Autonomous kernel The “life door” of 3D CAD

The industry generally believes that there is a “gap of about ten years” between domestic and overseas head CAD manufacturers. The domestic 3D CAD market segment is still dominated by overseas giants, especially in the high-end manufacturing field, the gap between market share and application capacity is larger, and catching up is not an overnight success. If local manufacturers want to truly meet the needs of domestic substitution in the industry, the key is how to break through the barriers of the underlying core technology.

Lin Xueping, an expert from the think tank of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, once said: “Domestic CAD core is autonomous and controllable, which is the potential hope of breaking foreign monopolies, and it is a small flame that beats constantly.”

The core, also known as the 3D geometric modeling engine, is recognized as the most core and most difficult to overcome root technology of 3D CAD software. As the system “engine” of 3D CAD software, the technical difficulty is large, the stability and reliability requirements are high, and the functions such as two-dimensional sketch, three-dimensional part design (solid modeling, surface modeling, three-dimensional wire frame) need to be realized on its basis.

It can be said that the kernel is to 3D CAD, just like the chip is to the mobile phone, which determines the capability boundary, operating efficiency and stability of the upper software application, and is also responsible for the calculation and storage of data, which also profoundly affects the industry application ability of 3D CAD software and the ability of manufacturers to create platform ecology.

The core technology with independent intellectual property rights is the “life door” of the enterprise. The “life gate” in the hands of others is like building a house on the wall base of others, no matter how big and beautiful it is, it may not withstand the wind and rain, or even be vulnerable.

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Therefore, when we choose 3D CAD software, the first thing is to pay attention to whether its core is autonomous and controllable. There are three reasons:

Firstly, the autonomy and controllability of the kernel is the guarantee of information security. Industrial software must be free of “backdoors,” artificial secret mechanisms that can bypass “front defenses” to steal control of systems, access to data, or attack software systems to disable them, and because they are infiltrated quietly, they are generally difficult for users to detect. To avoid the harm of this “Trojan horse”, it is necessary to ensure that key core technologies such as the kernel are provided by trusted manufacturers under the strict supervision of the state. Only in this way can the data security of industrial enterprises and the sustainable and historical assets of business development be guaranteed to the greatest extent possible.

Second, the autonomy and controllability of the kernel is the cornerstone of high-quality service. The mastery of internal nuclear technology means that manufacturers can add new functions or carry out systematic architecture optimization based on the challenges faced by industrial users and practical application needs, better empower the whole process of R & D design and production, and even brave no man’s land and seize the commanding heights of science and technology with users.

Third, the autonomy and controllability of the kernel is the premise of long-term cooperation. Once the license of core and other root technologies is terminated or not renewed, the 3D CAD software built on it will be greatly damaged or even unable to use, and the inheritance and reuse of valuable assets such as historical drawings will also be affected, which is more prominent on cloud products. In addition, there is no need to pay high patent technology licensing fees to third parties, and the impact of uncontrollable costs and other factors on product sales and after-sales service can be largely avoided.

The importance of the kernel to the industrial software is self-evident, and the autonomous kernel ultimately exerts its effect in industrial enterprises and in many industrial scenes. Domestic industrial enterprises in the digital, intelligent development of the road, R & D innovation, quality and efficiency improvement, safety and control have higher requirements, which require the real autonomy of the industrial software kernel, only in this way, in order to firmly grasp the “life gate” in their own hands.