PLANO, Texas June 21, 2007 – UGS PLM Software, a division of Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) and a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, and IronCAD, Inc. of Atlanta, today announced that the D Cubed™ Collision Detection Manager (CDM) component software has been licensed for use in the IronCAD 3D mechanical design application. The CDM software is the fourth product from the UGS PLM Components family licensed by IronCAD, expanding on its existing use of UGS Parasolid™ modeling kernel software and its D-Cubed 2D and 3D Dimensional Constraint Manager parametric solving software systems.
“We are very pleased with the capabilities, quality and product support associated with the three UGS PLM Components that we currently license from UGS PLM Software, so we have no hesitation in selecting the D-Cubed CDM,” said Cary O’Connor, director of Product Marketing for IronCAD. “The use of the CDM will enable us to bring interactive, accurate collision detection and clearance computation capabilities to our users much more rapidly and cost effectively than would otherwise be possible.”
Easily integrated and widely adopted in a variety of CAD, CAM, CAE and PLM systems, the CDM is used in UGS NX™ and UGS Solid Edge™ products, as well as SolidWorks from SolidWorks Corporation, Autodesk Inventor from Autodesk Inc., and many other applications. The CDM enables CAD users to interact with their assemblies and mechanisms with significantly improved realism and confidence, resulting in increased productivity by eliminating design errors caused by interfering parts. D-Cubed CDM’s exceptional performance enables CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing) and CMM (Coordinate Measuring Machine) users to run their off-line programming simulations with very high levels of accuracy, avoiding expensive collisions between tools/probes and the machining/measurement environment.
“The licensing by IronCAD of the fourth product from our UGS PLM Components portfolio exemplifies our ongoing commitment to delivering innovative component technologies to the market under our ‘level playing field’ business model,” said Chuck Grindstaff, executive vice president, Products, UGS PLM Software. “This license further establishes UGS PLM Software as the leading supplier of component technologies to the CAD, CAM, CAE and PLM markets.”
About
IronCAD
Based in Atlanta, IronCAD is a leading provider of 3D Design
Productivity Solutions that deliver the highest levels of customer
satisfaction and productivity. Solutions that can be used either
standalone or as complimentary collaboration solutions of a broader
PLM initiative. Its flagship product IronCAD has won many industry
awards for its innovative technology and leads the industry in its
ease of use and design productivity. IronCAD products are being
used successfully by thousands of customers worldwide. For
additional information, please contact IronCAD at 1-800-339-7304 or
visit our website at www.ironcad.com.
UGS PLM Components;
Parasolid and D-Cubed
UGS PLM Components are software tools that promote innovation,
standardization and interoperability within the CAD, CAM, CAE and
PLM marketplace. UGS PLM Software develops these components, uses
them throughout its own applications and licenses them to
independent software vendors (ISVs) and end-user organizations.
Part of the UGS PLM Components family of products, Parasolid and
D-Cubed components enable 3D part and assembly modeling, editing
and interoperability, 2D/3D parametric sketching, motion
simulation, collision detection, clearance measurement and
visualization. Applications include mechanical CAD, CAM, CAE, mold
design, sheet metal, AEC, GIS, structural, plant and ship design,
CMM, reverse engineering and sales configuration. For more
information, please visit www.ugs.com/products/open/.
About UGS PLM
Software
UGS PLM Software, a division of Siemens Automation and
Drives (A&D), is a leading global provider of product lifecycle
management (PLM) software and services with 4.4 million licensed
seats and 47,000 customers worldwide. Headquartered in Plano,
Texas, UGS PLM Software’s open enterprise solutions enable a
world where organizations and their partners collaborate through
global innovation networks to deliver world-class products and
services. For more information on UGS PLM Software products
and services, visit www.siemens.com/ugs.
About Siemens
Automation and Drives
The Siemens Automation and Drives Group (A&D),
Nuremberg, Germany, is the leading manufacturer in this field
worldwide. Products supplied by A&D include standard products
for the manufacturing and process industries and for the electrical
installation industry as well as system solutions, for example for
machine tools, and solutions for whole industries such as the
automation of entire automobile factories or chemical plants.
Supplementing this range of products and services, A&D also
offers software for linking production and management (horizontal
and vertical IT integration) and for optimizing production
processes. A&D employs 70,600 people worldwide and in fiscal
year 2006 (to September 30) earned a group profit of €1.572
billion on sales of €12.848 billion and orders of
€14.108 billion, according to U.S. GAAP. Further information
about A&D is available in the Internet at www.siemens.com/automation.
Note: Siemens and the Siemens logo are registered trademarks
of Siemens AG. UGS, UGS NX, UGS Parasolid, UGS Solid Edge and
D-Cubed are trademarks or registered trademarks of UGS Corp. or its
subsidiaries in the United States and in other countries. All
other products used herein are the property of their respective
owners.
Jim Thorpe
Siemens
+44 1223 722 655
Cary O’Connor
IronCAD
+1 678 202 8325
5800 Granite Parkway
Suite 600
Plano, TX
75024
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