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A comment on Self-solving Rubik's Cube.

Re:Self-solving Rubik's Cube by pen2l on Monday September 24, 2018 @11:53AM (#18058722)
There are some CAD pics in that page. I find it curious that the cad pics merge together the mechanical parts, the wires, and the electronics.

Can anyone tell which CAD software they’re using just by looking at the screenshots?

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Re:Self-solving Rubik's Cube by Z1515M8147 on Monday September 24, 2018 @05:22PM (#18061572)
Just a stab, but it could be PTC Creo using wiring looms.

Example image of wiring an assembly in Creo:

http://www.arbortext.com/-/media/Images/CAD/PTC-Creo-PCX---1...

I am not aware of the interface method Creo uses for wiring or resolving connections, it could be purely graphical with no resolving at all. If so I would assume that the electronics/pcbs you can see in the original article are likely just 3D STEP models exported from the ECAD package into Creo.

Sadly, the market does not currently (to my knowledge) present engineers with one single software solution for ecad->mcad>wiring>assembly>release, instead relying on various software packages, licenses and extensions on these with each user (company) forging their own local workarounds to bridge or replace specific steps of the process.

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