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by Chris Chiappinelli, MA Editorial Staff
Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2007 5:45:00 PM Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox    | Abstract: | New version of the Collaboration Gateway from Proficiency Inc. adds interoperability with CATIA V5 and supports model-based definition schemes. |
| Keywords: | CAD interoperability, design exchange, computer-aided design, CATIA, PorEngineer, Wildfire, UGS, PTC, Dassault, product information management, Collaboration Gateway, model-based definition |
Proficiency, Inc., a developer of product information management products, this week announced a new version of Collaboration Gateway, its flagship product for CAD interoperability. Collaboration Gateway version 6.0, like earlier versions, lets users of various CAD programs — including UGS's NX and I-deas, PTC's ProEngineer Wildfire, and Dassault Systemes' CATIA — save their CAD designs across any of these other formats. Information, such as geometry, features, and history trees, is transferred intact into the desired format. This allows engineers in the design chain to view and manipulate CAD files in their application of choice, Proficiency officials said. Proficiency has added interoperability with CATIA V5 to version 6.0 of the Collaboration Gateway software, which also can facilitate migration of a company's CATIA V4 files to V5. The new release also offers functionality that supports the practice of model-based definitions. This growing trend in the design community allows creators of 3D product designs to eschew the process of making separate 2D drawings, which would usually need to be created to guide the manufacturing process. [Click to continue] |
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