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fb39ca4

02-09-2014 15:14

Has anyone used Sunglass.io for CAD?

https://www.sunglass.io/

My team is in need of a version control system for CAD this year (we are using Solidworks), and I just discovered this. It seems to be a lot easier than renting a VPS to run Solidworks PDM on. Have any teams used it in the past? How did it go?

Michael Hill

02-09-2014 15:59

Re: Has anyone used Sunglass.io for CAD?

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Originally Posted by fb39ca4 (Post 1398740)

I installed it a while ago, but it seems to be a dead project.

Cory	02-09-2014 16:40

Re: Has anyone used Sunglass.io for CAD?

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Originally Posted by fb39ca4 (Post 1398740)

You could always install PDM on a regular computer and then VPN into the network it's located on whenever you're not colocated with the server computer.

Michael Hill

02-09-2014 17:26

Re: Has anyone used Sunglass.io for CAD?

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Originally Posted by Cory (Post 1398749)

You could always install PDM on a regular computer and then VPN into the network it's located on whenever you're not colocated with the server computer.

I'll agree with this. Workgroup PDM is pretty good for FRC teams. I ended up getting an Amazon EC2 instance to run our server on and use S3 for the storage (with daily backups). It's not the cheapest, but it's extremely reliable.

connor.worley

02-09-2014 20:57

Re: Has anyone used Sunglass.io for CAD?

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Originally Posted by Michael Hill (Post 1398752)

You can get EC2 free for a year IIRC

Michael Hill

02-09-2014 22:25

Re: Has anyone used Sunglass.io for CAD?

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Originally Posted by connor.worley (Post 1398779)

You can get EC2 free for a year IIRC

You can, I've already used my free tier period though.

fb39ca4

02-09-2014 23:42

Re: Has anyone used Sunglass.io for CAD?

For Solidworks PDM, which system requirements should I be looking at? The archive or the database server? Are the RAM requirements very strict?

I also noticed PTC Windchill was an option. Will it work with Solidworks 2014?

Cory	03-09-2014 00:03

Re: Has anyone used Sunglass.io for CAD?

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Originally Posted by fb39ca4 (Post 1398816)

I also noticed PTC Windchill was an option. Will it work with Solidworks 2014?

There's no reason to use a 3rd party program when PDMWorks is available.

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