Pro/ENGINEER® CAE Solutions V i r t u a l P r o t o t y P i n g f o r D e s i g n o P t i m i z a t i o n

in today’s competitive environment, companies are constantly facing the pres-sure to produce differentiated products that are low cost, high quality, and satisfy customer demands. traditional design and analysis tools require too much time and effort from engineers who must rely heavily on physical prototyping, educated guesses, a handbook, and their experience to validate their design. Pro/engineer Computer–aided engineering (Cae) appli-cations accelerate the product design and analysis process by providing a scalable, integral set of design optimization, toler-ance analysis and simulation capabilities.

Unlike the traditional method of analyzing designs, where analysis is a forensic activity performed after a failure is identified in testing, Pro/ENGINEER CAE applications allow the engineer to understand the performance of the design earlier in the process. These applica-tions set the basis for better designs by providing the engineer with an immediate understanding of how change impacts the design, whether it’s through material selection, assembly dynamic interference, or reliability. The intuitiveness and ease of this solution enables design engineers–who are not experts at analysis–to capitalize on the capa-bilities of design simulation. Design engineers can focus on designing superior products, not mastering difficult analysis tools. Pro/ENGINEER CAE solutions can help you design it right the first time, design it fast, and without failure.

All Pro/ENGINEER packages include CAE Lite capabilities, which enable you to perform basic static structural analyses on product designs. This datasheet highlights additional Pro/ENGINEER modules that provide a comprehensive range of analysis capabilities.

Pro/ENGINEER CAE solutions give you the power to easily perform

advanced structural analyses and to define material properties with your

own test data.

Pro/ENGINEER Mechanica®, Pro/ENGINEER Advanced Mechanica, Pro/ENGINEER Fatigue Advisor, Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Analysis Extension (MAX), Pro/ENGINEER Mechanism Dynamics Option (MDO), Pro/ENGINEER Behavioral Modeling® (BMX) and Pro/ENGINEER Tolerance Analysis Extension (TAX) powered by CETOL™ Technology, provide capabilities for validating the full functional breadth of your designs against performance requirements. And, every Pro/ENGINEER module is seamlessly integrated with all Pro/ENGINEER products. That means any change to the design is automatically reflected in the analysis, without any translation of model information between appli-cations. This integration offers the engineer unparalleled speed and interoperability between applications, without the risk of data transfer errors associated with separate analysis tools.

Key Benefits

Ease of testing, analyzing and optimizing the design–consistently•

Design confidence–knowing that the product will meet performance •requirements before it is built

Design optimization versatility–cost, quality, or reliability•

Scalability gives you the flexibility to buy what you need today and •upgrade capabilities anytime

Associativity with Pro• /ENGINEER improves time-to-market and reduces errors

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Pro/engineer Cae solutions

Pro/ENGINEER Mechanica

Pro/ENGINEER Mechanica provides engineers the capability to examine a product’s performance under thermal and structural loadings, all “on the desktop.” By gaining early insight into product behavior, the engineer can greatly improve product quality while saving time, effort and cost associated with physical prototyping.

Evaluate the impact of tolerances on the manufacturability of designs•

Enable concurrent engineering to ensure designs meet manufacturing •requirements

Leverage Six Sigma design methodologies to ensure design quality•

Pro/ENGINEER Mechanism Dynamics Option (MDO)

Pro/ENGINEER MDO lets you virtually simulate real-world forces and analyze how the product will react to them, without creating expensive prototypes. Understanding the dynamic characteristics of an assembly and detecting problems with interferences are critical for improving product quality.

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Advanced adaptive solution ensures accurate results•Simple queries, interpretation, and communication of results•Multiple modeling entities to simulate complex designs•Rich array of boundary conditions for both thermal and •structural analysis

Pro/ENGINEER Advanced Mechanica

Pro/ENGINEER Advanced Mechanica offers additional capabilities for thermal and structural analysis. The broader range of capabilities allows the engineer to perform even the most complex product performance analysis.

Pro/ENGINEER Tolerance Analysis Extension (TAX) Powered by CETOL Technology

Pro/ENGINEER TAX powered by CETOL Technology provides a robust tolerance stack-up and gap analysis solution that is seamlessly integrated into the design environment. Users can evaluate the impact of toleances and dimensioning schemes on the feasibility of product designs. The result: shorter product development cycles, lower product cost, and higher product quality.

