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BOMBAY, India, September 30th, 2004
- Geometric Software Solutions (NSE: GEOMETRIC), a leader
in product lifecycle management (PLM) services and technologies,
today announced the launch of eDrawings for CATIA
V5, NX, and the Autodesk
Inventor ® Series. Currently eDrawings communication
software also supports AutoCAD
®, Pro/ENGINEER
®, Pro/ENGINEER
Wildfire ®, and SolidWorks® software. The extension
of eDrawings communication software to all major CAD platforms
further establishes eDrawings as the standard for 3D collaboration
The eDrawings Publisher is currently available in two versions:
the Professional Version and the Free Version for AutoCAD,
Inventor, Pro/ENGINEER, Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire, and SolidWorks.
Only the Professional Version of eDrawings software is available
for NX and CATIA V5 . The eDrawings Viewer is free, and can
read files that are published from any CAD application.
With eDrawings Professional for CATIA
V5, NX, and the Autodesk Inventor series, users can:
Share product designs with review-enabled eDrawings and collaborate
with their extended teams
Receive feedback on product design data from an unlimited
number of recipients
Manage, track, and merge comments from different team members
Provide anyone with access to design data with self-extracting
eDrawings
Examine internal details of parts and assemblies with dynamic
cross sectioning
Measure the geometry in part, assembly, and drawing files
when dimensions are absent
Disable the measurement feature to protect sensitive design
data
Tadiran Communications, a CATIA user based in Israel , plans
to use eDrawings to communicate
more effectively with customers and suppliers while streamlining
internal processes. With eDrawings, the communication equipment
manufacturer will no longer need to convert 3D designs into
2D PDF, STEP, or IGES files to share proposed designs.
For the first time, Tadiran's partners will be able to mark
up the 3D models without additional viewers, installs, or
time-consuming file conversions. The company will also be
able to share 3D designs internally with executives and marketing
colleagues throughout Tadiran's non-engineering offices.
"With eDrawings, we can very simply email a design to any
other individual for viewing and comment without further ado,"
said Tadiran's CAD Manager Ayala Drori. "The person on the
receiving end doesn't need a CAD system, converter, or viewer
on his/her system. The recipient just clicks on the eDrawings
file, then can zoom, pan, rotate, animate, and redline the
design at will. With eDrawings, we will be able to streamline
our entire approval process, internally and externally."
Doug Korneffel, UGS Product Manager for NX Drafting stated,
"We are pleased to have Geometric in our UGS Partnership Program,
and are excited that it has leveraged our PLM Open strategy
to bring eDrawings
to NX. This announcement is another example that our long
term strategy to be 'open by design' ultimately benefits our
mutual customers, providing them with new capabilities and
more flexibility in their processes."
Manu Parpia, Managing Director for Geometric said, "With the
launch of eDrawings for CATIA
V5, NX, and Inventor,
we have successfully extended eDrawings communication software
to all major CAD platforms in a short period of time. To date,
more than 15,000 people have downloaded eDrawings and by extending
the software to other CAD systems, we will certainly expand
the software's reach to new users."
Availability and Pricing
A subscription license of eDrawings for NX can be purchased
for $1,295 (USD) and eDrawings for the Autodesk
Inventor Series for $795 (USD) for an initial 3-month
period; thereafter it will be available at $995 (USD). eDrawings
Professional for CATIA V5 is available immediately and
supports CATIA V5 R10, R11, R12 and R13. A subscription license
of eDrawings Professional for CATIA V5 can be purchased for
$1,295 USD (with a $495 annual subscription fee after the
first year).
The products are available from Geometric's website (http://www.geometricsoftware.com/edrawings)
and a worldwide network of resellers. The free eDrawings Viewer
and a 15-day trial of eDrawings Professional for all the above
mentioned versions are currently available for download from
Geometric's web site and www.eDrawingsViewer.com.
About Geometric Software Solutions
Geometric is a leader in providing the most cost-effective
PLM services and technologies to the global mechanical design,
manufacturing, and industrial markets. Partnerships with major
PLM vendors such as Dassault Systèmes, UGS, and MatrixOne
offer the unique advantage of providing cost effective services
on leading PLM platforms. Geometric offers services based
on SolidWorks T, CATIA
T, ENOVIA T , DELMIA T , eMatrix T , Teamcenter Enterprise
(Metaphase) T , Windchill T , NX and other leading CAD/CAM/CAE/PDM
software platforms. The company is traded on both the Bombay
(BSE) and the National (NSE) stock exchanges in India . The
company's Web site is http://www.geometricsoftware.com/.
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eDrawings is a trademark of SolidWorks Corporation. Other
brand and product names are trademarks of their respective
owners.
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