InPart Selects DesignQA to Certify Quality
30 July 1998
InPart Selects DesignQA to Certify Quality of DesignSuite Standard Parts Library
BOSTON and SARATOGA, Calif.--July 29, 1998--Technology assures manufacturers of highest-quality, most current
3D models.
Prescient Technologies, Inc. and InPart jointly announced that InPart has selected DesignQA(TM) to certify the DesignSuite Internet-based library of 3D models. DesignSuite is the largest repository of 3D component data in the world, with models and detailed technical specifications for more than 150,000 mechanical components and nearly three million associated technical details from leading US component suppliers. DesignQA is the industry leading design quality assurance system from Prescient Technologies, Inc.
InPart, the leading provider of 3D content and tools for the engineering market, will use DesignQA to certify the 20,000 CAD models it manufactures each month. The highly configurable Prescient Technologies software will be used to assure that all of these models meet InPart's stringent modeling requirements and standards by detecting, assessing and assisting designers in correcting any potential modeling problems from within the interactive design session.
"Prescient Technologies fundamentally believes that the CAD design model is a true, measurable product in any design company, and that the quality of the physical product is inherently driven by the quality of the 3D design," stated Tom Mignosa, Vice President of Product Marketing for Prescient Technologies. "InPart, with its 'factory' approach for producing CAD models, is in direct alignment with the direction and capabilities of DesignQA," he noted.
"Because our CAD library is our product, we take model quality very seriously," added John Major, InPart VP of Engineering. "We approach creating models as a manufacturing process which like any good manufacturing process must be well defined and repeatable across part families. With DesignQA automatically integrating best modeling practices into our process, our designers can focus on production and still be assured that our products will meet the needs of our diverse and growing customer base."
InPart will use Prescient Technologies' newest, browser-based DesignQA version to implement its model quality program. DesignQA for Pro/ENGINEER is a software product that elevates the overall quality of a product by instituting design and modeling standards including model construction, manufacturing features, and model exchange requirements directly into the design process. DesignQA is the only quality assurance application that works to prevent problems before they occur, ensuring that users employ best design and modeling practices and ensuring an accurate, sharable, reusable product model. Pro/ENGINEER is the industry leading solids-based associative CAD/CAM system from Parametric Technology Corporation .
About Prescient Technologies, Inc. - Prescient Technologies, Inc., is the global leader in Design Quality Solutions for the manufacturing industries. Our software products improve product quality by building quality into the process. Prescient Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of Stone & Webster, Inc., a global leader in engineering, procurement and construction of power, process, industrial and infrastructure technologies and projects. Prescient Technologies operates worldwide through a series of international partners and has U.S. offices in Boston, Los Angeles, San Diego, Sunnyvale, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Seattle, and Detroit.
About InPart - InPart is a technical publisher serving the mechanical engineering community. In conjunction with its manufacturer partners, InPart develops, markets, and supports 3D CAD libraries of catalogued mechanical components. InPart offers these libraries, containing 3D geometry, technical specifications and component selection software to mechanical engineers over the Internet.
InPart manufacturer partners include Aeroquip, Boston Gear, Dayco, Deltron GE Fanuc Anomation, Enerpac, The Gates Rubber Company, Igus, Jergens, Kollmorgen, Molex, Numatics, Panduit, Parker Hannifin, RWM Casters, Stock Drive Products/Sterling Instruments, Thomson Industries, The Torrington Company, U.S. Electrical Motors, and Winimac Coil Spring.
For more information, visit Prescient Technologies' web site at www.PrescientTech.com, call (800) 787-0700 or send email to info@PrescientTech.com.
For more information on InPart's DesignSuite product line contact InPart at (800)725-PART, via electronic mail at sales@inpart.com or via the Web at www.inpart.com.
DesignQATM is a trademark of Prescient Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.