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Solid Edge Design Contest Winners Named by UGS PLM Solutions

PLANO, Texas 18 Feb 2004 – UGS PLM Solutions, the product lifecycle management subsidiary of EDS, today announced the winners of its fourth-quarter Solid Edge® computer-aided design (CAD) contest. An aesthetically pleasing powerwheel chair from the Americas, a super-fast computer chip bonding machine from Asia and an innovative boat trailer that can fold up and change dimensions from Europe took top honors.

The Solid Edge contest highlights excellence in mechanical engineering and is open to designers working on more than 150,000 Solid Edge seats deployed around the world. The contest is held to promote the mechanical design excellence delivered by users of 3D solid modeling technology.

Consumer appeal with mechanical prowess

Hoveround Corp. in Sarasota, Fla., took top honors from the Americas with its design of the MPV4 Powerwheel Chair. Hoveround’s Bill Mewhinney, Cliff Merlina and Kevin Tucker used Solid Edge to design the powerwheel chair. Hoveround is the innovator in the design, performance, manufacture and service of power mobility products. Hoveround provides a full line of power equipment from the most basic scooter to the most sophisticated rehab power wheelchair. 

Solid Edge judges cited Hoveround’s blending of an aesthetic, consumer-oriented design with an equally important attention focused on the chair’s functional requirements.

www.hoveround.com

High-speed, accurate machinery

The design of a high-speed automatic die (chip) bonder by ASM Assembly Automation Ltd. in Hong Kong, took top honors in Asia. ASM is the leading integrated system and materials supplier to the global microelectronics industry, offering complete factory automation solutions to customers for their assembly and packaging needs.

Solid Edge judges cited ASM’s design of the complex machine for its accuracy and speed. Also noted was the product’s impressive capabilities to carry out a very complex and varied series of mechanical motion within the very large assembly design.

www.asmpacific.com.

Multipurpose trailer adapts to users’ needs

Mr. Michel Bernard of Matocean in Tourny, France, took top honors in the Europe, Middle East and Africa zone for his Solid Edge design of an innovative, foldable, multi-purpose trailer. The company designs and manufactures a series of trailers used to carry jet skis and other boats, motorcycles and general cargo.

Solid Edge judges praised the design for its innovative approach to solving storage challenges faced by trailer owners. Equally impressive within the design was the trailer’s adjustable length and width, and its multifunction applications -- accomplished through a complete catalog of different bearings that are quickly interchangeable on the same frame.

www.matocean.fr

"Innovation represented by these winners is a common trait within the Solid Edge user community and is perfectly timed with the economic upswing currently in progress," said Bruce Boes, vice president of global marketing and business strategy, Solid Edge. "Product development at this level places these and thousands of other Solid Edge users at the forefront of increased market share, revenues and profitability."

Each winner receives a CadMan 3D motion controller from Solid Edge Voyager Program member 3Dconnexion, a Logitech company. See these and other winning images as well as more details on the contest at www.solidedge.com/gallery/designs/contest.htm

The Solution

Solid Edge from UGS PLM Solutions is powerful 3D CAD software that allows manufacturing companies to Design with Insight and to reduce time to market, improve quality and lower cost. The exclusive Solid Edge Insight technology embeds design management capabilities directly within CAD, providing insight into design intent to the entire organization and enhancing collaboration. Insight, complemented by Solid Edge’s superior core modeling and process workflows, has reduced Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) and their related rework by 50 percent or more. The extensive Solid Edge user community is comprised of designers at thousands of companies worldwide, including Alcoa, NEC Engineering, and Volvo. The Solid Edge Voyager Program includes 200 integrated engineering software applications and computer hardware solutions.

www.solidedge.com

About UGS PLM Solutions

UGS PLM Solutions, a leader in product data management, collaboration and product design software and services with 41,000 clients and more than 2.6 million seats of technology operating in the market, is the product lifecycle management (PLM) subsidiary of EDS. The company works collaboratively with its clients to create solutions enabling them to transform their process of innovation and thus begin to capture the promise of PLM. The integration of the former operations of companies including Structural Dynamics Research Corporation (SDRC), Engineering Animation Inc. (EAI) and UGS, UGS PLM Solutions has created some of the leading design, collaboration and product data management technologies that ultimately formed the foundation of the PLM industry. Today, the company is a family of one, building on three decades of leadership in continuing to be a pioneer in PLM. 

www.eds.com

 

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