very good guys! Today we would like to discuss one of the issues that comes "waving" the 3D CAD world in recent months. The text is very interesting. Read to the end and express your opinion through your comment!
We are following a "war" of information (and market) between Solidworks advocates and the competition, regarding future versions of the software. For those of you who haven't heard, the question is as follows:
O Kernel (math engine) used by Solidworks is the Parasolid. It is also the 3D kernel used for NX Siemens PLM and SolidEdge, MicroStation da Bentley, Vectorworks Nemetschek, and various other CAD products. The big "X" of the issue is that Parasolid is a licensed product of SIEMENS, company that competes directly with SolidWorks and CATIA, through its SolidEdge and NX Siemens PLM software.
Then comes the question: Why is SIEMENS interested in providing a mathematical engine (practically the soul of the program, the car engine) cutting edge, with the same level of development employed by the company in SolidEdge? It's like going to war with a country, but at the same time, selling them the ammo!
So dear readers, Siemens kept the KNIFE and CHEESE in hand!
from that, Rumors started about SolidWorks migration, today based on Parasolid from Siemens, for a platform V6, the same maid at Catia, which is the heart of Dassault Systemes applications, proprietária do SolidWorks desde 1997.
And what this means for users and files generated in Solidworks so far? some situations:
- The generated files will be totally different, therefore, old files will suffer serious parametric conversion issues, with the possibility of opening only in specific versions - Parasolid is V6;
- External applications developed for the current Solid will not work in the new version;
- If the user chooses to migrate to the new version V6, will need to maintain another parallel program (Parasolid) to open old files;
- If two versions of the program are maintained, V6 is parasolid, which version will Dassault pay more attention to?
- If two versions of the program are maintained, V6 is parasolid, Siemens will supply the same version of Parasolid used in SolidEdge?
Dassault continues to argue that it will keep Kernel Parasolid in the next versions of SolidWorks (2014,2015,...), and that will develop SolidWorks V6 in parallel, as a differentiated product. Therefore, Below are some views, of the different "sides of the coin" for your information:
Matt Lombard - Independent Solidworks Consultant (reference on the subject):
Switching from Parasolid to V6 is like taking the engine out of your car - what the car was designed around - and replace it with a completely different engine, that was never intended to be used in your car. This change is relatively simple., whether done during the development phase. After a few years of selling the product it is painful. After more than a decade and within a product that is sprawling in its scope, Dan anticipates with some enthusiasm that a kernel change will be disastrous for SW users.. The switch from SW201X to SW V6, considering only the effects of changing the kernel (even without considering the effects of the cloud) will be more disruptive to end users, than switching to a completely different CAD package, it may be less harmful.
Siemens PLM went after SolidWorks with the disclosure of a migration case that takes full advantage of the existing uncertainty in the competitor's customer base about a future kernel migration of the SolidWorks 3D CAD solution.
O case, distributed worldwide, talks about Helena Laboratories CAD software exchange, manufacturer of clinical laboratory instruments with 800 Texas-based employees, Estados Unidos.
SolidWorks user since 2007, Helena decided to switch to SolidEdge in 2010 when did the SolidWorks migration rumors start, today based on Parasolid from Siemens, for the V6 platform that is the heart of Dassault Systemes applications, dona da SolidWorks desde 1997.
“We don't want to waste our valuable resources, time and money to keep implementing changes for others. It will be years before SolidWorks can convert to Catia kernel”, reports in the note from Siemens Billy Oliver, project engineer at Helena.
While Siemens does its part by exposing the possible problems of a future migration, SolidWorks strives to minimize the potential impact of the new.
During SolidWorks World 2012, company CEO Bertrand Sicot, said announcements about the long-awaited new version of the 3D CAD software, which has been expected since 2010, will only be announced in 2013.
Sicot was keen to emphasize that even with the launch in an undetermined future, the company would not force a migration to the new product, keeping SolidWorks current as long as there was customer demand.
The first essay on the subject was the launch in 2011 do n!Fuze, a document management software hosted on cloud computing already based on the V6 platform. The product however did not take off and is currently undergoing reformulation.
