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CAD-Portal.com:
Product
Review Archives
Welcome
to the new product reviews section. Some of the following reviews
were written expressly for this site. Others are taken from the
TechniCom eWeekly newsletter. To subscribe, click
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Archived Reviews:
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A
Review of PTC’s Pro/DESKTOP
(June 2002)
In
mid May, 2002 TechniCom traveled to PTC Headquarters in Needham,
Massachusetts to perform a review of Pro/DESKTOP using our
benchmark parts. The result of that visit and additional follow
up, is this paper describing the results and our conclusions
about the product and where and how it fits in PTC’s
product lines. We also had the opportunity to speak with a
user of the product. |
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Pro/ENGINEER
2001 (June 2001)
We
journeyed to PTC's new headquarters in Needham, MA to view
the latest release of Pro/ENGINEER - 2001. We had the opportunity
to meet with key product management involved with Pro/ENGINEER,
Granite, and ProjectLink.
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SolidWorks
2001 (January 2001)
We
were visited by SolidWorks to preview the soon to be released
SolidWorks 2001. John McEleney, VP of the Americas, discussed
the company and their direction, while the versatile Joe Dunne,
Field Technical Manager, demonstrated the new features.
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Autodesk
Inventor R4 (January 2001)
Autodesk,
on 21 Dec. began shipping Release 4 of Autodesk Inventor,
only five months after Release 3 began shipping. Autodesk
focused this release on providing better transitions for customers
from 2D to 3D. The release includes over 150 enhancements
along with DWG file compatibility. Inventor continues its
emphasis on rapid learning (called single-day productivity),
adaptive technology, and large-assembly modeling. See our
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Unigraphics
V17
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few weeks ago we at TechniCom had the opportunity to spend
an afternoon with Ron Close, Marketing Director for the Unigraphics
line of business and Ken Hosch, Product Manager for Knowledge
Driven Automation. In the few hours we have together we plan
to concentrate on the incorporation of Knowledge Driven Automation
(KDA) into the latest release 17 of Unigraphics. |
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SDRC
I-DEAS 8
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few weeks ago we had the opportunity to spend a day visiting
SDRC at their headquarters in Milford, Ohio. It had been
some time since we had a chance to review SDRC's directions
and initiatives. Recently SDRC has announced a series of
events including: the release of I-DEAS 8, the appointment
of a new president, a focus on collaborative product development,
and a new organization.
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SRAC
COSMOS/Works
TechniCom
had the opportunity to spend several hours at SRAC, the
developers of the COSMOS series of FEA (finite element analysis)
software. We were particularly interested in SRAC's design
optimization, a modestly priced add on ($1995) to COSMOS/Works. |
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