CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
7 December 2004
Product News
Geometric Announces the Extension of eDrawings for Solid Edge; Joins Solid Edge Voyager Partner Program
Geometric Software Solutions announced that it will extend the support of eDrawingsT to Solid Edge® software. This announcement is made in concert with Geometric joining the Solid Edge Voyager Partner program. Currently, eDrawings communication software supports AutoCAD®, CATIA® V5, UG 17, 18 and NX®, Autodesk Inventor, Pro/ENGINEER®, Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire®, and SolidWorks® software.
eDrawings is the first email enabled communication tool that enables the sharing of 2D and 3D computer aided design (CAD) data. Unlike CAD files, eDrawings files are compact and easy to email. Typically, an eDrawings file is 95% smaller than the original CAD file. Unlike other formats such as PDF and TIF, eDrawings is highly interactive, allowing recipients to work on their designs in 3D.
With the eDrawings Professional version, users can:
• Share product designs with review-enabled eDrawings and collaborate with their extended teams
• Receive feedback on product design data from an unlimited number of recipients
• Manage, track, and merge comments from different team members
• Provide anyone with access to design data with self-extracting eDrawings
• Examine internal details of parts and assemblies with dynamic cross sectioning
• Measure the geometry in part, assembly, and drawing files when dimensions are absent
• Disable the measurement feature to protect sensitive design data
"eDrawings is rapidly becoming the standard for 3D communication and collaboration," said Pramod Rao, business head for visualization and collaboration products with Geometric. "To date, eDrawings supports all major CAD platforms and the product's recent availability for Solid Edge further demonstrates eDrawings' leadership in the 3D communication and viewing market. Solid Edge users can now reap the benefit from eDrawings' easy to use 3D communication capabilities."
"We are pleased that Geometric has recognized Solid Edge as among the elite products in the CAD industry," said Mark Davies, manager of the Solid Edge Voyager Program. "eDrawings will nicely complement Solid Edge's already strong series of collaborative solutions for designers and will help to further expedite communication throughout organizations and their supply chain. By extending their support for eDrawings to Solid Edge and joining the Solid Edge Voyager Program, Geometric offers the Solid Edge community another solution to address communication issues."
eDrawings for Solid Edge will be available through Geometric's worldwide reseller channel spanning 25 countries, and via the company's web site at www.geometricsoftware.com. The product is planned for launch in the first quarter of 2005.
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