Cimdata Logo

Industry Summary Articles

Thursday, March 06, 2014

Siemens PLM Introduces Parasolid v26.1

Siemens PLM Software has released version 26.1 of Parasolid software.

Parasolid version 26.1 includes enhancements to a wide variety of areas with a special focus on providing high level functionality to support the productivity of sophisticated end-users who encounter complex geometric configurations in their daily work. Building on foundations of industry-hardened technology; these new capabilities allow application developers to deliver productivity boosting solutions to overcome problems that would otherwise require considerable end-user skill and time. Areas enhanced in v26.1 include Hole Filling and Sweeping, Blending and Model Editing.

Hole Filling and Sweeping

V26.1 adds to extensive surfacing functionality with new creation and editing capabilities that are of particular interest to end-users who import data, which may require repair, from other systems. These include:

  • Filling holes in a model, guided by reference points to influence the surface shape.
  • Generating the swept volume of a spun tool body swept along a path with an arbitrary lock direction.
  • Using non-G1 guide wires when sweeping a profile along a G1 path.

Blending

V26.1 provides finer control and more options in numerous complex scenarios that may occur in new and legacy designs in operations for both functional and aesthetic purposes, These include:

  • Trimming face overhangs when blending sheet bodies.
  • Refining control of blend location in face-face blending.
  • Adding the ability to manage mergeable edges during edge blending.

Model Editing

V26.1 combines existing functionality to perform high level tasks often encountered by end-users.

  • Extrusion of bodies with edges parallel to the direction of the sweep direction, avoiding the creation of a non-manifold body.
  • Faces can be deleted from locally-manifold areas of a general body and the underlying geometry healed.

These broad enhancements are in addition to numerous improvements targeted at specific industries and workflows.

r
ipad background image

Featured Cimdata Reports

ipadcontent
PLM-Enabled Digital Transformation Benefits Appraisal Guide

The Guide is designed to help potential PLM users evaluate the applicability and payoffs of PLM in their enterprise, and to help existing users of PLM monitor the impact it is having on their product programs.

ipadcontent
PLM Market Analysis Reports

The PLM MAR Series provides detailed information and in-depth analysis on the worldwide PLM market. It contains analyses of major trends and issues, leading PLM providers, revenue analyses for geographical regions and industry sectors, and historical and projected data on market growth.

ipadcontent
PLM Market Analysis Country Reports

These reports offer country-specific analyses of the PLM market. Their focus is on PLM investment and use in industrial markets. Reports cover Brazil, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Russia, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

ipadcontent
Simulation & Analysis Market Analysis Report

This report presents CIMdata’s overview of the global simulation and analysis market, one of the fastest growing segments of the overall product lifecycle management market, including profiles of the leading S&A firms.

ipadcontent
CAM Market Analysis Report

This report presents CIMdata’s overview of the worldwide CAM software and services market. It also includes a discussion on the trends in the CAM industry and updates on the top CAM solution providers.