CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
24 May 2005
Product News
Kubotek USA Offers Comprehensive Free Multi-CAD Viewer with Support for CATIA, UG, PRO/E and More
Kubotek® USA introduced the Kubotek SpectrumT, a free downloadable software solution designed to provide convenient access to design data stored in all the most commonly used computer-aided design (CAD) formats, including Pro/ENGINEER, UG, CATIA, SolidWorks, Inventor, KeyCreator, CADKEY, AutoCAD and more. A multi- CAD engineering tool, Spectrum provides an easy way for engineering and non- engineering professionals to access engineering and design data, improving inter-departmental communications flow and helping manufacturers speed products to market.
Kubotek Spectrum is immediately available for free download at http://www.kubotekusa.com/products/spectrum .
"Engineers and designers continue to struggle with receiving design files in a wide variety of formats but they perpetrate the same issues within their own organizations by locking their co-workers out of access to the product models," stated Robert Bean, Kubotek USA's chief operating officer. "The Kubotek Spectrum is one of the most efficient and certainly one of the most cost-effective ways to democratize access to design data."
"Spectrum is the most comprehensive free viewer available today," said John McCullough, product manager, Kubotek. "Other free viewers have limited capabilities, either they can't print or they provide access to only a limited number of file formats. Spectrum allows users to view, print, publish and interrogate numerous CAD formats."
Mark Dessureau, of Dessureau Machines Inc., a custom machining and fabrication company in Vermont, is one example of a Kubotek customer looking forward to being able to use Kubotek Spectrum. Dessureau Machines provides custom design and engineering services to a number of mid-to-large manufacturers, including Ben & Jerry's, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Wyeth Nutritionals, Bombardier and others. Dessureau receives CAD files from customers and original equipment manufacturers. Then he and his team are asked to design and manufacture machine components and replacement machinery parts. Dessureau Machines currently uses a number of different viewers to provide access to designs for the internal team, customers and partners.
"Right now, our team, both the manufacturing team and the office staff, use several different viewers, including the SolidWorks viewer, in order to access and view CAD files," explains Dessureau. "Even though we only work in KeyCreator, our customers send us product information in many formats-SolidWorks, Autocad, .DXF, etc. In particular, I am looking forward to having a viewer that my office staff can use to print out drawings from all kinds of CAD files. We'll also be able to have our customers and partners use Kubotek Spectrum. They can download the free viewer to access our drawings."
Kubotek Spectrum is a convenient way to review design data stored in the most common and current engineering file formats, without the danger of changing the data in any way. Available as a download, the professional grade viewer, which has a Windows interface, can be easily mastered by non- engineering professionals working in the marketing, sales, executive, and support or service departments.
Features and functionality include:
• Print or plot to all Windows supported devices
• Verify entity attributes and positions
• Measure any size, distance, area or volume (solids)
• Modify display using standard pan, zoom, rotate, and render functions
• Rotate display to stored view orientations
• Hide levels/layers, entities and parts
• Split the document window into 2-4 separate viewports
• Open multiple files at the same time
• Create custom print setup configurations with full control of pen,
• color, width and dash size handling
• Create custom configuration of toolbars and shortcut keys
• Export graphics to TIF, HPGL/2, Windows Metafile, HOOPS Metafile or HTML
Kubotek Spectrum is derived from the Kubotek KeyCreator product. The rapidly expanding KeyCreator product line includes multidimensional design and drafting, NC programming and the company's geometry-based foundation with localized feature editing and sophisticated deformation techniques. KeyCreator blends surface, solid and wireframe modeling, allowing for easy model modification and editing functionality to support rapid manufacturing.
Kubotek Spectrum is available as a no charge download at http://www.kubotekusa.com/ , the file and data types supported include: Unigraphics NX 1 and 2 (solids and surfaces); Pro/Engineer Wildfire 1 and 2 (solids and surfaces); CATIA 4.1-4.4, (solids and surfaces); KeyCreator V3 and V4 CKD (full support); AutoCAD DWG/DXF 11-2005 (drawings, wireframe, surfaces, and solids); Autodesk Inventor 6-9 (solids and surfaces); SolidWorks 98-2005 (solids and surfaces); STEP AP203 and 214 (solids and surfaces); ACIS SAT 1.5- 14 (full support); Parasolid XT 12-16 (solids, surfaces, and wireframe); Unigraphics 11-18 (solids and surfaces); Pro/ENGINEER 16-2001 (solids and surfaces); CADKEY V20, V21 and V21.5 CKD (full support); CADKEY 5, 6, 7, 97, 98, 99 and 19 PRT (full support); IGES (drawings, wireframe, surfaces, and solids); and STL (polygon).
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