CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
5 December 2005
Product News
UGS Ships Solid Edge Version 18; New release addresses 2D, PDM and CAE needs in the mid-market
UGS Corp. announced it is shipping the English version of Solid Edge® Version 18 software to customers worldwide.
Solid Edge® digital product development software is part of the new UGS Velocity SeriesT portfolio, the industry's first comprehensive, preconfigured portfolio of digital product design, analysis and data management software for the PLM mid-market. UGS will ship Solid Edge in nine additional languages throughout the next 10 weeks.
"With a new packaging model as well as hundreds of enhancements for V18, Solid Edge once again raises the bar on delivering performance-enhancing tools that are of immediate value to our customers," said Adrian Scholes, director of Solid Edge Product Marketing, UGS.
New Functionality Addresses the Mid-Market
• New Standard Set in CAD/PDM Integration : A new Solid Edge Embedded Client provides seamless and transparent connectivity between Solid Edge and Teamcenter® software, including the newly announced Teamcenter Express solution for more advanced workflow needs.
• Analysis Key to New Enhancements : Solid Edge V18 builds in preconfigured, best practices for finite element analysis with Femap® Express software. Engineers can now analyze and validate designs much earlier in the design cycle. Femap is the world's most popular PC-Based CAE application.
• 2D Diagramming Provides Comprehensive 2D and 3D in one System : V18 provides a new diagramming capability that leverages industry-standard 2D libraries. This extends Solid Edge's robust standalone 2D drafting and 3D design capability to eliminate the need to maintain separate 2D and 3D CAD systems for AutoCAD users.
For more information, visit http://www.ugs.com/velocity or http://www.ugs.com/solidedge .
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