4GD is intended primarily for industries with massive products such as the shipbuilding, aerospace and automotive / V* I; V! M/ z+ K
industries that have the following characteristics: . x: Q) {! L5 i- ]' Y& Z6 e
● The products are massive in scope, scaling to millions of components. $ B8 p9 {: _- p+ k5 Z. C● Data needs to be organized in multiple hierarchical views without data duplication. " U6 V, ^+ m% w● Requires many multi-disciplinary teams to collaborate and/or work in parallel. * B) y! b. g% U. y
● Design reuse must be facilitated, managed and controlled between product units or design models. , |' s" @' K0 f5 ?● The products need to be maintained over long life cycles. % l4 |2 Q- R$ x2 `1 V8 R0 {/ ^4 f" b( }. U
8 ?& w5 \) t- s# Z' G4GD is initially targeted for the shipbuilding industry in this release. Future releases plan to broaden its coverage to % m( T3 C" _" ^8 I3 a' Pother industry sectors (automotive, aerospace, energy, machinery). / q1 \0 w" P# ?+ V7 G" D- V
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5 ~& N" l$ H; CIf your products do not fit these characteristics, then you should continue to use NX Assemblies to design your ' t( T0 a( K3 U/ c, Y
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