CAD TP Vertical

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Vertical - a system for computer-aided design of technological processes, which solves most of the tasks of automation of CCI processes (technological preparation of production).

2025: Process Engineering Mechanism using Parameterized Libraries

On September 9, 2025, ASCON introduced an updated version of the PLM solution for product lifecycle management in an industrial enterprise. Updated all products included in the PLM solution: PILOT Engineering Data and Product Lifecycle Management System: PLM, VERTICAL Process Design System, POLINOM Industrial Reference Information Management System: MDM.

As reported, the mechanism for developing technical processes using parameterized libraries continues to develop in CAD TP VERTICAL. Now, when using objects from a parameterized library, the parameters are automatically populated. If a material is specified in the 3D gear model, the system selects the appropriate heat treatment and its parameters from the library. Parameterized libraries form an intelligent system of technological knowledge. It includes equipment, tools, accumulated experience and various practices adapted to the specifics of the enterprise. For parameterized libraries, gears, shafts, couplings, gearbox housings and fasteners are suitable. Read more here.

2022: Release of version 22

On January 19, 2022, ASCON announced the release of version 22 of the PILOT systems: PLM, POLYNOM: MDM, VERTICAL and technological applications, which, together with the KOMPAS-3D v20 design system, make up the ASCON software package for product design and lifecycle management in mechanical engineering (PLM complex). Read more here.

2021: Optimized for Slow Distributed Networks

On May 18, 2021, Ascon announced the release of an update to its product lifecycle management solution version 2018.2, which accelerates work in slow geographically distributed networks by 5-26 times. A radical increase in productivity has been achieved in the Polynomial: MDM regulatory reference information management system and the Vertical process design system. Read more here.

2020: CAD TP Vertical 2018.2

On July 17, 2020, the company ASCON announced the release of updated versions of the systems, and PILOT: PLM POLYNOMINE: MDM VERTICAL, which together design system KOMPAS-3D make up the ASCON software package for. The mechanical engineering release 2018.2 takes into account the current tasks of digitalization of industries defensive and industrial and civil sectors: industries end-to-end use of a single electronic product structure, support for various technological platforms,. All integration enterprise IT systems improvements were made within the framework of the machine-building strategy of the ASCON to create a PLM heavy class complex.

CAD TP Vertical 2018.2

According to the developer's statement, support for Oracle DBMS is implemented in CAD TP VERTICAL. Thanks to this, customers can work with VERTICAL both in an import-independent path with PostgreSQL and Postgres Pro, and in conjunction with foreign MS SQL Server and Oracle.

The main direction of VERTICAL development is automation of technological processes development. In the updated version, technical processes for materials of their own manufacture are automated. A section on the recipe and use of the components of the material being created has been added to the process summary. Multiple monitors are supported. Any tab of the system interface can be displayed in a separate window, noted in ASCON.

The paint calculation module has been redesigned: the system calculates and displays consumption rates in the units specified by the user. Customized maps have been added to display data on paints and varnishes in technological operations, the solution developer specified.

2018: CAD TP Vertical 2018

On June 21, 2018, ASCON announced the release of an updated version of the computer-aided process design system - VERTICAL 2018. Improvements have affected almost all sides of the system. The product, according to the developer, has become more functional, reliable and user-friendly.

As the developer noted, the software core of the system was completely rewritten. The core of the system is designed on the basis of the Microsoft.NET Framework. The updated kernel has significantly increased the reliability and stability of the system. In addition, VERTICAL 2018 has become 1.5-2 times more productive than the previous version, which is especially noticeable when working with complex technical process structures.

VERTICAL 2018 has become 1.5-2 times more productive than the previous version

The procedure for developing an updated core also took into account the provision of potential for the development of the system. An API was also developed, which has become more convenient and allows you to solve a wider range of application problems, noted in ASCON.

