

Then it proved to be difficult to unseat SolidWorks and Pro/Engineer users.Its subscription pricing came was ahead of the times, and was eventually abandoned for conventional perpetual licensing.Some would say it faltered out of the gate: Despite all its promise, however, it failed to take the world by storm. On the product side, CAD insiders gave it a thumbs up.

It was easy to use, and with direct modeling being the trending topic in MCAD, it seemed to be in the right place at the right time. The CAD world expected a lot from SpaceClaim: a promising startup founded in 2005 by none other than Mike Payne, whose previous companies - PTC and SolidWorks - forever changed mechanical design.
