Despite the theme, "Ideas in an Innovation Economy," much of the discussion at COFES this year focused on the lack thereof in today's engineering software.
Asked where the innovative software is, one group came up with Dassault's Cosmic Blobs (3D modeling software aimed at children) and Web Services. XML was mentioned, too, but was deemed an enabler, not an actual product.
Still, the 200+ attendees found much to talk about last month at this annual gathering of software vendors, analysts, press and end users charged with figuring out the future of engineering software. Engineering software is defined broadly to include products for both mechanical and AEC design, ...