Autodesk 360 Nexus. Everything Has Changed.

I've never seen anything like it. Yes, the technology is hot but what I'm talking about is the reactions we are getting from customers to the much ballyhooed PLM solution, Autodesk 360 Nexus. The speculation around what we were going to do was kind of fun to watch in I think most people that were talking about what we had up our sleeve just figured that we would put Autodesk Vault in the cloud and have it do a few more things than it does today.

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Rob has a great post covering Autodesk 360 Nexus and a ton of other great Autodesk innovations.

Comments

[Jon Banquer]

Has everything really changed? I don't think so.

Shouldn't a manufacturing toolbox include fully integrated CAM? I think so.

Autodesk continues to show they really don't understand manufacturing and what's needed because Autodesk has not purchased a CAM company or created their own CAM.

The change that's needed exists it's just not available from Autodesk and it's not very well marketed in the US. What it has that Autodesk Inventor doesn't is fully integrated CAM and built in internal PDM:

http://cadcamtechnologyleaders.blogspot.com/p/topsolid-cadcam-cad.html

http://cadcamtechnologyleaders.blogspot.com/p/topsolid-cadcam.html

Jon Banquer
San Diego, CA
http://cadcamtechnologyleaders.blogspot.com/

[Mark Flayler]

I think CAM is on the Autodesk radar, but for most larger companies, for every 50 seats of Inventor there may be 3 seats of CAM software. If you look at smaller companies, that ratio will be a lot smaller. I think they will get there eventually, but this current statement is rather large in comparison to adding CAM to the portfolio.

I think built in PDM is the first step though. Let's get that in there!

[John Evans]

I would tend to agree. I can say that Autodesk is not ignorant to the CAM and manufacturing needs, it's simply a numbers and timing game. The need is driven by a few, and with great 3rd party apps available, Autodesk is not going to rush this aspect. PDM is definitely a current, larger need point, that should be addressed prior to further manufacturing developments.

[Jon Banquer]

I'm sorry but I don't agree at all. CAM is not something that just gets plugged in somewhere down the line.

Missler Software's CEO gets what Autodesk's Carl Bass doesn't get and it's very easy to see what it is by reading this interview that's totally void of any B.S.

http://www.topsolid.com/news-and-events/press-releases/press-release-detail/article/topsolid-7-interview-with-missler-softwares-ceo.htm

[Jon Banquer]

It's #2 in the link above which shows where the huge difference really is.

Jon Banquer
San Diego, CA
http://cadcamtechnologyleaders.blogspot.com/

[Mark Flayler]

You have some valid points as mentioned, although you have successfully hijacked a post about PLM. Maybe you can add some context where CAM fits into PLM and what this means for a CAM user?

How about the fact that this can save companies millions of dollars in implementation and start up of PLM where other attempts have failed before.

[Jon Banquer]

I haven't hijacked anything. All I've done is made it clear where and why Autodesk has failed and continues to fail. The same can be said of SolidWorks.

There are no fully integrated CAM applications for either Inventor or SolidWorks no matter how much marketing and fanbois claim there are. I explain why this is the case for SolidWorks here.

http://cadcamtechnologyleaders.blogspot.com/p/fully-integrated-cadcam.html

The same condition I lay out in the link above exists for Inventor.

Machining job shops I work with have zero interest in PLM. The reasons they don't have any interest in PLM can be found here:

http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/it-fud-blog/2011/12/bae-systems-office365.html

Getting a machining job shop to implement PDM is next to impossible unless the PDM is internal to the CADCAM application they adopt.

With the following CADCAM program PDM is internal and is the foundation on which the CADCAM application is built. In this CADCAM application PDM can't be turned off or removed. Because it's internal and not external, and because it's very well written, it's easy to use and actually enjoyable:

http://cadcamtechnologyleaders.blogspot.com/p/topsolid-cadcam-cad.html

Jon Banquer
San Diego, CA
http://cadcamtechnologyleaders.blogspot.com/

[scott moyse]

Hey Guys,

What should happen, is Autodesk Acquires & implements Missler and all its TopSolid goodies!

Then we get the best of all worlds.

Cheers

Scott