Product category:
Rendering, visualisation and styling software
News Release from: ICEM
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 10 September 2003
Spanish car manufacturer expands
software contract
Seat has recently placed a new contract for the provision and implementation of additional licences of the ICEM Surf surface modelling, visualisation and analysis software suite.
Spanish automotive manufacturer Seat has recently placed a new contract for the provision and implementation of additional licences of the ICEM Surf surface modelling, visualisation and analysis software suite Seat has been using ICEM Surf for the past few years for vehicle body and interior design development, Class A surfaces development, design visualisation and tool and die design
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 3 Apr 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The new software will be deployed throughout the Seat Design Centre to provide additional capacity as well as enhanced modelling, visualisation and diagnosis capabilities.
Included in this latest contract is ICEM's latest Quick Surfacing software module, which is offered as an optional addon to ICEM Surf.
Quick Surfacing enables 3D scan "point cloud" data of physical objects, such as the clay model of a vehicle, to be read directly into ICEM Surf and for a "first pass" surface model to then be quickly and automatically generated from the scan data for use in feasibility studies and further development work.
ICEM is also providing Seat with its new PLM Link software - another optional addon to ICEM Surf - which will enable enhanced design data access capabilities through a bidirectional interface from the ICEM Surf model database to Seat's existing product lifecycle management (PLM) computing systems.
Other facilities now provided by ICEM Surf at Seat include advanced diagnosis tools for analysing the clearance between adjoining surfaces (gapping) and for diagnosing flat areas for evenness and for the "springback" characteristics of sheet metal during the stamping process.
In addition, it includes advanced, real-time rendering facilities for creating photorealistic design visualisations and animations during the design development and review process.
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