Presentation to the COE (Catia Operators Exchange) group April 2012 by Tony Anderson, Global Sales Manager for Kubotek USA. ECO Manager CAD Comparison software is highlighted.

1. Using Automated
Change Communication
Software to Improve
Productivity and Reduce
Costs
Tony Anderson
Global Sales Manager Kubotek USA

2. Customers

3. Customer Success Story
“ECO Manager saved many hundreds of man-years of time
through its ability to accurately and completely compare source
and target files after translation,” Deragisch concluded. “A key
advantage of the tool is its ability to highlight the differences
between the two files including sorting the differences by
dimensional tolerances. But even more important than the time
savings, this new approach provides an independent validation
of the translation process that helps to ensure the accuracy of
our critical product definition files. An added plus is the time-
savings we have achieved in the ECO process by highlighting
the differences between the existing product definition and the
product definition after the change to identify the change and
make sure that nothing else has been accidentally changed.”
• Bob Deragisch Parker Hannifin Corporation

4. CATIA History – Version 3.0
• Released 1984
• Boeing chose CATIA V3 as its main 3D CAD tool,
becoming Dassault’s largest customer
• Mainframe application only.

5. CATIA History – Version 3.0
• Released 1984
• Boeing chose CATIA V3 as its main 3D CAD tool,
becoming Dassault’s largest customer
• Mainframe application only.
• Surface & Wireframe Based

6. CATIA History – Version 4.0
• Released 1993
• Combined with CADAM to create CATIA CADAM V4
• Utilized Unix OS
• Introduced Solids for mainstream users

7. CATIA History – Version 4.0
• Released 1993
• Combined with CADAM to create CATIA CADAM V4
• Utilized Unix OS
• Introduced Solids for mainstream users

8. CATIA History – Version 5.0
• Released 1998
• Completely rewritten application
• Supported both Unix and Windows OS
• Brought History Based Design to mainstream

9. CATIA History – Version 5.0
• Released 1998
• Completely rewritten application
• Supported both Unix and Windows OS
• Brought History Based Design to mainstream

10. CATIA History – Version 6
• Released 2008
• Embedded Relational Database
• Digital Product Experience

11. CATIA History – Version 6
• Released 2008
• Embedded Relational Database
• Digital Product Experience

12. What Has Changed in 30 Years?

13. What Has Changed in 30 Years?

14. What Has Changed in 30 Years?

15. Overlay Process 1984
Manually
Original CAD file Revised file
Document
Change
Manually
Overlay
Models
Manually
Measure
Change
Manually
Locate
Change

16. Overlay Process 2012
Manually
Original CAD file Revised file
Document
Change
Manually
Overlay
Models
Manually
Measure
Change
Manually
Locate
Change

17. How do we Deal with Complexity?

18. You CAN Present Complex Data Clearly and Effectively!

19. A Better Mouse Trap
User Interactive
Batch Process
Server Based

20. Engineering Change Best Practices
• Geometry Based Comparison
• Pattern Matching Technology
• Fully Automated Process
• Complete Integration

21. Mitigating Risk in the Change Process
• Locate Differences in Parts &
Identify Assemblies
Assess • Investigate Differences in Files
• Organize changes in logical
Plan structure
Implement • Determine impact of changes
• Generate Reports and Share with
Communicate Extended Enterprise

22. Identifying Engineering Changes
Automatic Graphical Change Report
Creation Including Dimensions and
Storage of Results for Viewing by
Additional Team Members
Revision A Revision B
Read Into ECO
Manager and
Define
Tolerances
User organizes
Changes
Automatic
Geometric
Comparison

23. Challenge of MBD

24. Assess the Changes

25. Organize the Changes

26. Implement the Change
ECO Data Model
D1
Engineering Project Manufacturing CAE NC Assembly
Manager Engineer Engineer Manufacturing

27. Communicate the Changes

28. Demonstration

29. Thank You!
Tony Anderson
Global Sales Manager
Kubotek USA
Tanderson@kubotekusa.com