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Pro/Engineer Wildfire 4.0 has been released and is available for download from PTC. As promised it has several new features for Routed Systems: for Cabling, Piping and ECAD. Highlights include: ECAD/MCAD collaboration Ribbon cables Lightweight pipes
ECAD/MCAD collaboration PTC has introduced a whole module for the purposes of handing collaboration between ECAD and MCAD designers. It uses a new XML format to handle the communication of differences from the ECAD tool to Pro/ENGINEER. The collaboration tool can allow parallel development whilst keeping track of the changes. Pro/CablingWIldfire 4 introduces several new features for Pro/Cabling: Support for ribbon cables with bends and folds Checks for network discontinuities Auto-route cable shields Ability to fix locations when references are missing so they don't fail
Pro/Piping Support for thick/thin pipes like Pro/Cabling Display of routing environment information in graphics window Support for external representations Weld control in spec-driven piping
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