‘partbrowser’

3D searching Madness! 5 Ways to Search in 3D…Oh, except for CAD and Design stuff.

13 Apr, 2009 by in TECH

Squeezin’ into that browser just isn’t as easy as it use to be. You’ve got 3D search capabilities busting out all over. It’s even spilling onto your desktop to make your media searching and organizing a multi-dimensional trip to Zoom-ville.

’3D searching’ – It’s here and it’s getting more intense. From web pages to images and all the media stored in the recesses of your hard-drive, we’ve got you covered. But on the 3D CAD and Design side… uhm, not so much.

Who’s bringing the 3D? A handful of companies. There’s similarities and differences, but it all wreaks of abolishing traditional search. Take a look. Can any of this be applied to 3D CAD or design?
(more…)

PartBrowser: Rock Your Desktop with 3D Part Browsin’ Intensity

28 Jan, 2009 by in REVIEWS

solidworks-partbrowserHey, I see you’re NOT rockin’ a desktop search program to find all your 3D CAD models. Ya know, one that indexes network folders and puts up cool little visuals to show what the models look like? Yeah, you’re probably making a bunch of shortcuts to your files or trying to find stuff through one of those PDM programs yeah?

Searching for models. It’s a pain if you don’t have the right tool. But even with a good search in a PDM program, you don’t have a lot of options for how to find your models.

ShapeSpace is planning to change this. And with their new beta launch of PartBrowser, the search for desktop 3D searching looks much brighter.
(more…)