On June 27, Zhongwang Software 2024 annual Product Conference (hereinafter referred to as the “conference”) was successfully held in Guangzhou. 20 domestic application software developer partners, 250 enterprise customers from high-tech electronics, general machinery, molds, auto parts, home appliances, ships, energy and power, engineering construction and other industries, as well as Harbin Engineering University, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, South China University of Technology and other 10 institutions of higher learning, a total of more than 300 guests gathered together. Exchange and discuss how to build industrial chain ecology based on independent CAx root technology and platform products, promote industrial enterprises to achieve digital transformation and achieve innovative development.

▲IC693APU302P  Zhongwang Software 2024 annual product launch site

With the theme of “Promoting industrial sustainable innovation”, the conference officially released the annual versions of the two major products of Zhongwang CAD and Zhongwang 3D, and the three major technical engines of Zhongwang 3D geometric modeling kernel engine Overdrive, geometric constraint solving engine ZGS and parametric conversion engine IPX. Industry benchmark enterprise representatives CSSC Power, Haguo and Shanshanbede shared their practical experience in how to choose domestic CAx integration solutions to achieve digital upgrading and innovative development in their respective fields.

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Building industrial software four capabilities

Zhongwang promotes sustainable industrial innovation

At the press conference, Liu Yufeng, executive deputy general manager of Zhongwang, delivered a keynote speech and officially released the core value proposition of “Zhongwang Software, promoting sustainable industrial innovation”. Liu Yufeng believes that industrial software is the foundation of digital transformation and the source of sustainable innovation. “Backed by the complete industrial chain and the huge market size, China will certainly give birth to world-class industrial software enterprises, leading the industry to new development.” He said that Zhongwang has focused on the field of engineering and software for 26 years, is the most knowledgeable domestic digital transformation expert with CAD, and has three conditions for building modern industrial software: leading giants, pressure research and development investment, and global scene polishing. In the future, Zhongwang will promote sustainable industrial innovation by continuously strengthening four capabilities, namely, tackling independent core root technology, creating a competitive product platform, developing an ecosystem of win-win cooperation, and forming solutions rooted in the industry.

▲IC693APU302P  Liu Yufeng, executive deputy general manager of Zhongwang, delivered a keynote speech

Du Yanze, senior research manager of IDC China, was invited to share the industry insight report “Digital Transformation Drives Innovation in Chinese Industrial Enterprises”. Du Yanze pointed out that source innovation is an important means to deal with overcapacity, industrial software can accelerate the process, product innovation supported by the digital main line can cope with the new situation in the current industrial field, help enterprises from a single point optimization to the global optimal, and CAx integration platform is to help enterprises digital main line and digital transformation landing the key support.

▲ Yanze Du, senior Research Manager of IDC China, shared the industry insight report

02Upgrade from drawings to models

CAx integrated solutions help digital transformation

“To meet the challenge of digital intelligence, enterprises should accelerate the upgrade from tool digitalization to system digitalization to support the whole business process of ‘data-design-verified-manufacturing-collaborative management’.” Hu Qideng, director of CAx product planning and GTM Center, pointed out that most of the current domestic enterprises are in the initial stage of digital development, that is, they are still centered on 2D engineering drawings, and only a few enterprises have begun to practice the innovation path driven by MBD model, “Zhongwang innovatively integrates cloud, AI and other new generation technologies based on independent CAx technology. Vigorously expand the application of PLM, and create a model-based CAx integrated R&D management platform to help enterprises digital transformation.”