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Transition Scenarios

Choose a transition scenario:

These illustrative scenarios represent reasons why so many MCAD companies are choosing Parasolid over other modeling technology.

A CAD company switches to Parasolid and makes up for lost ground with superior functionality:

A successful CAD company feels that it is losing ground to the competition.
A business review shows that only 50 percent of its developers are producing new functionality. The other 50 percent are dealing with deficiencies in Modeler X.
The company investigates the modelers used by its most successful competitors and as a result, takes out a low-cost, low-commitment Parasolid license to experiment.
A Parasolid-based beta quality prototype is produced in just 6 weeks and many known bugs in its CAD software disappear. In 6 more weeks the prototype is developed to release quality and more bugs are eliminated.
Development recommends to the executives that the Parasolid-based product be released and that Modeler X be dumped. The executives study the Parasolid licensing and conclude that it offers realistic terms with predictable and competitive costs.
The company switches to Parasolid, and 80 percent of its developers are dedicated to creating new CAD functionality. Parasolid's responsiveness to the remaining problems ensures that developers are highly productive.
The company is competing successfully and making up lost ground quickly.
The company concludes that meticulous software engineering does not cost - it pays.

A CAM company attracts a lot of new business through Parasolid's superior performance.

A CAM company with superb technology based on an in-house surface modeler needs to expand its market to boost revenue and distribute costs.
The company's strategy is to import data directly from leading CAD systems used to create complex geometry - it will benefit most from the CAM capabilities.
A market survey shows that most CAD systems used to create complex geometry are based on the same modeler - Parasolid.
Modeler X claims to have a much larger CAD user-base but the proportion of users creating complex 3-D designs is very low.
The company licenses Parasolid and has a read-only product ready for market in 9 weeks. This attracts a lot of new business and is very profitable.
The company realizes it can add great value by enabling CAM users to edit complex, imported geometry.
Six months later the new Parasolid-based product is shipped and business is booming.
The in-house modeler resources are re-assigned to adding high-value CAM functionality.

A CAE company switches to Parasolid and gains better functionality at a competitive price.

A successful CAE company using Modeler X wants to enable its customers to edit imported geometry, saving the trouble of going back to a CAD system.
Modeler X demands full list price for the required add-on functionality - no discounts now that you've committed - read your contract.
The figures based on Modeler X are barely feasible and uncertainty about costs of future add-ons is a concern. The company feels vulnerable - even exploited.
The company surveys the market and finds that Parasolid has a straightfor-ward and attractive pricing structure.
Overall, next year's costs are similar, but the long-term predictability offered by Parasolid is very reassuring.
The company licenses Parasolid and investigates transition issues. The functionality is virtually plug-compatible and it takes only 3 weeks to build a prototype that beats the production version head-to-head. It's faster and more stable.
The company fears that changing the modeler may alienate its customer base so it ships both versions to assess customer reaction.
Customers prefer Parasolid by a large margin because it works. And the new Parasolid customer gets better functionality with competitive, predictable long-term cost.

A start-up company switches to Parasolid for system reliability and licensing advantages.

A start-up company targets the world's largest 2-D installed base with a compatible product offering higher quality, lower cost and better customer care.
Indeed, the strategy excites the market and attracts more 2-D customers than expected.
The next step is to move these customers quickly to a new, easy-to-use 3-D system. The company chooses Modeler X in the hope of data interoperability - it seems the obvious choice.
Development of the 3-D system is proving difficult and Modeler X seems reluctant to fix bugs and regressions. Effort is diverted into workarounds and progress is slow.
While the company struggles with basic problems, it sees Modeler X concentrating on new functionality for its dominant customer.
The company begins to worry - Modeler X may be from an "independent" company, but who calls the shots?
The company investigates alternative modelers for the first time and finds that none of these concerns are an issue in the Parasolid solution.
The company finds that the Parasolid people are dedicated to helping it succeed. This is especially evident in the licensing structure that rewards mutual success above all else.
The company switches to Parasolid and reaps the benefits of a superior solid modeling technology and a mutually beneficial business relationship.