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Archive: Cambashi Webinar on CAE Opportunties

Buyin' 'em up Cambashi is a CAD market analysis firm out of England, and this week it held a Webinar intriguingly named "Assessing Investment Opportunities in the CAE market." (The company also provides consulting and training.) I listened in to hear what they had to say. - - - One of the first stats blew me away: There are 470 non-EDA companies providing 2D and 3D CAE and physics simulation software. The biggest names are listed below. As the Cambashi Webinar was about the opportunities in acquiring a CAE firm, one obvious purchaser that jumped out at me is Bricsys,... Read more →

Visual CAD/CAM 2016

Webinar Q&A MecSoft today held a Webinar to talk about the 11th release of Visual CAD/CAM, the 2016 edition that was released last week. Here is the transcript of the Q&A portion. - - - Q: It sounds like VisualCAD is a platform for your CAM software, kind of like third-party apps running on AutoCAD? A: Yes that is correct. We give it away free of cost. [Visual CAD has 2D and 3D CAD tools in multiple viewports.] Q: Is this now a stand-alone program, or is it still an add-on for the likes of Solidworks etc.? A: What we... Read more →