MEDUSA4 & MPDS4 – Focus on Design Automation and Plant Design Issue # 10 – 04/11/2009

Welcome to issue 10 of New Dimensions This newsletter features the latest news from CAD Schroer Group (CSG), the global engineering solutions provider. Read all about upcoming events and product releases, the latest downloads and customer case studies, information on consultancy services, and technical tips & tricks to help with your daily design challenges. In this edition Customer Focus: CEL International & MPDS4 Release News: What’s New in MEDUSA4 and MPDS4 Version 4.0? Technical Spotlight: MPDS4 REVIEW for Easy Model Review by Clients New Online Service: MEDUSA4 Personal DXF/PDF Drawing Conversion PPMA 2009 Roundup: Factory Modelling Prevents Expensive Problems MEDUSA4 Rocks! Hard Rock Band Adopts Logo Created in MEDUSA4 Q&A: Your Design Questions Answered About CAD Schroer Group (CSG) CSG Website Company Reference Customers Recent Press Releases Recent Newsletters Contact Us Products for: Design Automation Plant & Installation Design Piping Design Data Management SAP Integration Students Download MEDUSA4 FREE for personal use!

Customer Focus CEL International & MPDS4: Delivering Uncompromising Process Plant Expertise “CEL International provides world class services in support of capital investments in the pharmaceutical and process industry...The MEDUSA4 PLANT DESIGN SYSTEM (MPDS4) is our product of choice in the complex process plant design and layout arena. The software supports the flexibility we need as we address diverse engineering challenges in a multitude of market sectors.” - Nigel Barnes, Managing Director, CEL International - Read the CEL International Case Study. Back to top

Release News What’s New in MEDUSA4 and MPDS4 Version 4.0? Hot off the press, many of the new tools and enhancements introduced in version 4.0 of MEDUSA4 and MPDS4 focus on client collaboration, data integration and even quicker design editing and visualisation. New functionality supports the entire design process from tender design to project delivery, with special emphasis on efficient and visually impressive pre-sales configuration. The upgrade to this latest release is free to all maintenance-paying customers. Read an overview of what’s new. Back to top

Technical Spotlight MPDS4 REVIEW: The Tool for Easy Model Review by Clients The new MPDS4 REVIEW tool provides an easy way to share models and communicate with customers and suppliers who do not have MPDS4 installed. It allows users to easily interact with your MEDUSA4 3D or MPDS4 models, conducting plant and scenery walk-throughs or inspecting designs in detail. Models are delivered by MPDS4 in a very compact format for fast viewing, and can be e-mailed to clients for daily design reviews or taken on-site by Project Managers to be viewed on any machine. Find out more about MPDS4 REVIEW. Back to top

Online Service New MEDUSA4 Personal to DXF/PDF Drawing Conversion Service CAD Schroer's eSERVICES portal was developed as a direct response to requests for additional services by many users of the free MEDUSA4 Personal™ drafting software. The portal will grow to deliver a number of automated services to enable you to use your private designs in a commercial context. For only €2.99 (PDF) / €4,99 (DXF) per MEDUSA4 Personal drawing (usually restricted to private use) the portal allows you to create a plottable PDF or DXF file for unrestricted (including commercial) use. Visit the CSG eSERVICES portal. Back to top

PPMA 2009 Roundup Factory Modelling Prevents Expensive Problems CAD Schroer has just returned from an extremely successful Processing and Packaging Machinery Association (PPMA) show. We were delighted at the level of interest from factory Owner/Operators as well as machinery providers needing to relocate, consolidate, layout or visualise their installations. We demonstrated the latest MPDS4 FACTORY LAYOUT software and, together with engineering contractors and longstanding MPDS4 customers CEL International, introduced a “Factory Hotspot Modelling” service, which delivers a 3D model, complete with walk-through software and all CAD data, to clients looking to address process plant layout issues. Find out more. Back to top

MEDUSA4 Rocks! Hard Rock Band Adopts Logo Created in MEDUSA4 It’s not every day you hear of a link between CAD and Hard Rock, but a MEDUSA4 Personal 3D design may be on its way to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - It has caught the imagination of Swiss hard rockers Sahara Rain, whose logo design competition was won by Gilbert Koch, using MEDUSA4 Personal 3D. By popular demand, CAD Schroer has created an eServices platform for quick and inexpensive export of designs created with the free 2D/3D CAD system, which allows people like Sahara Rain to use the work commercially. Read the entire press release. Back to top

Question & Answer Q&A: Your Design Questions Answered Question: We use MEDUSA4 to create manuals, maintenance sheets and datasheets for sales and after-sales service teams, published as PDFs on a simple Web portal. We want users to be able to search for specific component names, numbers and other key phrases in the drawings. Is there a way to make the text we use in MEDUSA4 searchable? Find out how. Question: How do I insert a MEDUSA4 drawing into a Microsoft® Word document? Find out how. Back to top

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