Re: SolidWorks With SpaceClaim Bolted On

On Apr 28, 9:20 pm, gk <g...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 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

Not having any real machining experience is evident by Gary Knutson's
posts over the last ten years to Usenet.

Suggest you keep begging Bottlebob for the shop tour so you might
learn something you ****ing moron.

Jon Banquer
San Diego, CA