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SPECapc Releases Solid Edge V9 Benchmark
WARRENTON, Va., April 25, 2001 - SPEC/GPC's Application
Performance Characterization (SPECapc) project group has released
a new benchmark for UGS' Solid Edge, a leading CAD/CAM/CAE application
for Windows platforms. Initial performance results and free downloads
of the benchmark are available at www.spec.org/gpc/apc.static/se9info.html
SPECapc for Solid Edge V9 was developed by UGS in cooperation
with the SPECapc group. It represents typical user operations
that are valuable in evaluating the performance of systems running
Solid Edge.
"Jointly developing this benchmark to test the performance
of hardware platforms means that many thousands of our existing
and future users can confidently select computer systems that
optimize the power of Solid Edge," says Bill McClure, director
of the Solid Edge line of business at UGS.
The new benchmark runs on Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000.
Two Solid Edge models are used for the benchmark: a well-head
assembly with 1,320 parts and 1.3-million polygons, and a 64-part
hydraulic jack assembly with 66,000 polygons. Four basic areas
of performance are measured:
- Graphics - measures commonly used commands in three
modes: smooth shading, wireframe, and smooth shading with textures
and reflections.
- File I/O - measures opening and saving the well-head
assembly model using three different display configurations:
all inactive, all active, and a combination of active, inactive
and hidden parts.
- CPU - exercises real-time VHL representation and re-computing
an assembly.
- Workflow - represents a typical set of operations users
will execute during the course of creating a project, such as
real-time drawing view placement, in-place assembly activation,
in-place part activation, modifying a model, and updating all
the files due to the model change.
UGS considers all four portions of the benchmark to be equally
important in evaluating performance using Solid Edge, so they
have been given equal weightings when calculating the geometric
mean.
"We are pleased to add Solid Edge to our suite of CAD/CAM
application benchmarks," says George Chaltas of Intel, SPECapc
project group chair. "Through great cooperation between UGS
and SPECapc, the industry now has a benchmark that provides a
broad picture of Solid Edge performance based on how the application
is typically used."
SPECapc is a project group of the Graphics Performance
Characterization (GPC) Group, which in turn is part of the Standard
Performance Evaluation Corp. (SPEC). SPEC is a non-profit corporation
formed to establish, maintain and endorse a standardized set of
relevant benchmarks that can be applied to the newest generation
of high-performance computers. SPEC's membership includes computer
hardware and software vendors, and leading universities and research
facilities worldwide.
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Cramblitt & Company
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