Fujitsu Launches iCAD SX V7L6, Featuring Enhanced Functionality for Compiling and Using Design Information

TOKYO, July 7, 2017 – (JCN Newswire) – Fujitsu
today announced the launch of iCAD SX V7L6, the latest version of the Fujitsu
Manufacturing Industry Solution iCAD SX, its 3D CAD software for industrial
machinery design, incorporating a proprietary 3D CAD engine, the world’s fastest,
which can process one million components in 0.2 seconds.With iCAD SX V7L6, it is now possible to record
component information, including component number and assembly sequences, to
the 3D data for each component, from the initial stages of design. Use of this
compiled information makes it easier for users to create assembly manuals and
parts lists, and to coordinate information with manufacturing departments. In
addition, new functionality has been added, such as the ability to create
isometric cross-section diagrams(1), reducing the number of man-hours needed to
create diagrams.

With these capabilities, this software improves
the quality of machinery and equipment design and improves the efficiency of
the processes through to manufacturing.

Background

In the machinery and equipment industry, it has
become important to improve development capabilities for increasingly complex
products and to speed up entry into the market in order to increase market
competitiveness. For this reason, it has become urgently necessary for
industrial machinery manufacturers to improve design quality and reduce design
man-hours.

In addition, increased efficiency through 3D
design has become more common in design departments, but manufacturing
departments still require multiple 2D blueprints, meaning that the gains in
reduced man-hours have not been realized across the whole design process.

In a move to resolve these issues, Fujitsu is
offering iCAD SX V7L6, with enhanced diagram creation functionality and
functionality for compiling and using design information.

iCAD SX V7L6 Summary

Features of iCAD SX V7L6

1. Delivers higher product quality and improved
efficiency in purchasing and manufacturing processes by compiling and using
design information within 3D data

This version of the software offers enhanced
functionality for compiling and using design information, able to record within
the 3D data not only component material, weight, and price information, which
could already be recorded, but also component configuration information and
part numbers, as well as assembly-sequence information, taking into account
later processes (such as component procurement and manufacturing). This means
that it is easy to create things like assembly manuals and parts lists from the
recorded design information. In addition, because the information can be used
as is in later processes, this software improves product quality and work
efficiency.

2. Higher diagram-creation efficiency with
isometric cross-section diagram creation functionality

With this product, Fujitsu has incorporated new
functionality enabling easy creation of isometric cross-section diagrams. This
enables the detailed diagrams and cross-sections required in assembly diagrams
to be displayed on one isometric cross-section diagram, reducing the number of
man-hours required to create diagrams. In addition, this software reduces the
man-hours required to create diagrams by about 40% by adding functionality that
is needed in design departments, such as, in the creation of multi-view
drawings(2), the ability to easily change whether components hidden in the rear
should be shown with dotted lines or not shown, with settings for each
component.

3. Further improvements in design efficiency
through enhanced detailed design functionality

Ordinary machinery and equipment can include
over ten thousand fastener components, such as nuts, bolts, and washers, and it
is necessary to correctly design their positioning and combinations
individually. With this product, the correct patterns for combining fastener
components can be saved, and multiple components can be recognized as a single
component, which increases the efficiency of positioning components and reduces
mistakes in the combination of components.

In addition, welded components, which were
previously recognized as separate components by the system, are now recognized
as one component, with a function to create holes in all pieces at once. This
not only makes designing holes in welded components more efficient, it also can
prevent design omissions in the placement of holes.

Moreover, Fujitsu has enhanced the piping route
design functionality in 3D. When designing the piping within a machine, it is
necessary to consider a variety of factors, including interference with
surrounding devices, length of piping, and number of turns. With this product,
users can design piping while visually checking the positional relationship
with surrounding devices on the screen, which improves product quality and work
efficiency.

Pricing and Availability

Sales Target15,000 licenses in fiscal 2017 (Fujitsu’s fiscal
year ends March 31).

(1) Isometric cross-section diagram
A cross-section diagram looking at an object in
a 3D model diagonally from above at an isometric angle (an angle where the
three coordinate axes are equally foreshortened).
(2) Multi-view drawings
Diagrams showing an object from the three angles
of front, side and top.

About Fujitsu Ltd

Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and
communication technology (ICT) company, offering a full range of technology
products, solutions, and services. Approximately 155,000 Fujitsu people support
customers in more than 100 countries. We use our experience and the power of
ICT to shape the future of society with our customers. Fujitsu Limited (TSE:
6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.5 trillion yen (US$40 billion) for
the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017. For more information, please see http://www.fujitsu.com.

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