SolidEdge (New Release)

Hey guys, I think the Mechanical world is waking up to a product we
have been downplaying and ignoring for the last few years. With this
split off to UGS and the things I have heard about this new Version 16
of Solid Edge, it looks like they are for real and here to stay.

If you want to stay on top of what the competition is doing (and
believe me, they are competition), you may want to check out their
website. I have some acquaintances using their V15 and some of the
things they are doing are really great. Now it looks like they're
setting the bar a lot higher with the latest release. I guess it
makes sense. I remember when I thought AutoCAD was the best thing
going - then I saw Pro-E. Hope they don't someday decide to not let
us use the parasolid in our product. I think it's a product that is
owned by Unigraphics.

Great day Mates!

 

Parasolid IS the graphics kernel on which SolidWorks is based. Always
has been.

'Sporky'

 

I think his point is that the Parasolid Kernel used by SWX is owned by
the parent company of SolidEdge, a direct competitor of SWX. It has
been this way for a long time, and I do not see any immediate need for
concern (UGS will not take parasolid away from SWX).

ALso, I believe (and I could be wrong) that once upon a time, long ago,
SWX actually used the ACIS kernel and then switched to parasolid. This
was like around 95 or 96 or 97... I think.

Another point of interest is that Dassalt, the parent company of SWX
(just like UGS is the parent of Solid Edge), actually owns the ACIS
kernel. This has, of course, led to a lot of speculation if it would be
in the best interest of SWX to switch to the ACIS kernel. IMO, it may
happen someday, but that would require A LOT of work.

All of this is old news.....

 

I couldn't imagine that they would take it away either. Everytime a seat of
Solid Works is sold or upgraded, UGS gets a royalty payment for it. So
whether you buy Solid Edge, UG, Ideas, Solid Works, (and now that they will
be owning D-Cubed) AutoCAD, Inventor, Catia, Think Design, and a few others,
UGS receives a royalty from the sale or upgrade.

Ken

 

If you look at the "About SolidWorks" screen you will see Spacial as one of
the owners of technology used in SolidWorks. Isn't Spacial the ACIS people?

 

SW has used for many years both the acis and parasolid kernal in the
product. Some features are using Acis which is better for that particular
feature ect...

 

I don't think so... SW is strictly Parasolid.

IronCAD uses both parasolid and ACIS. Maybe that is what you are
thinking of.

 

IronCAD uses both parasolid and ACIS. Maybe that is what you are

And, even in IronCAD, is it possible to integrate features from both kernels
in the same body?

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IIRC, you CAN use both kernels in the same part, but mass properties and
some other things are not available....

 

IIRC, you CAN use both kernels in the same part, but mass properties and

Well, that is interesting. Lack of mass props... it's being treated as a
shell (closed quilt), but not a solid I guess (?). I do use a version of
FEMap that licenses both kernels, but you can't swap back and forth....

 

So ironcad is like bisexual kernals?


Respect

 

I was led to believe, by our VAR, that SldWks 95 and 95+ used
both kernels,. but Mark, earlier in this thread, reckoned that was only the
pre-release versions.
We (my client company and I) *were* looking at SldWKs during the 95
pre-release phase, maybe the messages got mixed up somewhere.

 

I understood it to be that Solid Works uses the Parasolid kernel to
represent the model, but has a Spatial component (deformable surface maybe)
but not the ACIS kernel.

Ken