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AI Advisor…

My prompts with answers:

what is parametric feature based modeling? blah, blah, blah

who invented parametric solid modeling? PTC

Sorry but Gemini nailed it…

The Problem: In the early 1980s, 3D CAD systems were difficult to modify. If a designer needed to change a dimension on a completed 3D model, they often had to manually rebuild the model from scratch—a tedious and error-prone process.

The Vision: Dr. Geisberg, a brilliant mathematician who had emigrated from the Soviet Union, envisioned a new kind of modeling system. Instead of creating a "dumb" geometric shape, a designer would build a model based on features, parameters, and constraints. This would capture the "design intent" of the object.

The Company: After failing to convince his employer at the time to pursue this radical new idea, Dr. Geisberg left and founded Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC) in 1985.

Is AI Advisor trained on PTC's database?

The new sign in flow is only for people accessing https://cad.onshape.com and doesn't change anything for Enterprises. Now, if a user goes to sign into https://cad.onshape.com but is part of an Enterprise (or multiple Enterprises) they will be given a choice of which domain to sign into. This prevents ambiguity some of our customers have had where employees sign in and start working on IP in the wrong domain.

If the user is signing in directly to the Enterprise there is no change. If the user is signing in via SSO, there is no change. If the user is not part of an Enterprise and signing into https://cad.onshape.com there is only a minor change of entering email then password, as opposed to entering both at the same time.

Most people will only see a minor difference at sign in.

I will have to create an improvement request for this unfortunate limitation. One obvious thing that an enterprise wants to do is hire contractors using the contractors’ seats of Onshape. It would be a lot more efficient than having to have extra seats lying around in case you need additional temporary help.

Variable studio configurations? Thin walled solver?! Render studio love and affection! 💖

New login flow - does this change anything for accounts in multiple enterprises where some enterprises have SSO enabled?

Is the enterprise collaboration only enterprise-enterprise or can it work with enterprise-professional ?

Another impressive release. Configurable variable studios, enterprise sharing, shell FEA elements, improved data management, drawings, rendering, and better access to AI advisor. Tons to digest here.

/* Sheet metal loft mentioned in the update diffs. */

Time to go bully the kernel and see if it'll shoot out lofted metal for me before it's public access.

Still looking for these requests to be filled:

*Add Internal guide/profiles to boundary surface

*Fix the Curve/Surface analysis tool to retain selections with final button (drops inputs depending on selections and scenarios)

*Improve sketch performance while using curvature constrains

*Sketch blocks

*Allow configurations to reference releases of parts and their configurations in an assembly