![]() With Onshape being cloud-based, I truly believe there is a huge opportunity here to dramatically improve the process of reusing CAD data for documentation outside D&E.Īdobe's focus is on the cloud too nowadays. ![]() In fact, version controlling documentation content (line art, images, instruction manuals, factory instructions.) and notifications upon design changes, were the prime motivations for implementing EPDM in our organization. If Onshape could offer a process for creating and version controlling clean, web-ready/print-ready vector graphics that are automatically updated with design changes, I think it hits the jackpot for a great many companies. However, there's always that nagging feeling of "there has to be a way to do this 100 times more efficiently". ![]() A job that is never finished too, because with a major design change you find yourself starting all over again.ĭon't get me wrong, I like doing illustrations. Currently, turning raw CAD drawings into clean, clear and publishable (digital and print) graphics is an extremely laborious job. A big chunk of this are technical illustrations, especially for instruction manuals).Ĭreating good instructions is an art and craft. My major frustrations with current desktop CAD workflows are not about CAD creation itself, but rather about how CAD data is used for various purposes outside design & engineering. Do our brains suffer from quantum entanglement? No CAD company offers this, yet it is THE required style for technical Exactly my thoughts. Thick and Thin black and white hidden line. There is NO valued priced product available that handles multiple file formats for 3D CAD and offers links to professional graphics tools like Creative Suite (as opposed to Word). Technical documentation is something every single CAD using company does. I used to be on the closed Acrobat beta list when they introduced Acrobat 3D. ![]() In Indesign, double click the placed image, to directly edit the part (rotate to new view, change render style, explode, perspective, standard views etc etc).Īdobe nearly had this years ago. ![]() Also include a live rotate/orbit and explode in Indesign. When parts update, update the link in Indesign, views update. In the graphics app, import the native CAD file, choose your view and render style in same way you set up a drawing view. What I want is a live link from 3D CAD to Indesign or Illustrator or Photoshop, preferably all three. ![]()
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