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Business Initiative
Microsoft faced a familiar challenge: initiating rapid change in a worldwide development process. Microsoft needed to improve a design process limited by 6+ weeks of surfacing, 2 weeks of shelling, and a substantial restriction on last-second changes
Solution
Microsoft upgraded from Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 and 3.0 to PTC’s latest release, Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0, to take advantage of surfacing improvements
Result
Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 includes functionality that realizes Microsoft's desire for a CAD solution that handles Class-A surfacing to engineering detailing in a rapid change environment
Using Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0, Microsoft revised the design process, which now retains 4 weeks for both surfacing and shelling and very few appreciable restrictions on last-second changes, delivering higher quality surfaces on a shorter timeline
A key feature was the new Direct Surface Edit (DSE) functionality, which allows users to manipulate existing surfaces, including regular surfacing, style, solids, and even imports. It also creates new surface with revised geometry (except in style super-feature case)