FoDES - Future of Design & Engineering Software
We discuss tools and technology that engineers will find interesting and useful. This can be software, hardware or a service.
FoDES - Future of Design & Engineering Software
Latest Episodes
Is Lewis Valentine Real? Solo Developer Creates Geometry Kernel and CAD Program
A lot of “AI for CAD” talk still feels like a wrapper around old tools, so we wanted to get closer to the engine room. Lewis joins us to explain how he went from years at ACIS and is now building his own CAD kernel and a browser-based sol...
Bobby Ng STEPs Up with Transfigure
Your CAD tool can’t read your intent, but your fabricator still has to. That gap is where AI CAD promises a lot and often delivers noise, broken geometry, or subscription regret. We sit down with Bobby, a mechanical engineer and founder of Tran...
Peggy Xia, CEO of gNucleus: We're Not a Text-to-CAD Company
A text prompt that “almost” makes a bracket is the fastest way to lose an engineer’s trust. I sit down with Peggy Xia, co-founder and CEO of gNucleus, to find out what, besides almost making a bracket, gNucleus was up to.Peggy's backgrou...
OnShape Labs Features AI Tools
Waiting months for “the next big CAD release” feels out of step with how fast AI is evolving, so we sit down with Darren Henry (SVP, PTC) and Cody Armstrong (Senior Director, Onshape AI Innovation) to explain what Onshape Labs is really designe...
Viral Shah on Dyad - Physical AI for Systems Analysis
“Make me a car” is an impressive demo until you ask where the braking hydraulics, controls, and safety logic went. We let Viral Shah, CEO and founder of JuliaHub, and Chris Rackauckas, tell us about physical AI and its use for syste...
