Late 1990’s all of the mainframe/workstationīased 3D MCAD systems moved to the PC. IronCAD was now my MCAD tool of choice with Worked in a single common model kernel, so I could toss assembliesīack and forth without worrying about referenced parts. Since they both could easily edit each other’s parts due to both Providing engineering services with both packages. Was moved to the back burner, more as a support program. History design is the best for conceptual design. Quit using CADKEY for my conceptual design. To design with its integrated history/direct edit functionality I Worked incredible together but IronCAD was just so much faster I was a Boeing supplierĪnd after them being the target of every 3D CAD system, they would notĮven look at anything that had CAD in the title. I was a Trispective dealer and I had a bit They added integrated directĮdit functionality and created the most incredibly flexible 3D CAD 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.