“SpaceClaim Professional 2007 puts usable 3D at the fingertips of engineers, enabling accurate input earlier in the product life cycle, when it’s most cost-effective,” Payne explains. Consequently, the people who contribute to design conceptualization, review, analysis, and manufacturing often communicate with the design team through insufficient view-only file formats-or, at times, even paper, says Payne. To date, the benefits of 3D remain concentrated in the hands of dedicated CAD specialists. Historically there’s been a gap between designers and members of the extended product development team-e.g., suppliers, manufacturing engineers, analysis engineers, and engineering management who lack access to-or the time to master-a 3D CAD system, says Mike Payne, SpaceClaim CEO and cofounder of product life-cycle management (PLM) vendors PTC and SolidWorks. Recognizing that the benefits of 3D mechanical design remain out of reach for most people who contribute directly to product development, SpaceClaim recently launched its flagship product, SpaceClaim Professional 2007, which makes 3D modeling accessible through a highly flexible design environment, and performs equally well on Microsoft Windows XP and Vista. A new 3D design solution might not call for much fanfare, but when use of that technology doesn’t require mastery of a CAD system-and the solution comes from a start-up packed with industry experts-it’s a bigger story to tell.
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