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UGS Intros Solid Edge 10.(mid-range mechanical CAD program)(Product Announcement)
UGS has introduced Version 10 of Solid Edge, its mid-range mechanical CAD program. The new iteration focuses on improvements to large-assembly design and drafting--areas the company has been targeting for some time.
Among these improvements is the new "family of assemblies" capability, which lets designers easily create and manage related assemblies with different components and subassemblies. Solid Edge's "alternate position assemblies" allow designers to rapidly model and evaluate variations in which part positions change during the operation of the assembly.
Solid Edge also uses a structured storage approach that makes assembly variations accessible from a single file for display or drawing creation.
"This version has made strides in assembly modeling," says analyst Ray Kurland (Clifton, NJ). "UGS has expanded users' ability to view assemblies in different `states,' to help them understand various ...