PZFlex 3D Virtual Prototyping Software in Two Versions

By DE Editors

Weidlinger Associates, Inc. (Mountain View, CA)  released its PZFlex 2.1 3D virtual-prototyping software in two versions —  PZFlex Professional and PZFlex Standard. PZFlex is for industrial designers and academic researchers worldwide who are responsible for developing and improving ultrasonic and piezoelectric devices for biomedical, naval, and other industrial applications.

The original Professional version has been serving large institutions and enterprises since the late 1980s; PZFlex Standard is targeted to mid-sized businesses and independent consultancies that require a more affordable version of the fastest and most accurate 3D virtual-prototyping software on the market.

PZFlex takes advantage of the availability of inexpensive, powerful computers to bring sophisticated modeling capability to designers’ desktops for predicting the performance of a product or device, bringing both reduction of time to market and cost, as the product can be built, tested, and optimized almost entirely in virtual form as well as the software’s support of the modeling of entire devices and their housings, along with their individual components.

PZFlex Standard is essentially the same as PZFlex Professional, but limits the size of the models to those typically needed by small to mid-sized companies. The PZFlex license is based on a floating license arrangement, whereby the software can be operated only when the USB dongle provided is resident in the system. The price includes a version of SolidWorks solid modeling tool to allow for quick and intuitive development of model layout.

The PZFlex modeling package includes full 2D and 3D solvers, time domain solutions,  suitable for broadband results with a single simulation; and much more. For larger modeling problems, a stand-alone SPFlex module that is available with PZFlex serves the growing field of medical therapeutics, providing accurate modeling of wave propagation over thousands of wavelengths in all acoustic media (air,  water, and tissue).

For more information on PZFlex software, please visit PZFlex.

Read earlier DE coverage: “PZFlex 2.0 Adds SolidWorks Interface,” (April 2008).

Sources:  Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.