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Press Releases : April 23, 2007

Kubotek Sponsors SME Interoperability Conference May 2-3 2007

Marlborough, MA - April 23, 2007
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Detroit MI, May 2-3 2007 - Kubotek USA will be showcasing an integrated set of software tools developed to help engineers and designers understand and edit "dumb" geometry. Kubotek’s products help CAD/CAM professionals share imported models between disparate CAD systems in an effort to streamline the design and manufacturing process. Kubotek strives to develop technology that can complement and coexist with popular CAD platforms. "Interoperability is one of the CAD industry's most challenging problems to solve," said Robert Bean, chief operating officer, Kubotek USA. "Even though the industry has been working on this problem for decades, and standards for sharing files already exist, product models still contain layers of data that are very hard to decipher. Unique and proprietary CAD formats complicate the problem while global supply chains make it one of the more pressing issues to solve."
CAD interoperability has been documented as a major issue in the manufacturing sector. Kubotek's surveys have shown that more than 75 percent of survey respondents receive fewer than half of external CAD models in a preferred format. Fifty percent of respondents stated the need to use three or more CAD tools per month. The cost of maintaining multiple systems - software upgrades, training, and maintenance fees - continues to rise.

Kubotek Architecture Facilitates Real World Usage

The industry's most powerful and comprehensive translators
An intuitive and completely free-form approach to changing imported models and dumb geometry for downstream reuse
Model validation tools detect the propagation of errors that can result in rework, scrap and production delays
Fully automated and manual repair that facilitates the reuse of “worn out” or poorly modeled data

Kubotek’s Open 3D modeling and Face Logic provide the essential elements necessary to reuse and repurpose models without recreating or attempting to translate a file's entire history tree. This is an important distinction for designers and engineers when time is of the essence.

Dumb Files Aren't Dumb
As CAD systems have matured, more and more intelligence is being embedded in the file. This intelligence includes design intent, proprietary data definitions, unique formats, and history trees. Unlike parametric software, Kubotek technology doesn't put intelligence into the file. Instead the intelligence is in a tool that can discover features and patterns hidden in the geometry. Other translation tools experience limitations since they try to translate only the dumb "B-rep" (boundary representation) data or attempt to decipher the history tree.

"Even dumb geometry has a certain amount of inherent intelligence," stated Ken Versprille, Ph.D., PLM research director, CPD Associates, LLC. "In the industry's rush to parametric-based modeling techniques, it overlooked possible advances in recognizing the pure core intelligence in explicit geometry. By exploiting the growing computing power now available to users, Kubotek has uncovered a way for users to get deeper into the heart of a model and make it more usable."

About Kubotek
Kubotek USA, Inc., headquartered in Marlborough, MA, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kubotek Corporation. Kubotek USA develops and manufactures KeyCreator mechanical CAD software, REALyze multiCAD data exchange tools, rapid prototyping and non-contact inspection systems, and offers the Kubotek Spectrum™ multiCAD viewer.

Visit Kubotek USA at: www.kubotekusa.com.

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