To realize the vision of the Industrial Metaverse, we need integrated virtual worlds. In this case, representing industrial infrastructure & assets. (You need other stuff as well, but I will save that for later.) Over the years, enterprises have made huge investments in data creation and acquisition. This includes 3D Modeling as well as Reality […]

During the Connected Worker Summit in Houston, I got the opportunity to host a round table on “Building the Industrial Metaverse”. At the Round Table, various industrial leaders shared their thoughts on the most important use cases & applications behind the Industrial Metaverse. After the Round Table, I conducted a survey of various industry leaders […]

Sharing an interesting conversation with a dear friend, Jerry. Jerry is a senior sales rep at an industrial equipment company. Their equipment helps customers upgrade old machinery in their factories with improved power efficiency & much higher throughput. The upgrade costs typically pay off within 6 months to 2 years, depending on various factors. Since […]

To realize the vision of the Industrial Metaverse, we need integrated virtual worlds. In this case, representing industrial infrastructure & assets. (You need other stuff as well, but I will save that for later.) Over the years, enterprises have made huge investments in data creation and acquisition. This includes 3D Modeling as well as Reality […]

Sharing an interesting conversation that I recently had Mr GKR. GKR is the head of design at a large naval shipbuilding company. He also leads the digitization efforts at his organization. Having been in the industry for over 25 years, he is widely regarded in the naval shipbuilding community. We were chatting about one of […]

INTRODUCTION Shipbuilding is the backbone of global trade with 90% trade done using ships. Naval shipbuilding is also a major driver of defence expenditure globally. In many ways, the Shipbuilding industry is considered a major driver in the economic development of any country. However, recently, there have been increasing cost pressures on the industry, especially […]

INTRODUCTION Design & construction of Naval warships is a complex process. Detailed design needs to incorporate a large set of functionalities for the Float, Move & Fight systems of the warship. The ship’s hull structure consists of shell, decks & bulkheads, which form compartments. Each compartment contains a set of equipment catering to specific functionality […]

SOLIDWORKS Visualize SOLIDWORKS Visualize is a tool that allows you to leverage your SOLIDWORKS data to create photorealistic content which can then be used to get your products to market faster. Visualize enables the replacement of all CAD Materials with realistic materials, thereby achieving the above end result. This content can also be leveraged to […]

SOLIDWORKS XR SOLIDWORKS Extended Reality (XR) is a recent method to publish your 3D CAD data in an open standard file format available with SOLIDWORKS 2019 and later. The XR exporter retains important scene data created within SOLIDWORKS including Geometry & Scene Hierarchy, Appearances/Materials and textures/Decals, Lights and Cameras, Exploded and Motion Study Animations, among […]

Current CAD Collaboration Tools For manufacturers, New Product Development and execution of existing projects requires various stakeholders to collaborate on the digital asset, the 3D CAD model, from an early design stage to the project commissioning stage and beyond. The most popular ways in which organizations collaborate around 3D CAD data today are listed below: […]