Abstract
Product development is challenged by shortened time to market and increased complexity on products’ requirements. Innovative products are designed based on new concepts and materials.
Effective integration of the different Computer-Aided Engineering processes is a key success factor to achieve high performance, robust designs in time and within budget.
This paper will focus on recent achievements that make simulation more productive and more predictive. It shows in particular, how federating different domains under a coherent model is accelerating simulation processes for multi-domain design targets; how virtual prototyping may account for manufacturing and assembly effects on geometry and material properties; how important data management is to track and propagate design and engineering changes across project teams.
Keywords: Computer-Aided Engineering, Manufacturing Simulation, Virtual Performance Simulation, Simulation Process, Model Management