In VERTICAL 2018, the user interface has been completely updated. Replacing the window interface that was used in the previous version with a tab interface makes interaction with the system more efficient: to switch between different interface elements, you need to do a minimum of actions. Thus, the changes allow you to fully focus on work, according to ASCON.

VERTICAL 2018 CAD Tab Interface

According to the developer, the interface has become more minimalistic, but has retained its functionality. Important elements are in the view of the user, and secondary elements do not distract attention. Additional tools for work have appeared: indicating changes when editing process plans, indicating when entering erroneous (or unfilled) records in properties and attributes, filtering attributes by name, analogues panel and other tools that make the work of the technologist more convenient and productive.

Search engine and work with reference data in CAD VERTICAL 2018

VERTICAL 2018 provides integration with the Ascon solution for regulatory reference information management - POLYNOM: MDM. Thanks to which you can search, add and change technological objects from reference books directly in the VERTICAL system interface.

The updated search system has become more intelligent and convenient. A single search string provides a quick search for any objects in the system, and in the case when you need to search taking into account a certain area of ​ ​ data, a filter with advanced settings is used, noted in Ascon.

2014: CAD TP Vertical 2014

On March 17, 2014, ASCON announced the release of a new version of the CAD TP Vertical 2014 system.

The solution has been replenished with a knowledge base of cutting modes, which helps to preserve and use the experience of technologists in work, thanks to the accumulation of data on the recommended modes from tool catalogs or other sources. The use of the knowledge base allows you to significantly speed up the writing of the technical process by excluding repeated actions to calculate cutting modes.

Search the Cutting Mode Knowledge Base

The updated Materials Rationing System 2014 now has a modern interface and advanced functionality. Users have access to automatic calculation subsection depending on the restriction on the material type or independent selection of the calculation option; generation of a report on the calculation performed; Edit formulas and calculation scripts. A Labor rationing system in the new version opens access to viewing graphic documents when performing rationing on the Drawings\Sketches tab.

Reference books Materials and Assortments and Standard Products in the 2014 version have been developed in terms of increasing filling, ease of use and improvement when working with KOMPAS-3D. So, for example, now all models of the Reference Standard Products contain local coordinate systems to simplify their positioning in the KOMPAS-3D.

2011

Plans

Andrei Andrichenko, Sergei Gorokhov and Alexey Koptev in an interview with isicad answered Dmitry Ushakov's questions about the development plans of the CAD TP

Will your new company develop solutions of the same class (CAD TP)?

SG: SDI Solution positions itself on the market as a developer of specialized systems and a system integrator in the field of technological training of discrete industries. The key competence of the company is the development and implementation of an innovative software complex of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Today there are plans to release three systems:

• CAD Process Design System 'SDI-Technologiya',
• labor and material rationing system,
• regulatory reference information management system "SDI-Reference Books."

These systems are a single software package, but at the same time they can work autonomously, integrating in any combination with PDM and CAD systems.

Briefly describe their functionality. What are the competitive advantages of your future solutions over Vertical? Will they be integrated with ASCON solutions? With other CAD vendors?

SG: The key competitive advantage is the offer of innovative solutions in the field of semantic data integration. The transition from an object model to a semantic model gives our customers new opportunities to make expert decisions. Potential partners are all known Western vendors PLM and solution providers Siemens PLM(,,). At the PTC Dassault Systemes moment, negotiations are underway with each of them on partnership and integration of the developed solutions into the supplied software complexes. We have friendly relations with the management of ASCON, and, of course, we have made an offer of cooperation.

The integration of the new system with CAD and PDM on the general principles of data exchange is planned to ensure the continuity of the developments made in the systems of the previous generation of CAD TP "COMPAS-Avtoproekt" and CAD TP "VERTICAL." With which of the partners close integration will be implemented with a high degree of automation - this depends on many factors, including the strategy of the partner's presence in the PLM solutions market.

A.A.: In our new process system 'SDI-Technologiya', the process model will be greatly simplified, and, therefore, it will become easier to administer and configure it for specific production conditions. A significant part of the logic contained in this model will be transferred to the process object description database, as shown in the figure.

