OREANDA-NEWS. May 11, 2012. Fujitsu today announced the immediate release of iCAD V7L2, the latest version of iCAD V7, the company's 3D CAD software for machinery design, with the world's fastest CAD engine.

This product cuts both the amount of data that it works with and required memory to roughly double the processing performance of the 3D CAD engine(1). This accelerates operational speed on a wide variety of design studies and verifications, even on massive datasets representing tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of parts, and enables integration of a massive amount of design data. It also includes newly developed security technology to prevent the copying or output of data, reducing the risk of leaks when transnational design teams collaborate. This means that design data that had previously been sent only on paper or verbally or intentionally not sent at all out of security concerns, can now be shared securely.

These technological developments sidestep the shortcomings of transmitting design data via paper, data conversion, or in spoken form, allowing teams at multiple locations, including overseas, to quickly share information. The fact that every location has direct access to the source data in real time means that on-site design, manufacturing, and maintenance processes can be carried out smoothly, and design work conducted more quickly and at higher quality.

In recent years, manufacturers have grown increasingly interested in expanding their share in emerging markets. To bring new models to market that are better suited to local needs, they are strengthening their product development locations in Japan and setting up design and manufacturing operations outside of Japan. The volume of design data being handled in Japan is massive, however, and in many cases, it is deliberately not being fully shared with overseas locations out of concerns for data leaks. This has led to discrepancies in the design and manufacturing data that offshore locations possess, leading to inefficient reworking and revisions, and creating a barrier to smooth international expansion.

To solve these problems, Fujitsu is offering iCAD V7L2, which includes upgraded data-processing performance and new security technology.

This product will be exhibited at Fujitsu Forum 2012, running May 17–18 at Tokyo International Forum (in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo). It will also be exhibited at iCAD Forum 21st, which will be held May 13 in Tokyo, May 31 in Aichi, and June 6 in Osaka; and at the 23rd Design Engineering & Manufacturing Solutions Expo, running June 20–22 at Tokyo Big Sight.