Capvidia to Launch PDQWorks at SolidWorks World 2005

CAD Product Data Quality Tools for SolidWorks Designers

Leuven, Belguim – January 19, 2005-- Capvidia, a leading developer of data translation software, announced today that it will introduce PDQWorks (Product Data Quality) at the seventh annual SolidWorks World 2005 Conference, being held from January 30th – February 2nd, 2005 in Orlando, Florida. PDQWorks is the first product available to SolidWorks designers to provide real-time CAD model quality verification, and certification to guarantee that product data quality guidelines for topology, geometry, and manufacturability are satisfied. Visit Capvidia at booth #403.

PDQWorks verifies that models exported from SolidWorks will satisfy the quality requirements of the receiving CAD System (CATIA, ProE, UG, IDEAS, SolidWorks, etc). The model quality and conformity can be verified (dynamically or statically) at any stage of the design. For example, consider a CATIAą SolidWorksą CATIA workflow. Imported CATIA parts are modified in SolidWorks and verified with PDQWorks before they are exported back to CATIA. All quality guidelines and manufacturing requirements required by CATIA are in the SolidWorks part.

"Now SolidWorks designers can get it right the first time and avoid costly redesign and project delays. This is critical for our customers in the automotive and aerospace industry who work with CATIA data in SolidWorks", said Lyle Fischer, Technical Marketing Director of Capvidia.

PDQWorks supports model quality in accordance with the automotive standard recommendations defined by the SASIG group (VDA 4955, AIAG D-15, GALIA, ODETTE, JAMA). You can also define your "own quality standards" to satisfy internal requirements and manufacturing capabilities.

About Capvidia

Capvidia () develops software for CAD data repair and offers data translation services. Models created in any CAD system can be translated and repaired with a guarantee that the results will be compatible with CATIA V4, CATIA V5 and SolidWorks. This service includes also feature-to-feature translation from a user defined CAD system to SolidWorks.

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