"Siemens continues to invest in our core products to deliver innovative functionality such as Convergent Modeling, which we believe will be a game changer for digital product design," said Joe Bohman, vice president, Product Engineering Software, Siemens PLM Software. "We anticipate Convergent Modeling will be a critical tool for efficiently working with facet geometry. This new one-of-a-kind technology is expected to provide huge savings in time and cost and help eliminate the error-prone rework phase, common when working with scanned geometry. It also removes the limitations associated with traditional CAD modeling when it comes to optimizing parts for 3D printing.NX11 simplifies  the design process and supports the evolution of additive manufacturing to help companies realize a whole new level of creativity in product development."

Product design is partially based on available materials and manufacturing approaches. New techniques like additive manufacturing open the door to create designs with forms and shapes that can provide higher levels of performance. Of course, traditional CAD technologies are built to support traditional manufacturing methods and have limitations when trying to optimize designs for additive manufacturing. Convergent Modeling removes these limitations by giving designers the flexibility to rapidly create new optimal shapes leveraging the materials and techniques made available through additive manufacturing.

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