Fujitsu Launches PLEMIA Concurrent Design Manager for 3D CAD Data Management of Globally Distributed Design
February 12 2015 - 2:17AM
JCN Newswire (English)
Enhanced system to be widely provided to small and mid-sized
companies moving forward on utilizing CAD
Fujitsu today announced the release of a new version of FUJITSU
Manufacturing Industry Solution PLEMIA Concurrent Design Manager,
which includes enhanced features for distributed design at sites in
and outside Japan. The new version will be available from February
12.
PLEMIA Concurrent Design Manager is software that takes enormous
volumes of data, such as with 3D data and related diagrams which
are cumbersome to manage when multiple designers are involved, and
in addition to efficiently managing design histories on a per-part
basis, generates the information needed for the manufacturing
process from this managed data.
The new version was created with global design teams in mind, and
comes with a replication feature that synchronizes the latest
versions of massive 3D CAD files between servers at multiple
locations during the night, which brings greater efficiency to
collaborative design work that is distributed among overseas sites,
where network delays can easily occur. In addition, it can now
manage FUJITSU Manufacturing Industry Solution iCAD SX, the
company's design-support tool for heavy industrial machinery. It
also adds a feature that can automatically convert the data it
manages into STL(1) files for output to 3D printers.
Fujitsu will widely offer PLEMIA Concurrent Manager to small and
medium-sized companies that increasingly use 3D CAD data for
design, and is committed to supporting manufacturing innovation
among its customers in the manufacturing sector.
Background
In the manufacturing sector, a single product may be designed at
multiple sites, and the design may also be customized locally to
meet the needs of markets in many countries. These trends are also
becoming increasingly widespread among small and medium-sized
companies.
The extremely large size of 3D CAD files means data is shared by
sending DVDs or e-mail, network syncing or other method. But
sending files by DVD or e-mail makes them difficult to manage
centrally, and relies on people to receive and manage them. Network
syncing with worldwide sites, meanwhile, requires time, among other
problems. Moreover, when multiple people are involved in design
work, it is necessary that the person in charge has a consistent
grasp of the latest design data that should be worked upon.
Fujitsu is offering PLEMIA Concurrent Design Manager to address
these problems. Today, even as distributed design is conducted in
and outside of Japan, this software efficiently tracks design
histories for individual parts and enables globally distributed
design work to proceed smoothly. The new version will be available
as of February 12.
Product Features
1. Enhanced features to support globally distributed design
teams
The new software version comes with a replication feature that will
sync massive design files between servers overnight, or at any
designated time, avoiding the time-consuming process of having to
send such heavy files. This means that, for example, the design of
a core module designed in Japan will be copied to servers at sites
outside of Japan overnight, enabling those locations to use the
latest design when doing any local customization, thereby
supporting collaborative design between multiple sites. It enables
customers to construct their own distributed design environments
that best suit them, according to the particulars of their design
sites. In Japan, for example, where there are dedicated high-speed
lines, a customer may use the standard feature of automatic syncing
for distributed design among two or more locations in Japan, while
using the new replication feature for overseas sites.
The product is Unicode-compliant, so it can be used between
multiple countries regardless of database language, and has
time-zone support(2) so that designers in every country can use
their own time zone to maintain accurate logs.
2. Supports iCAD SX, a 3D CAD tool for large-scale industrial
machinery comprised of tens of thousands of parts
In addition to the eight types of 3D CAD software already
supported, the new version adds support for Fujitsu's own iCAD SX.
By using PLEMIA Concurrent Design Manager to manage design data
from iCAD SX, which is tailored to handle designs of large
machinery or plants comprised of tens of thousands of components,
exclusive setting features, such as features that block
registration of duplicate file names, track revisions, and manage
editing privileges on a file-by-file basis, enable easier
management of designs involving multiple team members.
3. Automatic conversion to STL files for 3D printers
After a model has been built through 3D CAD, the new product can
convert the 3D CAD-formatted data into STL data for input to a 3D
printer. It can also maintain a log of generated STL data.
The new product was developed by Fujitsu Systems East Limited.
Notes:
(1) STL
An acronym for "stereolithography," a file format system for 3D CAD
software developed by US-based 3D Systems
(2) Time-zone support
Stores all times as Greenwich Mean Time and can display all times
in each user's local time zone by calculating offsets.
About Fujitsu Limited
Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication
technology (ICT) company offering a full range of technology
products, solutions and services. Approximately 170,000 Fujitsu
people support customers in more than 100 countries. We use our
experience and the power of ICT to shape the future of society with
our customers. Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated
revenues of 4.4 trillion yen (US$47 billion) for the fiscal year
ended March 31, 2013 For more information, please see
www.fujitsu.com.
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