UGS Velocity Series

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UGS Velocity Series™ is a comprehensive family of modular, yetintegrated solutions addressing the product lifecycle management(PLM) needs of the mid-market.

PLM for the mid-market

More and more attention hasbeen paid to the significantbenefits of product lifecyclemanagement (PLM) for largeenterprises, but what about PLM for mid-size manufacturerssuch as your company? The need to innovate, collaborate,reduce cycle times and managecomplexity – needs that PLMaddresses – are common to all manufacturing companies,large and small.

Do you, more often than not,find yourself facing the followingchallenges?

Global sourcing requiring youto compete with suppliersaround the world

Product innovation andcustomization that mustaddress increasingly complexcustomer requirements

Accurate timely quotation of all available business processes

Program management thatensures quality delivery on atimely basis with repeatable,traceable processes

Increasing product complexitydemanding growth from apredominantly 2D to a 3Ddesign process

If so, you are not alone. In fact,for smaller companies, thesechallenges are often mission-critical, ultimately tied to yourvery survival. In order for mid-size manufacturers toinnovate, the development of a rapidly deployable productlifecycle management strategyfocused on speed-to-market isessential. PLM represents a transformational businessstrategy built on common accessto a single repository of allknowledge, data and processesrelated to your products. Thisstrategy allows you to increase –and control – the rate at whichyour company’s products changeor the velocity of innovation.

How can you transform your process of innovation such that these challengesbecome advantages and yourproduct lifecycle managementstrategy mirrors the bestpractices from world classmanufacturing processes? The answer is UGS Velocity Series.

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The UGS Velocity Series

The UGS Velocity Series is a comprehensive family of modular, yetintegrated solutions addressing the product lifecycle management(PLM) needs of the mid-market. Consisting of a preconfiguredfamily of digital product design, analysis and data managementsoftware offerings, UGS Velocity Series leverages the industry’s best practices to provide significant breakthroughs in ease-of-useand deployment. Mid-sized manufacturers can leverage the powerof UGS Velocity Series to transform their process of innovationwhile maintaining a low total cost of ownership. All UGS VelocitySeries products are completely scalable to the full range of UGS’ industry leading, enterprise-level PLM portfolio.

UGS, the world leader in PLM solutions, partners with the topmanufacturing companies around the globe to develop leadingtechnologies that provide a platform for companies to achieve thenext level of business value. Through our own research anddevelopment, we can now offer mid-size manufacturers leadingapplications for collaborative product development within a nativeMicrosoft environment in which to establish a world-class long-term product lifecycle management strategy.

The UGS Velocity Series portfolio provides a digital designenvironment that fosters innovation through the implementation of preconfigured processes based on the industry’s best practices,which allow for rapid deployment at a fraction of the cost. Eachmodule features an intuitive task-based user interface for reducedtraining, productive processes and rapid adoption. Finally, theapplications are all built on the Microsoft Windows platform,allowing easy integration into your existing IT architecture,minimizing overhead support costs and maximizing ease of use.

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Understanding that not all companies are the same, the UGSVelocity Series can be purchased standalone or as an integratedsuite allowing you – at any time – to scale to UGS’ full complement of PLM solutions. By either purchasing one or all of the components, theportfolio offers immediate flexibility with a predefined growth pathto advanced capabilities, as your business and organizational needsgrow. This cost-effective solution allows mid-size manufacturers an entry point into PLM with a low total cost of ownership anddramatic return on investment. All of these characteristics can onlybe found from the leader in digital product design, CAE and datamanagement, UGS.

Who should use the UGS Velocity Series? This portfolio is designed specifically for engineering organizationslike yours. Does your company have limited IT and trainingresources? Is your company part of an OEM supply chain? Maybeyour engineering group has limited or no documented processes.Do you work with many different tools from multiple vendors foreach design and manufacturing process? Are you trying to growfrom 2D to 3D design processes? No matter which challenges youface, the UGS Velocity Series is ideal for mid-size manufacturers orwell defined workgroups of larger corporations.

UGS Velocity Series

• Modular, yet integrated • PLM solutions • For well defined workgroups• Preconfigured • Digital product design, analysis and data management• Industry’s best practices • Breakthrough ease-of-use and deployment • Low total cost of ownership• Completely scalable

The portfolio features

• Teamcenter® Express, an easy-to-use, preconfigured and easy- to-deploy collaborative product data management solution

• Solid Edge®, technically robust, 3D CAD software and the premier design-centric solution in the CAD industry

• Femap®, a pre and post processor finite element modelingapplication known for its tight integration with Nastran,the most extensive and reputable CAE solver in the industry

The following pages describe in more detail the modules that make up UGS Velocity Series.

