Synchronous Technology is launched

NX has been best known for its ability to present users lots of ways to do the same task - using different modeling disciplines like solid, surface, hybrid, parametric, or 'direct' modeling; at the same time without having to switch between from one to another.

Synchronous Technology seems to be an addition to these modeling techniques. At first it might sound like "Direct Modeling" which is already there in NX, but it actually is much more than that.

What it does is that when you make a change, the kernel examines the obvious dependencies the change will affect (like being tangent, concentric, parallel, etc) and tries to preserve them while honoring the parametric structure at the same time, thus the name `synchronous technology`.

What is the benefit ? You can for example use the section view curves to drive the model itself ! I know this sounds quite promising, but you can see this from this launch video here.

Next versions of both NX and SolidEdge will benefit from this new layer of tools, sitting on top of Parasolid and D-Cubed technology. A more technical description can be found in this white paper (registration required)