Sunglass.io Updates Collaboration Platform, Announces $20 PDM - free version includes viewing, versioning, check-in/out, project functionality, US$20/user/month version adds support, ability to host private projects, Josh Mings, SolidSmack, May 3, 2013

Why Jon Hirschtick Loves CAD - SolidWorks founder says nothing definite of Belmont Technology plans but drops hints, Evan Yares, 3D CAD World, May 3, 2013

Lagoa Offers Cloud Based Collaborative 3D Rendering - collaborative platform for creating, visualizing in 3D using web browser, uses Amazon Web Services, Deelip Menezes, Deelip.com, May 1, 2013

Sunglass Revision Management - format specific feature used in CAD platforms to keep track of design changes, covers SolidWorks plug-in workflow, web viewer experience, Lou Gallo, SolidWorks:HEARD, Apr 28, 2013

Five Presentations on Model-Based Development - advantages: faster design revisions, infinite viewpoints, exploded views of assemblies, automated generation, update of drawings, Evan Yares, 3D CAD World, Apr 24, 2013

Dassault Debuts HT Body for High-Tech Electronics Design - aims to deliver single, pre-integrated design, engineering experience, focuses on social collaboration, visualization tools, Beth Stackpole, Virtual Desktop, Apr 18, 2013

Russian CAD - high-quality products like KOMPAS by ASCON, T-FLEX by Top Systems, nanoCAD by Nanosoft offer solutions for complex problems, Evan Yares, 3D CAD World, Apr 10, 2013

2D Conceptual Design, 50 Years Later - easy-to-use TurboCalc app combines sketching, calculation, optimization, available for $99, Evan Yares, 3D CAD Tips, Apr 5, 2013

Meanwhile, Back in the Real World - computing power in cloud comes with limitations, Ralph Grabowski, upFront.eZine, Feb 26, 2013

Exclusive Interview: Joshua Smith of Kaon Interactive - talk about technology of running CAD on smart phones, tablets, Ralph Grabowski, upFront.eZine, Jan 15, 2013

Exclusive Interview: David Pinchefsky of NexGen Ergonomics - HumanCAD software, price, ergonomics testing, 3D models import in 3ds, STEP, IGES, DXF formats, Ralph Grabowski, upFront.eZine, Jan 8, 2013

cadTouch Looks Like Visio, Runs Like CAD - CAD software might be most advanced 2D CAD package on iOS, touch-drag motion to face fat-finger conundrum, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, Dec 11, 2012

Your CAD Software: Coming to a Browser Near You - cloud-hosted CAD needs to deal with new input mechanisms, display modes, response time, security issues, Kenneth Wong, Desktop Engineering, Nov 1, 2012

Sketchfab Brings Smooth, Simple Model Viewing to the Web - responsive site layout, impressive fullscreen viewer, clean, simple interface, API available on Github, Josh Mings, SolidSmack, Oct 15, 2012

Sunglass Launches 3D Collaboration Site - rich media annotation feature to pin images, PDFs, videos, hyperlinks as notes on 3D models, Beth Stackpole, Design News, Oct 8, 2012

Sunglass: 2 Way CAD Data Streaming From the Web - first commercial version released, claims to be a live document, ready to accept user input, updates displayed model instantly, Kenneth Wong's Virtual Desktop, Oct 5, 2012

Sunglass Unveils Cloud-Based Collaborative Product Design - company claims to be first to enable cross format access, offers version browser, integrated plug-ins, collaborative assembly, rich media annotations, Randall Newton, Graphic Speak, Oct 4, 2012

Breaking: Sunglass.IO Blast Out of Beta, Snags 'GitHub for 3D Design' Title - version browser, deeply integrated plug-ins, selectively control access to individual parts of larger project, rich media annotations, Josh Mings, SolidSmack, Oct 4, 2012

Sunglass Collaborative 3D Environment - cloud–based app direct integrates with SolidWorks, SketchUp, Rhino, uploads CAD models to online viewer, editor, Martyn Day, DEVELOP 3D, Aug 14, 2012

A Fresh Perspective on CAD: Introducing a New Cloud-Based Ecosystem for 3D Design and Collaboration - basic version of Sunglass free, company focuses on making platform capable of handling 2D, 3D models in constrained budget, Laura Hopperton, EUREKA, Aug 9, 2012

Shape-Based Search is the Key to Design Reuse - CADseek employs fully automated shape coding, result-navigation window displays floating thumbnails of matching items in 3D environment, Kenneth Wong's Virtual Desktop, Aug 1, 2012

Ember Allows Volumetric Data Editing Inside 3ds Max - edits 3D volume data like flame effects, offers scalar, vector fields creation from mathematical functions, Randall Newton, Graphic Speak, Aug 1, 2012

The Immersed Boundary Approach to Computational Fluid Dynamics - doesn't require mesh generation, increases accuracy by using conservative volume integration in calculation of boundary cells, Marco Mulas, DEVELOP 3D, July 31, 2012

Sunglass API Fuels CAD Connections - officially released API directly integrates with desktop software tools like SolidWorks, SketchUp, Rhino, improving collaboration, Beth Stackpole, Design News, July 27, 2012

Cheetah, Creo, and 2D Geometric Constraint Solvers - software developer, Cloud Invent talks about Cheetah constraint solver, support for 3D constraints, parallelism, Evan Yares, 3D CAD Tips, June 23, 2012

Sunglass.io - talk about company's experience, keeping cost low, ability to run on mobile devices, being different from other tools in market, Ralph Grabowski, upFront.eZine, June 5, 2012

