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 A seat of CATIA CADAM V4.2 has been
installed in the Geometry Lab and is now functional. The addition of
CATIA adds to our inventory of high-end CAD software which currently
includes ICEM/CFD, Pro/ENGINEER, Unigraphics, and SDRC-Ideas.
This seat rounds out our support of the major commercial CAD
vendors. CATIA V4.2 support by the Geometry Lab will also enhance the
ability of LaRC researchers who work tightly with many of our
industry partners that rely on CATIA as their CAD system of
choice. Geometry Lab support of CATIA will help to reduce any loss of
detail that can result from the translation of CAD geometry to and from
the native system. The decision to support CATIA V4.2 rather than
the newer V5.4 was made in an effort to provide compatibility with
current industry practices. An upgrade path to the newer CATIA V5
is planned to follow along with industry migration. Geometry Lab staff
will undergo training in the use of CATIA V4.2 to maximize the level of
support at the center.
A seat of Unigraphics Solutions Solid Edge product has been installed
on the GeoNT2 MS Windows NT workstation. This software is a
mid-range solid modeling CAD system designed around the Windows NT
operating system and the Parasolid geometry kernel. Along with
the basic Solid Edge seat, an additional automated feature recognition
package was purchased. This extended capability will assist in
the import of geometry into Solid Edge by providing the ability to
recreate the original features of an unparameterized solid model.
The Geometry Lab has taken delivery of 10 new Dell DimensionTM
workstations which will replace aging NCD hardware. The new
workstations operate under the Linux operating system and are fully
integrated into the Geometry Lab infastructure. This delivery is part of the
continuing Geometry Lab effort to maintain the state-of-the-art in computer
hardware for our customers and staff. The new deliveries bring
enhanced desktop visualization capability and will serve as
development and production resources. In addition, each workstation gives access to standard desktop publishing software via a VMwareTM Workstation virtual machine running Microsoft Windows 2000TM.
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NASA Official: Ronnie E. Gillian
Site Curator: William
T. Jones
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Last Updated:
Aug 22, 2002
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