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News Release from: CoCreate Software | Subject: OneSpace Designer Modeling
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 19 September 2005
3D CAD has direct link to simulation
CoCreate Software has created a direct connection between its 3D CAD software and the Ansys Workbench simulation environment.
CoCreate Software has created a direct connection between its 3D CAD software and the Ansys Workbench simulation environment With the new integration, solid models created in CoCreate's Designer Modeling can be transferred directly to Ansys' simulation environment
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 18 Jul 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The integration also establishes an association with the 3D CAD model so that changes made within Designer Modeling are updated within Ansys Workbench.
"With a direct integration between design and simulation, CoCreate's and Ansys' mutual customers will see immediate results toward leaner product development", said William M Gascoigne, CEO at CoCreate.
"This connectivity between the two systems will transfer information so design and simulation run in parallel".
The integration between the CoCreate and Ansys applications highlights the importance of openness within the CAD/CAM/CAE industry, where a company's product lifecycle management (PLM) portfolio often includes applications from multiple vendors.
CoCreate's newly available.NET API paved the way for extending the 3D CAD environment of Designer Modeling to the Ansys Workbench environment.
Digital simulation software is growing on the desktop as more engineers analyse products for real-world conditions while they design.
This trend toward "everyday analysis" - where digital simulation occurs as part of the daily design process - benefits companies by providing better product quality, reduced prototyping costs and faster realisation of optimal designs.
As a result, the Ansys Workbench provides a powerful means with which to leverage the 3D product development process.
"This link with CoCreate's Designer Modeling is just another example of the flexibility of our Ansys Workbench environment", said Mike Wheeler, Vice President and General Manager at Ansys "This type of joint open communication empowers the customer to apply analysis early in the design process allowing for 'analysis-lead design'".
Ansys will offer the integration starting with the 13.20 version of OneSpace Designer Modeling from CoCreate and Ansys 10.0.
The One Space Designer geometry interface is available for purchase from Ansys.
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