The UGS Velocity Series focuses on companies within discretemanufacturing industries including, but not limited to:

• Mechanical machinery and equipment (fluid, process andpower equipment, industrial production machinery,specialized vehicles)

• Electro mechanical (office products, telecom and powertransmission equipment)

• Consumer electronics (home and office high-tech equipment)

• Consumer durables (appliances, lawn and power tools)

• Non-visible automotive components (brakes, shocks)

• Tool and mold for the above industries

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Teamcenter Express

Teamcenter Express addresses the following key business challenges:

• Teamcenter Express minimizes your total cost of ownershipby managing the complete design process for engineeringorganizations currently experiencing a data explosion broughton by rapidly expanding product complexity

• Teamcenter Express eliminates the time consuming andexpensive process of auditing and designing business processesby leveraging preconfigured, best practice processes based onUGS’ experience in implementing PDM for thousands ofworld-class manufacturers

• Built on the powerful Teamcenter platform, TeamcenterExpress allows suppliers to enjoy an unparalleled level ofcompliance with their Teamcenter based OEM customerprocesses. As a result, suppliers can grow their OEM customer business and improve customer loyalty andsatisfaction without incurring the cost of a complex customer deployment.

Teamcenter Express is a preconfigured, easy-to-deploy and useproduct data management solution. As the entry point into the powerful Teamcenter platform, it powers innovation andproductivity by connecting people and processes with knowledge,closing the gap between simple idea capture and comprehensiveproduct lifecycle management. Teamcenter Express enhances thedesign management process for engineering organizations todramatically improve the speed, efficiency and quality of the product development process from concept through release to manufacturing.

For mid-sized manufacturers like your company, Teamcenter Express helps transform the process of innovation by applyingpreconfigured, best practices to everyday engineering tasks at a low total cost of ownership. An easy-to-learn and implementsolution, Teamcenter Express gets you up and running fast withminimum customization. This unique data management solution is built on a common database architecture that promotes datasharing for coordinated release and ECO processes. Designed for the Microsoft environment, Teamcenter Express minimizesadditional IT requirements.

OpennessOpen software tools are designed to promote industrystandardization and interoperability within the product lifecyclemanagement (PLM) market. Teamcenter Express was developedspecifically with this – and your needs – in mind. It providesindustry standard electronic data exchange and visualization throughPCFs, including support of the increasingly popular JT standard for3D visualization. The data management solution is open forintegration with a variety of CAD and ERP solutions enabling easyintegration with the applications of your choice. TeamcenterExpress supports multiple CAD systems operating on a commonplatform using common processes and tools, including NX™, SolidEdge, Catia, SolidWorks and Autodesk. This commonality enablesyou to support a CAD replacement or CAD coexistence strategy.Lastly, it integrates with Microsoft ERP solutions (Great Plains andAxapta) for a consistent bill of material (BOM) flow from design through manufacturing.

Companies using Teamcenter Express benefit from:

• Increased design re-use

• A more successful move from 2D to 3D

• Streamlined engineering process with comprehensive releaseprocess and effective ECO management

• Error reduction through effective collaboration with suppliers and customers and the elimination of mistake-prone manualhandoffs with manufacturing

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ConceptMany design processes follow a workflow of first establishing a basicproduct structure, utilizing new and existing 2D layouts to create aconcept and moving to 3D only when appropriate. Solid Edge offersunique capabilities to encapsulate this valuable workflow. Solid Edge's“Zero D” approach lets you define the key elements of a productstructure, organizing the major components and subsystems before any geometry is committed to paper. From these “virtual components,”you can generate preliminary bill of materials (BOMs) and reports,such as cost estimations, without having to wait for the fully modeled 3D assembly. You can easily carry out the next logical step of assigning 2D layout geometry to the virtual components or positioning existing 3D components within the 2D layout. Once the conceptual structure is complete and is ready for more detailed design to begin, a singlecommand populates the structure with real part and subassembly files and you can begin to work with the geometry to develop the detailed 3D mockup.

StylingSolid Edge boosts design productivity for complex geometry with exclusive Rapid Blue technology. With Rapid Blue, you get the shape youwant, not the one the CAD system wants to give you. Shape preservingcurves retain your original shape even through complex edits. Blue Dotediting introduces an industry first by addressing order dependency andproviding significantly more freedom and control for evaluating andmanipulating shapes in real time. Complemented by a variety of process-oriented tools for shape design and dynamic editing, Rapid Blue shattersthe barriers of traditional “history based” surface modeling. Withsignificantly fewer steps to create and edit complex shapes, you canevaluate more alternatives in real time and get the design you want.

