CAD/CAM/CAE Software manages product lifecycles.
Press Release Summary:
UnigraphicsÃ’ NX product lifecycle management (PLM) authoring tool enables quick and easy development of engineering process-specific applications, which helps reduce cycle times by automating repeatable segments of engineering process. It has user interaction model that supports highly productive process-oriented workflows. Through streamlined model creation, standard parts and features can be added to model through simple drag and drop method.
Original Press Release:
EDS Launches UnigraphicsÃ’ NX
New NX architecture will accelerate unification of the two industry leading CAD/CAM/CAE products from EDS PLM Solutions NEW YORK - EDS today launched UnigraphicsO NX, the next generation product lifecycle management (PLM) authoring tool.
Unigraphics NX represents the first merging of capabilities of both premier CAD/CAM/CAE solutions from EDS PLM Solutions, the company announced at the Daratech SUMMIT 2002 in New York, February 25-27. This merging has been made possible through a new innovative software architectural foundation. "Unigraphics NX delivers a new PLM-enabled architecture based on the latest industry standards," said Tony Affuso, president, EDS PLM Solutions. 'What's unique and exciting is that, in conjunction with our leading customers, we've been able to design and implement this state-of-the-art architecture in a way that immediately brings forward and enhances all the Unigraphics applications without compromise." Built for the future
The foundation of Unigraphics NX consists of:
* A core platform built on industry standards that power knowledge-enabled applications. This innovative architectural design allows users to move beyond simple process automation to a new level of reuse and innovation. This technology enables quick and easy development of engineering process-specific applications, which helps reduce cycle times by automating repeatable segments of the engineering process.
* A new user interaction model specifically designed to support highly productive process-oriented workflows. Through streamlined model creation, standard parts and features can be easily added to the model through a simple drag and drop method. The intelligence of the software, including a next generation of Dynamic Navigatora technology, infers the correct action to take giving the user an opportunity to concur or alter the inference. Visual, desktop-integrated palettes offer commonly used objects as model and drawing templates, standard parts, and knowledge features - all facilitating reuse of data.
* The NX Gateway provides a new level of interoperability for associative integration. Built on PLM XML, a rich W3C XML object definition, the NX gateway provides associative interoperability, enabling organizations using EDS CAD/CAM/CAE applications or third party applications to directly exchange and reuse design information. This interoperability reduces data exchange costs and associated data integrity problems. The next series of ideas products will provide customers with enhanced functionality delivered on the embedded NX Gateway.
* A foundation of industry standards including: T.120 for standards and protocols for real time design collaboration; PLM XML for accurate and open interoperability; JT for visualization and interrogation; and SOAP for network addressable knowledge services and integration with other industry web services. The result is a set of NX shared services & open adaptors designed to address the entire span of integration needs from design and knowledge collaboration to enterprise application integration. Availability Unigraphics NX will be available in Q3, 2002.
About EDS
EDS, the leading global services company, provides strategy, implementation and hosting for clients managing the business and technology complexities of the digital economy. EDS brings together the world's best technologies to address critical client business imperatives. It helps clients eliminate boundaries, collaborate in new ways, establish their customers' trust and continuously seek improvement. EDS, with its management-consulting subsidiary, A.T. Kearney, serves the world's leading companies and governments in 58 countries. EDS reported revenues of $21.5 billion in 2001. The company's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: EDS) and the London Stock Exchange. Learn more at www.eds.com.
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