VISTAGY Ships SyncroFIT 2009 for Aircraft Manufacturing
 WALTHAM,
MA, Jun 10, 2009 - VISTAGY, Inc., a leading provider of industry-specific
engineering software and services, today announced the release of SyncroFIT
2009, which improves the efficiency and accuracy of assembly development by
enabling commercial 3D CAD users to fully define and manage joints and
interfaces between parts within complex assemblies. The solution enables
engineers to specify fasteners and holes, rapidly load catalog parts and
validate adherence to design rules when creating large aerostructures.
SyncroFIT can be used individually or as part of the VISTAGY AeroSuite, a
comprehensive solution that enables aircraft manufacturers to effectively
manage the product development process and deliver optimized parts and
assemblies in less time at lower cost.
SyncroFIT 2009 enables engineers to visualize the
airframe assembly
at a level commensurate with the task at hand.
Defining joints and interfaces presents common and costly bottlenecks in
the airframe assembly design process and is a leading source of
manufacturing errors. For example, managing the nearly two million fasteners
in an aircraft has traditionally been a manual process plagued by inaccurate
fastener definitions and difficulty making design changes. Approximately 40
percent of design changes are due to errors in the authoring of the initial
assembly interfaces. At up to $20,000 per engineering change order, using
SyncroFIT to avoid these errors translates into several million dollars in
savings. The commercial CAD system alone doesn't give engineers the
specialized functionality they need. But SyncroFIT works within the CAD
system to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of the design process and
provide an early warning of potential issues in the manufacturing process so
OEMS and suppliers can meet demanding delivery schedules.
Engineers need effective tools for visualizing the airframe assembly at
the appropriate level of detail for the task at hand to work efficiently and
obtain the necessary insight into the development process. VISTAGY has
consequently created functionality that enables the user to toggle between
different visualization states. During the assembly design and fastener
layout phase, simple point and vector representations of fasteners are
sufficient to communicate key information quickly. At other times, clearance
solids-such as cylindrical fastener representations or tool envelopes-are
necessary to assess manufacturability by visualizing potential interferences
that could occur during assembly. But if the task is to perform complete
clash/interference detection, maintenance or installation studies, or if it
is a required supplier deliverable to the OEM, it is necessary to load
fasteners into the model so all the hardware can be seen, including nuts,
washers and nut plates. To do this, engineers need to visualize the assembly
populated with solid model representations of the fastening hardware and
have the ability to easily delete or select different fasteners and
associated hardware to meet design specifications.
SyncroFIT automatically loads fasteners and hardware from the parts
catalog into the 3D model with the push of a button, taking only minutes to
do what can take days using a manual process. Customers have experienced up
to an 80 percent reduction in time to define fasteners using this
functionality alone.
In addition to the unique visualization capability, SyncroFIT provides a
number of fastener related design checks, including edge distance and pitch,
countersink depth, angularity and length-to-diameter ratio. Verifying that
design rules are met throughout the iterative development process ensures
that commonly occurring errors are caught prior to design release. These
rules enable enhanced communication between design and analysis to expedite
the design review process.
The lack of a standardized process for defining conditions of supply is
another factor that has historically caused a high level of rework.
SyncroFIT remedies this problem by providing a clear definition of the
deliverable state of the component to make the assembly process easier and
to ensure clear communication between supply chain partners. The software
simplifies the process of conveying changes to suppliers, ensures the
product is manufactured properly and saves valuable time.
"Our in-depth experience in the aerospace industry enables us to develop
software that supports the engineering challenges at different points in the
development process," said Bob Flory, vice president of product development
at VISTAGY. "SyncroFIT 2009 allows design information to be captured and
leveraged more completely throughout the entire development process, making
it more efficient and less error-prone. As a result, airframe developers are
far better able to deliver parts and assemblies in a timely and
cost-effective manner."
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 and can be reached at
+1.781.250.6800.
For more information, visit
www.vistagy.com.
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