CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
29 June 2004
Product News
Solid Edge® Version 16 Supplies Enhancements for Design of Process Equipment
UGS announced Version 16 of Solid Edge®, its 3D computer-aided design (CAD) system for the mainstream product lifecycle management (PLM) market, has been significantly expanded to add capabilities to ease the design of complex process equipment.
Since its inception, Solid Edge has been at the forefront of design for mechanical machinery. Now Solid Edge provides tools for a specialized segment of the machinery market-process equipment. Process equipment combines a maze of pipes, frames and pumps with mixing and monitoring devices to form some of the largest, most complex custom or semi-custom equipment in the industry today for use within industries such as oil and gas, chemical processing and pharmaceuticals.
Solid Edge's capability to design assemblies with more than 100,000 parts is further extended with Version 16's ability to efficiently provide complete accurate virtual prototypes that slash time to market and reduce errors for the process equipment and other industries by adding:
Piping Systems Design - Uses Solid Edge XpresRoute technology (also includes wiring and tubing, $995 U.S.) to create predefined paths for pipes to follow through an assembly. Once established, paths are populated with the proper pipes and fittings to create a virtual mockup of the piping system complete with bills of material and cut lists. Standard piping libraries may be user-defined or licensed separately as an additional option ($495 U.S.)
Frame Design - Develops rigid frame structures for process equipment and other machinery by creating a 3D sketch of a frame skeleton, complete with its relationships. Standard structural cross sections are then used to automatically create the 3D model of the frame and its cut lists for bill-of-material and down stream processing. Additional weld features may be added as required. (Included with Solid Edge Classic.)
In addition to these process equipment-specific enhancements, Solid Edge also has added increased capabilities to its industry leading Systems Design and Hybrid 2D/3D strategies. Among the enhancements are:
• New features for adjustable parts, fastener systems and dynamic families of assemblies, all of which deliver more flexibility during the design process.
• New tools for hybrid 2D/3D design, including a new and unique "Zero D" capability that allows the definition of product structure before any geometry is committed to paper. (See Zero D press release.)
For more information on Solid Edge Version 16, please see UGS Launches Solid Edge Version 16, June 2, 2004, ( http://www.solidedge.com/ ).
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