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A US-developed 3D CAD package could help non-designers in the extended product development team to make more of a contribution to the overall modelling process. Charles Clarke reports.

A US start-up aims to put 3D capabilities in the hands of designers, engineers and other manufacturing professionals not skilled in traditional 3D parametric and/or feature-based CAD packages.

Boston-based

has released SpaceClaim Professional 2007, aimed to put 3D CAD/CAM/PLM capabilities in the hands of designers, engineers and other manufacturing professionals not skilled in traditional 3D parametric and/or feature-based CAD packages.

The company says its package will allow would-be casual 3D users to make more of a contribution to the process than they can with read-only or 'dumb' access to CAD data.

According to SpaceClaim, there are more than five million people worldwide involved in mechanical design, but only one-fifth of these are able to benefit from existing 3D CAD tools because the rest ack the expertise and training to take advantage of the software.

SpaceClaim is targeted at this disenfranchised majority by providing an array of tools and user interface enhancements that allow sophisticated modelling without the need for knowledge of complicated commands or modelling structures.

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