Generation 3.0 Online CAD Busting Out All Over - To3D releases working version of its browser-based CAD software, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, June 3, 2012

GrabCAD, Sunglass, and TinkerCAD are Leading a CAD Industry Pivot - browser-based CAD apps facilitate 3D collaboration, interoperability, modeling, Randall Newton, Graphic Speak, May 30, 2012

Seeing Collaboration Through Sunglass - browser-based interface has audio chat function, camera views, options to add notes, rendering, supports common 3D file formats, Kenneth Wong's Virtual Desktop, May 29, 2012

Start-Up Sunglass Sets Out to 'Disrupt the CAD Industry' - free software as a service supports 3D CAD file formats, can save, store modeling sessions for later access, save geometry in tessellated formats, Nancy Spurling Johnson, Cadalyst, May 25, 2012

Seeing Into the Future: Eureka Asks 3 CAD Companies What They See as Emerging Technologies - PTC, SpaceClaim, Autodesk on mobile markets, social media, easy-to-use, highly interoperable CAD software, Justin Cunningham, EUREKA, May 14, 2012

Are Engineers Ready to Go Mobile? - CAD vendor offer mobile apps to easily access product data, effectively collaborate with peers; tablets, smart phones offer capabilities like GPS tracking, accelerometers, video capabilities, voice, Beth Stackpole, Design News, May 11, 2012

Nanosoft = DraftSight + APIs (and It's Free) - AutoCAD clone, nanoCAD has linetype editor, Excel-style table editor, APIs include OLE automation, C++, .NET, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, Mar 9, 2012

What the New iPad Means for CAD Developers - improved CPU performance, screen resolution, memory for faster display, rendering of CAD models, storing CAD data, Ralph Grabowski, WorldCAD Access, Mar 8, 2012

Displaying Massive CAD Models Using a Gaming Engine - Paul Schuebach of CAD Software Solutions on displaying 3D models from Inventor in Windows, Web browsers, Android, demos of models running in Unity3D, Ralph Grabowski, upFront.eZine, Feb 14, 2012

NASA Open Sources Conceptual Aircraft Design Application - NASA to release OpenVSP under open source license, includes library of standard components/primitive geometric building blocks common to all aircrafts, Canadian Manufacturing, Jan 16, 2012

Surfacing Top 10 - users' wish list regarding surface feature in CAD software, improvements in SolidWorks, Matt Lombard, Dezignstuff SolidWorks Blog, Jan 5, 2012

Back to Back Comparisons Don't Matter - CAD software take totally different approaches towards single job, ease of use doesn't matter at all if software is not capable, Matt Lombard, Dezignstuff SolidWorks Blog, Dec 19, 2011

Consumers in Front Seat of Driving Product Innovation - companies must support user innovation, creating documented, open interfaces to support modifications to products, Barb Schmitz, Creo (by PTC), Dec 5, 2011

What Problems Should Your CAD Vendor be Solving for You? - better idea generation tools, 3D data reuse, control of history tree, geometry diagnostics, instead of cloud, Matt Lombard, Dezignstuff SolidWorks Blog, Dec 5, 2011

Get Smart with Embedded Software - software development along with embedded software should progress with same professional engineering techniques to create smart products, Mike Evans, Desktop Engineering, Nov 1, 2011

Better Tools for Conceptual Design - CAD vendors are offering tools to select materials, processes in planning stages to make environment-friendly products, Justin Cunningham, EUREKA, Oct 13, 2011

Best Practices in 3D CAD User Interfaces - principles for general system design, 3D parametric design, user support, Evan Yares, Sep 29, 2011

Two Approaches to Innovation - advantages, disadvantages of discontinuous, continuous approaches for software development, Matt Lombard, Dezignstuff SolidWorks Blog, Sep 28, 2011

Multi-processing in ACIS, CGM - multithreading, shared memory model benefit from data access plus thread-management routines that control thread interactions in CAD, high-level compute-intensive operations systems, Developer2Developer, Feb 23, 2011

Pump up Performance of Your Old Laptop - upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 32-bit, turn off Aero graphics theme, use readyboost, reduce/reset System restore usage, Robert Green, Cadalyst, Feb 23, 2011

Developer Tips & Tricks - Isolating Problematic Entities - ACIS APIs error processing for segregating problematic domains, notification, detection, cause & remedy, Shilpa Dhall, spatial.com, Dec 22, 2010

CAD, PLM and Pragmatic Cloud: Do Less - slow, careful adoption of cloud technology yielding dividends for Autodesk with AutoCAD WS, Siemens PLM with TeamCenter, Dassault with 3DVIA, Oleg Shilovitsky, PLM Think Tank, Dec 15, 2010

2010-2011 in CAD Technology, the Illustrated Version, Pt 1 - Creo is PTC's curly fries, nerd queen collaborative PDM now a hot date, Randall Newton, GraphicSpeak, Dec 14, 2010

Desperately Seeking System Tests - software test suites are necessary  but may not simulate customer use, Stefanie Kenny, Developer 2 Developer, Dec 9, 2010

Evolution of Computer-Aided Design - fathers of CAD, CAD today/tomorrow, Creo, CAD on Mac, low cost CAD, more, David Cohn, Dec 1, 2010

Evolutionary Biology and Software Engineering - evolution a model for software engineering, penguin in Sahara analogous to heavy application on mobile device, John Sloan, Developer 2 Developer, Nov 23, 2010

Lean Product Development Ideas For Your CAD Problem - Pt 1 - eliminate waste, improve processes, Jeff Waters, Aug 12, 2010