Chapter 392 The Future of Domestic Industrial Software

The first thing Mu Yang needs to solve is the 3D design software. Even in 2022, he is uncomfortable with many functions of several 3D design software.

For example, in the 3D design software SOLIWORKS, it is possible to convert 3D drawings into 2D CAD drawings (2D CAD drawings are construction drawings, which must be marked with processing dimensions so that workers can understand them, and 3D drawings are not suitable for construction drawings. , but it is very intuitive. Generally, the drawing is a two-dimensional CAD drawing + a three-dimensional drawing, which can not only understand the size of the drawing, but also intuitively understand the appearance of the workpiece, and it is not easy to make mistakes. misread the picture).

However, there are many problems in converting 3D to CAD drawings, such as the marked size is stupid, such as the font is too small, it cannot be read clearly when printed, the size chain is not correct, and the unnecessary size is marked, well, there are too many anyway.

Generally, the mechanical designer re-marks the size, which is troublesome.

Of course, templates can also be designed, but they are not easy to use.

In addition, the conversion of CAD images into three-dimensional drawings cannot be perfectly realized.

If there is a software, as long as the CAD drawing is clearly expressed, it can be directly converted into a 3D drawing, and it will be perfect without dragging the height and length.

The current software function is to convert the CAD drawing into a 3D drawing. It is necessary to delete some irrelevant annotation texts to operate. In fact, it is no different from stretching on a 3D drawing sketch.

What Muyang needs to solve is that, for example, the current CAD drawings drawn by the company do not need to add or delete CAD drawings. The new software will automatically recognize the needs of mechanical engineers. Only the designer needs to select the closed-loop area, and the 3D diagram can be generated naturally, and Generating data enables design.

It is very difficult to realize this function. If it can be realized, there are some designers who do not know how to use 3D software. They do not need to draw 3D drawings. More proficiency does not mean that it is best to use 3D software to draw or CAD drawings.

To draw a 3D picture well, it also needs to be converted into a CAD drawing, and it is more troublesome to produce the drawing, which is also a problem that Mu Yang needs to solve.

In this era, especially older designers, they really don’t know how to use 3D design software. Many companies do not have mandatory requirements for 3D design. However, with the development of the times, higher requirements are placed on mechanical designers, who do not know 3D design. The software really doesn't work.

Software is easy to use and easy to learn, but it is too difficult to master it.

In addition to the above problems, there are many problems with 3D design software.

For example, if you want to choose an M8 bolt, if the software has a standard library, the thread is metric (different from the American system), and the lead is common and commonly used. It also has a length that must be selected. There will be different lengths and different lengths in the standard library. Material M8 bolts.

If it is designed by Muyang, this software should also be connected with the company's real-time warehouse inventory and market information. For example, if you choose a 60-length bolt, it will show that the warehouse does not have it, or even the market. However, it is recommended to use a 70-length bolt because the warehouse just has it , As long as the assembly does not interfere, it can also be used. It doesn't matter if the bolt is longer, but it can't be shorter.

However, if there is no such function, after the drawings are issued, it is found that the bolts of this length cannot be purchased, then it is impossible to process them. The processing cost is too high, so we can only find substitutes. These processes undoubtedly increase the cost, and the drawings have to be revised. , re-issue the drawings, unless the investigation is clear in advance.

But designers all have an inertia, too lazy to check the inventory list of the company's warehouse.

As for this real-time warehouse information, the company has established an ERP warehouse management system, which can be combined together. To realize this module, the company needs to do a good job in warehouse data management, and the data is consistent with the actual situation;

As for market information, the procurement department needs to do a good job in data statistics management, which is more troublesome to count and the workload is very heavy.

This is just a metaphor for a commonly used standard part, but the employees can be responsible for these data, and Mu Yang does not need to be responsible for supplementing and maintaining. He only needs to write this 3D software with logical functions and modules.

For another example, Muyang only needs to draw a hole. If there is a function to prompt the bolts, nuts and washers required for matching, just select and confirm, and it will be automatically matched. It is a fool's design, and there is no need to follow the standard Curry finds that when assembling, you need to find the reference plane for assembly. If the holes are not symmetrical, you have to assemble them one by one, which is too cumbersome.

To realize this function, it is a recognition function. For example, if you find a hole with a diameter of 8.5, if you want to assemble bolts and nuts, the software will automatically suggest M10 nuts, and even provide the length of the bolt.

In terms of programming logic, the first thing is to judge the existence of this hole, and then judge the size and depth of the hole. If you want to filter out more suitable nuts and bolts, you have to compile a formula.

