The CoCreate 2D-CAD business team is proud to announce that ME10 2000 Rel

New ME10 2000 Released!

The CoCreate 2D-CAD business team is proud to announce that ME10 2000 version 10.0 was released January 31, 2000.

Partner shipments will be delivered in week 8 and customer shipments will be delivered between week 9 and week 11.

This release has been developed with our customers in mind. With this focus, along with commitment to high quality and the use of the latest technologies, ME10 can be regarded as the best tool for innovation in the 2D-design process.

A few words about why quality improvement took top priority for this release:

Over the last 2-3 years, we have invested in new people and processes and worked on adding new platforms and new concepts in parallel. Some of these functionality enhancements were only possible with major data structure changes. Market pressure and the need to establish new structures resulted in product quality issues. In order to address these issues, we committed to very aggressive quality metrics and invested additional effort in fixing known problems. More than 260 defects were fixed to create this release. Extensive testing and comparisons with former releases have shown that this new release provides the quality you rightly expect.

This latest ME10 release will support the graphics tablets on HP-UX and Windows platforms when using the Classic User Interface.

What’s New in ME10 2000 release 10.0?
One core product

ME10 Edition is now the core product

This includes all translators and the parametric module in one product. New licenses are protected with one password.

ME10 Professional iX for Linux

ME10 is the first professional CAD-System for electro-mechanical design & drafting which now supports the latest technology in operating systems

Linux, an open source operating system renowned for its speed, reliability and low cost of ownership, is rapidly gaining acceptance in the information technology marketplace with more than 10 million users world-wide. To support customers in this fast growing market, CoCreate’s ME10 runs on the Red Hat Linux operating system. This offers users the same excellent performance that ME10 is known for, at a much lower total operating cost. ME10 Professional iX for Linux requires a separate license.

All platforms

The new DXF/DWG Translator has enhanced capabilities and is now also available on Linux

The architecture of the translator has been changed for better use of the open DWG Libraries. Read & write DWG/DXF 14 for easy, high quality data exchange with other applications. Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) symbols can also be translated. Improved performance, associative dimension, associative hatches and higher correctness of B-Splines are only some of the new capabilities. More technical information can be found in the readme file.

New MEls (ME license server) client is implemented in ME10

This new MEls client now allows users to adjust license check time (1 - 15 min) and adjust license hold time (20 - 255 min). This enhancement will reduce your network traffic for license checks and allows better license use.

New MEls is able to handle node-locked ME10 passwords

In combination with the new MEls license server (release 5.0 or higher), customers can now use their gray dongle (former PC security device for node-locked passwords) as a security device for the MEls. The node-locked password now behaves as a floating password.

Note: To exchange node-locked to floating passwords or consolidation of security devices (HIL-Module or gray dongle) a node-locked to floating license exchange at minimal costs is necessary. The passwords can be requested for MSU Security Devices (recommended) or LAN-cards. Please refer to the MEls handbook for installation information.

All new licenses are now floating

This enhancement increases license flexibility and reduces system administration time. Only one file containing all your passwords and one type of licenses need to be maintained.

Note: The period for the free exchange of gray dongles will expire for support customers on October 1, 2000. After that a license exchange will be required.

Support of platform independent MSU Security Device (with cost)

This allows customers to reduce system administration by minimizing / eliminating floating to floating license exchanges. Licenses now can be used very flexibly on different hardware.

New and updated manuals

New manuals for the DWF, VRML translators and ME10 Viewer are available to provide complete documentation for ME10 and ME10 Viewer. The manuals for ME10 Parametric, the DXF/DWG translator and the Configuring of ME10 have been updated. A new structure on the electronic manual CD-ROM allows faster and easier access to the manuals.

Windows platform

Windows^® NetMeeting^® integration

The integration with NetMeeting enables direct teamwork on 2D design between different users / departments. A button is implemented to start NetMeeting within the ME10 session. (NetMeeting must be installed on the PC).

OLE server integration

The implementation of OLE is now bi-directional. ME10 is able to include other documents (i.e. text documents, spreadsheets, and video) into a drawing. Other leading applications supporting OLE will be able to include ME10 drawings.

30 additional customer driven enhancements for easier Windows User Interface customization built-in; these include:

individual user-system configuration
on / off switch for the auto-store environment settings
freeform / polygon select available for cut and paste
more than 120 predefined icons added for customization, e.g. all the measure and show ICONS block from the graphic tablet
new load options for faster and easier data check during the loading of a drawing

Optimized graphical parts browser

The graphical parts browser is now adjustable to maximum drawing space and allows you to work in parallel within the ME10 session while using the open browser.

ME10 Viewer 2000

ME10 Viewer is now integrated with our Design Management Solution. ME10 Viewer with Design Management is a powerful view station. The viewing capabilities have been enhanced, and now include OLE import for tiff and bmp. The viewer assures data integrity by allowing only viewing and measuring; it does not allow drawing additions or modifications.

ME10 Evaluation Version

A new ME10 evaluation version can be downloaded very soon from our WEB page and is free. Prospects can use the full product functionality with no time limit. Drawings can be saved and plotted. The indicator shows when the maximum drawing size is reached which is the only limitation of this version. Registered prospects to this "lead generation machine" will be distributed to our sales teams. As soon as it is made available on www.cocreate.com, you will be informed.

Compatibility and installation information

To start ME10 2000 release 10.0, you need your current ME10 base password and the new floating upgrade password (delivered with the shipment or you must send the password request form to the CoCreate Password Center).

Note: Customers who are using node-locked licenses (secured on an HIL-Module or gray dongle) have to install the MEls license server to access the floating upgrade license. The software is included on the CD-ROM. Additional information about the MEls and the installation can be found on the electronic manual CD-ROM.

Supported versions of ME10 and ME10 Viewer

To ensure Y2K readiness, many of our customers have upgraded their various software applications in the last few months. Therefore, ME10 release 8.7 will continue to be supported as an exception. Older ME10 releases are no longer supported. Please upgrade your installation to the current ME10 release so you can benefit from the new features and improved quality of ME10.

Supported languages

ME10 2000 10.0, the new ME10 Viewer and ME Plot (HP-UX and Linux^®) are available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish.

Supported operating systems

HP-UX 10.20
Linux^® Red Hat^® 6.0
Laser 5 (Japan only)
Windows^® 95 / 98
Windows NT^® 4.0

RAM requirement

HP-UX 10.20 Operating System + 20 MB minimum

Linux^® Red Hat^® 6.0 Operating System + 20 MB minimum

Windows^® 95 / 98 Operating System + 20 MB minimum

Windows NT^® 4.0 Operating System + 20 MB minimum

Hard disk space required

50 MB minimum

Data compatibility

ME10 2000 release 10.0 is fully downward compatible; older MI-versions are readable and downwards compatible to ME10 release 8.0.

Obsolescence of products

Following products are obsolete since October 1, 1999:

ME10 Base, ME Plot, ME10 Parametric, DMS client and all node-locked license products (ME10 Base, ME Libraries, ME Symbols).

The following products will be made obsolete with the next release of ME10 2000+ release 11 planned for summer 2000:

All types of X-Terminals are no longer supported with the next release.

The support of ME10 on the operating system Windows 95 will end with the ME10 2000 release 10.0.

With availability of ME 2000+ release 11 only the last and the actual versions of ME10 are supported.

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