UGS

Discussion in 'SolidWorks' started by thestew, Jun 6, 2007.

  1. thestew

    thestew Guest

    Anyone familiar with Unigraphics in here? Is it similar to Solidworks?
     
    thestew, Jun 6, 2007
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    ed_1001 Guest

    I've used both. Comparing Solidworks to UG is like comparing a Chevy
    sedan to a Ferrari. They'll both get you there, but one's a lot
    faster.... and harder to drive. In other words, you get what you pay
    for. UG is less bug prone (but by no means perfect), and has a much
    larger tool set. But it will take a lot longer to learn to use well,
    maintenance is higher, etc.
     
    ed_1001, Jun 6, 2007
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    swizzle Guest

    Yes. What specifically do you want to know?

    --Scott
     
    swizzle, Jun 6, 2007
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  4. thestew

    thestew Guest

    Do you think good SolidWorks users can transision well to UG?
     
    thestew, Jun 7, 2007
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    Peter Guest

    "Unigraphics" from UGS is a highend system its real name is now "NX" UGS
    also got the "SolidEdge" product witch is more comparabel to SW

    High-end CAD is NX, Catia and Pro/E
    Mainstream CAD is Solidworks, Inventor and SolidEdge.
    Close related to SW via the Parasolid kernel is IronCAD and T-flex.

    Regards Peter

    www.ugs.com
    http://www.ugs.com/products/nx/
    http://www.ugs.com/products/velocity/solidedge/solidEdge.shtml
    http://www.solidworks.com
    http://www.ironcad.com
    http://www.t-flex.com
     
    Peter, Jun 7, 2007
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    j Guest

    No I dont. We have both starting with SW in 98. Recently added UG NX4
    and absolutly hate NX. Takes 3-4x longer to do things and if people
    thought drafting in SW was bad, IMHO NX is horrible. It would probably
    be faster to export the models and detail it in Autocad. SW does things
    out of the box with drawings that you have be GOD to get NX to do. We
    use a block for adding material, qty & detail number to each detail and
    SW does it automatically, with NX you have to do it manually.
     
    j, Jun 8, 2007
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    Cliff Guest

    See UG "macros" (I assume they still exist), GRIP, "user exits", etc.
    Just for starters. Probably much easier ways by far too ...
     
    Cliff, Jun 8, 2007
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  8. thestew

    Cliff Guest

    Probably some reading of the manuals & some training ...
     
    Cliff, Jun 8, 2007
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  9. thestew

    Cliff Guest

    You still in a 2D world?
     
    Cliff, Jun 8, 2007
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  10. thestew

    Cliff Guest

    Can they get the same simple functionality?
    Back in the days of Rev ~8 IIRC they announced it was going away <G>.
    Well, User Function is all C++ these days but Fortran wrappers might
    be used. Or they could use C or C++ ...
    Perhaps they need a library part ... ?
     
    Cliff, Jun 10, 2007
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