Beyond 3D Podcast

Automotive suppliers take in hundreds of CAD files a day, all varying in format. Consuming and working with all that data is a feat on its own, but now you have finance, marketing, sales and other departments needing information from the 3D models, customers asking for changes, engineering saying they need changes, and now you’ve lost your digital thread. In this episode, Peter West, VP of Marketi...

In today’s episode we talk with Kenneth Wong, Senior Editor at DigitalEngineering24/7, about how AI is making a stronger impact on the design and engineering world now than it did even just 3 years ago. It started with generative design, and now we are seeing AI seep into nearly every aspect of engineering - everything from simulation to digital twins in the metaverse. Listen in and let us know ho...

Advances in reality capture technology have taken huge leaps in the past few years, and in this episode we talk with Pete Kelsey, Owner at VCTO Labs, about just how far things have come (some of the stuff is just wicked cool!). These advances lead to questions about creating more agile file formats that can go from scanner to 3D model easier and faster. Going beyond CAD? What does that look like?...

Digital Twins are all the rage, but how many companies are actually using them? Turns out companies aren’t even getting their final digital twin model even though they’ve paid for it. Get your lawyers out and get them to execute on that contract to get you the assets you’ve paid for! Today’s discussion with Melanie Stone, Senior IWMS Consultant for R.O.I. Consulting Group, and author of the Mistre...

The AEC industry has been talking about Digital Twins for 20 years, but now manufacturing and other industries have adopted the concept and technology as well. Creating and maintaining a digital twin can be difficult, but one way of capturing 3D data and creating 3D models that are used in digital twins is with reality capture technologies. In this episode we talk with Shaun Bryant, owner of CADfm...

Recently, Ron Fritz, CEO of Tech Soft 3D, hosted a roundtable discussion with six other technology executives to gather their thoughts on what’s going on in the AEC space, what issues they’re surprised still exist in the year 2023, and what might be on tap for construction in the next 5-10 years. Topics discussed include the challenges inherent to a project-based industry, like construction and fr...

Today for International Women in Engineering Day, we interview two women at Tech Soft 3D, Cour Scalf-Crickenberger and Anca Cimpoaca, about their experiences in the engineering world.

In this round table discussion on digital transformation, our panel will be delving into some key challenges that still need to be addressed in our industry. Join Ron Fritz, CEO of Tech Soft 3D, Tyler Barnes, President of Tech Soft 3D, Sam Burgess, CEO of SamsonVT, Andy Cheadle, CTO of CloudNC, Milan Kocic, Founder of Sixth Sense, and Suchit Jain, Solidworks VP of Strategy and Business Development...

On this Beyond 3D podcast, Umair Ejaz from Visual Components joins us to talk about how software is changing the way we build factories and what the future may hold.

On this episode of Beyond 3D, we talk with Shaan Hurley, a Community Manager from Autodesk about why building a community for companies and the people who use those products.

The Great Resignation has affected all industries, but it’s hit the tech industry especially hard. Many engineers are leaving their jobs for bigger and better opportunities. During this time, how can companies keep their top engineering talent? Tech Soft 3D VP of Engineering, António Carvalho, discusses with us what engineers are looking for and how to retain top talent.

During this Beyond the 3D podcast, we talk with Sylvain Marie from Eurostep about IFC and where IFC is going as part of the AEC industry's ongoing digital transformation.

In this episode, we sit down with finite element analysis expert Arthur Muller and discuss current challenges, trends, and the future of simulation. Arthur has been part of the finite element business for over three decades and has experience with many aspects of finite elements including structural analysis, computational fluid dynamics, and electromagnetics.

Recently, Ron Fritz, CEO of Tech Soft 3D, hosted a roundtable discussion with four technology executives at the helm of early-stage companies to learn more about their experiences creating and maintaining a corporate culture, finding new hires, and maintaining business momentum over the past year. How do you establish the “flavor” for your company when people are mostly remote? For that matter, ho...

Running a startup is a demanding undertaking in any time period, let alone during a pandemic. Recently, Ron Fritz, CEO of Tech Soft 3D, hosted a roundtable discussion with four technology executives at the helm of innovative startups to learn more about the challenges startups have faced during this uniquely challenging time. How do you instill and maintain culture when most of your workforce is r...

Recently, Ron Fritz, CEO of Tech Soft 3D, hosted a roundtable discussion with four other technology executives to discuss what type of innovation is going to gain traction in the post-COVID world. Mixed reality is set to give the term “connected worker” a whole new meaning. Where are there other opportunities to innovate? Is 3D printing ready for its breakthrough moment? Will “lights out” manufact...

Recently, Ron Fritz, CEO of Tech Soft 3D, hosted a roundtable discussion with six other technology executives to discuss what the world is going to look like post-COVID, and how the engineering software space can innovate to meet the moment. From building & construction, to manufacturing, where is innovation needed most? What aspects of the world will be the same, and which will be different? Do w...

Bastiaan Oud, Head of Strategy at SIMCON talks about how the injection moulding industry needs to and has started to embrace visuatlization. Jonathan Girroir, Tech Evangelist at Tech Soft 3D, joins the conversation. To learn more about SIMCON, visit www.simcon.com

Recently, Ron Fritz, CEO of Tech Soft 3D, hosted a roundtable discussion with four other technology executives to discuss trends circling around the AEC industry, including the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing AEC to digitize and modernize faster than it otherwise would. How will the industry change? Which areas will be first to evolve, and which will be resistant to transformation?...

Recently, Ron Fritz, CEO of Tech Soft 3D, hosted a roundtable discussion with five other industry executives to discuss the current state of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR). The core question at hand: whether AR/VR is finally poised for its breakthrough moment – and if so, what barriers might need to be removed to usher in this new era. The participants included: - Asif Rana, COO o...

Recently, Ron Fritz, CEO of Tech Soft 3D, hosted a roundtable discussion with four other industry executives to discuss the future of manufacturing. The discussion touched on many topics, ranging from the impact of COVID-19 on supply chains, to current aspects of manufacturing that will seem ridiculous five or ten years from now, to trends around collaboration. The participants included: - Meghan...

Today we talk with Ken Alger, a developer advocate at MongoDB, and he was also named one of the top 25 developer advocates for 2019! We discuss how the role of the software developer has changed, what's important to them and also trends in cloud computing. Follow Ken on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kenwalger

In this episode of Beyond 3D we talk with Tommy Gaessler, one of the top 25 most influential developer advocates for 2019, and a developer advocate at Zoom. We talk about the current state of software development, opportunities and challenges, and where things are going with trends such as AR/VR. Learn more about Tommy here https://tommygaessler.com/

This episode of Beyond 3D talks about an industry we’ve never touched on before – the retail space, and the kind of technology being used to drive everything from the construction of a space, the layout of products, which products are sold in the store and where they are placed, to the supply chain. We talk with Guy Moates, a Director with C A Design Services from the UK. Did you know that the ret...

In this episode of Beyond 3D we talk about the misconceptions of BIM and how that has hindered adoption. Mike Shilton is a qualified landscaper architect and also the Product Director at Keysoft Solutions. We have a frank discussion about how we should think and talk about implementing 3D modeling, digital construction and all the different aspects of BIM to make it less intimidating. “We tend to...