Appliance Design - September 2008 - (Page 62) SOFTWARE SpaceClaim’s move tool allows unplanned changes to this handle design. In this example, SpaceClaim’s named group capability stores sets of selected faces in different groups. These groups remember how the designer positioned the move tool with a driving dimension, allowing parametric edits without the complexity of a constraint solver. sales team sheinmanf@bnpmedia.com Phone: 1 (858) 259-4585 Fax: (248) 502-1059 AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY, Western Canada Fern Sheinman - Publisher Dawn LeRoux lerouxd@bnpmedia.com Phone: (248) 633-4818 Fax: (248) 283-6558 IA, IL, KS, MN, MO, ND, NE, SD, WI Brad Glazer A. One group contains a liner dimension to move the grip and side faces. Designers can use the dimension to enter precise values or use the handle for dynamic, interactive edits. B. Another group provides an angular dimension to rotate the side faces. SpaceClaim can keep the same faces in several different groups, providing more flexibility than strict feature modelers. bsgrep@aol.com Phone: (216) 233-6943 Fax: (216) 831-8070 AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WV, Eastern Canada Sven K. Anacker Changing the game Product manufacturers can become more competitive by using complementary design tools that optimize their design-through-manufacture process. Organizations that understand the value that 3D history-based modeling has brought to the detailed design process can extend that value by further promoting 3D throughout the concept-through-manufacture process. Unlike production CAD, which requires formal rollouts, complementary design tools can be deployed ad-hoc by any team that wants to work in 3D. When everyone in the extended product development team can communicate in 3D, better designs happen faster. Complementary 3D solutions do not replace history-based CAD, the appropriate choice for detailed design. Existing CAD users should welcome the addition of new design tools in the process for three reasons: 1. They will receive higher-quality input from their colleagues. 2. The value of their work will be visible to a larger audience. 3. Their models cannot be damaged by unqualified users trying to use history-based CAD. Complementary design tools are changing the rules about the role of digital design in product development. In the past, product development organizations needed to standardize on a single CAD system across their design chain, limiting business choices to history-based modeling. These new tools make it possible to work with CAD data regardless of its source, allowing the extended design team to accept design data in any format. When detail design teams are located overseas, these tools can help engineers to double their productivity, delivering concepts the overseas team can use to create detailed CAD models overnight. With the emergence of this new approach, the engineering world now has a viable solution to the interoperability crisis. SpaceClaim is a simple product that lets anyone edit CAD data, and it opens the door to a world that puts the customer, not the CAD vendor, in control of the model. No longer constrained to one CAD system or process, product developers can bring better-designed, higher-quality products to market faster and at lower cost than ever before. < For more information, email: sales@spaceclaim.com sanacker@intermediapartners.de Phone: 49 202 2716918 Fax: 49 202 2716920 Germany, Austria & Switzerland Richard Rozelaar richard.rozelaar@alaincharles.com Phone: 44 207 834 7676 Fax: 44 207 973 0076 Europe (All countries except Germany, Austria & Switzerland) Jennifer Nagel Design Mart, Buyers Guide & Classified nagelj@bnpmedia.com Phone: (248) 244-1729 Fax: (248) 244-2040 Fern Sheinman - Publisher sheinmanf@bnpmedia.com Phone: (858) 259-4585 Fax: (858) 259-4586 international Jill DeVries devriesj@bnpmedia.com Phone: (248) 244-1726 Fax: (248) 244-3934 reprints 62 applianceDESIGN September 2008 www.applianceDESIGN.com http://www.appliancedesign.com
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