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More EDA and MCAD Collaboration
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| Posted by: Russ Henke |
9/19/2008 6:15 AM |
In a blog entry in this space on August 2, 2008, we reported that the acquisition of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) vendor ANSOFT by Mechanical Computer Aided Analysis (MCAE) vendor ANSYS had been fully realized.
The concluding paragraphs of that August 2nd blog entry read as follows:
“While the notion of offering combinations of mechanical and electronics software tools is not new (reference Applicon in the early 80’s and Mentor Graphics PCB Division in the early 90’s), the combination of ANSYS and ANSOFT may arguably give ANSYS one of the most comprehensive, independent engineering simulation software suites in today’s industry.
Look for other deals similar to this one to occur between MCAE/MCAD and EDA vendors going forward.”
Well, yesterday September 18, 2008, a fresh collaborative deal between EDA vendor Mentor Graphics and MCAD vendor Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC) was announced.
The new capability is being portrayed as “the industry’s first design collaboration between Electrical (ECAD) and Mechanical (MCAD) design solutions enabling teams to use this solution from the design inception to the manufacturing process.” Based on the ProSTEP iViP Association-approved electromechanical interchange standard whose development was initiated by Mentor, the new Collaborator product is said to “enable bi-directional, digital communication of incremental design changes and automates the review and approval processes between the respective domains.”
Collaboration between Mentor’s Expedition Enterprise™ and Board Station® XE PCB design flows through Mentor’s new ECAD-MCAD Collaborator product, and PTC’s Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 ECAD-MCAD Collaboration Extension is said to be available immediately.
Mentor also says it is today “the market and technology leader in printed circuit board (PCB) design solutions.” This market position was first achieved by the Mentor PCB Division in San Jose, CA in the early nineties.
Additional information is available at this URL:
http://www10.mcadcafe.com/nbc/articles/view_article.php?section=CorpNews&articleid=
591011&printerfriendly=1
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Re: More EDA and MCAD Collaboration |
By John Isaac - Mentor Graphics on
9/26/2008 7:12 AM |
Russ,
Very interested in your viewpoint on the continuing blurring of the boundraies between ECAD and MCAD. We at Mentor see that collaboration between the disciplines is absolutely required to address the aggressive business needs of electronics companies. As you know Mentor is in the process of acquiring Flomerics whose products serve the MCAD market. I wrote a blog on why we are doing this. It might be of interest to your readers.
http://communities.mentor.com/mgcx/blogs/electronicstrends/2008/09/11/why-flomerics
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