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29 September 2004

Product News

RuleStream v5.6 Brings New Enterprise-Level Automation Capabilities to SolidWorks 2005 Software

RuleStream Corporation announced that its RuleStream v5.6 product supports SolidWorks ® 2005 3D mechanical design software. Engineers and designers use RuleStream and SolidWorks to automate complex decisions about their products so they can design better products faster and more accurately, thus lowering delivery times and speeding the quote-to-order and order-to-cash cycles. RuleStream v5.6 is available today for purchase.

A SolidWorks Solution Partner Product, RuleStream v5.6 allows users to generate complete quotations, engineering, and manufacturing drawings and reports, all at the time of quotation. This is possible through the product's rules-driven manufacturing and design automation capabilities.

SolidWorks 2005 expands on the software's legacy of ease of use, design power, and affordability by also providing users with comprehensive drawing tools and new productivity features that will speed the adoption of 3D design around the world.

By integrating with SolidWorks 2005, RuleStream v5.6 ensures that automated product decisions reflect a manufacturer's most up-to-date product-based intellectual property. It also allows design and manufacturing engineers to see the impact of configuration changes on the product design in real-time.

RuleStream features a breakthrough user environment that allows subject matter experts to easily capture rules about requirements, best practices, and capabilities for engineering, manufacturing, and sales. All the power of SolidWorks is available to the end-user through this environment.

The SolidWorks Partner Program features products and services that complement SolidWorks products. Certified Gold Products are fully integrated with SolidWorks and provide users with instant access to the partner application within the SolidWorks window. Solution Partner products offer a variety of integration methods with SolidWorks software, including the SolidWorks application programming interface (API) and established industry standard file formats. SolidWorks has more partners in the mid-range CAD market than any competing technologies, with more than 600 companies worldwide participating in the SolidWorks Partner Program.

RuleStream's customers include innovators like Fresno Valves & Castings, Interior Concepts, Lytron, UNEX, and other mid-sized companies in a broad range of industries. RuleStream customers also include business leaders like General Electric, Lockheed Martin, NASA and The Babcock & Wilcox Company. For more information visit http://www.rulestream.com

 

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