November 09, 2011

SpaceClaim 2011+ - Develop3D

SpaceClaim occupies an interesting position in the product development software market. At present, the system is gaining ground in various places and making inroads against established players. While the numbers of sales aren’t divulged, we’re certainly seeing more SpaceClaim users registering with DEVELOP3D — and that’s always a good indication. But why is this happening now, four years since its initial release? One answer is that the organisation has added functionality that’s transformed the system from being an interesting new technology to something that’s eminently usable.
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October 06, 2011

Faster, Easier Metalwork with SpaceClaim - Desktop Engineering

The suffix plus in SpaceClaim 2011+, the latest upgrade from SpaceClaim Corp., may be a reference to the new sheet-metal functions added to the software. Many CAD users have discovered — like I did — that using direct modeling tools to create and edit sheet metals is a lot easier than using a classic parametric modeler. The ability to push, pull, and rotate sheet-metal plates and corners without worrying about their feature history gives you a lot more freedom in how you work. (You don’t, for example, need to worry about regeneration failure when you need to reposition a plate past the bend line you’ve defined previously.
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September 07, 2011

SpaceClaim 2011+ - CAD Insider

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."

Mohandas Ghandi
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August 26, 2011

SpaceClaim Stakes Manufacturing Claim - Design News

Building off the generalist focus of this year's earlier release, SpaceClaim has launched an upgrade to its 2011 3D direct modeling platform that makes a beeline for manufacturing production environments by packing in an array of new functions.

SpaceClaim can tout as its claim to fame raising the CAD world's consciousness to the benefits of direct modeling. Over the years, it has infiltrated a number of industry segments and smaller shops with its promise of a less complex but still powerful CAD environment.
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August 23, 2011

SpaceClaim: Got Sheet Metal? - Design & Motion

Trumpf, a major manufacturer of CNC equipment, has partnered with SpaceClaim in order to develop real features that are needed in the industry today...They know sheet metal and their partnership with SpaceClaim has definitely helped the product fill a niche that was poorly addressed for years.
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August 23, 2011

In 2007 we laughed at SpaceClaim; well, laugh no longer as the company talks "displacements" - WorldCAD Access

"It is fair to say that we're being more aggressive in this release as we see how our is being used in the market," [said Blake Courter, Director of Customer Development, SpaceClaim]. Indeed, new features in 2011+ are oriented toward detail design work, such as hole tables and the output of drawings and details."
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August 22, 2011

SpaceClaim Announces SpaceClaim 2011+ and Expands into Manufacturing Production Environments- Desktop Engineering

SpaceClaim has announced SpaceClaim Engineer 2011+. According to the company, the update includes advances in concept modeling and model preparation tools while enhancing manufacturing-focused capabilities.
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July 27, 2011

CIMdata Publishes "Overcoming the Barriers Imposed by Geometry" - MCAD Cafe

According to Ken Versprille, Ph.D., CIMdata Executive Consultant, "To succeed in preparing geometry for finite element meshing, a product must be able to import the extensive range of CAD model formats commonly used in industry and offer an intuitive user interface that is easy to learn by non-CAD experts. SpaceClaim boasts a positive record in each case, as testified to by their customers."

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June 29, 2011

3D Direct Modeling Accelerates Ceramicx Concept & Design Work - Ceramicx Magazine

In search for a better solution for detail design and geometry-based work, Marcin discovered SpaceClaim...Marcin uses SpaceClaim for 3D geometry creation and editing, sheet metal design, and general analysis work, and has found the ease-of-use of the software has enabled him to improve and increase the quality and rate of his design work.
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June 20, 2011

RS components make 3D CAD models available in SpaceClaim format to enable direct modeling for faster design

Commenting for RD Components, Mark Cundle, technical marketing manager, said: "SpaceClaim is unique in its ability to involve many disciplines in the product design process. By doing so early in the design cycle, it eliminates a lot of time-consuming rework associated with traditional processes and enables organisations to tap into creative contributions from a variety of individuals from diverse disciplines. It's an extension of the RS promise to make it very easy for all contributors to the design process to find, design-in and buy electronic components."
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June 06, 2011

