Volvo Construction Equipment Selects Unigraphics Solutions'
4 February 1999
Volvo Construction Equipment Selects Unigraphics Solutions' Solid Edge For Vehicle Design
VCE to Implement Solid Edge Mechanical Design Software as a Global
CAD Solution
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 4 -- Unigraphics Solutions Inc.
today announced its mechanical design software Solid Edge has been selected by
Volvo Construction Equipment as its global computer aided design (CAD)
solution. The agreement -- in excess of $1 million -- enables hundreds of
Volvo Construction Equipment designers worldwide to design Volvo's award
winning line of wheel loaders, excavators, articulated haulers and other road-
building and road-maintenance machines.
Volvo Construction Equipment attributed its selection of Solid Edge to
sophisticated modeling capabilities and an ease-of-use that will allow the
company to expand CAD productivity to all designers, not just a relatively
small design group.
"This product is right for us," says Hans Wallin, senior application
engineer at Volvo Information Technology. "We turned to Solid Edge for two
basic reasons: It has a high level of functionality to model our parts and it
embodies STREAM technology, which makes the software easy to use and learn.
STREAM technology empowers additional designers to become more productive as
they quickly create 3-D models and drawings."
"In order to shorten our design time, we needed one single desktop
solution, rather than a mix of Unix and Windows systems," says Wallin.
"Solid Edge is a Windows standard, with important object linking and embedding
capabilities for technical software, as well as office products."
Unigraphics Solutions applauds Volvo Construction Equipment for placing
the power of mechanical CAD into a larger base of designers. "Volvo
Construction Equipment is proving that sophisticated modeling capabilities can
be expanded beyond the power users, into the hands of designers who demand
more intuitive and easy-to-use tools," says Bill McClure, Director of the
Solid Edge line of business at Unigraphics Solutions.
Solid Edge STREAM Technology: The Solid Edge Advantage
Solid Edge STREAM technology is a proprietary technology built into Solid
Edge which boosts essential CAD user productivity by capturing engineers'
solid modeling design intentions through inference logic and
decision-management concepts. Solid Edge STREAM technology specifically
addresses CAD system usability and its direct effect on engineering
productivity, return on investment and ease of adopting a new CAD system.
"Until recently, most CAD packages were only compared on a
feature/functionality basis, but organizations are beginning to realize that
features and functionality do not necessarily translate into increased
engineering productivity," says McClure. "Solid Edge STREAM technology's
approach to CAD takes user interaction and decision management into account to
boost design productivity."
Solid Edge is written for Microsoft Windows NT, Windows(R) 95 and
Windows(R) 98 operating systems, and is distributed in eight languages to
customers around the world, including Boeing, Kaiser Optical, Alcoa, Liebert
Corp., TRACO, W.F. Mickey Body Co., Subsea Ventures Inc., Value Plastics,
Kaeser Kompressoren, Walker Engineering, Prodrive, USSC Group, Identification
Technologies International and Watsco Components, among others.
About Volvo Construction Equipment Group
Volvo Construction Equipment Group, headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, is
one of the world's leading companies in the construction equipment industry.
Its product range is comprised of more than 50 different base models: Volvo
mini wheel loaders, Pel-Job mini excavators, Mecalac excavator/loaders, Volvo
wheel loaders, Volvo excavators, Volvo articulated haulers, Champion motor
graders and other road-building and road-maintenance machines. The company
operates manufacturing plants on three continents, employs 10,000 (1998)
people and has customers in 100 countries. See Volvo Construction Equipment on
the web at http://www.volvo.com/www.construction.volvo.se/
About Unigraphics Solutions
Unigraphics Solutions Inc. provides end-to-end CAD/CAM/CAE/PDM software
and related services designed to improve its customers command of product
development. The company provides tools appropriate to a collaborative
engineering environment, converting ideas into easily shared concepts used to
develop products of varying complexity such as motor vehicles, aircraft, heavy
equipment and consumer goods and the parts that comprise them. Unigraphics
Solutions' software is used worldwide and includes Unigraphics for high-end,
complex design, manufacture and assembly; Solid Edge for mid-range,
Windows-based product design; IMAN for product data management; and Parasolid,
a design and manufacturing industries solid modeling standard. Many OEM
software developers have licensed the Parasolid kernel. The company, formerly
EDS Unigraphics, maintains corporate headquarters in St. Louis, Mo. and can be
reached via the WorldWide Web at http://www.ugsolutions.com.
Unigraphics Solutions, Parasolid, Solid Edge, Unigraphics, ProductVision,
IMAN, GRIP and managedServices are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Unigraphics Solutions Inc. All other product names referenced herein are the
properties of their respective owners.