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February 07, 2014 The Evolution of CAD Tools for Manufacturing - Are We Better Off Now? Matt Carr is VP of Sales and Support at Kubotek. As a 30-plus year veteran of CAD industry, both as a user and from the vendor’s side, Matt has ... Read More
November 16, 2012 Jersey Shore House Designed With KeyCreator Direct CAD Survived Sandy Today I received an email from our infamous head of training at Kubotek - "Doc Walt." He recently completed the building of his house on the Jersey ... Read More
September 24, 2012 Direct CAD an essential tool for the Job Shop As I reflect on the people we met at IMTS a little over a week ago. I am amazed at the number of job shops and smaller manufactures that struggle ... Read More
February 14, 2012 A Dozen Reasons to LOVE KeyCreator CAD software 1. It's Direct CAD Software - You don't need to fight with the history tree to create and edit your model. KeyCreator is a lover, not a fighter. 2. ... Read More
November 29, 2011 To tree or NOT to tree... (CAD history Tree) The only tree that will bring you cheer at this time of year is a Christmas tree. Let's be honest. The parametric feature tree on a history based CAD ... Read More
September 26, 2011 Mold Design Made Easy with XMD-S & KeyCreator CAD Exciting news for Mold Designers using KeyCreator or CADKEY. The makers of XMD - Expert Mold Designer - have a new package based in solids! It's ... Read More
June 26, 2011 10 reasons why assembly management in Direct Modeling is the BOMb! So you thought Direct Modeling was just for parts? Well, just as you get ultimate flexibility in part modeling and editing from Direct Modeling, you ... Read More
June 03, 2011 Why Manufacturing Should Throw Away their History-Based CAD Modeler History-based modelers: SolidWorks, Inventor, ProE, NX are the wrong CAD tools for manufacturing. Products are rarely designed in CAD with ... Read More
May 31, 2011 3 things Direct CAD is and parametric history-based CAD isn’t Both Direct CAD and parametric history-based CAD systems let you create designs, build 3D models and then create things like BOMs, layouts, and other ... Read More
May 06, 2011 IGES files open faster in KeyCreator than in SolidWorks Everyone in the CAD industry has let their IGEStechnology stagnate over the last 10-15 years. And even though no one has been working on it, it is ... Read More

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