Webinar: Managing Large CAD Assemblies – Three Ways to Improve Performance Right Now

Designers in every industry are being pushed to produce larger and more complex product assembles.


Designers in every industry are being pushed to produce larger and more complex product assembles. Add to that the demands that new software features place on your hardware, and you can be in for some serious performance issues. Models that used to load in seconds either load slowly or not at all. What can you do?

In this webinar, Industry Analyst Ken Versprille will provide an overview of three things that designers can do right now to radically improve the performance of large assemblies within their CAD systems. You will learn why you need to:

  • Simplify your models
  • Plan your drawings
  • Optimize display effects

Popular CAD author, Matt Lombard, will join Ken to describe the practical side of how these concepts can be put into practice right now by your design team.

About the Speakers:


Dr. Ken Versprille heads the Design Creation and Collaboration Research Council at the research firm, CIMdata. His research projects have spanned complex geometric design approaches, design collaboration, design automation, PLM standards, and the horizontal integration of CAD across related PLM applications.

Dr. Versprille is recognized for publishing the first description of NURBS (Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines), the mathematical curve and surface formulation that has become an international standard in CAD and Computer Graphics.


Matt Lombard is a mechanical engineer with over 20 years of experience working on range of designs from manufacturing fixture design to complex plastic assemblies. During that same period he wrote his initial blog, Dezignstuff.com, which engaged the technical side of the CAD community, and several books ranging from a general CAD desk reference to surfacing and CAD Administration, including printed books and video series. Since joining Siemens PLM Software, Matt has worked as the community manager for the Solid Edge on-line community where he writes a technical blog and oversees the operation of the Solid Edge Community Forum.

Your participation in this webinar is sponsored by Siemens PLM Software. To watch the webinar, please complete the form on the right.