- Software/Hardware
Simulation software Collaborate without mixing languages Simulation software designed for multi-technology prototyping is ideal for automotive, aerospace and power technology systems, according to the company, and is used in the electrical design process for electric/hybrid-electric vehicles. Reportedly, the software allows collaboration between OEMs and suppliers. SIMPLORER ® 6.0 model systems ......
- RAPID PROTOTYPING.
Pretty Soon, You Won't Be Able To Get Along Without It Since their first commercial launch in the late 1980s, rapid-prototyping (RP) technologies have aimed to speed up product development. RP systems can shave weeks or months off the development cycle by allowing design engineers to create a solid model ......
- A safe haven
At the heart of most any new product development project is a digital CAD model of the product. Surrounding that all-encompassing model, however, is a hodgepodge of other content—from quality and manufacturing specifications to marketing literature—that needs managing. Emerson Process Management 's Fisher Valve division needed to better manage and ......
- Technology of The Year: IX SPeeD for simultaneous product development
HEADNOTE IMAPACTXOFT CORP.'S SOFTWARE SUITE ALLOWS TEAMS TO WORK CONCURRENTLY ON COMPLEX CAD DESIGNS. TRUE SIMULTANEOUS DESIGN AND engineering of new products is the promise of IX SPeeD Suite, a CAD and collaboration software package introduced in September by ImpactXoft Corp., San Jose, Calif. Using this system, new-product developers can ......
- PLASTIC SOLUTIONS.
The Materials Engineering Center of Dow Chemical has helped clients develop plastics--based systems solutions and solve problems for more than 15 years. These solutions typically involve new product design concepts. Taking these solutions from concepts to actual products ready for market requires significant effort from a variety of sources. The ......
- Virtual prototypes move alongside their physical
counterparts.
Widespread adoption of computer-aided design and analysis tools has not eliminated the need for prototyping. CAE has allowed engineers to produce more complex designs that in many ways are more heavily dependent on prototyping to validate new design concepts. However, computer simulation of product components and systems is gaining in ......
- Software/Hardware
Thermal modeling CAD integration software IcePro 3.1 interface seamlessly integrates CAD software and Icepak thermal modeling software, automatically exporting much of the model with a few configuration parameters. Complex geometries may also be automatically decomposed into prismatic shapes. Software automatically exports protrusion features and cuts features on boundaries to Icepak....