5 CAD/PLM Conspiracy Theories to Ponder and FEAR.

And you thought governments and retirement homes were the only powers fettered with the chains of conspiracy and hidden intrigue. oooohhhhh nooooo. Deep within the bowels of the CAD/PLM system lies long hidden speculation and neatly disguised patterns of cover-ups not seen by us in the trenches of engineering, design and manufacturing.

Be warned!! Some of these may be true, some may be totally made up, and some, yes some may even put your life in danger just for looking at it.

1. Carl Bass (CEO AutoDesk) and Bernard Charlès (CEO Dassault Systems) were a wrestling duo, secretly planning the take over of CAD/PLM Industry.
   The picture says it all…
   
2. Aliens Robots created different CAD formats to make use all grow prematurely old.
   You know this is a strong possibility. It’s either this or the early development of CAD formats was manipulated by an alien race, or aliens posing as humans or humans that just hate other humans and want to make things difficult. Some people think this is changing.
3. ‘Direct Editing’ was first thought up after someone ate too much and said, “Ohhh, my skin hurts.”
   Most likely factual, but no way to confirm since many people eat excess quantities of food and then complain about having soreness. However, it could be narrowed down to anyone in the CAD industry with bad skin and a sour face.
4. PLM was initially an acronym for Product Lifecycle Mayhem
   But the original creators decided ‘Mayhem‘ sent a negative buzz as opposed to a positive buzz. So, it was changed after someone sneezed and a small piece of mucous hit the word “Management” on a Workplace Efficiency Seminar poster.
5. There actually was a SkunkWorks project to make scratch n’ sniff Rapid-prototyped 3D CAD parts.
   It was ended due to time constraints and the ‘smell’ always ending up as the foul odor in a damp trunk of a Toyota Corolla. Some suspect it’s a continuing project with sightings of RP vendors inadvertently nosing products during presentations.

Another? YES!

DS is dumbing down SolidWorks (and keeping out advanced features) to distinguish Catia as high end software.
OOOOoooo, now there’s some food for massive pondering. Thanks Phil!!!

Now that you’ve read this, you are most likely in danger of being chained to a drafting table and subsequently tortured with words like “ease of use”, “collaboration”, “productivity”, and “scalability”. RUN… or stay here and discuss. 🙂