AMF STANDARDIZES ON UGS' SOLID EDGE FOR 3D DESIGN.UGS UGS In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Uganda Shilling. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. , Plano, Texas Plano (IPA: /ˈpleɪnoʊ/) is a wealthy suburb of Dallas, Texas, located to the north, mainly within Collin County, but also extending into Denton County. According to the 2000 U.S. , a leading global provider of product lifecycle Product lifecycle or product life cycle is the course of a product's sales and profits over time. The five stages of each product lifecycle are product development, introduction, growth, maturity and decline. management (PLM (Product Life cycle Management) A comprehensive information system that coordinates all aspects of a product from initial concept to its eventual retirement. Sometimes called the "digital backbone" of a product, it includes the requirements phase, analysis and design ) software and services, has announced that AMF AMF ACE (Allied Command, Europe) Mobile Force AMF Autorité des Marchés Financiers (French) AMF Action Message Format AMF Arab Monetary Fund AMF Asian Monetary Fund AMF Autocrine Motility Factor , a leading supplier of integrated, automated solutions for the baking industry, has standardized on Solid Edge(R), UGS' industry-leading, value-based 3D computer-aided design computer-aided design (CAD) or computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), form of automation that helps designers prepare drawings, specifications, parts lists, and other design-related elements using special graphics- and calculations-intensive (CAD) system for the mainstream PLM market. AMF licensed 30 seats of Solid Edge that the company plans to split between its two manufacturing facilities in Richmond, Va. and Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. After an evaluation of Solid Edge, SolidWorks(R) and AutoCad(R), AMF said the deciding factor for selecting Solid Edge was its design management capabilities, Insight, to manage revision control. Prior to Solid Edge, AMF used a combination of SolidWorks and AutoCad. "Product data management was a must for AMF, especially as we communicate between facilities, departments and manage the complexity of our products," said Marc Stringer, CAD coordinator and R&D designer for AMF in Sherbrooke. "In addition to Insight, what really struck me during our assessment of Solid Edge was its ability to handle advanced Sheet Metal design in an entire design-through fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. workflow, a key element in our manufacturing process." The Solid Edge Team from UGS, Automadesign and Precision CAD/CAM CAD/CAM in full computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing. Integration of design and manufacturing into a system under direct control of digital computers. Systems, Hunt Valley, Md., are currently assisting AMF with the different implementation phases of the project. Beginning in 2005, all new AMF designs will be created solely in Solid Edge. "AMF manufactures complex machines and we spent a significant amount of time in understanding their design needs," said Louis-Michel Menard, president of Automadesign. "Our expertise with Solid Edge combined with AMF's strategic vision will ensure the success of this project." Automadesign, a certified Solid Edge value-added reseller, is located in Bromont and Ile-des-Soeurs, Quebec. About AMF With over 300 employees and 50 engineers, AMF is a leading supplier of integrated, automated solutions for the baking industry. Headquartered in Richmond, VA, AMF offers solutions including conveyer and collation COLLATION, descents. A term used in the laws of Louisiana. Collation -of goods is the supposed or real return to the mass of the succession, which an heir makes of the property he received in advance of his share or otherwise, in order that such property may be divided, together with the , container management and packaging. AMF offers OEMs the expertise of their project managers, who have collectively designed and managed over 100 robotic and other high speed packaging systems. The Solution Solid Edge from UGS is powerful 3D CAD software that allows manufacturing companies to Design with Insight and achieve competitive advantage through cost reduction, while increasing top line revenues. The exclusive Solid Edge Insight technology embeds design management capabilities directly within CAD, providing insight into design intent to the entire organization and enhancing collaboration. Insight, complemented by Solid Edge's superior core modeling and process workflows, greatly eases the design of increasingly complex products required to meet continually changing market demands. The extensive Solid Edge user community is comprised of designers at thousands of companies worldwide, including Alcoa, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Engineering, and Volvo. The Solid Edge Voyager Program includes 200 integrated engineering software applications and computer hardware solutions. About UGS UGS is a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services with more than 3.1 million licensed seats and 42,000 clients worldwide. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, the company promotes openness and standardization and works collaboratively with its clients in creating enterprise solutions enabling them to transform their process of innovation and thus begin to capture the value of PLM. For more information, call 513/576-3736 or visit http://www.ugs.com and http://www.solidedge.com. |
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