The front-end user interface (or client) for SolidWorks V6 could be built in any number of ways. One of the nice benefits of SOA is that, if implemented properly, and run in a virtual machine, the back-end services can run on top of nearly any operating system or hardware. With SOA, the back-end of the CAD system is delivered as a set of loosely coupled interoperable services, which can be run on a remote server or cluster, on a private or public cloud, or even locally, on your own computer. Let’s start with the CATIA/ENOVIA V6 technology: DS spent about $2 Billion to rebuild their V6 technology on a service oriented architecture (SOA.) You can read all about SOA on Wikipedia, but suffice it to say that it’s a good way of modularizing a CAD system, so you can deliver scalable capabilities and scalable performance. These slim facts, though, are enough to provide some useful clues to with which to speculate on the nature of SolidWorks V6. The team that is creating SolidWorks V6 is being headed up by Gian Paolo Bassi.SolidWorks V6 can run on Windows, OSX, or Linux.SolidWorks V6 can be delivered as a cloud application.SoldWorks V6 uses the DS CGM (Convergence Geometric Modeler) kernel.SolidWorks V6 is built on CATIA/ENOVIA V6 technology.Here’s what DS has been willing to say (or show), so far: Because I’ve only seen one glimpse of it, and don’t know its details. And speculation about it has been rampant since.Īlthough I’m not a fan of the confusion that the name brings (See SolidWorks V6 is not SolidWorks), it’s possible that I might be a fan of the actual product, when it comes out. They showed it in public one time, then shut up. A few years ago, they previewed a new generation version of SolidWorks, called SolidWorks V6.
The folks at Dassault Systemes have also been thinking about it for quite a while. I can tell you this much: It’s not as easy as you think it is. I’ve watched a bunch of attempts at building next-generation CAD systems. I’ve thought about that question for quite a while. Suppose you were a CAD developer, and you wanted to build a next-generation CAD system.
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