This week start-up software developer
SpaceClaim Corporation announced their first product, a revolutionary CAD tool called SpaceClaim Professional 2007.
I reviewed SpaceClaim in depth for CADCAMNet, since the target market is manufacturing. But any innovation in CAD is worth mentioning in an AEC journal; most innovation in CAD starts in MCAD and finds its way to AEC. And SpaceClaim certainly is innovative.
The target market is the downstream users of 3D CAD data,
not the originators. The company estimates that 80% of the people in product development who need to use CAD do not currently use any of the leading mechanical CAD programs. As the company stated in its press release, “Recognizing that the benefits of 3D mechanical design remain out of reach for most who contribute directly to product development, SpaceClaim Corp. makes 3D modeling
accessible through a highly flexible design environment coupled with a modern user experience. Through a select number of intelligent tools, SpaceClaim frees users to focus on their design contributions rather than struggling with how to use 3D software.”
Since writing about SpaceClaim earlier this week for
CADCAMNet, I have been thinking more about the product and its role in design environments.
I also wrote this week for CADCAMNet about the next release of Acrobat 3D. There isn’t much new for AEC in the next release, but Acrobat 3D becomes a
much stronger product for manufacturing applications. At some point, the two products were juggling through my brain at the same time when it dawned on me: SpaceClaim shoud be Adobe Design Editor.
I have three reasons why Adobe
should immediately acquire SpaceClaim:
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--RSN