Gallery - CAD Designing

In their origin, CAD Systems date back to the seventies of the past century. At that time, the first programs creating primitive 3D objects appeared on the market. In 1988, a complete 3D system was developed; it was based on parametric 2D/3D meshing and a history tree of the performed operations. The extraordinary functionality, clarity and simplicity with which the 3D models were created made both the design and its methodology the element most desired in the majority of the newly emerging CAD 3D applications. At the RPS Centre operating in the Foundry Research Institute, Cracow, there are seven computer stands with the Solid Edge® software for CAD applications in 3D system. Owing to the possibility of making correct product design in first attempt, Solid Edge®, the leading CAD system in a mid-range class of programs supplied by UGS, assists manufacturers in getting shorter product lead times. Being something more than only a software for modelling and drawing, Solid Edge® offers a set of quite unique tools to assist the engineer in his management work and everyday activities. Its use eliminates errors, thus considerably reducing the time necessary for product manufacture and the related costs. Solid Edge® is based on a Parasolid modelling kernel, owned and developed by UGS PLM Solutions – the manufacturer of, among others, Solid Edge® and Unigraphics®. Through millions of the sold licenses, Parasolid has become a standard among various CAD systems, mainly in mechanical applications. Highly innovative tools for modelling of 3D solids enable the designers to create base shapes first, adding next quite easily other typical features, like holes and/or fillets, and performing more complex geometrical operations, e.g. designing of drafts. Additionally, for designers using more stylish shapes prevailing in products of common use made for various branches of industry, a Rapid Blue technology has been offered. It provides the designer with the tools characterised by quite a unique potential and flexibility in the formation of free shapes with preserved simplicity of operation and high adaptability.

• Parametric formation of individual elements using advanced modelling functions (Solid Edge Advanced Part);
• Creating part families – type series (Solid Edge Part);
• Parametric formation of individual elements from steel sheets using advanced sheet metal designing functions (Solid Edge Sheet Metal);
• Creating associative parametric components – relations between parts (Solid Edge Assembly);
• Creating framework constructions from rolled profiles;
• Creating assembly families– type series (Solid Edge Assembly);
• Creating adjustable parts;
• Measurement of physical properties using materials database;
• Editing the shape of solids – both newly created and imported;
• Visualisation of assemblies;
• Designing of exploded views;
• Making 2D documentations;
• Modelling of welded joints (Solid Edge Weldment);
• Creating own applications in programming languages.

• Pro/Engineer parts and assemblies (*.asm and *.prt.*);
• EMS (*.ems);
• IGES (*.iges; *.igs);
• Unigraphics (*.prt);
• ACIS (*.sat);
• STEP (*.step; *.stp);
• Parasolid, binary and text files (*.x_b; *.x_t);
• I-DEAS (*.xpk; *.plmxpk);
• XML (*.plmxml);
• SDRC (*.xpk; *.plmxpk);
• CATIA V4 (*.model);
• MicroStation (*.dgn);
• AutoCAD (*.dwg i *.dxf);
• MDS (*.mds).

• IGES (*.iges; *.igs);
• ProductVision (*.jt);
• ACIS (*.sat);
• STEP (*.step; *.stp);
• Parasolid (*.x_b; *.x_t);
• XGL (*.xgl);
• XML (*.plmxml);
• CATIA V4 (*.model);
• graphic files VRML (wrl);
• EMS (*.ems);
• STL (*.stl)