Porting a Legacy CAD Application to Qt/QML - The Good, Bad, and Ugly

Learn about the challenges and successes of porting a legacy CAD application to Qt/QML in this technical conference talk. Explore a three-year journey of modernizing Alias CAD software by transitioning from a 30-year-old in-house UI framework to Qt/QML. Discover the all-in approach taken to rebuild the user interface from scratch, including the complete disabling of the existing UI during development. Gain insights into how this transformation not only involved technological changes but also revolutionized team workflows across different disciplines. Senior software engineer Furkan Uzumcu from Autodesk shares his extensive experience with Qt/QML development, software architecture, and creating intuitive user experiences for both desktop and mobile platforms.