Sign in Subscribe
Software industry

Unigraphics Solutions Announces Latest Release of Parasolid Solid Modeling Product

Strategic Insights

— 1 min read

Unigraphics Solutions Inc., a leader in the CAD/CAM/CAE industry, has announced the latest release of Parasolid, its industry-leading kernel solid modeling product. Parasolid V11.1 continues Parasolid's focus on Extreme Modeling, a series of well-integrated, proprietary technologies that provide the ability to confidently model the most complex parts and assemblies. This latest release further enhances Extreme Modeling with significant functional enhancements, including improved performance, interoperability, and customer care.

Key Takeaways:

  • Parasolid V11.1 introduces several significant functional enhancements to its Extreme Modeling capabilities, including freeform surface construction, model simplification, direct modeling, and blending.
  • The new release optimizes internal algorithms for application-critical areas such as hidden line removal, hollowing, offsetting, thickening, and non-uniform scaling to improve performance.
  • Parasolid V11.1 introduces a new licensing option called PS/AccessXT, which provides a fully functioning copy of Parasolid at a significantly reduced price, licensed for the development, distribution, and support of Parasolid translators.
  • The latest release of Parasolid further improves performance with the extension of its industry-leading symmetric multi-processing (SMP) capability, which includes model facetting and internal algorithm optimization.
  • Unigraphics Solutions has announced that close to 220 software products are now powered by Parasolid, with nearly 200 organizations currently licensing Parasolid.
  • The company has also introduced new prototyping tools and customer-requested enhancements to continue making it easier for customers to integrate Parasolid into their various environments.

Statistics:

  • Over 350,000 end user products have the Parasolid kernel embedded within them.
  • Parasolid has enabled its licensees, including UGS, Parametric Technology, SolidWorks, Bentley Systems, Visionary Design Systems, and CADKEY, to develop at least 220 software products.
  • The company reports that nearly 200 organizations are currently licensing Parasolid.
  • The latest release of Parasolid contains several enhancements to improve performance, including the extension of its SMP capability and internal algorithm optimization.

Sources:

  • St. Louis, MO, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Unigraphics Solutions Inc. (NYSE: UGS)
  • PR Newswire
  • Unigraphics Solutions, Parasolid, Solid Edge, Unigraphics, ProductVision, iMAN, GRIP, managedServices, LightningStart, and RAPIDiMAN are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of Unigraphics Solutions Inc.

Read more