Focus on Pro/ENGINEER® Users Issue # 7 – 28/05/2008

Welcome to issue 7 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 Issue Project Engineering: The Fastest Way From Industrial Layouts to 3D Visualisations Customer Focus: La Boule Obut and STHENO/PRO®: Setting the Competitive Standard Events: PTC/USER World Event 2008 – June 1-4 Partner Profile: ICC, Spain FREE Trial: Free 30-Day Trial of STHENO/PRO ADVANCED FREE Download: Thumbnail Preview of STHENO/PRO Sheets Q&A: Your Design Questions Answered About CAD Schroer Group (CSG) CSG Website Company Reference Customers Recent Press Releases Upcoming Events Recent Newsletters Contact Us Products for: Drafting for Pro/ENGINEER Factory & Installation Design Students Download your FREE STHENO/PRO ADVANCED trial version!

Project Engineering Project Engineering: The Fastest Way From Industrial Layouts to 3D Visualisations Do you produce or procure ranges of equipment, designing and selling complete turnkey solutions? Or do you need to maintain and improve large installations? Does your sales, enquiry or tender design process absorb significant resources and overheads, without efficient connection to your product design process? Do you have difficulties responding quickly enough to project enquires? Do the rate of change and disparate systems make life difficult for you? Are you losing projects to organisations with better presentation materials? Are you tired of creating large amounts of engineering data at the enquiry stage that cannot be reused once the project goes ahead? Then it’s time you had a serious look at MPDS4 FACTORY LAYOUT™ - CAD Schroer’s latest innovation for project engineers, offering fast conceptual designs and easy visualisation, using your existing 3D models! For more information, click here Back to top

Customer Focus Customer Focus: La Boule Obut and STHENO/PRO®: Setting the Competitive Standard Obut is a modern French classic. At its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in beautiful Saint-Bonnet-le-Château in the Monts du Forez mountain range of the Auverne region, over 50 years of manufacturing know-how and innovation combine with a love of tradition and a passion for pétanque. The company develops, designs, manufactures and distributes high quality pétanque boules for leisure and competitive use. Since its beginnings in 1955, Obut has also designed and developed its own manufacturing machinery. Since May 2007, STHENO/PRO has joined the family as a trusted partner for high tech jig and tool design and layout drawings for production process and plant maintenance optimisation. Click here to read more. Back to top

Events Join CAD Schroer in Long Beach, California - June 1-4 - Booth 516 MPDS4 FACTORY LAYOUT™ Show Special: Save over $3,000 per license STHENO/PRO® Show Special: Save an additional 10% on all existing special offers In addition to showcasing STHENO/PRO®, the best-in-class drafting package for Pro/ENGINEER® users, CSG will be introducing its latest innovative development, MPDS4 FACTORY LAYOUT, at the PTC/USER 2008 World Event at booth 516, from 1 to 4 June 2008. FACTORY LAYOUT was developed specifically for the quick and easy layout and visualisation of large facilities in the manufacturing and plant design sectors. See it live at the booth and during our PTC/USER Partner presentation: "Project Engineering: How to be a Winner" - Presentation on Monday, June 2, from 12:30-1:00 PM For more information, click here Back to top

Partner Profile Partner Profile: ICC, Spain One of CAD Schroer’s newest partners in Spain, Integral CAD CAM S.L. (ICC) is a systems integrator and advanced systems design, product & project lifecycle management and engineering consultancy (CAD/CAM/CAE/PLM). Formed in 1999 and headquartered in Barcelona, the company also has offices in Valencia, Bilbao and Madrid, and looks after over 250 customers across Spain. Read the full Partner Profile Back to top

FREE Trial Try STHENO/PRO ADVANCED with STHENO/IMAGE COLOUR™ Free for 30 Days Users can now download a free trial version of STHENO/PRO ADVANCED from CAD Schroer’s Website. This is the most comprehensive STHENO/PRO package, including SMART Edit, Drilling Tables, Tolerance Tables, Symbol Libraries for 50 DIN/EN/ISO standards, and much more besides. In addition, this fully functional trial version includes the versatile STHENO/IMAGE COLOUR™ module for incorporating legacy data in raster format, and colour images, into your designs. STHENO/IMAGE COLOUR™ supports over 90 different file formats. Click here to download. Back to top

FREE Download FREE Windows Explorer Thumbnail Preview of STHENO/PRO Sheets Window Explorer’s popular thumbnail preview functionality is now available for STHENO/PRO drawings! The FREE software you need to take advantage of this feature is available for download on the CSG website. Download CSG Thumbnails. Back to top

Question & Answer Your Design Questions Answered Question: I often work with extremely large Pro/DETAIL™ drawings, which take a long time to load and reload. Can STHENO/PRO help cut my design editing times? Answer: Pro/DETAIL drawings derived from complex 3D assemblies often need to be augmented by various 2D elements prior to release. These drawings can take a long time to load, so changes can’t be done as quickly as desired, especially when there is still some final editing to be done in 3D. STHENO/PRO provides the ideal answer by allowing you to save a copy of the Pro/DETAIL drawing and do the work in STHENO/PRO, which handles large sheets with ease. So while your 3D team is making its final adjustments to the models in Pro/ENGINEER®, a STHENO/PRO user can get down to the necessary detailing work, with the 3D geometry locked. Question: Can I use STHENO/PRO on multi-sheet Pro/ENGINEER drawings? Answer: Yes, switching from Pro/DETAIL to STHENO/PRO always displays the current sheet. To work on a different sheet, simply select that sheet in Pro/DETAIL. Want to be featured in our next newsletter? Send your questions, comments, tips and tricks to: newdimensions@cad-schroer.com Back to top

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