Software provides solids-based industrial design.
Press Release Summary:
Freeing industrial designers from limitations of wireframe and surface modeling software, ID Works is comprised of SolidWorks 2007 3D mechanical design software, Corel® Painter for painting and illustration, Rhinoceros® for NURBS curve and surface modeling, and Wacom® Cintiq, which combines LCD monitor with tablet technology. Program merges flexibility of surface modeling with history and repeatability features of parametric solid modeling to shorten design cycle.
Original Press Release:
FISHER/UNITECH Announces ID Works Flexible Software Solution for Industrial Designers
With ID Works, industrial designers are finally free from the limitations of wireframe and surface modeling software
Troy, MI (September 5, 2006) - FISHER/UNITECH, a leading engineering technologies firm serving the Midwest, today announced the availability of ID Works, a creative desktop solution for industrial designers. ID Works combines the power of SolidWorks® 2007 3D mechanical design software with NURBS modeling capability, painting and illustration software and an interactive LCD tablet to offer industrial designers the most comprehensive ideation solution. ID Works is revolutionary because it combines the flexibility and ease of surface modeling software with the history and repeatability features of parametric solid modeling software. This "best of both worlds" approach enables industrial designers the freedom to create more innovative designs, while shortening the design cycle and increasing time to market.
ID Works is comprised of SolidWorks 2007 3D mechanical design software, Corel® Painter(TM) for painting and illustration, Rhinoceros® for NURBS curve and surface modeling, and the Wacom® Cintiq, which allows industrial designers to sketch on screen by combining an LCD monitor with tablet technology.
Solids-Based Industrial Design
Fundamental enhancements in the areas of C2 continuity, photorealistic rendering, 2D sketch importation, and third party NURBS and scanning interoperability are why SolidWorks 2007 is the foundation of ID Works. Until now, industrial designers have used wireframe or surface modelers to achieve creativity and freedom in their designs, while engineering departments relied on parametric 3D modeling tools for accuracy. With ID Works there is a marrying of these two technologies, which gives industrial designers the freedom to design creatively while working in a solid modeling environment.
SolidWorks 2007 has made many surfacing tool enhancements for creating complex shapes. The new curve continuity, or C2 feature, enables industrial designers to select a surface or model face and push and pull it dynamically. The new Boundary Surface feature empowers designers to create two directional surfaces with multiple-control cross sections that maintain C2 in all directions.
SolidWorks 2007 also offers enhancements to its PhotoWorks(TM) software, which enables designers to create photorealistic images that rival those of studio-based photography. PhotoWorks contains a large library of pre-defined materials to choose from such as metals, plastics, woods, glass, rubber, and stones. Select from a number of HDR (high-dynamic range) scenes complete with backdrop and lighting for rendering images. PhotoWorks is built on mental ray®, the leading high performance rendering engine. Combine the power of PhotoWorks with SolidWorks Animator to create photorealistic animations of your products.
SolidWorks 2007 offers a new Sketch Picture feature, which allows a 2D picture or image to be imported into SolidWorks as an aide in adding functionality to the design.
Rhino and Next Engine® Direct Connects
SolidWorks 2007 supports opening Rhino files directly into SolidWorks. Rhino, the industry's leading NURBS modeler, enables designers to explore free-form shapes and communicate concepts through advanced rendering and animation. Collaboration between Rhino and SolidWorks means no data translation issues, greater productivity and better communication between departments.
ScanTo3D, a new function of SolidWorks Office Premium 2007, is an indispensable tool for any designer who needs to capture physical concept models, existing OEM parts or anatomical objects and use the scan data to build solid models. The NextEngine Desktop 3D Scanner captures physical samples and brings them into SolidWorks as highly accurate 3D references.
ID Works is an easy-to-use, cost-effective ideation solution that can be customized to meet individual needs. ID Works is exclusive to FISHER/UNITECH and is available immediately.
About FISHER/UNITECH (www.funtech.com)
FISHER/UNITECH, established in 1993, provides Product Lifecycle Management solutions to discrete manufacturing companies. The company's focus is on process improvement for product development. Process improvement is obtained through the integration of advanced software solutions to replace legacy systems. The applications include CAID, CAD, CAM, CAE, PDM, KBE, Reverse Engineering and Rapid Prototyping. Professional services are offered for design automation and data management which provides customers with a full service, one-stop source for complex PLM systems. The company offers advanced web-based delivery of education programs with its interactive, instructor-led 3DU. Please visit the company's website at www.funtech.com or call 800-816-8314.
