This episode started off with John McClary, an engineer at Alternative Engineering, presenting his Model of the Week. McClary’s model is a caliper that actually works digitally. His model is public and thoroughly labeled for anyone to look through it and learn from his work.
Next, the podcast welcomes Head of Product at Onshape Greg Brown. Brown has worked at PTC for over 20 years and even worked for PTC Japan. He explains to listeners what it was like to work in the CAD industry throughout its various stages, and his career journey.
Brown also provides a sneak peak into his work with BattleBots Team Ghost Raptor. He notably remembered when he was out in the woods in Vermont and the team needed his help.
“I was out fishing and I was getting all these messages saying ‘I’m having a few problems with these configurations,’” he said. “And I actually used my iPhone while I was standing knee deep in a river on a 4G connection to adjust, edit, and create a different configuration.”
Without cloud-native CAD like Onshape, Team Ghost Raptor would’ve been lost. Luckily Brown was able to enjoy time outdoors while also helping his team work on their design.
For more information about Brown’s experience working at BattleBots, read his blog on our website. To find out more about Brown’s career, listen to the full conversation on any of your favorite streaming services.
