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Siemens PLM Software SUCCEEDING WITH SOLID EDGE, A VELOCITY SERIES SOLUTION Stop spinning your wheels with CAD. Xprezo Cycles designs and produces high-end handmade bicycle frames. Frame design involves some assembly modeling but brings aerodynamics and weight vs. rigidity considerations to the fore. Xprezo founder Hugo Bardou uses Solid Edge® software to turn his creative vision into real-world products. When Bardou started out, his CAD software was AutoCAD and he worked in 2D. It was necessary to create a new set of production drawings for each frame size. A new bill of material had to be generated for each size as well. Also, it was difficult to optimize a design using only 2D since it was difficult to visualize interacting components. A big advantage of Solid Edge is parametric modeling. “I can parameterize the frame and then change a couple of variables,” Bardou explains. “When the design is updated, all the production drawings are updated automatically. All the information needed to build the frame, including angles, cut lengths of raw material, and so on are all changed at this same time. This is very fast and reliable.” Solid Edge is a powerful hybrid 2D/3D design system and a core component of the Velocity Series™ portfolio. Solid Edge provides superior part and assembly modeling, drafting, transparent data management, and built-in finite element analysis. The Velocity Series portfolio allows companies to implement PLM using software designed specifically for rapid, easy deployment on Windows®, at a low total cost of ownership. Join us: Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology Launch Events. Design experience 100 times faster. 800-807-2200 www.siemens.com/plm/launch © 2008 Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. All rights reserved. Siemens and the Siemens logo are registered trademarks of Siemens AG. Velocity Series, Solid Edge and the Signs of Innovation trade dress are trademarks or registered trademarks of Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and in other countries. All other logos, trademarks or service marks used herein are the property of their respective owners. http://www.siemens.com/plm/launch http://www.siemens.com/plm/launch

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Cadalyst - September 2008 Contents Editor's Window Cad Central Tech Trends: Genie Out of the Bottle Cadalyst Labs Reviews: Big Tools for Big Jobs — Wide-Format Scanners and Printers Make Small Work of Large Projects Cadalyst Labs Reviews: AutoCAD 2009 — General-Purpose CAD Software Cadalyst Labs Reviews: AecBatchStylesEditor 2009 — CAD Standards Management Software for AEC Cad manager: Synchronize CAD Files over a Wide Area MCAD Modeling: Is 2D Drawing Doomed? Plm Strategies: More Bang for Your Truck Aec Insight: Works and Plays Well with Others Cad Cartoon Issue Indexes Hot Tip Harry: VBA Hints for Customizing AutoCAD

Cadalyst - September 2008

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