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\"JeffJeff Ray recently commented about SolidWorks\/CATIA relationship in an interview<\/a> with Ralph Grabowski (seemingly misquoted by Deelip Meneze in his article<\/a>):<\/span><\/p>\n

Customers are fed up with not being able to share data between Catia and SolidWorks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Grabowski then predicts, “at some point, a translator will be delivered.”\u00a0 But this apparently is not a comment made by Jeff Ray himself.<\/p>\n

\"LunchIn the discussion that Jeff Ray had with the bloggers at the Blogger Event in early August, there was a hint that a translator between SolidWorks and CATIA isn’t good enough.<\/strong> Does this mean that SolidWorks needs to be able to natively use CATIA files (and vice versa)?\u00a0 Is something really coming that will address this long standing issue?<\/p>\n

\"DeelipMeneze, in his article commenting on the Grabowski interview, goes on to list several reasons why making a translator between SolidWorks and CATIA is doable right now.\u00a0 Meneze does this in the context of his statement,<\/p>\n

Dassault Systems has made laughing stock out of SolidWorks and its customers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"MattThis was followed up by Matt Lombard who proposed<\/a>,<\/p>\n

This is of course a business decision, not a technical decision, ratcheting customers toward Catia rather than toward SolidWorks. Just like the version incompatibility ratchet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, I’m not sure these are entirely accurate statements.\u00a0 I’m under the impression that Dassault Systemes is aware they are losing business because their two major 3D CAD applications do not fully communicate.\u00a0 Some large customers (who will not be mentioned here…but there’s a clue here<\/a>) have standardized with CATIA for the high level 3D CAD work, but continue to use a \"Ralphlist of other 3D CAD applications that does not include SolidWorks.\u00a0 One likely reason is that SolidWorks cannot use CATIA files, where their competitors can, as Lombard rightfully points out in his article.\u00a0 So, Jeff Ray is right.\u00a0 Something has to be done to correct this issue.\u00a0 Thank you to Grabowski for stirring the pot.<\/p>\n

Ya’no, if Microsoft ran their business like this, we’d still see Lotus 1-2-3, Word Perfect, and Netscape lining the shelves at the local computer store.\u00a0 Why as Dassault Systemes allowed this gaping hole in their product line to exist for so long?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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