4GD is intended primarily for industries with massive products such as the shipbuilding, aerospace and automotive ) e( M$ H/ q& J# v# ]
industries that have the following characteristics: + Y+ U1 C+ s( w' z/ v● The products are massive in scope, scaling to millions of components. 2 h6 n2 h/ \, o' q) d# c$ q● Data needs to be organized in multiple hierarchical views without data duplication. 6 l9 o9 C% Q9 w/ l8 t( X/ K* M● Requires many multi-disciplinary teams to collaborate and/or work in parallel. - r6 B' j2 o1 W- Q3 _● Design reuse must be facilitated, managed and controlled between product units or design models. 0 A9 C9 G# f' O ]# o" b' ]● The products need to be maintained over long life cycles. . x g4 J0 w) f; e, a- X
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4GD is initially targeted for the shipbuilding industry in this release. Future releases plan to broaden its coverage to / r% q' C& Q( [& _; h) x# ]other industry sectors (automotive, aerospace, energy, machinery). 5 v5 _5 O: p# i+ E$ z% f6 F
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If your products do not fit these characteristics, then you should continue to use NX Assemblies to design your , J1 C) o( b/ K0 \! pproducts. ; i N, n# f' X0 c" j 3 W8 F; t9 `/ r