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Using CAD models for fun and profit

Epic’s acquisition of Datasmith reveals ongoing problem of data conversion The rise in the use of game engines to create content and applications has emphasized a long-time challenge of putting CAD data to work: how to port heavy CAD data for use in other mediums such as animation, interior design, analysis, and now VR app development. As the technology du ...

Robert Dow

Epic’s acquisition of Datasmith reveals ongoing problem of data conversion The rise in the use of game engines to create content and applications has emphasized a long-time challenge of putting CAD data to work: how to port heavy CAD data for use in other mediums such as animation, interior design, analysis, and now VR app development. As the technology du jour, VR is helping push innovation in data exchange methodologies for heavy content but so is interest in making rendered walkthoughs, product animations, etc.  Certainly, VR has an appeal for consumers and a use case for entertainment content creation, the
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