When using a 'WEB installation' the product configurator PASCAM con@3D and the CAD system SolidWorks^® are installed in a web infrastructure consisting of a Web server and a CAD server. The usual user (end/retail consumer) will only need a Web browser for the product configuration / 3D visualization of the CAD model assemblies. The users neither have a SolidWorks^® CAD licence "of their own" nor a license of the PASCAM product configurator PASCAM con@3D. Based on this installation configuration it is ensured that neither exported SolidWorks^® model data, nor any technological know-how of the underlying SolidWorks^® model are revealed via the web application.

When using a 'remote installation' PASCAM con@3D and SolidWorks^® are installed at different computers. Users of such a configuration are usually staff of the sales department, who do not "own" a individual SolidWorks^® license. The 'remote installation' will enable this user group to independently generate specified, customized SolidWorks^® product models, based on the shared master configuration files, in a safe and efficient manner. Neither of these users have to be trained or qualified to work with SolidWorks^® models nor do additional SolidWorks^® licence fees incur for the application, because they don't have direct access to the underlying, native SolidWorks^® models of the corresponding PASCAM con@3D master configuration files.

When using a 'local installation' PASCAM con@3D and SolidWorks^® are installed at the same computer. Users of such a configuration are usually design and project engineers and their main task is to define the PASCAM con@3D master configuration files. These users both have licences for SolidWorks^® and PASCAM con@3D.

The product configurator PASCAM con@3D is still under development. A lower level solution called PASCAM con@3D Var is already available for in-house product configuration engineering. Development goals for the consumer market are defined, but the product itself is still at the beginnings. Nevertheless we would like to show you, where the coming developments will lead us and what kind of efforts we want to undertake to achieve them.