SpaceClaim Reacts to Synchronous Technology
I asked Mike Payne, CEO of SpaceClaim, if he had anything to say on the "breakthrough" Synchronous Technology unveiled by Siemens PLM Solutions today. As it turns out, he did.
"I am very impressed that Chuck and his team have chosen to imitate SpaceClaim. It gives us validation that we are on the right track, and delivering what people want. As you saw in our latest product release we have taken this simplicity even further with our “3D On-Ramp™” approach which combines the simplicity of 3D modeling pioneered by SpaceClaim, with the familiarity of 2D. I am sure that Chuck will imitate this, as well, in the next release of NX, and come up with another great name for this technology."
As regards to the similarity to SpaceClaim, Mike was of the opinion that "it almost looks like SpaceClaim, even down to the Gizmo!"
I think Siemens has helped add a zero to the price tag on SpaceClaim Corporation.
"I am very impressed that Chuck and his team have chosen to imitate SpaceClaim. It gives us validation that we are on the right track, and delivering what people want. As you saw in our latest product release we have taken this simplicity even further with our “3D On-Ramp™” approach which combines the simplicity of 3D modeling pioneered by SpaceClaim, with the familiarity of 2D. I am sure that Chuck will imitate this, as well, in the next release of NX, and come up with another great name for this technology."
As regards to the similarity to SpaceClaim, Mike was of the opinion that "it almost looks like SpaceClaim, even down to the Gizmo!"
I think Siemens has helped add a zero to the price tag on SpaceClaim Corporation.
posted by Deelip Menezes at
12:52 AM
7 Comments:
A couple of things. First, I don't think Spaceclaim has delivered after all the initial hype, so Siemens is really riding on coat tails that aren't going anywhere. The one thing Spaceclaim has done is to raise awareness of the former CoCreate product. Second, the Siemens offering combines direct and parametric modeling, rather than putting all the eggs in one basket. SolidWorks has had most of this functionality for a while now.
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Matt, At
7:34 AM, April 23, 2008
SolidWorks doesn't have the same functionality and to claim SolidWorks does have it is naïve beyond belief.
Mike Payne/SpaceClaim has been right all along about the tools that are really needed by people like myself who work in machining job shops and have to work with lots of non-native data or parts you didn't design. In a machining job shop you simply don't have hours to use a low level tool like a roll back bar and go through tons of features one by one trying to figure out what someone’s design intent is. Customers simply don't want to pay for that. The present machining job shop standard is to take the parametrics/history and toss it in the trash and work with a "dumb" solid.
The question to be determined is if a mixed parametric and direct modeling approach is needed or just a direct modeling approach. I think both approaches are needed and that it will be years before a parametric approach isn't needed and direct modeling is powerful enough.
Jon Banquer
San Diego, CA
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jon_banquer, At
9:12 AM, April 23, 2008
A comment about recent developments and management changes at SpaceClaim.
Payne is no longer CEO. It begs the question was it self-obsession or not being able to deliver the goods that is responsible for this?
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Anonymous, At
12:36 AM, April 24, 2008
Solid Works the Walmart of CAD software
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Anonymous, At
1:56 AM, April 24, 2008
Solid Edge...The Cadillac of CAD...
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Anonymous, At
3:29 AM, April 24, 2008
How many Solid Works users does it take to design a Cadillac? None....Solid Works is incapable of designing one.
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Anonymous, At
10:14 AM, April 24, 2008
Solid Edge has also had the ability to manipulate features from other models for several versions, but nothing like the newly announced modeling from the beginning. Training on this for some users may have been missed and didn't know it was even there.
Solid Edge sure will open many doors with the new technology. Training will also take a while for some users. It will be very interesting to see where this goes...
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SolidSolutionsCorp.com, At
9:24 PM, April 26, 2008
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