COSMOSDesignSTAR 2006 1.0 Release Notes

This document describes product changes in COSMOSDesignSTAR 2006 SP1.

General Information

a.      Speed of launching COSMOSDesignSTAR is improved.

b.      Saved DesignSTAR documents now remember CAD associative files. If you open a DS document that was created from a CAD file, COSMOSDesignSTAR will give you a choice to re-establish the connection with the CAD file. Renaming the DS document does not cause loosing assiciativity.

COSMOSDesignSTAR 2006 SP0.0 Release Notes

This document describes product changes in COSMOSDesignSTAR 2006.

General Information

Installation

It is recommended that you uninstall any Alpha or Beta versions of COSMOSDesignSTAR 2006 before you begin with the COSMOSDesignSTAR 2006 SP0 web installation.

System Requirements

To ensure successful installation and optimum performance, verify that your system complies with the requirements specified in System Requirements.

Windows 2000 Support

COSMOSDesignSTAR 2006 is the last release to support the Microsoft® Windows® 2000 operating system. Starting with COSMOSDesignSTAR 2007, installation on the Windows 2000 operating system will not be supported.

For more information, see http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=3071. Windows 2000 users are advised to upgrade to an operating system recommended in System Requirements.

CAD Compatability Chart

 

 

Parts

Assemblies

Application

Supported Version

Import

Export

Import

Export

ACIS

The ACIS translator supports all SAT versions up to and including version R14.

X

X

X

X

Autodesk Inventor

The Inventor translator supports all Autodesk Inventor versions up to and including Autodesk Inventor 10.

X

 

X

 

CADKEY

The CADKEY translator supports import of surface or solid entities from CADKEY version 19 part or assembly files (*.prt) and version 21 multibody part files (*.ckd).

X

 

X

 

CATIA Graphics

The CATIA translator supports through R16.

X

 

X

 

CATIA  model files

The CATIA translator supports CATIA version 4. Also, the CATIA translator supports CATIA version 5, release 1 through R13.

X

 

X

 

DXF/DWG

The DXF/DWG translator supports importing and exporting of OLE objects through DXF/DWG files of version 13 and higher.

X

 

 

 

DXF 3D

The DXF 3D translator supports DXF 3D files including, but not limited to, versions AutoCAD® R14 and above.

X

 

X

 

IGES

 

X

X

X

X

Mechanical Desktop

The MDT translator supports MDT 4.0 or higher.

X

 

X

 

Parasolid

The Parasolid translator supports all Parasolid versions up to and including version 16.1.

X

X

X

X

Pro/ENGINEER

Versions 17 through 2001 of Pro/ENGINEER and Wildfire versions 1 and 2 are supported.

Limitation: Assembly features are not supported.

X

X

X

X

Solid Edge

The Solid Edge translator supports 17.0 and 18.0.

X

 

X

 

STEP

STEP Application Protocol AP203 & AP214  is supported. For import, Conformance Classes 1, 2 (surface data only), 4, 5, and 6 of AP203 are supported.

X

X

X

X

Unigraphics

You can  import parts and assemblies from Unigraphics II version 10 and higher, including import of UnigraphicsNX files.

X

 

X

 

VRML

The VRML translator supports all versions of VRML files up to and including VRML version 2.0 VRML 97).

X

X

X

X

NOTE: X = This option is available. A blank box = This option is not available.

Supported Languages

English, French, German, Japanese

Enhancements

·         Enhancements are described in the What's New section in the Online help.

·         The 32-bit versions of COSMOSDesignSTAR, is supported for use on 64-bit systems.

·         USB hardware lock drivers are now available on 64-bit machines.