VISTAGY’s FiberSIM 5.4 Delivers Composites Designs in Less Time

Offers improved links between analysis and design for the manufacturing process.

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By DE Editors

April 8, 2008

By DE Editors

VISTAGY, Inc. (Waltham, MA) announced that the latest version of its suite of composites product development software, FiberSIM 5.4, delivers optimized composites designs in a shorter period of time by enabling engineers to perform more design iterations later in the development process — essential to evaluating tradeoffs between part performance, weight, and manufacturing cost.

FiberSIM’s improved link between analysis and design and new tools enable engineers to design specifically for the manufacturing process. One new feature in FiberSIM 5.4 is its integration with MSC.Software’s SimXpert finite element analysis (FEA) software. FEA mesh information created in SimXpert can now be communicated to FiberSIM with the click of a button, creating a common data representation and design tool for composite lay-up.

Because FiberSIM is completely integrated into commercial 3D CAD systems, the FiberSIM composite definition and SimXpert’s FEA definition are linked directly to the same CAD geometry. This allows products to be designed, validated, and optimized without having to translate volumes of data between different software tools. As a result, the solution eliminates data translations and inconsistencies between design and analysis and more effectively manages design changes throughout the development cycle. Due to FiberSIM’s ability to update a composite design while preserving the design intent, no longer do engineers have to start the design over from scratch each time Stress delivers new specifications.

Other new capabilities in FiberSIM 5.4 include ramp generation; color-coding of ply boundaries; new tools to develop parts with more complex core conditions; splicing; and more. Plus, FiberSIM 5.4 delivers html-based context-sensitive help.

FiberSIM 5.4 will be available for shipment at the end of 2Q2008.

For details, go to VISTAGY, Inc.

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