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November 2005

Events News

CAD Schroer on World Tour

CAD Schroer's tour of PTC/USER World Events, which began in Florida this June, and will move to Japan at the end of November, recently reached Denmark, France and Germany, where Pro/ENGINEER users discovered how to maximise the value of existing designs, and add powerful, intelligent design and drafting functionality to Pro/ENGINEER: CAD Schroer's STHENO/PRO plug-in promises an end to legacy laments.

CAD Schroer GmbH (CSG), recently awarded the title of PTC®' "European Software Partner of the Year", received an enthusiastic reception by American engineers this summer. They lauded STHENO/PRO's ability to get all design data into a Pro/E compatible format, slash hardware, maintenance and system admin costs, and then save around 30% in design time by offering raster editing for legacy data, combined with intelligent drafting power tools. With a new release due out soon, CSG had even more ammunition at recent shows in Paris, France; Friedrichshafen, Germany; and Copenhagen, Denmark.

Gilbert Koch, one of CSG's Regional Directors, was impressed with the turn-out at the European events. "This year we met many high quality prospects, who were incredibly interested in STHENO/PRO," he enthuses, "Some people have been watching the product's progress for 2 or 3 years, and now they are fully convinced and ready to buy."

His colleague, Sales Department Manager Detlev Kohley, added, "In Friedrichshafen, several engineers told me how nice it was that, amongst all the presentations focusing on 3D, one company hadn't forgotten the importance of drawings. Others pointed out that STHENO/PRO would allow them to "catch" those colleagues who always find ways of working around Pro/E -but without confining them. STHENO/PRO means tighter and easier integration between departments."

Similar comments were made by Pro/E users in Copenhagen, while French engineers were especially impressed with STHENO/PRO's SMART Edit functionality, one of the many new productivity tools in Rev. 2.0, which previewed at the show. An intuitive mouse or numerical entry-driven design editing tool, SMART Edit delivers results by providing "parametrics on demand" -intelligently deducing geometric relationships during editing operations of newly-created, existing, and even imported data.

CSG emphasizes that STHENO/PRO is about supporting 3D users, not about reopening the 2D versus 3D debate. Michael Schroer, CSG's Founding Director, summarizes, "STHENO/PRO simply speaks to the realities of today's engineering world. While most companies have a 3D strategy, they still need to manage 2D drawings -older designs, customer and supplier data, or concepts which are better and more quickly produced in 2D. So we've created a tool that integrates with their 3D system and their database of choice, while providing some powerful extras. It was really gratifying to see the enthusiasm from visitors at PTC/USER in the United States and Europe, and we are looking forward to Japan at the end of the month."

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