SolidDesigner




SolidDesigner- A Design Based On Experience

SolidDesigner, our 3D solid modeling tool, was designed by experienced mechanical engineers for mechanical engineers, and the modeling process used follows their design approach. The system speaks their language, and the modeling process follows their design approach. Even more, SolidDesigner is so intuitive that designers familiar with 2D systems can be up and running within just a few days. The solution empowers all team members to begin their design by relying on existing CAD data, including archived data from legacy systems, customers and contractors.

Powerful Dynamic Modeling Capabilities

SolidDesigner's powerful design techniques maximize productivity from the conceptual design stage to the fully detailed and documented 3D model. Flexible model creation and refinement concepts allow designers to capture ideas and detail models quickly, without focusing on the models' underlying history. This dynamic modeling technique is the foundation for the broad acceptance of solid modeling in any engineering team.

Working with SolidDesigner is a simple process. Using professional 2D drafting functions, designers create a profile on a freely positionable workplane, similar to a sketch on a draft board. Engineers then choose from a complete set of modeling commands, all based on well-proven model-creation concepts, and apply them to the 2D profile.

Change is Easy - and Predictable

Design refinements are done "on-the-fly" at any stage in the design cycle. Designers can explore alternatives quickly from design evolution to co-creation. All changes are clearly defined and predicted, reducing the amount of time involved in evaluating the impact of the change. Designers can choose from a wide variety of modification tools, including variable blending, shelling or tapering. Modifications can be done dimensionally or dynamically to models, faces and user-defined or automatically-recognized features.

Communicate With Your Design Environment

Extra modules for 3D viewing, annotation, and conferencing enable engineers to gather feedback from everyone participating in product development.

SolidDesigner is also available with Product Data Management capabilities, which ensure the management of all relevant data. WorkManager configured for the engineering desktop and tightly integrated with SolidDesigner, adds 3D efficiency for assembly modeling, version management and model configuration management.

SolidDesigner also accepts feature- or history-based 3D models as if they were SolidDesigner models.

ME10 Annotation and Dimension Advisor

ME10 Annotation provides standard compliant documentation. Changes, updates, revisions and modifications made to design models in SolidDesigner are accurately reflected in ME10's corresponding technical drawings. With the Dimension Advisor, users have an entire set of intelligent tools, called Advisors, that dramatically reduce the time it takes to add dimensions to drawings. Groups of dimensions can be automatically created and placed with a single keystroke.

ADU Completes the Link

Link up for the last step with Associative Documentation Update (ADU), which allows the use of 3D information in 2D documentation. ADU links SolidDesigner and the ME10 2D Design and Drafting system. This link guarantees a seamless transfer of layouts for the creation and update of fully associative standard technical drawings. It speeds the 3D modification process and eliminates repetitive 2D documentation work. With ADU, SolidDesigner and ME10 leverage each other's strengths. Together they form an unbeatable team.

An Open Architecture and Extensive Hardware and OS Support

SolidDesigner easily integrates into any existing design environment and seamlessly uses data from other CAD systems. Using SolidDesigner's Integration Kit allows the efficient integration of vertical applications into SolidDesigner. The solution is supported on workstations from Hewlett-Packard and Silicon Graphics. It is also supported on Intel-based PCs with the Microsoft Windows NT operating system.

Modular Configurations

SolidDesigner modular configurations include solid modeling, single workplane machining, assembly modeling and part positioning, dynamic modifications, blending, chamfering, 2D drawing generation and light setting and shading. SolidDesigner is also available with product data and workflow management software.

WorkManager - Configured for the Engineering Desktop

WorkManager offers a complete team-oriented data and process management solution for engineering workgroups. The WorkManager-based approach permits a seamless growth path to enterprise-level PDM, allows the connection of different workgroups and provides maintenance and control of the information flow in heterogeneous environments. Features include assembly structure revisioning, concurrent engineering support, the use of a standard or rule-based load process, an optimized store process and BOM functionality With ME10 and SolidDesigner.


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