Released September 2008
Siemens PLM Software announces the latest release of the D-Cubed Profile Geometry Manager (PGM), a software component that adds a range of productivity tools to 2D DCM based design environments. New functionality specific to version 54.0 is listed below. A full product description can be found here.
Functionality enhancement: copy and transform loop
The PGM performs advanced operations on connected loops of geometry, such as offsetting and computing properties, for example length and area. Version 54 introduces a new function that enables applications to automatically create a copy of a loop and apply a given transformation, or reflection about an axis. The new function will make it easier for applications to generate multiple instances of a profile, for example in creating linear and circular patterns of geometry, or symmetric profiles, which can subsequently be constrained using the 2D DCM.
The PGM outputs a journal file that records function calls and their outcomes. This file is used by D-Cubed Component support staff to debug any functional issues with a PGM integration. Version 54 releases various enhancements to this journaling tool.
First released in 2003, the PGM enhances the productivity of 2D DCM based applications, enabling an extended range of variational sketching operations. This is achieved by working with higher level geometric data structures to automatically generate higher level design changes. Examples include offsetting loops whilst inserting, extending and trimming edges, adding constraints to loops rather than to individual curves, and solving the shape of loops whilst maintaining their perimeter length or area.
PLM Components are software tools that support innovation and promote interoperability in CAD, CAM, CAE and PLM applications. Siemens PLM Software develops these components, uses them throughout its own applications and licenses them to independent software vendors and end-user organizations. PLM Components include the Parasolid and D-Cubed products, widely used technologies that provide 3D part and assembly modeling, editing and interoperability, 2D/3D parametric sketching, motion simulation, collision detection, clearance measurement and visualization functionality. 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.plm.automation.siemens.com/open/.
Jonathon Rimmer
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