New eBook: Mobility Unleashed with the ThinkPad Helix
Today’s engineers already embrace mobile computing. Yet many of them face a dilemma: they love the flexibility of a tablet, yet they still require the power and performance of a laptop. That’s one big...
View ArticleMobile Workstations Are Now an Essential Tool
It has always been a bit surprising to me that the same productivity and need arguments that have driven the movement away from desktop PCs to mobile PCs has not impacted the workstation market in...
View ArticleCAD in the Cloud – What’s New Now
The Cloud, and discussion about it, permeates the technology space. As organizations move to their first real, production level use, of Cloud solutions and understand all the ramifications of moving we...
View ArticleCAD Collaboration – Are You Taking the Best Path?
By its very nature, CAD and CAM activities are collaborative. Unlike other professionals, the work of the design and process specialists must ripple through the organizational processes to provide the...
View ArticleNews from zCon
One of the newer and most recent trade shows around 3D design and development was the recent zCon show in Mountain View CA. The show provided a number of technical sessions, but more importantly the...
View ArticleNew Deadlines, Old Workstations – A Bad Combination
The productivity of CAD professionals is tied closely to the capability of their tools, particularly their workstation. In fact, there are few professions that have such high correlation between the...
View ArticleCAD, CAM, and Increased Design to Manufacturing Integration
In many of the blogs I post here we discuss the need for improved speed to solution and project completion that is at the center of many trends in CAD. However, it doesn’t just stop at CAD, there is...
View ArticleAn Update on 3D Printing
The 3D printers that can bring CAD designs to life have seen some tremendous advancement in not only the technology that is being used, but the actual ways in which 3D printers can improve business...
View ArticleSecurity & CAD Workstations
There have been a number of very public security breaches in just the last few months. Whether it’s the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against banks and larger companies, or the loss of...
View ArticleTime to Stop Using Desktop PCs as CAD Workstations
When I talk to CAD Professionals and get feedback on blogs like this, I’m a bit surprised how many individuals are stuck using business Desktop PCs as CAD workstations. In this day and age, when the...
View ArticleWhat’s Next in Workstations?
One of the things that I’m fortunate enough to do on a regular basis is get information from those who are bringing us the next generation of workstation products that will provide us with new...
View ArticleNew Lenovo Workstation Built for High-End Performance on a Budget
Lenovo announced two new entry-level workstations that should be of interest to our CAD users. The new ThinkStation E32 tower and small form factor (SFF) workstations will come pre-loaded with a 60-day...
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