Announced in late April, Dassault Systèmes’ 3DLive is
supposed to bring some benefits of 3D computer graphics to
people who don’t use CAD software. (See
Is 3DLive the start of the next big thing?) At the time, the
announcement seemed a tad premature because a number of critical
capabilities were missing from the initial release.
On June 29, 2007, Dassault Systèmes released a second version
of 3DLive called GA-2 that filled most of the holes. GA-2
includes three so-called “Live applications” built atop the base
configurations delivered in May:
- Enovia Live Collaborative Review allows customers
to mark up 3D models. Users can measure part features and
display cross sections.
- Functional Tolerancing and Annotation Review
(FT&A) captures the functional tolerances in CATIA V5
models. Users can filter the annotations to display only
those applicable to certain features or appearing in certain
predefined views or scenes. The filter also lets viewers
search for specific values.
- Delmia Live Shop-floor Review gives customers
access to 3D work instructions so that they can see
manufacturing sequences and build virtual assemblies. Users
can animate and replay their process models.
Enovia Live Collaborative Review also enables users to
display cross-sectional views of product models.
In addition to the Live applications, Dassault Systèmes
released a lower-cost base version called 3DLive for CATIA that
includes what Dassault Systèmes calls connectors for the
SmarTeam product-data management (PDM) software and for CATIA
V5. The costlier 3DLive for Enovia includes connectors for the
VPM and MatrixOne PDM systems.
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Missing Features
- Customer acceptance
- Pricing
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