Intellishapes from catalogs, push/pull and history based design system,Īll in the single model environment. Purchased by PTC and now marketed as Creo Direct. CoCreate is the direct edit only 3D CAD package that was Trispectives was sold to a company that soldĬoCreate. Images from a presentation, using CADKEY and Putting in orders and creating incredible presentations. Sales of Trispectives were huge at the very
The results were equal if not superior to the graphicĭesign solutions offered today, simpler and much more cost effective. Realistic render and animate our parts and assemblies. Would do our designs in CADKEY (Trispectives was not ready forĮngineering design) export them by. Trispective was also based on ACIS and worked well with CADKEY. Solid modeling Graphics Design package called Trispectives. TurboCAD, CorelCAD, SolidWorks, Solid Edge, Vellum and an interesting
There were many new PC based solid modeling packages showing up like Now with both ACIS and Parasolids solid modeling kernels available, In the Seattle area, was now in Solid modeling. Selling hundreds of beta FastSolids and the 3D MCAD world, at least Released and FastSolids was created by Robert White of FastSurf fameĪnd CADKEY entered the world of solid modeling. In 1995 the ACIS Solid modeling kernel was The effectiveness of CADKEY, things would have been much different.ĬADKEY or Catia? Boeing’s Billion-Dollar 3D MCAD Mistake! CADKEY was the only functional PC based 3D MCAD CADKEY was the only PCīased 3D CAD system that could talk to Catia 3, 4 and Pro/e using Later, I became theīoeing CADKEY VAR (Value Added Retailer). Sell CADKEY to virtually every Boeing supplier.
Very expensive workstation costing well over $100,000 per seat.ĬADKEY plus a 386 Computer and 19” monitor sold for $9000.00 at the
At that time the only 3D CAD was on a mainframe or on a Introduced to PC Based 3D CADKEY while on contract at BoeingĮverett. The Worst to Best 3D MCAD Systems Expanded! Through the start up phase and have online training sessions at a Have even helped those that are not our customers. We usually try toĪnswer all questions promptly whether you are on contract or not. TECH-NET only sells what it uses in its ownĮngineering division. Example: "LOAD Button: Click this button to load. Most entries simply describe the labels that are already readily-visible on a given dialogue box. It actually complicates CAD library management. The single-project-file structure isn't particularly valuable (S/W has the Pack-and-Go feature).
It was a bit galling to see the heavily-discounted price offers right after I paid a higher price, and I now see that you tricked your new users into buying a soon-to-be-obsolete version.īeing barred from having an account in the forum simply because I chose to purchase a perpetual license and no maintenance plan was quite a slap in the face.
Having the file format change right after I purchased the software and NOT BE BACKWARD-COMPATIBLE was almost a death blow to my continuation as an IronCAD user since it prevents me from adding seats without complications or extra expense of upgrading. Not being able to export to sldasm or sldprt with the translator was an unexpected and stunning deficiency considering the price I paid for the Translator. The parametric architecture is fractured and disjointed.ĭimensioning in the 2D drawing module is too erratic to be usable.ĭimensions in the 3D module hide by default and it's hit-or-miss as to which object to activate to show a placed dimension. I started a bug list but then stopped because there were so many. It was quite expensive, considering the lack of maturity in the product.