{"id":400,"date":"2020-04-27T06:40:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T10:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/plm-components\/?p=400"},"modified":"2026-03-26T08:03:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:03:04","slug":"parasolid-delivers-30-years-of-quality-in-industrial-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/plm-components\/parasolid-delivers-30-years-of-quality-in-industrial-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Parasolid delivers 30 years of quality in industrial use"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Computer-Aided Design software began to use Parasolid for\ngeometric modeling at the dawn of the 1990s, when the World Wide Web was in its\ninfancy and the first web browser had only just been invented. Today, the reach\nof Parasolid extends far beyond mechanical CAD. It provides geometric modeling\ncapabilities for hundreds of applications and millions of end-users in commercial\n3D design, manufacturing, engineering and AEC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The enduring popularity of Parasolid<\/a> owes much to an unrelenting focus on innovation, performance and stability. Parasolid quality has always ranked highly among our software vendor customers who want to leverage component technology for 3D modeling and data interoperability. This article discusses some of the investments we\u2019ve made over the past thirty years to ensure Parasolid quality is as high as possible. Learn much more in our Parasolid Quality White Paper<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Software\ntesting and validation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parasolid is tested heavily to validate quality at every stage from development to release with zero tolerance for regressions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The broad spectrum of validation includes preemptive testing of code changes by developers, millions of overnight auto-tests with full functional coverage, as well as in-application and customer scenario tests. Continuous improvement of the test suite is achieved by ensuring all new functionality has accompanying tests, performing coverage analysis and by incorporating customer-reported issues into the test suite to eliminate regressions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quality-oriented\nrelease process <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To accelerate our customers\u2019 time-to-market, all Parasolid\nreleases and maintenance updates are delivered with plug-and-play compatibility\nso our customers can integrate enhancements without spending time reworking code\nor recompiling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Versioning<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new version of Parasolid is typically released every six\nmonths and we regularly distribute maintenance updates to enhance functionality\nand performance between major releases. Customers usually operate on\nasynchronous release cycles and may support several versions of their own products\nat any one time. Our quality framework ensures that successive versions of\nParasolid are supported concurrently, while offering functional stability and\ndata interoperability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quality\nuser experience<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to assuring quality in the product, we want\ncustomers to have the best possible experience integrating Parasolid. We\ntherefore apply high standards of quality to Parasolid developer resources such\nas our comprehensive reference documentation, targeted training resources and standardized\nAPI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019d like to learn more about these aspects of quality management and many others, please refer to our Parasolid Quality White Paper<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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