VISTAGY Announces FiberSIM 2009 for Composites Designs
Available in April
 WALTHAM,
MA, Mar 24, 2009 - VISTAGY, Inc., a leading provider of industry-specific
engineering software and services, today announced the latest version of its
suite of composites engineering software, FiberSIM 2009, which enables users
to more easily define composite parts, provides improved functionality for
resolving manufacturing issues and enhances the link between analysis and
design. All these new improvements place FiberSIM even further ahead of the
competition and confirm its status as the leading software for composites.
FiberSIM - simulation of a fiber placed
aircraft fuselage panel
FiberSIM 2009 simplifies composite part design with the addition of the
global stagger profile, partial boundary editor and design checker as well as
enhancements to zone-based design and core definition tools:
Global stagger profile – Users can select a desired drop-off profile
and FiberSIM will assign that profile to the entire part, which improves the
ability to update designs by eliminating the need to manually adjust each
transition.
Partial boundary editor – This gives the user the ability to reduce
layer boundary calculations by highlighting a specific region of the part, which
reduces time spent waiting for recalculations.
Design checker – A new design status report alerts users when flat
patterns need to be generated, plies need to be spliced or objects are out of
date. For example, the report validates boundaries and identifies poor modeling
practices so problems with overlapping geometry can be avoided.
Simplified zone-based design – Users can define a trimming or
extending angle for zone transition areas, which greatly simplifies the
generation of complex transitional shapes. In addition, the ability to display
zone name, thickness and ply count as well as control zone highlight colors
based on assigned laminate specifications also enhances zone visualization,
making it easier to interpret designs.
Core definition – FiberSIM 2009 defines additional core types that
simplify core panel definition. The software also improves error detection and
reporting while eliminating inconsistencies.
In addition, VISTAGY has developed improved tools for resolving
manufacturability issues in FiberSIM 2009 with significant enhancements to the
Automated Deposition Design (ADD) optional module:
Design for manufacturing – The ADD now automatically creates and
places bird beaks and bat ears in the preliminary stages of design.
Producibility feedback - Early identification of minimum course length
issues streamlines the product development cycle.
Minimum trim angle - Automated tape laying machines have a minimum
deposition angle between the path of the machine and the ply boundary. A new
utility identifies portions of the ply boundary that violate this minimum angle
in the design phase, when it is far less costly to identify than once it reaches
the manufacturing floor.
Automated deposition machine database - Database enables users to
define the tape laying and fiber placement parameters of their particular
machines to ensure standard use of machine parameters across all parts.
Finally, FiberSIM 2009 features expanded integration of analysis and design
with enhanced definition and interoperability between CAE and CAD for composite
design. By maintaining separate analysis and design zones with linked laminate
specifications, users can propagate analysis updates without manual
intervention. This speeds the preliminary design process so a greater number of
iterations can be performed, resulting in an optimized design.
“The new features in FiberSIM 2009 will enable our customers to enhance and
streamline their composite part development processes so they can meet their
goals on-time and on-budget,” said Bob Flory, vice president of product
development at VISTAGY. “This new version demonstrates our commitment to
maintaining FiberSIM’s status as the best-in-class solution for the
design-to-manufacturing process for composite parts and assemblies.”
FiberSIM 2009 will be available for shipment in April 2009.
About VISTAGY
VISTAGY, Inc. is a leading global provider of engineering software and
consulting services that optimize product development processes by enhancing the
functionality of commercial 3D CAD systems. For almost 20 years, VISTAGY has
been a pioneer in providing industry-specific solutions that capture complete
virtual product definitions and facilitate automatic reuse and efficient
exchange of engineering information across the enterprise and supply chain.
VISTAGY solutions help customers deliver robust products on time and on budget
by increasing productivity, improving communication throughout the product
lifecycle and enabling better-informed decision-making early in the design
process. The company's customers include over 200 of the world's leading
manufacturers in the aerospace, automotive, transportation interiors and wind
energy industries. VISTAGY is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.
For more information, visit
www.vistagy.com.
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