4GD is intended primarily for industries with massive products such as the shipbuilding, aerospace and automotive 8 k8 d( ]+ M6 G+ aindustries that have the following characteristics: 5 h" ~* K+ Q2 L: Z● The products are massive in scope, scaling to millions of components. & `/ h" R* o6 B/ u( ^- z. A9 L5 {● Data needs to be organized in multiple hierarchical views without data duplication. ' i: n3 D4 I" G1 n: M
● Requires many multi-disciplinary teams to collaborate and/or work in parallel. ) r! B( r9 O; K1 j4 L4 v% i& L
● Design reuse must be facilitated, managed and controlled between product units or design models. * g( _$ |& [2 t9 C; b
● The products need to be maintained over long life cycles. : ~# V! i% H% y1 ^8 V; q0 k# f- l
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4GD is initially targeted for the shipbuilding industry in this release. Future releases plan to broaden its coverage to % y, t) d. C. d3 ]
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If your products do not fit these characteristics, then you should continue to use NX Assemblies to design your % E$ E' l4 @- lproducts. ; b% h0 X2 T- x& }( h. m: M
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