DesignPowerful modeling and assembly tools enable your engineering teams to easily develop a full range of products, from single parts to assembliescontaining thousands of components.You ensure accurate fit of parts by designing, verifying and modifying them within the assembly model,so products come together right the first time, every time. Specializedenvironments embody engineering process knowledge in tailoredcommands and structured workflows.These process-specific applicationstake the complexity out of common design tasks, such as sheet metaldesign, tubing, piping, harness design and weldments, and help you develop complete digital prototypes much more quickly than generalpurpose CAD modeling tools.

SimulationFemap is the world's leading Windows-based engineering simulation toolfor finite element analysis (FEA). Engineers worldwide use Femap to model and simulate everything from simple solid components to entirespacecraft assemblies throughout a broad range of engineering disciplines.From simple linear static analysis right through to advanced solutions-based computational fluid dynamics, engineers and analysts use Femap to virtually simulate a complete range of product behavior beforecommitting to expensive product development plans.This ensures higher product quality, lower development costs and reduced productdevelopment time.

ToolingSolid Edge helps tooling/fixture engineers work more efficiently withadvanced data exchange capabilities and unsurpassed interoperability forquickly modeling fixtures and jigs that are associative to the parts theyare designed to hold. Tooling design teams can readily exchange designdata with other systems using built-in conversion capabilities, whilecommunication and collaboration tools speed design reviews andeliminate the wasted time and confusion that can creep into customer-driven projects. For mold tooling, an integrated add-on package to Solid Edge establishes a powerful step-by-step process workflow for the design of plastic injectionmolds. With accurate core and cavity creation, an extensive choice of industry-standard mold bases and automated generation of all required components, Solid Edge MoldTooling offers dramatic time saving potential.

MachiningUGS, along with other partners, provides capabilities for comprehensive machining and shop floor management.Working closely with Solid Edge, transfer of part, sheet metal or assembly documents are delivered to provide a complete associative solution for machine-tool programming – applying leading-edge technology and advanced machining methods to maximize efficiency of manufacturing engineers and NC programmers.

Collaborative product data managementThe robust capabilities of Teamcenter Express provide the collaborative design management functionality that your engineering teams need to manage design data and communicate both internally and externally to your organization.Teamcenter Express enables you to maximize the efficiency of the product development and other supporting engineering processes to deliver new and more innovative products faster than your competition, while minimizing your costs and improving the productivity of your organization.

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Solid Edge

Solid Edge is powerful 3D CAD software and the premier designsolution in the CAD industry. Solid Edge enables manufacturingcompanies to transform their process of innovation by evolving to 3D while achieving competitive advantage through cost reduction andincreasing top-line revenues. With superior core modeling and processworkflows, a unique focus on the needs of specific industries, a built-inanalysis wizard for engineers and a choice of scalable PDM solutions,Solid Edge helps guide your projects toward an error-free, accuratedesign solution.

Solid Edge modeling and assembly tools enable your engineering team to easily develop a full range of products, from single parts tocomplex assemblies containing tens of thousands of components.Tailored commands and structured workflows are developed throughyears of experience with the industry’s best practices, accelerating thedesign of features common in specific industries.You ensure accurate fit of parts by designing, verifying and modifying them within theassembly model.

Product and process complexity is a growing concern formanufacturing organizations. Thousands of companies around theworld have come to rely on Solid Edge to battle increasing complexityhead-on. Taking advantage of Solid Edge, they are first to benefit fromthe CAD industry’s most functional innovations, first to complete theirdesigns, first-to-market with an error-free product.

Companies using Solid Edge benefit from:

• Robust, hybrid 2D/3D design environment

• Fast, flexible component modeling

• Comprehensive digital prototyping

• Preconfigured process-specific applications

• Production-ready drafting and documentation

• A choice of scalable PDM solutions

• Built-in component analysis wizard for engineers – Femap Express

• Unparalleled returns through ease of adoption

• Unmatched interoperability with other UGS applications like Teamcenter and NX within the extended enterprise

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FemapFEMAPEMAP

Do you have occasional needs for simulation and analysis,but do not have the need for a full-time analyst?

Have you subcontracted analysis work in the past?

Could you benefit by increasing the amount of analysis you do?

Do you need to analyze multiple parts and complete assemblies,beyond simple part models?

Do you want to make sure that you get the most accurate answers possible?

If yes is the answer to any of the above questions, Femap is yoursolution. Femap is real FEA made easy – a premier pre and postprocessor finite element modeling application with its roots in theanalysis-intensive aerospace industry, implemented in an easy-to-use,native Windows environment for full-time experts and occasional users alike. Femap, when packaged with the industry’s leading solvertechnology, NX Nastran, forms a broad and deep comprehensivepre/post/solver solution addressing the needs of many industriesand solving the toughest problems in a straightforward manner.

