Re: good reasons for running it on a cloud
Depends upon the project and how many people are concurrently working on it. For sure, having engineers only access data on site, and that data held on the premises, is the most secure. So in this context, just replace 'cloud' with mainframe or server, and the upshot remains the same: computer on desk just needs to drive monitors. Changes an engineer commits to a model are immediately available to colleagues.
I didn't mean to suggest that the server / mainframe model is the definitively best way to use CAD in all situations, only that it does offer some plus points. The hybrid approach is popular - modelling done on local workstation, simulation / rendering done on local GPU farm or rented cloud resources.
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