A better question is whether you are still fully on maintenance contract, in order to change licensing to a new license server. Its been my understanding for many software including I-DEAS that once you quit paying maintenance for the set of licenses you are running, you'd have to pay back...
I recall I-DEAS 12 does not install on Win7. More than likely, it was that awful Orbix software that was embedded into Master Series in the mid-1990s, i.e. 350 MB of software code that added nothing obvious to the customer, vs prior Master Series releases. i.e. 350 MB binary executables =...
You are correct, I-DEAS can be a bit intimidating for its 3D modeling and TDM. Keep in mind that I am a structural analyst, not a designer or design engineer, who prefers to leverage the I-DEAS modeler to create analysis models with robust history and efficiently for subsequent changes, whether...
Marilyn,
Yes, I heard NX does not really have a history tree, per se. Its different and transparent perhaps, and I suspect very powerful. Unfortunately, I may not get crack at the newest version of NX.
Darryl
Wow, they pay for it? Likewise, I need home access to current NX to become familiar with the latest NX. But that takes a no-cost student license -- and likely a high-powered workstation/laptop with OpenGL graphics card (not Intel graphics on my home 12GB Win7 iCore 7 PC). My current job does...
Thanks Marilyn, My brief evaluation was just that, given time constraints before I lost access to NX. NX has surely improved well beyond NX6. I recently started work again, and I-DEAS is again my primarily modeling tool as the company did not upgrade to NX since I left in 2009. Conversion to...
John, in that case, please give a friendly hello to Bob from Darryl Chong. My entire CAD/CAE support department was forcibly exited from IBM San Jose in 2004, i.e. reward for great work. Luckily, I was able to quickly switch to nearby United Defense, now BAE Systems. They still used I-DEAS...
John, Apologies! I totally misread Product Evangelist as I-DEAS Evangelist. Perhaps, I stand alone as the latter! BTW, the UG/NX Museum is great!!! Really takes one back into the history of UG and I-DEAS CAD software and hardware, and the relics of time.
Naturally, I really liked the...
I have used I-DEAS for FEA the last 30+ years to CAEDS v1 on mainframes, then UNIX, and now Windows -- and have been an I-DEAS "evangelist" since Master Series was released -- even supported I-DEAS for large design team for several years. I would hope once all I-DEAS customers with any hope of...
Check whether settings within the ideas_param12.dat file are set as intended: e.g.
Team.MasterId: -1
Team.MasterName: U:\team -1
Team.MasterDirectory: U:\team\master
Team.ProjectsDirectory: U:\team\projects
Team.ScratchDirectory: U:\team\scr...
SDETERS, Yes, when I saw Synchronous Modeling in 2009, I thought was just so cool! and highly useful! Too bad it seems NX will not be implemented here. BTW, does NX meshing allow hex-dominant meshing with the latest release? I'd seen that in 2009 in competitive analysis software, and wish we...
I would probably agree that for part modeling, NX is more robust than I-DEAS. But for modeling oriented towards finite-element analysis there can fundamental differences (depending on the organ.) that can make migration difficult. Team Center does not help that either, and TDM is more robust...
Your are correct. Initially, I-DEAS can be a bit confusing the first week. But the modeler is will relevant, and extremely powerful -- and serves the novice user, intermediate, and high-end user, i.e. FEA analyst. Of course, there are those who feel any modeling is the job of the designer...
Thanks for listening John. I believe the UG/NX forum is for customers on maintenance. The site I'm at stopped maintenance a couple years ago, before which I'd done a thorough evaluation of modeling in NX vs in I-DEAS. Otherwise, I would enjoy conversing with those who have fully migrated...
Yes, its real sad that I-DEAS as a standalone modeling and FEA package will be defunct. Siemens needs to listen to major I-DEAS FEA sites, and ask why they have no plans to ever migrate to NX. Most would not care about having a widely used PDM system based on Oracle, and increasing admin...
