- IMSCAD offers direct access to powerful Lenovo workstations for demanding design tasks
- Workstations are hosted in Equinix data centers with 1:1 user connections
- Monthly contracts vary from one month to 36 months for flexible usage
IMSCAD and Lenovo workstations now offer remote setup for users who need to run 3D and heavy design software without paying the high prices of public cloud services.
The service provides each user with a 1:1 link to a workstation like the ThinkStation P3 Ultra with an Intel Gen 9 CPU reaching 6.0 GHz and an Nvidia chip with up to 24 GB of VRAM.
The vendor offers this hardware through cloud hosting, promising lower costs while maintaining consistent performance.
Most economical route for graphics workloads
IMSCAD claims that its service is powered by Lenovo hardware and that its systems are 50% cheaper than high-end public cloud platforms.
“For too long, the price of public cloud has been too high when you want to run desktops and graphical applications,” said CEO Adam Jull.
“Imagine having a super-powerful workstation that you never see or touch, but can access from anywhere in the world – that’s the reality we offer architects, engineers and designers today.”
The setup removes shared virtual machines and gives users direct access to dedicated workstations.
This approach allows users to pay less while running faster hardware, using cloud hosting and storage platforms.
TKDA, a Minnesota engineering, architecture and planning firm, tested four different services and replaced the setup it adopted during the COVID pandemic.
TKDA runs AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp, and point cloud software, and these programs require robust graphical output.
The test showed that the remote workstation handled these tasks without slowdown or instability.
“IMSCAD stood head and shoulders above all other solutions in our tests,” said Nicholas J. Steele, senior systems analyst at TKDA.
“The performance of the Lenovo P3 Ultra we accessed was a surprise to all testers. None of us thought we would ever get remote performance that outperformed our local machines.”
This service operates as a “workstation as a service” and uses rentable workstations on a monthly plan with contracts ranging from one month to 36 months.
The model is clear and straightforward: users rent a workstation, pay a flat monthly fee, and avoid the higher charges that public cloud instances incur.
The workstations are located within Equinix data centers and users connect to them directly. IMSCAD claims this is a simpler and cheaper way to run graphics workloads at scale.
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