Formulas and logic are very important. For example, there will be many holes of different sizes. If one formula can solve it, it will be convenient at runtime. If dozens of formulas can be solved, logical judgment will be very troublesome, and the number of program lines will be very long.

There are also many functions, such as welding module, sheet metal design module, steel structure design module, etc., whether they can be integrated together quickly.

There are too many problems to be solved. If nothing else, if it can solve the above functions, it has surpassed all 3D software on the market and has become the world's first-level 3D software.

Mu Yang rubbed his head, stood up and walked around.

Song Xuelu was a bit bored at home, so she walked into his office lightly, saw him rubbing his head, and asked with concern: "Honey, take a rest when you're tired."

Sit next to Mu Yang and make him a pot of tea.

There are beverages and red wine in the refrigerator, but Mu Yang feels that he can’t drink too much, it’s not good for his health, and he’s not a drinker either. Red wine is not as refreshing as beer.

In winter, it is impossible to drink beer and he is in the office again. Although no one cares about him, his image is not good.

The single floor area of ​​Xinghai Building is 3,000 square meters, and the higher the floor, the smaller the area. The 98th floor also has 2,600 square meters. They are all high-level offices. In fact, there are innumerable people. At present, there are only a few high-level people, plus Secretary's office.

Mu Yang's own office covers an area of ​​200 square meters, and the glass windows just face the West Lake, which is the best location for sightseeing.

The office area of ​​other high-rise buildings is relatively small, about 70 to 80 square meters.

Mu Yang was optimistic about his wife next to him, and asked gently: "Are you bored at home?"

"No, I just miss you, come down to see you." Song Xuelu smiled slightly, brushing her hair by her ear.

She has been pregnant for more than three months, and her belly is slightly enlarged, which is more obvious. Now she is wearing looser clothes, which are specially customized.

Mu Yang picked up the tea, drank a few sips, and chatted casually with his wife.

When the two talked about drawing software, Song Xuelu complained, saying that the school's CAD software was not very good.

"Husband, don't those companies buy genuine CAD?"

Mu Yang smiled, his wife may not know the situation of domestic machinery companies, and explained: "My wife, it's not that Chinese people don't want to buy genuine software, but it's too expensive.

For a small machinery company, there may be only a few designers, or even one designer. Let these companies spend 20,000 to 30,000 yuan to buy a set of top-level software, and they have to pay the fee every year. The bosses of such companies are not willing.

Hey, not to mention the 20,000 to 30,000 foreign brand CAD, the domestic brand CAD of several thousand dollars a year is not willing to pay, it is so realistic. "

Song Xuelu was a little surprised: "Is the genuine CAD so expensive? I thought it would be a few hundred yuan, at most one or two thousand."

Mu Yang said: "The market, I know a little bit about it. Now a set of domestic CAD is 8,000 yuan, which is only a yearly fee. Foreign ones are more expensive, usually 1,600 dollars a set, and the best ones are not sold to others. We, maybe the castrated version, may not be applicable.

Note that this set of fees refers to the installation fee used on one computer!

If the whole company can use it, how much money will they make? It's just that there is a discount for a large number of installations.

Domestic brands of CAD, to be honest, come with a lot of tool plug-ins, which may not be useful, which is a bit tasteless, but no matter what, it is definitely much better than pirated ones. "

Song Xuelu nodded: "The cost of use is too high, and users are unwilling to use it, indeed."

"Yes, these bosses feel that spending this money is better spent on recruiting people. The awareness of using genuine products in our country is relatively weak."

Mu Yang complained.

Of course, software companies also hope to charge a relatively cheap fee every year like some companies, and as long as the number of users is large, they can still make money.

However, most software companies are not well-known and do not have the strength to do this. In the end, they only want to make money. Of course, this is true. If a company does not achieve profitability, it will not survive.

So, this is the difference between an entrepreneur and a capitalist.

Capitalists only want to make profits and maximize profits. Like Muyang, the first thing that comes to mind is how to break the monopoly of overseas giants, realize localization, how to improve national technology, and strengthen national strength. Of course, money is earned by the way.

Song Xuelu sighed: "No wonder, the CAD used in our school is still so backward, and we are actually reluctant to spend that much money, and the genuine software is not much better, I feel that I would rather spend more time drawing."

Mu Yang spread his hands and expressed helplessness: "There are some useful ones, but they are just unusable. The teaching CAD version in universities is indeed backward, and it is impossible to imagine using the latest genuine CAD in large companies.

Then, the CAD used by students for learning is completely different from that used by enterprises. Some graduates majoring in mechanical engineering are new to the company and open the company's CAD.

