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News Release from: ICEM | Subject: Surf
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 04 April 2005
Software saves on Discovery development
By using the ICEM Surf software suite, Land Rover saved some $10 million on the new Land Rover Discovery design and development programme.
By using the ICEM Surf software suite, Land Rover, the Ford Premier Automotive Group off-road vehicle manufacturer, saved some $10 million on the new Land Rover Discovery design and development programme ICEM Surf was used throughout the design development of the body and interior of the new Discovery, which went on worldwide sale towards the end of last year
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 3 Apr 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Digital surface model data generated by ICEM Surf from 3D scans of the clay styling model was made available to the tooling engineers at Land Rover very early in the development process.
This enabled them to begin the tooling development process well before the "design freeze" stage had been reached.
ICEM Surf's direct data exchange capabilities with the Catia engineering CAD/CAM system used by Land Rover's tooling engineers resulted in an enhanced workflow that meant that as the vehicle design was refined by the designers, modified surface model data were readily available to the engineers and suppliers responsible for developing the production tooling.
These data were used directly within Catia to enable tooling design to be updated in parallel with the design development of the vehicle's body skin and interior trim in ICEM Surf.
"By being able to release ICEM Surf surface model data, as it evolved, directly into the tooling development process, we were able to avoid late design changes caused by unforeseen manufacturing problems".
"This enabled us to ensure that before any tooling was laid down, the designs were technically feasible and accurately represented the final design of the vehicle's various body and interior components", said Wayne Morgan, Senior Manager, Surfacing and Cubing for Land Rover and Jaguar Cars.
"As well as enabling us to achieve class-leading optical quality, it also significantly reduced the need for changes to tooling for the A-surface components".
"From a costing exercise that we carried out at the end of the project, we estimate that this capability alone saved Land Rover some $10 million when compared with previous vehicle programmes".
ICEM Surf was also used by Land Rover for the design development of the body and interior of the all-new Range Rover Sport, which goes on sale in Europe and the USA this Spring.
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