Monday, February 18, 2008
The next step for CAD
Posted by Tess Gadwa
I've been reading about some other software companies' planned product updates for the next two years. It's becoming increasingly clear that SITEOPS is taking a different approach to CAD than anyone else in the industry.
Them: Lots of UI updates and validation controls to help ensure that the designs you draw can actually be implemented.
Us: Computer Aided Design for real.
We're talking about CAD software that can actually generate preliminary site designs, based on user-supplied criteria. What's more, SITEOPS can produce numerous design alternatives and you retain the ability to tweak and adapt those designs and/or import them into another drawing program.
Our approach was not possible until 2-3 years ago, due to advances in the field of evolutionary computing and the availability of raw server processing power. The best part is, it works and it's available today.
I've been reading about some other software companies' planned product updates for the next two years. It's becoming increasingly clear that SITEOPS is taking a different approach to CAD than anyone else in the industry.
Them: Lots of UI updates and validation controls to help ensure that the designs you draw can actually be implemented.
Us: Computer Aided Design for real.
We're talking about CAD software that can actually generate preliminary site designs, based on user-supplied criteria. What's more, SITEOPS can produce numerous design alternatives and you retain the ability to tweak and adapt those designs and/or import them into another drawing program.
Our approach was not possible until 2-3 years ago, due to advances in the field of evolutionary computing and the availability of raw server processing power. The best part is, it works and it's available today.
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