SpaceClaim NEWS May 2009
   
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HIGHLIGHTS & TOP STORIES
SpaceClaim 2009 SP1 – Now Available
SpaceClaim Viewer – Now Ready
What is SpaceClaiming.com?
New SaveAssistant Product Available for SpaceClaim Customers
OTHER NOTABLE NEWS
Press Release
Media Coverage
 
EVENTS
Recorded Conceptual Design Webinar
Newly Recorded ANSYS Webinar
Collaboration & Interoperability Conference (3DCIC)
2009 Medeso Simulation Symposium
TRAINING & SUPPORT
SpaceClaim Tips & Tricks – Reminder!
Free Training – Reminder!
HIGHLIGHTS & TOP STORIES
  SpaceClaim 2009 SP1 – Now Available
We are pleased to announce the availability of Service Pack 1 (SP1) for SpaceClaim® 2009. Some of the new and improved features in this Service Pack include: User Interface Enhancements
 
A new option is available to permit zooming with mouse wheel.
A new option is available to use turntable-style view rotation, like Rhino and SketchUp.
New commands allow manual spin center placement.
Modeling
 
Close splines may now be set to “non-periodic,” so they are not smooth at the vertex.
Control polygons permit refined spline curve editing.
Edge Pull and Face Pull have significant enhancements.
Pattern editing has several functional and UI enhancements.
Sheet metal parts with rolled bends now unfold – view a
video now.
Prepare (SpaceClaim Engineer only)
 
The new Midsurface tool creates mid-planes of thin geometry.
The new Stitch tool makes it easy to merge disjoint faces.
The new Simplify tools fix unnecessarily complicated geometry.
Check out this video that shows the new Midsurface and Stitch tools in action. Interoperability
 
Geometry can be copied and pasted from Rhino and MOI into SpaceClaim.
Curves can be optionally imported along with solids.
Precise PDFs can be saved – view a video now.
STL, CGM, and DWG meshes can now be imported.
Save as BIP is supported.
SolidWorks 2009 is supported (Data Exchange Package II).
Numerous API enhancements are implemented in API v5 beta2 (SpaceClaim Engineer only).
Administration
 
SpaceClaim does not need to be run as Administrator the first time it is launched after installation on Vista.
The Quick Reference Card is localized to all supported languages.
The Help function is now localized for German, French, and Japanese.
There is more flexibility deploying floating modules (SpaceClaim Engineer only).
For a complete overview of SpaceClaim 2009 SP1 contents, read the SpaceClaim 2009 SP1 Release Notes. All SpaceClaim customers covered by the SpaceClaim Software Assurance program can download SP1 from MySpaceClaim.com. Contact your local SpaceClaim representative for further details on SP1, or to sign up for the Software Assurance program.
SpaceClaim Viewer – Now Ready
We are pleased to announce the availability of the free SpaceClaim Viewer, which enables anyone to review SpaceClaim files.
... Download the Viewer Today >>
SpaceClaiming
What is SpaceClaiming.com?
SpaceClaiming is an online user community hosted by Novedge, a SpaceClaim reseller. We encourage all SpaceClaim users to visit the site and join the community, where you can interact with other users, share expertise, build professional connections, and learn how to get the most out of SpaceClaim.
... Check Out www.spaceclaiming.com Now >>
  New SaveAssistant Product Available for SpaceClaim Customers
SaveAssistant is a user-friendly and affordable property management and document creator solution for SpaceClaim. The entire SaveAssistant product line enables you to build and manage user interfaces for typing in document properties that secure standardization within the company. With SaveAssistant, you can also generate various file formats automatically (e.g., DXF, IGES, STEP, and many more) and take advantage of the auto save functionality. Contact Danish SpaceClaim reseller, CADSYS, for further information about this new product at: +45 7020 3572 or visit www.saveassistant.biz for further details.
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OTHER NOTABLE NEWS
  Press Release: SpaceClaim Secures
Additional Funding

SpaceClaim has concluded the securing of Funding Round C, representing the belief of our backers in the SpaceClaim solution, as well as the traction that SpaceClaim is now gaining in the market with customer acceptance and large-scale deployments.
... Read the Press Release >>
DEVELOP3D
Media Coverage: Develop3D Editor Al Dean Reviews SpaceClaim 2009
DEVELOP3D: "The world of 3D product development technology appears to be in a state of flux. Over the past two years the movements of many vendors, new and old, have seen a rebirth of interest in a field that many pundits considered to be mature, tired and almost squeezed dry of innovation. If the twenty-year "overnight" success of direct modeling/direct editing has done one thing, it's made 3D CAD interesting again."
... Find Out More >>
View all recent SpaceClaim press coverage >>
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EVENTS
  Recorded Conceptual Design Webinar
A must-see webinar! If you were unable to attend our March 11th webinar, "SpaceClaim 3D Direct Modeling Encourages Innovation and Increases Productivity," this is one that you won’t want to miss. Discover the world’s fastest and most innovative 3D direct modeler that enables you to conceptualize designs on the fly, make dramatic edits to models, regardless of origin, gain consensus across the extended design team, and so much more.
... View This Webinar Today >>
  Newly Recorded ANSYS Webinar
On April 15th, SpaceClaim and ANSYS conducted a joint webinar for ANSYS users, “Direct Modeling Optimizes Product Simulation.” If you were unable to attend this live webinar, you can now view the recorded version. This highly informative webinar covers many of the new SpaceClaim Prepare tab features that help users prepare and simplify models for in-depth analysis (with ANSYS Workbench, for example) – a "must see," for sure!
... View This Webinar Today >>
Collaboration & Interoperability Conference (3DCIC)
See us at the conference, May 17 – 20 in Estes Park, Colorado
... Find Out More >>
2009 Medeso Simulation Symposium
See us at the symposium, May 26 – 27 in Västerås, Sweden
... Find Out More >>
Visit our Events page often >>
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A Perfect Match
Taken from a posting on
SpaceClaiming.com


Sometimes, when a combination has the right ingredients, great performers are paired with other great performers, and the result is outstanding. The whole becomes greater than the sum of its parts. The newly released SpaceClaim Style makes such a powerful combination when paired with Rhino. Rhino and SpaceClaim Style are not only excellent on their own; they are perfectly compatible and complement each other ideally. These are the key fundamental elements of a power couple. Let’s analyze them in more detail.
... Find Out More >>
 
NEW Version Now Available
TraceParts has enhanced its Graphical User Interface, now offers visual browsing by folders for its catalogues, and is now supported on 64-bit editions of Windows XP and Vista. More than 6,700 new parts families have been added to this release!

Display the extensive list of new parts families as a PDF file (2.6MB) now.

Learn more about TraceParts.
Or, contact your local SpaceClaim representative to find out how you can add TraceParts to your product today.
 
Download now
 
 
 
TRAINING & SUPPORT
  SpaceClaim Tips & Tricks – Reminder
Be sure to access this great resource developed solely for SpaceClaim users.
... Find Out More >>
Free Training – Reminder
Just a reminder about our Tuesday or Thursday morning, complimentary, training sessions – an effective and informal way to get valuable training directly from SpaceClaim specialists. Simply log on a few minutes before the session begins.
... Find Out More >>
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