Maple 16 Extends CAD Connectivity

By DE Editors

The recently released version of Maplesoft's Maple technical computing and documentation environment comes with improved connectivity to major CAD systems. Maple 16 extends its support to Autodesk Inventor 2012, Solidworks 2012 and Siemens NX 8.

CAD users can take advantage of Maple's computational power to analyze and optimize designs. By using Maple, CAD users determine the mathematical relationships between objects and how changes to object properties impact other objects in their design.  Users can retrieve parameters from a CAD model, optimize those parameters, and update the CAD model with the revised parameter values directly from the Maple environment. Using the Maple programming language, built-in API commands, and interactive technical document environment, users can also create easy-to-use specialized tools for part reconfiguration and optimization, to share with other engineers.

Maple integrates into development projects using a wide range of connectivity features. In addition to CAD connectivity, features like external calling, the OpenMaple API, Web connectivity, extensive import and export tools, and connectivity with other software, make it easy to incorporate Maple seamlessly into existing engineering toolchains, according to the company.

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Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.