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3D engineering articles from the Optellix team.

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Engineering SaaS
Why the Digital Thread Breaks Between Customer Facing Teams and Engineering
15 August 2026
Engineering Software
Why Your Best Engineering Data Still Reaches Decision Makers as a PDF
14 August 2026
CAD to Web
The Invisible Drag on Engineering Velocity: Eliminating the Model-Access Bottleneck
12 August 2026
Engineering Software
AI Solved 3D Generation. Now Engineering Has a Delivery Problem
11 August 2026
3D Viewer
What Is a STEP File? STP vs STEP and AP203 vs AP214 vs AP242, Explained
28 July 2026
CAD to Web
Why most CAD automation projects fail (and how to avoid it)
27 July 2026
3D Viewer
What Happens to 3D Models After They Leave Engineering?
29 January 2026
3D Viewer
Making 3D Accessible Across the Organization
23 January 2026
3D Viewer
Why Hardware Shouldn’t Limit Engineering Productivity: Breaking the Performance Barrier
19 January 2026
3D Viewer
Why Your Design-to-Shopfloor Gap is Costing Millions?
13 January 2026
3D Viewer
Why Heavy CAD Slows Engineering Teams Down
9 January 2026
3D Viewer
3D Product Configurators: Everything You Need to Know Before You Implement One
18 November 2025
Company
Planning Your First CAD Plugin? Here’s What Revit, SolidWorks, and Creo Won’t Tell You
11 August 2025
Company
WebXR vs. Native AR Apps — What’s Better for Distributed Teams?
9 August 2025
Compliance Automation
Why We Scope for 4–6 Weeks MVPs — and How That Helps You Move Faster
8 August 2025
Company
How Product and Engineering Teams Can Align on 3D Tooling (Without Losing Velocity)
5 August 2025
Compliance Automation
Visual-first Interfaces: Why More SaaS Teams Are Adopting CAD Viewers in Their CPQ
4 August 2025
Mining
AR for Safety, Training & Field Maintenance: What’s Real, What’s Gimmick?
1 August 2025
Compliance Automation
Viewer vs. Configurator vs. Simulator: What’s Right for Your Product?
17 July 2025
AEC
5 Signs Your Revit/SolidWorks Workflow Is Ready for Automation
7 June 2025
Company
What We’ve Learned from Automating Rule Checks in Revit for Code Compliance
27 May 2025
Engineering Software
How We Built a Browser-Based Viewer That Handles 200+ CAD Assemblies (And Loads in 2.5s)
15 May 2025
Engineering Software
How Digital Twins Start (and Why Most Fail to Scale)
6 May 2025
Compliance Automation
Budgeting for Your First 3D Tool: What Engineering Managers Wish They Knew Earlier
5 May 2025
Compliance Automation
From Excel Macros to Deep API Logic — Evolving the Way You Extend CAD Tools
21 March 2025
3D Viewer
What Makes a Web3D Viewer “Enterprise-Grade”?
1 March 2025

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