Re: SolidWorks With SpaceClaim Bolted On

jon_banquer wrote:
> http://www.upfrontezine.com/current.htm
> 
> "During last week's semi-public/private media event, it became quickly
> apparent that the next release of high-end NX and mid-range Solid Edge
> software will add non-history (freeform) editing to their current
> history-parametric modeling. It does editing with -- or without -- the
> history tree. Some bloggers describe it as 'SolidWorks with SpaceClaim
> bolted on'. Here's how Siemens describes it:
> 
> "...first-ever history-free, feature-based modeling technology..."
> 
> "...combines the best of constraint-driven techniques with direct
> modeling..."
> 
> "...simultaneously synchronizes geometry and rules through a new
> decision-making inference engine."
> 
> "...the efficiency of parametric dimension-driven modeling without the
> computational overhead of pre-planned dependencies."
> 
> "Suggestive Selection automatically infers the function of various
> design elements without the need for feature or constraint
> definitions."
> 
> "New inference technology automatically infers common constraints and
> executes typical commands based on cursor position."
> 
> Siemens' executive vp of products Chuck Grindstaff emphasized that
> synch-tech is not a bolt-on; the company spent years integrating it
> into the databases of NX and Solid Edge. Once the software becomes
> generally available this summer, feedback from users will determine
> how spectacular synch tech is -- or not.
> 
> Although the technology resides in the ParaSolid and D-Cubed
> components, it is patent-pending, and Siemens has no intention of
> sharing it with competitors through its ParaSolid and D-Cubed
> licensing programs.
> 
> This announcement:
> 
>     * validates IronCAD and Kubotec USA (KeyCreator), because their
> software already does much of this.
>     * pressures PTC to integrate its freeform modeler (CoCreate) with
> Pro/Engineer.
>     * pressures Dassault to deliver a rumored freeform modeler under
> its V6 banner.
>     * pressures Autodesk, which does not have freeform MCAD modeling,
> except through a partial-working DWG link to its Alias industrial
> design software."
> 
> Jon Banquer
> San Diego, CA

Lacking any hands-on experience with any of the NX packages his post 
validates the FACT that Jonnie believes everything he reads.  (Not that 
it should suprise anyone).

gk