4GD is intended primarily for industries with massive products such as the shipbuilding, aerospace and automotive % P3 o: I3 X" t* k1 \% s" j+ gindustries that have the following characteristics: ) I5 [ u. g* n5 C' n6 |9 H
● The products are massive in scope, scaling to millions of components. 2 V2 Z" A9 q- _' P. t● Data needs to be organized in multiple hierarchical views without data duplication. 9 f8 Z$ r7 \9 ]7 g● Requires many multi-disciplinary teams to collaborate and/or work in parallel. - s0 n1 P! W8 [8 }/ I. \( f
● Design reuse must be facilitated, managed and controlled between product units or design models. 4 B+ q Q& \, M, `% L
● The products need to be maintained over long life cycles. 5 ?2 e5 e# C1 a& }" h: h1 G; K ^& g! g' b% b+ l 2 ]" p- N2 _1 g) t4GD is initially targeted for the shipbuilding industry in this release. Future releases plan to broaden its coverage to ( j5 W/ |) ^ k3 t
other industry sectors (automotive, aerospace, energy, machinery). - L8 o/ L1 k' s1 |' B6 _' f
+ b9 g. @) _4 k9 X w * D3 T1 G E7 |! J0 t3 b# [# H; k" JIf your products do not fit these characteristics, then you should continue to use NX Assemblies to design your , E7 C$ E" O# M5 k" l" yproducts. 2 Y X- y" ~* {& z" S" i$ B
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