Specific to surfacing I haven't seen any big leap forward 2017-2021. Last game changing surfacing enhancements (years ago) were introduction of conic curve and boundary surface. Improved or not splines are root of all evil in surface modeling. I realize this is hyperbole. Splines do have their place...

Little late here, but couple of thoughts on subject. Reloading OS is overkill. I build custom rigs to run SolidWorks. Have several more than 10 years old that started with Win 7 Pro and have been upgraded to Win 10 Pro. I find regular cleaning of junk files/programs and simple hardware upgrades is w...

Can highly recommend Synology. Used to spend 30% or more of my time managing a windows server on a small 10 computer network. For the last 4 years our Synology NAS file server, network/Domain management, onsite backup, online real-time cloud syncing... takes me a few hours per month to manage. The S...

SPARK Product Development has used SolidWorks for 20 years. SW replaced Pro/E-CREO as our main CAD software. We have added Onshape about 3-4 years ago. Use it mainly for start up and individual inventor's work. Ability to share CAD with these non-CAD clients is helpful. Some of the big things it's g...

I've used all sorts of CAD systems since the late 1980's. Started using a chisel and hammer to get geometry to appear on the screen with Computervision CADDs. Since then I've used all on the list excepting ZW3D, and IronCAD. Believe I tried an IronCAD demo, but then I'm old and may not be recalling ...