East Lansing, MI (October 16, 2012) – Designing die systems that yield great looking designs with minimal waste, optimal performance, and an absence of wrinkling and cracking is a daunting task. ETA’s new DynaForm OP™, part of the Inventium Suite™ of products, provides the perfect solution. DynaForm OP™ combines the power and speed of Red Cedar Technology's SHERPA™ optimization engine with the simulation and analysis strengths of the DynaForm product to deliver a solution that makes it simple to optimize complex die designs. Initially, DynaForm OP™ will be focused on supporting drawbead optimization to determine proper binder force, lubrication, gage, and material. The module will also support 2D optimization of blank shape and size. Eventually, the two companies expect to offer fully automatic die face optimization.
The new OP module features an internal incremental solver that delivers exceptional speed using symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) on dual core and quad core PCs running Windows 7.
Under the new agreement, ETA will embed SHERPA™ into the DynaForm OP product in an OEM licensing arrangement.
LMS and Red Cedar Technology Forge Alliance on Mechatronics
East Lansing, MI (October 15, 2012) – Mechatronic product designs combine complex mechanical, structural, electrical, hydraulic, fluidic, and pneumatic systems to yield exceptional performance. Designing and optimizing these systems requires exceptional simulation technologies linked with an industry-leading optimization search engine. LMS and Red Cedar Technology have agreed to work together to bring such an innovative solution to the marketplace.
Through this agreement, Red Cedar will build a portal between its HEEDS multi-disciplinary design optimization software and LMS’ AMESim mechatronic system simulation environment thereby allowing mechatronic designers a simple means for optimizing system performance and cost.
Red Cedar Technology embeds VCollab 3D Visual Collaboration Software in HEEDS POST
East Lansing, MI (October 9, 2012) – Users of HEEDS multi-disciplinary design optimization software will soon be able to easily visualize the effect of various design variable changes on system performance without having to re-open the CAE or CAD tools where the models were created. During an optimization process, or afterward, HEEDS users can access HEEDS POST to check on the progress that HEEDS is making in meeting the optimization objectives and will be able to query each design evaluated to visualize form (CAD), stress or displacement (FEA), mode shapes (FEA), linkage positions (MBD), temperature contours, or flow streamlines (CFD).
This visual query capability in HEEDS POST will be provided through a VCollab 3D plug-in from Visual Collaboration Technologies, Inc.