4GD is intended primarily for industries with massive products such as the shipbuilding, aerospace and automotive 9 B! j9 ], ]; u b
industries that have the following characteristics: 2 b& K( f [ r, H1 A( i
● The products are massive in scope, scaling to millions of components. % V1 d0 t% ^+ O* |/ F; o
● Data needs to be organized in multiple hierarchical views without data duplication. * m& ~% J- c; n) A. T' ]
● Requires many multi-disciplinary teams to collaborate and/or work in parallel. ) ~0 W1 ]; _6 D: {2 E) l9 I: a
● Design reuse must be facilitated, managed and controlled between product units or design models. ; W p; V" _, K3 Y1 j
● The products need to be maintained over long life cycles. 5 R" o9 R; N/ k7 q+ B+ L: `3 @/ X+ f( `$ } F7 s: x
0 r1 X! D0 v0 ?" Y+ f( U4GD is initially targeted for the shipbuilding industry in this release. Future releases plan to broaden its coverage to % _. y# c) j0 Z1 F Y1 t& mother industry sectors (automotive, aerospace, energy, machinery). ) {1 h0 t3 n7 i, h+ J - B! N8 U. g. e m; ] 4 m: M, N0 D3 [ X6 N$ KIf your products do not fit these characteristics, then you should continue to use NX Assemblies to design your 8 r0 |+ j) G! n r4 G* nproducts. 2 X" w6 x& l% G3 c. C' [/ b) X