In a blog entry in this space on February 11, 2009, entitled, “Solid Progress…” the advancements being made in history-free, feature-based solid modeling CAD technology were discussed. This topic is surely of interest to COFES aficionados.

Two then-recent articles were mentioned on February 11. First, on January 26, 2009 in MCADcafe Weekly, Contributing Editor and CAD veteran Jeff Rowe published an extensive article entitled, “NX 6 – Synchronous Modeling Promotes Design Freedom.” In the article, Jeff reviewed user design and modeling experiences with Siemens PLM’s NX 6 software product. Then on February 4, 2009, Autodesk (San Rafael, CA) unveiled its plans for “Autodesk Inventor Fusion Technology” that promises to unite parametric, history-based modeling with direct, history-free modeling.

You may re-read the February 11 blog entry by accessing this URL:
http://cofes.com/Blogs/tabid/272/EntryId/210/Solid-Progress.aspx

But before you do that, make sure you make note of a new article Dr. Ken Versprille, PLM Research Director of CPDA, entitled, “Solid Edge Broadens Use of Synchronous Technology”. This article appears in CPDA’s June 2009 Tech Trends in PLM newsletter. You can access a copy of that newsletter by going to www.cpd-associates.com, and clicking on the newsletter download link. Then to download a copy of the latest edition of Tech Trends in PLM, complete the form. Once submitted an electronic copy will be e-mailed to you at the address provided.

Ken’s article will bring you up to date on the latest release of solid modeling software with synchronous technology.