Ray Kurland Interviews Blake Courter about SpaceClaim's success with CAE customers

There are two workflows we see the most. One is when simulation users unfortunately have to do simulation after the CAD models have been made — which is usually a bit more work. And then there are the cases where companies use simulation before CAD to drive product development. That’s obviously a much more efficient strategy.
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May 18, 2011

COMSOL Releases V4.2 and LiveLink for SpaceClaim

The new LiveLink for SpaceClaim interface fuses direct modeling and multiphysics simulation in a tightly integrated environment.  Read the release on the COMSOL website.
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April 15, 2011

Applying Lean to Product Development - Design News

Rather than mapping lean manufacturing directly to product development, engineering teams need to consider information flow and knowledge capture to truly reduce efficiencies and optimize the process...Modeling tools like SpaceClaim can facilitate set-based design techniques, which let engineers explore diverse design alternatives before committing to detailed design.
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April 13, 2011

The Chris Randles interview- Develop 3D

"We think, in the future, every engineer should have access to some kind of 3D tool. We also think that in perhaps ten years’ time, it will not be the case that everyone is using feature-based CAD."
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March 28, 2011

SpaceClaim 2011 Golden Mousetrap Best Product Winner - Design News

Ease-of-use capabilities along with new sheet metal design functions and capabilities around concept and bid marketing, made SpaceClaim 2010 better suited to help whole engineering organizations communicate in 3D.

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March 09, 2011

SpaceClaim Engineer 2011- Develop 3D

SpaceClaim is an interesting beast of a 3D design system. Its launch in 2007 was the catalyst for many CAD software developers to concentrate on the direct editing of geometry, which has now become a major focus for the 3D design tool industry. During the past four years we’ve seen SpaceClaim change from being a basic and general-purpose tool designed to manipulate ‘dumb’ geometry into something more intriguing.
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March 03, 2011

SpaceClaim’s Snappy Return with STL- DE's Kenneth Wong's Virtual Desktop

"SpaceClaim 2011 remains one of the easiest 3D mechanical modeling programs to learn and use, especially for those with little or no training in parametric or history-based modeling. The push-pull modeling method it championed significantly reduces the learning curve, making its operations much more intuitive and predictable. With no reliance on a history tree, it gives you the freedom to edit, refine, and correct imported 3D CAD geometry with greater speed."
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February 25, 2011

MCAD Smackdown: Direct vs. Parametric Modeling On Demand Webinar- Cadalyst

Listen to SpaceClaim Chairman, PTC and SolidWorks Co-Founder Mike Payne battle it out at Cadalyst's MCAD Smackdown: Direct vs. Parametric Modeling webinar on demand.
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February 24, 2011

SpaceClaim Aids LG With Rapid Concept Design- Industry Week

"SpaceClaim's ease of use and compatibility with a broad range of CAD software, enables our engineers to more quickly verify and measure 3D model data from designers and prepare those designs for the manufacturing process," said Juyeon Lee, Chief Research Engineer, Mold/Die & Forming Technology Group, Product Prestige Research Lab/Productivity Research Institute, LG Electronics. "Activities in SpaceClaim also include model modification before the machining process and planning the assembling procedures. We anticipate that SpaceClaim will contribute to the improvement of our overall production process."
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February 23, 2011

LG Electronics Leverages SpaceClaim to Manipulate 3D Models- MCADCafe

"SpaceClaim's ease of use and compatibility with a broad range of CAD software, enables our engineers to more quickly verify and measure 3D model data from designers and prepare those designs for the manufacturing process," said Mr. Juyeon Lee, Chief Research Engineer, Mold/Die & Forming Technology Group, Product Prestige Research Lab/Productivity Research Institute, LG Electronics. "Activities in SpaceClaim also include model modification before the machining process and planning the assembling procedures. We anticipate that SpaceClaim will contribute to the improvement of our overall production process."

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