What could be better than that? How about that the performance is also typically better than on an expensive, graphics-powered, physical machine. This setup is available on any device, including iPads and even those slow, old desktops. The engineering user can open a web app, go to the portal, start their machine, and start using it. The engineer (or designated power user) is in control of these virtual machines. One template might be for a SolidWorks desktop with connectivity preconfigured to their SolidWorksPDM datastore, another could be for PTC Creo also with pre-configuration. A client may request several templates to be set up for their particular environment. This new platform is set up with templates of workstations for the engineers.
VCAD is a virtual workstation platform that allows engineers to quickly create a workstation at the touch of a button. Self-serving technology is usually preferable to having to ask someone else! So we created a platform with preset templates that allowed the engineers to serve themselves. Our engineering clients asked for a better way to serve their design engineers, and we found ourselves working overtime creating cloud virtual desktops, imaging them, and configuring them. However, it required too much manual effort and too many IT resources. Companies tried to create cloud resources to help the performance and ease-of-use, working from home. When Covid-19 hit, design engineers were sent home along with everyone else. It’s called vCAD, and it’s a virtual engineering platform built on AWS. SPK experienced these problems with many of our clients, so we decided to create a solution to address them.
But, what if there could actually be a more efficient way for you to avoid increased license costs simply by using the licenses you have more efficiently?
With last month’s announcement of the SolidWorks license cost increases, you may be ready to start cutting “barely-used” licenses. Isn’t it frustrating to have to pay for an expensive license for a user that only uses the application a few times a month? Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to reduce your annual engineering licensing fees, such as your SolidWorks license cost, while still providing application access to the same number of engineers?
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