Digital twins are increasingly used to transform immense volumes of data into relevant insights in aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, healthcare, and many other industries. Slingshot Aerospace, for instance, is…

For the first quarter of 2022, CAD Exchanger usability was identified as the top priority. We constantly improve the functionality and thus managed to provide 3D data compatibility to hundreds of thousands of users. But to make this experience smooth, we have to keep its environment, i.e., …

Robotics has long been a booming market and there is still a lot to come. According to the World Robotics 2021 report, the industry is growing in terms of funding, implementation, and positive economic impact. Investments in robotics technology…

Whatever’s going on in the world for the last two years, we are keeping things normal where we can — in delivering new functionality to the CAD Exchanger users. So let’s welcome the latest CAD Exchanger release. Here are the highlights of CAD Exchanger 3.10.2: U3D export 3D PDF export …

Previous parts: Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Architectures Part 3. Client-side libraries Part 4. Backend In the previous parts, we examined technical considerations when building a client-server web application from the ground up, using the conventional tools used in the web app development — backend and frontend frameworks, JavaScript, WebGL…

Previous parts: Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Architectures Part 3. Client-side libraries Web app backends have many standard responsibilities: user account management, sessions, billing and others. These are all incredibly important, but the handling of these responsibilities is not any different in a 3D web app compared to any other…

As was established the last time, for the next few posts we’re going to assume that we’re developing a client-server application with client-side 3D rendering. This time we will see what tools can be used to implement the interactive 3D model display on the client. Can I use raw WebGL? An experienced technical leader is…

Prerequisites for surviving in today’s industrial market have been summarized in the principles of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Industry 4.0 is based on informational connectivity, transparency, and digitalization. It requires correct and comprehensive data incorporated into the product’s digital models usable across all stages of the product lifecycle and…

Previous parts: Part 1: Introduction Features of 3D web applications As with any other web application, the architecture of a 3D-enabled web application is ultimately dictated by its goals and constraints. Firstly, it matters what one should be able to do with the models in the app. Generally, it may be useful to: receive models…