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Simulation, modelling and validation software
News Release from: LMS International
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 28 February 2003
LMS extends links with Ansys
LMS International and Ansys have signed reciprocal agreements for the crosslicensing, integration and distribution of certain engineering technologies.
LMS International and Ansys have signed reciprocal agreements for the crosslicensing, integration and distribution of certain engineering technologies that expand the breadth and depth of the solutions they both provide for virtual product development In the initial phase, Ansys will develop and distribute a state-of-the-art motion simulation product built upon LMS DADS multiple -body dynamics technology, and LMS will develop and distribute a nonlinear flexible body cosimulation capability built on Ansys structural analysis capability
This announcement expands on an earlier arrangement to interface their respective flagship products, LMS Virtual.Lab and Ansys Workbench, and will make it easier for customers to access complementary tools to produce more innovative products faster.
"Ansys is committed to providing a wide range of manufacturers with superior, enterprise-wide capabilities to facilitate better, faster, more cost-effective collaborative product development cycles", said Jim Cashman, President and CEO of Ansys.
"Enabling customers to acquire world-class functional performance engineering tools for attributes such as motion, durability and acoustics in the Ansys environment is an integral part of our vision.
LMS is unique in its ability to capture and deliver real-world test and product refinement expertise in its virtual prototyping software, and we are delighted to be able to offer their outstanding technology to our users.
At the same time, we believe LMS customers will benefit from expanded, Ansys-based, structural mode ling and analysis capabilities more tightly integrated into the Virtual.Lab product suite".
"Product differentiation and brand values have never been more important in nearly every manufacturing market segment", said Dr Urbain Vandeurzen, CEO and Chairman of LMS International.
"We have invested heavily in developing software tools that capitalise on our real-world product development experience and that address the essence of engineering the functional performance of virtual products to meet their target brand values.
In addition to our strongholds in the automotive and aerospace industries, we are now focusing on delivering our capabilities to a broader market where, in many cases, ANSYS is clearly the market leader for structural analysis.
The additional structural modelling and analysis functionality that we gain by this relationship complements our existing capabilities and is being greeted with enthusiasm by customers such as Cummins and Maytag".
Charles Foundyller, CEO of industry research and analysis firm Daratech, also is very positive about the announcement.
"Daratech has encouraged collaboration and interoperation between computer-aided engineering technologies from different vendors for years.
The customers stand to benefit mightily when two world-class companies like Ansys and LMS join forces to leverage their distribution capacity as well as the investments each has made and continues to make in complimentary technologies", Foundyller said.
The first products of this collaboration will include LMS motion capability in Ansys Workbench products and Ansys structural analysis capability in LMS Virtual.Lab Motion.
First products are targeted to be generally available in the second half of this year. Request free introductory details about products from LMS International ...
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