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News Release from: Siemens PLM Software | Subject: Solid Edge V20
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 09 May 2007
Improved design collaboration in Solid
Edge V20
Velocity series CAD component offers improved engineering productivity and increased collaborative design capability
UGS, a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, has announced Version 20 of Solid Edge software, its industry-leading, 3D computer-aided design (CAD) solution With hundreds of improvements, the new version delivers key functionality for plant equipment design as well as increases engineering productivity and design collaboration across the entire global value chain
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 9 May 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Solid Edge V20 is the latest release of UGS' hybrid 2D/3D CAD software and the premier design-centric solution in the mid-range CAD industry.
Solid Edge is the CAD component of the UGS Velocity Series portfolio targeted specifically at the needs of mid-sized manufacturing companies.
"Solid Edge V20 delivers substantial increases in engineering productivity through many industry firsts," says Dan Staples, director, Solid Edge Business.
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"For example, V20's 2D goal seeking technology breaks new ground in the CAD industry, while the addition of zones to our assembly modeler is a first for mid-range CAD.
This opens up many new possibilities for design optimisation in plant equipment design and shop floor layout".
"We also continue to improve design collaboration through tight integration with Teamcentre Express for cPDM".
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"The typical assembly size that we use in our daily work consists of about 5000 parts, the largest assemblies being between 30,000 and 50,000 parts," said Josef Gonschior, design engineer, DESY (Germany).
"The advantage of the new Zone command in Solid Edge V20 provides is a targeted separation of the working area and better performance due to less geometry".
"As a result, we are able to work with several developers on even bigger assemblies".
"The Zone command gives us the insight in adjacent assemblies that are used by others".
Hatch (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) has been serving the mining and metals, energy and infrastructure markets for more than 50 years and in 80 countries".
""Design collaboration within our organisation and outward to our suppliers and clients is always a challenge," said John Matthews, mechanical designer, Hatch".
""By using Solid Edge, we have been able to streamline our communication to complete our projects more efficiently".
"For example, we used Solid Edge to design six different Coilbox designs for customers in Korea, Ukraine, China and the United Kingdom".
"The original model was modified, improved and reused".
"With the new tools in Solid Edge V20, specifically the AutoCAD translation, we are able to communicate up and down our supply chain efficiently".
Solid Edge V20 will be available in English this quarter and in nine additional languages shortly thereafter.
Consistent with its "native Microsoft" strategy, Solid Edge V20 now supports Windows Vista, Internet Explorer 7 and Direct 3D graphics.
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