Today’s design engineers are always looking for ways to innovate and compete in today’s global design environment. The 21st century has opened up a plethora of connected workflows that allow for seemingly real-time data interaction, no matter where you are in the world. The days of the central data center and being tied to the office or factory are over. Powerful mobile devices are in our pockets, with us at our bedside tables and more cost effective than ever. We are at an inflection point; forward thinking engineers will have the advantage if they implement technology from the edge, AI and the IIoT worlds.
3D Design Platforms Reduce Design Time
Have you ever wanted to design a custom component for a product you don’t have the 3D CAD data for? If so, you are most likely familiar with the almost never-ending process of acquiring an expensive 3D scanner, getting a point cloud and manipulating it in high-priced specialty software. Next steps include converting that point cloud into a mesh, taking that into a mechanical CAD system to use finally.
With LiDAR capabilities now built into many of these devices on the edge, 3D design platforms like Onshape, a PTC technology, can drastically reduce the amount of time and effort it takes to get useful dimensional information about an object without even sitting in front of a traditional CAD workstation. Simply point your iPhone for example at your target, walk around it and hit go, and you will then immediately have a 3D Mesh object instantly available to share with your fellow colleagues, customers, and suppliers. These consumers of the information can use whatever plane of glass you bring to the party; any modern device that connects to the internet, like a Chromebook, Mac, Windows PC, Android, or iOS device are options now for product designers who want to get their work done wherever they are.
Continue reading: https://www.designnews.com/design-software/artificial-intelligence-pushing-boundaries-design-engineering
3D Design Platforms Reduce Design Time
Have you ever wanted to design a custom component for a product you don’t have the 3D CAD data for? If so, you are most likely familiar with the almost never-ending process of acquiring an expensive 3D scanner, getting a point cloud and manipulating it in high-priced specialty software. Next steps include converting that point cloud into a mesh, taking that into a mechanical CAD system to use finally.
With LiDAR capabilities now built into many of these devices on the edge, 3D design platforms like Onshape, a PTC technology, can drastically reduce the amount of time and effort it takes to get useful dimensional information about an object without even sitting in front of a traditional CAD workstation. Simply point your iPhone for example at your target, walk around it and hit go, and you will then immediately have a 3D Mesh object instantly available to share with your fellow colleagues, customers, and suppliers. These consumers of the information can use whatever plane of glass you bring to the party; any modern device that connects to the internet, like a Chromebook, Mac, Windows PC, Android, or iOS device are options now for product designers who want to get their work done wherever they are.
Continue reading: https://www.designnews.com/design-software/artificial-intelligence-pushing-boundaries-design-engineering
