1. Windows 10 Drawing App Makes Creating and Sharing Accurate, Dimensional Drawings Easy
“The Catchbook drawing app with Windows 10 and Microsoft Surface finally bring to fruition the longstanding dream that anyone can create accurate digital drawings simply using fingers and a stylus.” – Ken Hosch, Director of Innovation (NX), Siemens PLM Software
SITUATION
Engineers, designers, and even hobbyists have long lamented how difficult it is to create dimensionally accurate drawings. Artistic apps are too inaccurate, while CAD systems are too detailed and expensive. Is there a way to draw accurately using only stylus and touch? Can it be delivered as a mobile solution that runs equally well on phones, tablets, and desktops? Is it shareable with others on any device? Can it have full connectivity to enterprise content?
WINDOWS ISV:
Siemens PLM Software
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LOCATION: Plano, Texas, USA
ORG SIZE: More than 10,000 employees
WINDOWS ISV PROFILE:
Siemens is a global provider of product lifecycle management and manufacturing operations management software, systems, and services, with over nine million licensed enterprise seats and more than 77,000 corporate customers worldwide. It works with its customers to provide industry software solutions that help companies everywhere achieve a sustainable competitive advantage.
SOLUTION
Enter Windows 10 with full support for stylus and touch, the Universal Windows Platform for running on any Windows 10 device, and full access to the modern enterprise. This combination delivers a perfect foundation for Siemens PLM Software to develop Catchbook, its intuitive stylus-based drawing app that runs on both mobile and desktop, with easy access to enterprise content. In addition, the Visual Studio development environment and Xamarin toolkit delivers the cross-platform support required to share Catchbook drawings with any mobile device.
BENEFITS
With Windows 10, users can use Catchbook on-the-go with their Surface and instantly transfer drawings to NX or Solid Edge CAD to continue work.
The Universal Windows Platform and cross-platform Visual Studio enables Catchbook to be developed on one platform and delivered everywhere.