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S5E38 Istvan Csanady | Shapr3D

Being an Engineer · 20 Sept 2024 · 53m · Episode 38

What this episode covers

Istvan Csanady, founder and CEO of Shapr3D, explains how his company is reinventing CAD by focusing on mobility, ease of use, and native application support on iPad, Mac, Windows, and Apple Vision Pro. He details the company's strategy of starting with a simple, accessible tool for SMBs and creative professionals before expanding into enterprise markets like automotive process engineering and consumer product design. Csanady discusses the technical challenges of balancing simplicity with sophisticated parametric modeling features, the importance of their private cloud architecture for enterprise data security, and the upcoming roadmap including assembly-level collaboration.

Most relevant to

companies scaling up

Topics

Mentioned

Products
Shapr3D, SolidWorks, Creo, NX, Onshape, CATIA, Apple Vision Pro
Also
Siemens Parasolid, Apple Design Award

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