Of course, if you have a CAD foundation, you can learn it quickly.

It’s just that this is the case with CAD, and it’s completely different like 3D software with higher technical requirements, and the learning and adaptation process is relatively long.

If it is the result of finite element analysis, pirated software or junk software analysis, if it is not done well, it will mislead the calculation result.

For these technically difficult software, the genuine cost is particularly high. "

Mu Yang went on to say: "I have a goal. If I make these industrial software, I will open it to universities and colleges for free, and I will only charge enterprises. Even if it is a small workshop, or only one or two use industrial software Small software companies or individuals only need to pay a very low price every year to use very advanced industrial software.

But overseas, it is a high fee. "

Mu Yang didn't intend to make money from software, but as long as the quantity is large, he can still make money.

Ordinary companies can’t do this. First, they are not famous enough, and second, they don’t have the capital to play like this. They basically lose money in the early stage.

Mu Yang's commercial gameplay is actually Lao Shi's commercial gameplay, and the free ones are the most expensive.

Those mechanical graduates from universities and colleges, as long as they can handle these people, within eight years, these people will basically become the backbone of the company.

Therefore, within eight years, the entire domestic market will be owned by Muyang, and by that time, there will be no second type of industrial software in the market.

In fact, Mu Yang does not want to open these software tools to foreigners. It is not necessary if the money is not much. It is better to let domestic companies snatch overseas orders.

Huaguo’s design plan is produced quickly, the project cycle is short, the overall cost will be much lower, and the delivery cycle is fast, which makes it more competitive in the international market. It directly beats its international counterparts and lets foreigners know what Huaguo speed is.

This is what Mu Yang is most willing to see, what's the point of earning that money.

Of course, if you have a lot of money, it is also very fragrant.

For example, for a company with less than 10 employees, the membership fee for a set of software is US$10,000 to 20,000 per year. This fee is a bit excessive, but it is not outrageous.

A family with only about 100 designers, no matter how favorable the software price is, has to pay at least hundreds of thousands of CAD fees a year, and the software is not very good.

Xinghai Group's industrial software is better, but the price unit is changed to US dollars.

If it is a little more disgusting, it can be directly bundled with other products for sale.

Song Xuelu said: "Husband, you can be regarded as contributing to the country's education by doing this. The market should be huge, right?"

"It is indeed relatively large, and the mechanical industry that uses CAD and 3D software has as big a market as there are people.

Not to mention anything else, there are more than 400,000 undergraduate mechanical-related majors graduates every year, that is, mechanical engineering, vehicle engineering, mechanical design, manufacturing and automation, these majors are directly related to machinery, excluding postgraduate entrance examinations, changing careers, etc., plus Those with a master’s degree and a doctor’s degree in junior college, and other majors such as process control, materials, and fluids will also join the machinery industry. The number may only be more than 400,000. There are so many talents recruited every year. It is also quite a large number.

Therefore, the number of people in optomechanical related industries across the country is very large, and basically everyone can use CAD or 3D software. "

Mu Yang said eloquently, but finally sighed, "However, we have to recognize the fact that our people's awareness of using genuine software is really poor. If there is free software, use free ones, unless it is our software. Very good, only willing to spend money to use.

Some large companies use pirated software, and they are forensics. Every lawsuit is accurate, and the compensation is very large. These software companies are very strict, and they only play this.

The CAD currently used by our company is our own and can be used for free.

For 3D, it costs a lot of money to use the genuine version.

Those software companies hope that we use pirated software, and then sue us, the more we earn, the more we lose. "

"That's really insidious, but my husband is also very shrewd." Song Xuelu laughed.

Muyang thief smiled: "That's right, otherwise I wouldn't be able to marry you."

Song Xuelu wrinkled her little nose, chatted for a while, and then left. Enough was enough, and it wouldn't affect her husband's work.

After seeing his wife leave, Mu Yang fell into deep thought again.

Xinghai Group develops its own 3D software, so of course it has to be named.

What should I call it?

3D max has already been used, so it can't be called 3D PLUS.

Like UG, SOLIWORKS, PRO/E, etc. have unique names.

Already have AUTO CAD, referred to as CAD.

Otherwise, call it AUTO 3D?

No software company dares to call it that, it's amazing, automatic 3D software.

The abbreviation "A3D" or "AD" is also good.

Forget it, Mu Yang felt that naming was a problem, so he had to get the product out first. Anyway, it would take a few months to complete this software, and it would take a long time to perfect it later.

First analyze the problem, make statistics on which problems you need to solve, then do the general structure and interface UI design, design the algorithm, write the program, and finally debug the program and improve the program.