Geometric
extends supports all major CAD platforms, with the launch of eDrawings
for CATIA® V5, NX® , and Autodesk Inventor
BOMBAY, India, September 30th, 2004
Geometric Software Solutions (NSE: GEOMETRIC), a leader in product
lifecycle management (PLM) services and technologies, today
announced the launch of eDrawings for CATIA
V5, NX, and the Autodesk
Inventor® Series. Currently eDrawings communication
software also supports AutoCAD®,
Pro/ENGINEER®,
Pro/ENGINEER
Wildfire®, and SolidWorks® software. The extension
of eDrawings communication software to all major CAD platforms
further establishes eDrawings as the standard for 3D collaboration
The eDrawings Publisher is currently available in two versions:
the Professional Version and the Free Version for AutoCAD, Inventor,
Pro/ENGINEER, Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire, and SolidWorks. Only the
Professional Version of eDrawings software is available for
NX and CATIA V5 . The eDrawings Viewer is free, and can read
files that are published from any CAD application.
With eDrawings Professional for CATIA
V5, NX, and the Autodesk Inventor series, users can:
Share product designs with review-enabled eDrawings and collaborate
with their extended teams
Receive feedback on product design data from an unlimited number
of recipients
Manage, track, and merge comments from different team members
Provide anyone with access to design data with self-extracting
eDrawings
Examine internal details of parts and assemblies with dynamic
cross sectioning
Measure the geometry in part, assembly, and drawing files when
dimensions are absent
Disable the measurement feature to protect sensitive design
data
Tadiran Communications, a CATIA user based in Israel , plans
to use eDrawings to communicate more effectively with customers
and suppliers while streamlining internal processes. With eDrawings,
the communication equipment manufacturer will no longer need
to convert 3D designs into 2D PDF, STEP, or IGES files to share
proposed designs.
For the first time, Tadiran's partners will be able to mark
up the 3D models without additional viewers, installs, or time-consuming
file conversions. The company will also be able to share 3D
designs internally with executives and marketing colleagues
throughout Tadiran's non-engineering offices.
“With eDrawings, we can very simply email a design to
any other individual for viewing and comment without further
ado,” said Tadiran's CAD Manager Ayala Drori. “The
person on the receiving end doesn't need a CAD system, converter,
or viewer on his/her system. The recipient just clicks on the
eDrawings file, then can zoom, pan, rotate, animate, and redline
the design at will. With eDrawings, we will be able to streamline
our entire approval process, internally and externally.”
Doug Korneffel, UGS Product Manager for NX Drafting stated,
“We are pleased to have Geometric in our UGS Partnership
Program, and are excited that it has leveraged our PLM Open
strategy to bring eDrawings to NX. This announcement is another
example that our long term strategy to be ‘open by design'
ultimately benefits our mutual customers, providing them with
new capabilities and more flexibility in their processes.”
Manu Parpia, Managing Director for Geometric said, “With
the launch of eDrawings for CATIA V5, NX, and Inventor, we have
successfully extended eDrawings communication software to all
major CAD platforms in a short period of time. To date, more
than 15,000 people have downloaded eDrawings and by extending
the software to other CAD systems, we will certainly expand
the software's reach to new users.”
Availability and Pricing
A subscription license of eDrawings for NX can be purchased
for $1,295 (USD) and eDrawings for the Autodesk
Inventor Series for $795 (USD) for an initial 3-month period;
thereafter it will be available at $995 (USD). eDrawings
Professional for CATIA V5 is available immediately and supports
CATIA V5 R10, R11, R12 and R13. A subscription license of eDrawings
Professional for CATIA V5 can be purchased for $1,295 USD (with
a $495 annual subscription fee after the first year).
The products are available from Geometric's web site ( http://www.geometricsoftware.com/edrawings
) and a worldwide network of resellers. The free eDrawings Viewer
and a 15-day trial of eDrawings Professional for all the above
mentioned versions are currently available for download from
Geometric's web site and www.eDrawingsViewer.com.
About Geometric Software Solutions
Geometric is a leader in providing the most cost-effective PLM
services and technologies to the global mechanical design, manufacturing,
and industrial markets. Partnerships with major PLM vendors
such as Dassault Systèmes, UGS, and MatrixOne offer the
unique advantage of providing cost effective services on leading
PLM platforms. Geometric offers services based on SolidWorks
™, CATIA
™, ENOVIA ™ , DELMIA ™ , eMatrix ™ ,
Teamcenter Enterprise (Metaphase) ™ , Windchill ™
, NX and other leading CAD/CAM/CAE/PDM software platforms. The
company is traded on both the Bombay (BSE) and the National
(NSE) stock exchanges in India . The company's Web site is http://www.geometricsoftware.com/
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and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.