Femap features:

• Finite element modeling with a depth of capability to simulate real-world performance of complex engineering systems

• Unsurpassed Nastran integration exploiting the power of theworld’s leading solver technology

• Solver-neutral support allowing access to a variety of othersolvers and advanced analysis solutions

• Powerful customization tools (Program Files, VB) for theautomation of repetitive analysis tasks

• Ease of use that ensures maximum productivity for both the full-time analyst and occasional user alike, while maintaining the power of a full-feature simulation solution

• Scalability from Femap Express delivered with Solid Edge to full Femap

Femap is recognized as the world’s leading CAD-independent,Windows-native pre and post processor for advanced engineering finiteelement analysis (FEA). It provides engineers and analysts with an FEAmodeling solution to handle even the most complex tasks easily,accurately and affordably. Companies using Femap benefit from apowerful analysis system that allows simulation early in the designprocess though a high level of integration with CAD. In addition,Femap is an easy to use system that minimizes training requirementsand maximizes productivity of the engineers who use it.

As an engineer, you demand software that is not only cost effective andeasy to use, but provides the power to model today’s toughest problems.Femap delivers just that – affordable high-performance FEA modelingfor the engineering desktop with Windows-native ease of use.

Femap is not just a solid investment for those committed to excellencein the use of finite element analysis technologies. It’s the right tool tohelp you realize your business goals.

Bringing analysis closer to the design process speeds time tomarket, reduces design errors and helps transform the process of innovation.

Basic Femap advantages

• Facilitates early evaluation of designs and failure analysis

• Reduces the need for costly prototypes and physical testing

• Facilitates trade-off studies that optimize the design, reduceweight and utilize less expensive materials

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Benefits of UGS Velocity Series

Smaller companies need not – in fact must not – be left behind ingaining the benefits of PLM. They can start with a PLM application that addresses their greatest area of pain and grow their capabilitiesincrementally as demand requires. And, by choosing PLM solutions that are open and scalable, they don’t risk losing their investment toinflexible or proprietary technology or systems that limit their pool of potential customers or suppliers.

PLM is one of the few IT solutions that can actually assist in drivingtop-line revenue growth, while allowing companies of all sizes toinnovate, collaborate, reduce cycle time and manage complexity.Now PLM solutions are available to address the challenges of allmanufacturers – and that’s good news for companies like yours that are thinking big!

UGS Velocity Series benefits mid-sized manufacturers by:

• Allowing companies to effectively compete with enterprisecounterparts that command superior resources

• Speeding products to market by providing access to acomplete range of robust PLM applications previously notavailable to mid-sized manufacturers

• Providing preconfigured “best practices” from the leader indigital product design, CAE and data management tostreamline implementation and maximize effectiveness

• Assisting customers who are trying to grow from 2D to3D design process, but do not have sufficient resource,knowledge or experience to do so

• Delivering standard set of scalable, integrated applicationsfrom a common vendor streamlines support and ensuresongoing data integrity

• Enabling supply chain integration beyond tier1’s, to includesmaller suppliers, by standardizing OEM’s supply chainprocesses to get suppliers up and running fast

The UGS Velocity Series is part of the entire UGS PLM portfolio of solutions that empowersdevelopment teams at the world’s best manu-facturing companies. Value depends on the ability of solutions to scale, ensuring the right software is available to the right people who can leverage the work of the much wider development team,all while protecting the integrity of your data.

Throughout its product portfolio, UGS leverages key attributes that help companies achieve business objectives of waste reduction, qualityimprovement, shorter cycle times and greaterproduct innovation. These unique attributes directly support business process initiatives aimed at transforming product development.

With the UGS Velocity Series, UGS offers acomplete PLM offering from a single source,for engineering organizations within mid-sizedmanufacturers to integrate CAD, CAE and PDM.Robust solutions with preconfigured world-classbest practices provide a breakthrough in easyimplementation, training and usability for full-timeand occasional users alike, all at a reasonable cost.The UGS Velocity Series is completely interoperablewith – and scalable to – the full UGS PLM solutionportfolio, all while maintaining its openness to workwith best-in-class third-party applications.

The UGS Velocity Series supports complete supplychain requirements from OEM through to multi-tiersuppliers, all delivered and backed by UGS, theleader in PLM.

The UGS advantage

About UGS

UGS is a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services

with nearly 4 million licensed seats and 46,000 customers worldwide. Headquartered in

Plano, Texas, UGS’ vision is to enable a world where organizations and their partners collaborate

through Global Innovation Networks to deliver world-class products and services while leveraging

UGS’ open enterprise solutions, fulfilling the mission of enabling them to transform their process

of innovation. For more information on UGS products and services, visit www.ugs.com.

UGS, Teamcenter, Parasolid, Solid Edge, Femap and I-deas are registered trademarks; Tecnomatix, NX and UGS Velocity Series are trademarks of UGS Corp.All other logos, trademarks or service marks used herein are the property of their respective owners. ©2006 UGS Corp. All rights reserved.

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