Technological knowledge describing the rules of behavior and interaction of objects, in this case, becomes available to other applications. The management system of the NSI of an engineering enterprise, implementing such integration of data and knowledge, is a set of methods for maintaining and supporting general reference books, as well as a set of technical solutions that form a single information space of the enterprise. Only by combining disparate data and knowledge into a universal model can you create a single intelligent information platform for all enterprise applications.

'SDI Technology'will preserve and enhance the best of' Verticals', allowing it to easily integrate with third-party PDM systems. Interaction with any CAD at the OLE object level always worked, but specialized integration is needed to build an effective solution. The base CAD system has not yet been selected.

Product popularity

As of March 2011, about 4.5 thousand legal copies of "Vertical" are used. According to the report of Ascona CEO Maxim Bogdanov, in 2010 the company sold 705 product licenses, or 26% more than in 2009. Ascona told CNews that the share of Vertical revenue in Ascona's income is approximately 5%. Based on the financial results of the company, in 2010 this amount could be expressed in 33 million rubles. with gross revenue of the entire company 662.9 million rubles.

History

• Vertical was created on the basis of the Avtoproekt solution, which was developed at the Research Institute of Aviation Technologies. Until 2002, the product was sold under the name Avtoproekt and Compass-Avtoproekt, and after Askon acquired ASCON, it was named Vertical.

• In February 2011, six key developers of CAD Vertical left ASCON to create their own company SDI Solution. The head of the development team, Andrei Andrichenko, who headed the new company, called CNews the main reason for parting with Ascon of a divergence from its leadership in views on the ideology and prospects of the product^[1] of^[1]

"We left because we do not see the prospects for innovative development of the technological direction in Ascon," added Andrichenko. As of March 2011, according to his information, only Vertical user support specialists remained in Ascona.

The rights to the Vertical brand and its source code belong to Ascon. SDI Solution recognizes this and plans to create a new product with similar functionality, which is now codenamed "Horizontal." The company says that the real terms remaining before its release are a year, optimistic - about six months, until the fall of 2011.

As they say in SDI Solution, the separation of the Vertical team from the Ascon of team was "quite civilized": the company's management recognized the moral right of some of its developers to leave.

According to the general director of "Ascon" Maxim Bogdanov, the developers of "Vertical" did not agree that the product is considered primarily as part of the complex solution "ASCON" for mechanical engineering. "The team was interested in more freedom of action and decided to implement their plans outside the company," he says.

Divorce from the main developers of "Vertical" does not mean the termination of work on its development, assured Bogdanov to CNews^[1]. The support and development of the system, he said, was transferred to the Ascona division in Kolomna, and a new version of Verticale will be released in 2012 in accordance with the two-year product update cycle. Alexey Koptev: It should be noted that when automating one process engineer workplace, the delivery of CAD TP automatically entails the need to install CAD (for drawing process sketches) and PDM (for archiving and teamwork with technologies).

2010: Capabilities of CAD TP "Vertical"

According to the information for 2010, CAD TP VERTICAL allows:

• design technological processes in several automated modes;
• calculate material and labor costs for production;
• form all the necessary sets of process documentation used at the enterprise;
• Conduct parallel real-time engineering of complex and end-to-end processes by a team of technologists
• create orders for the design of special technological equipment and the creation of control programs;
• Keep process information up-to-date through change management processes.

The Universal Process Reference Book included in CAD TP VERTICAL provides users with all the necessary reference information, as well as allows organizing and developing enterprise databases.

CAD TP VERTICAL supports all business processes of electronic engineering document management, including the management of technological changes and the order for the development of special technological equipment and control programs. The system uses a qualitatively new approach to organizing process data based on the object model of information presentation and processing. CAD TP VERTICAL implements the latest object-oriented methods for organizing technological databases, COM technologies, modern interface solutions, an open architecture based on ActiveX components.

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