If on the engineering front the situation is undefined, V6 will be the basis of an attack by SolidWorks in the area of architecture, traditionally dominated by competitor AutoDesk. The company promised until October the launching of a CAD turned to the segment.In summary, Siemens PLM attacks the SolidWorks market, that is preparing to attack the Autodesk market, who undoubtedly is preparing something in relation to its competitors. The coming years will be very interesting in the CAD market.
Posted by Jose, solidworks user and blog enthusiast: http://solid3d.blogspot.com.br/2012/04/um-pouco-do-que-aconteceu-no-solidworks.html
not event, which gathered more than 5,6 One thousand people, tanto Bernard Charles, principal executive of Dassault Systèmes, like Bertrand Sicot (photo), CEO da DS SolidWorks, in addition to other senior executives, ensured that SolidWorks 3D CAD software will be maintained as it is (obviously with major updates with each new version and other updates as usual) for as long as the market supports it. it was also said, loud and clear, that the Parasolid kernel will be maintained version 2013 by SolidWorks Vice President and Product Manager, Fielder Hiss. “That will not change”, stated.
DS SolidWorks numbers, if, seem to be enough to ratify what the executives say. O CAD SolidWorks tem 1,7 million users worldwide. Make more radical changes, that can make this real battalion of users unhappy, it would be like picking a fight with a population equivalent to that of Curitiba (PR), or greater than that of Guarulhos, in Greater São Paulo.
E, no caso do software SolidWorks, the situation is aggravated because users have a good reason to feel “owners of the product”. How do you know, most of the fence 200 innovations or improvements placed in each new CAD edition are the result of suggestions made by users.
It should also be highlighted that the SolidWorks brand is responsible for 20% of the total turnover of Dassault Systèmes (1,78 billion euros). It is still good to remember that SolidWorks software is a product whose demand does not stop growing.. in constant currency, DS SolidWorks revenue grew 12% in 2011. Sales of new commercial 3D CAD licenses grew 14%, totaling close to 48 thousand licenses.
The product's share of the mechanical CAD market is as evident, that even the competition recognizes. Dan Staples, solid edge product development director, because Siemens PLM Software, recently declared to the specialized website CADdigest.com, that SolidWorks has the largest market share in its product category.
The news is that in addition to SolidWorks 3D CAD, that is not market, the company is developing a new CAD, which is being called SolidWorks V6. This product will integrate the Dassault Systèmes V6 platform. To find out exactly what this product will look like (or series of products), will have to wait. No details were released during the event..
Neimar Chiapetti: Autodesk channel sales professional for the state of Santa Catarina. Extracted from the blog: http://prototipagemdigital.wordpress.com/
San Diego – SWW 2012 – “I had to admit I was confused. Everyone – competitors and users alike – was talking about how Solidworks was changing its Kernel – and all kinds of bad things that would happen.. The 'shit would be thrown to the fan'. All your Solidworks models would be thrown away. Third Party Applications Should Be Completely Rewritten. A conversion DISASTER lay ahead. To Dassault Systems, that could barely convert files between versions of Catia was now on its way to switching from Parasolid to the Kernel of Catia! Dassault has been ignoring past voices of caution, both external and internal. Dassault was rumored to have swapped CTO Gian Paulo Bassi for Austin O'Malley for that purpose.. Gian Paulo had stated that Solidworks would be using Kernel V6 the day before. Nonetheless, Fielder Hiss, VP of Product Development, says Solidworks is not changing its Kernel.”
Resumindo: When asked whether or not he was changing the Kernel, Hiss stated that both are correct. In other words, Dassaul will start to develop, in 2013, o Solidworks com motor V6 (Catia) and continue developing Solidworks with Parasolid engine.
The question that hangs in the air: what is the parallel investment in each tool? It would be a repetition of the same story that happened with Autodesk's Mechanical Desktop? it still exists, but no more tool development.
And the worst of all: how long will i have to use solidworks the way it is, while competing software like Autodesk Inventor and Solid Edge continue to develop at giant paces?
The shot was given. The start was given. act or wait? This is what customers and developers of the Solidworks – Parasolid version ask themselves.