TCS launches Unigraphics' Solid Edge version 7

Tata Consultancy Services and Unigraphics

Solutions (UGS) announced the launch of Solid Edge version 7, a mid-range

mechanical computer-aided design solution from UGS.

Solid Edge will address the CAD/CAM market in the 3-D arena and will

address the mid-range market, said TCS CEO S. Ramadorai. The product is

being pushed through a worldwide marketing campaign that is one of the

biggest for this category of product, said UGS Business Development

Manager Toni Reszka. The plan is to target 2-D users, 60 per cent of the

mechanical CAD market now migrating from 2D drawing centric design to 3D,

said Mr. Reszka. The mid-range market is a growth market, said

Mr. Reszka. In India the Small and Medium Enterprises market was

particularly promising, he added. He hoped the product would sell to

around 200 customers within a year.

The product is priced at Rs 2.5 lakh, between the 2-D products (which

cost around Rs 1 to Rs 1.5 lakh) and high-end 3D products which cost

between Rs 7 and Rs 8 lakh, said TCS. Unigraphics also has a software

called Solid Edge Origin, which provides a subset of the features in Solid

Edge through the Web. Upon establishing contact with Unigraphics' call

centre, prospective customers can test productivity increases by

downloading the software from the Web-site.

The features of the new product are its Windows-based compliance,

low-cost ownership, its interoperability with other UGS products and so

on. The product could be used for key industries in India like the auto

industry, machinery, aerospace, sheet metal, industrial plastics and the

like. TCS said companies upwards of even Rs 25 lakh in size showed

keenness to invest in Solid Edge.