By Jim Kogler
I just returned from an outstanding week at the MAK ONE End User Conference in Milan, hosted by our partners at ST Engineering Antycip. It was great to see how both longtime and new customers are using MAK ONE products. I'm always impressed by the breadth and capability of the systems built on top of our tools, and the innovative ways they’re being used.
By Alex Broadbent
Wargaming enthusiasts and simulation pros: we’re excited to share a new VR-Forces feature coming in the MAK ONE 2025 release later this summer – MAK Metrics. We developed the ability to record aggregate-level scenario data and pipe it directly into MySQL and SQLite databases. That means you can capture key scenario details, things like fuel levels, weapon usage, damage, detonations, and unit status, and store them in a format that’s easy to search, sort, and analyze and compare different scenario runs.
Buckle up—here's our Q2 edition of What's Up MAK. We’ve got AI on the brain, product releases in the works, and boots on the ground helping customers bring big simulation & training ideas to life. Click the button below to get quick updates, helpful links, and a peek at where we’re headed next.
(TLDR: Lots of good stuff, just one quarterly newsletter. Click below to read the full issue.)
Every quarter, we pull together the must-know updates from MAK—product announcements and webinar recordings, deep-dive blogs from our engineers and senior team, partnership news, and a ton of other resources to help you get the most out of MAK ONE and discover all the ways MAK can support you and your projects. Take a look at our Q1 rollup and let us know what you liked or didn't, and the types of stuff you'd find interesting to learn about.
(TLDR: Lots of good stuff, just one quarterly newsletter. Click below to read the full issue.)
by Jim Kogler, VP of Products
CDB (Common Database) is a terrain standard that uses highly structured and curated GIS data to define the terrain for Synthetic Environments. If you’ve ever worked with raw source data (GIS data), you know it can be all over the place...each source may use slightly different formats and inconsistent attributes, which can make it a headache to manage. CDB solves this problem by using a CDB terrain generation tool to process raw data into a highly structured format, ensuring everything is well-defined and consistent. The tool also allows you to clean up problematic data and integrate your own models into a well-organized directory structure (the database).
