Presentation for engineering Students at New York Cooper Union University

1. Hardi Meybaum
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2. History
1983 Unigraphics II introduced to market
1983 Applicon introduces BRAVO! first 32-bit VAX based mechanical design/NC system
1983 The first German and French versions of AutoCAD
1983 The work has started for a new reliable and universal system of transferring data called STEP (Standard for the Exchange of
Product model data). STEP can transfer CAD data, to include complete details of product modeling including materials and various
design parameters.
The first generally available STEP translator was released in 1991 by EDS Unigraphics.
1983
Autodesk ships version 1.2 of AutoCAD in April, version 1.3 in August and version 1.4 in October.
1984
CoCreate Software Inc., was established in 1984 as a division of Hewlett-Packard Company with the charter to expand the scope and
focus for development of computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software products.
In 1996, CoCreate became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Co. and expanded its product offerings to include
collaboration software solutions.
1984
DUCT development continued at Cambridge together with the small team established at Delta in Birmingham.
By 1984 the Birmingham team was larger than that at Cambridge and the unique features of DUCT began to be recognised.
It was one of the very few systems developed from the beginning to design and machine products.
The equal emphasis on design and machining made it different to its competitors and this was appreciated by the users.
Most other systems had developed 2D draughting first, followed by 3D modelling with machining added later.
1984
In 1984, a Hungarian physicist, Gabor Bajor, smuggled two Macs into his country. At the time, ownership of personal computers was
illegal under Communist rule. Using Pascal, he and a teenager, Tamas Hajas worked to write a 3D CAD program for the Mac which will
be the beginning of Graphsoft Company.
1984

4. PROBLEM - CAD vendors

5. SOLUTION - OPEN Source CAD?

6. PROBLEM - DIFFICULT TO USE

7. PROBLEM - DIFFICULT TO USE
CAD Operator Engineer
VS

8. SOLUTION - Easy to use CAD

9. SOLUTION - Spaceclaim, direct
modeling?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdkxqgbXaSI

10. SOLUTION – Self-learning CAD

11. PROBLEM - Accessibility
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdkxqgbXaSI

12. SOLUTION - CAD on The cloud
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdkxqgbXaSI
www.deelip.com

13. SOLUTION - CAD on phones

14. SOLUTION - AutoDesk Project Butterfly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhJkK186Vbc

15. PROBLEM - Collaboration

16. Solution - GrabCAD

17. GrabCAD - story

18. GrabCAD - story

19. GrabCAD - story

20. GrabCAD - story

22. GrabCAD – services in hours

23. GrabCAD - lets build a speedboat
http://blog.grabcad.com/2010/09/lets-build-a-speedboat/

24. GrabCAD - join the crowd
Start building network and reputation
Get feedback from top experts
Find engineering work
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25. Don’t forget that you are a engineer
Engineering will never disappear

26. WWW.GRABCAD.COM