exchange now available from Siemens PLM Software

HOOPS Exchange now available from Siemens PLM Software

Siemens PLM is now re-selling Tech Soft 3D’s HOOPS Exchange. HOOPS Exchange is a Software Development Toolkit that enables data access and translation for multiple popular 3D CAD formats and is alrea…