Comprehensive range of analysis types, including •nonlinear analysesSupport for friction-added assemblies•Support for advanced connection definitions•Laminate modeling capabilities•2D model support•Advanced finite-element model support•

Simulate real-world behavior on moving parts and assemblies•Share results through intuitive graphs•Gain greater flexibility using advanced Motion Analysis to explore •complex scenarios

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Pro/ENGINEER Fatigue Advisor

Pro/ENGINEER Fatigue Advisor provides engineers an insight into how long a product will last. Understanding a product’s performance life helps reduce the problems associated with field failure and warranty costs.

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Pro/ENGINEER Behavioral Modeling Extension (BMX)

Pro/ENGINEER BMX delivers three key capabilities for the engineer: capturing and tracking key performance metrics of a design, evaluating the impact of changes on these metrics, and optimizing the design to best satisfy goals.

Objective-driven design studies•Quick adaptation to design changes•Open application environment – interoperability with other •calculation toolsEasy access to engineering information•Performance tracking using analysis features•

Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Analysis Extension

Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Analysis Extension enables you to easily analyze and optimize human-product-workplace interactions. This easy-to-use solution is fully integrated into the Pro/ENGINEER design environment, thereby allowing you to leverage existing Pro/ENGINEER simulation and analysis capabilities. For advanced assessments of human-product-workplace interactions, such as manual handling, workplace layout and repetitive movements, Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Analysis Extension enables designers and Human Factors experts to validate their designs against a number of quantitative Human Factors and workplace standards and guidelines.

Simulate human-product interactions such as pushing, pulling, lifting, •lowering and more Communicate and share complex human-product interaction issues •using advanced reporting capabilitiesOptimize designs for more complex human-product interactions •earlier in the design cycleEnsure conformance with safety, health, ergonomics and workplace •standards and guidelinesReduce time, budget and obsolescence associated with physical •prototypes

Pro/ENGINEER Manikin Analysis Extension helps you analyze human

movements such as pushing and pulling.

Predict surface finish and treatment effects on the durability •of the designAccuracy in predicting fatigue cycles and in determining •confidence of lifeDeveloped in conjunction with industry leading nCode International•

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Customer successes with Pro/engineer Cae solutions

Streamlined product design and analysis were keys to Mitsubishi Motor Sports (MMSP) recapturing the title in the 2005 World Rally Championships. MMSP won the Dakar Rally for a record fifth time with the Pro/ENGINEER-designed Pajero/Montero Evolution.

“Most developments are either reliability improvements, resulting from failures observed in testing and competing, or performance

improvements, following analysis of development test data…The reliability related projects often require a very quick response to get parts ready for the next test or event.” –Paul Doe, Chief Designer, MMSP, on Pro/ENGINEER Fatigue Advisor

Acorn Product Development, an innovator in product design and engineering for global manufacturability, develops mechanical and electromechanical products for client companies around the globe, across industries from consumer goods, to computing and networking, to medical devices.

“The result of using PTC solutions for design optimization and analysis, such as Pro/ENGINEER MDO (Mechanism Dynamics Option) and Pro/ENGINEER Mechanica, is that we can design better products that find the right balance of exceptional function,

appropriate product cost, accelerated market entry, and the other critical factors that drive clients’ unique product goals.” –Ken Haven, President, Acorn Product Development, on Pro/ENGINEER MDO and Pro/ENGINEER Mechanica

Optima cuts design time in half using Pro/ENGINEER CAE tools to create the first-ever all-plastic stadium seat. The objective was to make the seat durable as well as attractive, capable of withstanding the stress of soccer fans jumping on it.

“By taking advantage of the inte-gration between Pro/ENGINEER and Pro/ENGINEER Mechanica, we provided the mechanical

design for the Eventa seat in half the time that would have normally been required. Each time we were ready to evaluate a new design, we simply changed the model and pushed a

button to perform the analysis again.” –Darren Forrest, Director, Optima Design Services

The Pro/ENGINEER Advantage

Pro/ENGINEER is simple to learn and use, and is available in a variety of packages designed to meet your company’s specific needs. Whether you need a cost-effective 3D CAD system that contains all the basic design capabilities, or a comprehensive Product Development System that seamlessly connects your extended supply chain, you’ll find exactly what you need in a single, fully scalable solution. Choose the package that fits your needs today, and as your needs change and grow, you can easily upgrade to the package that is right for you tomorrow, which leverages the same powerful platform–this means no data translation and a consistent user experience.

Every Pro/ENGINEER module delivers an advantage over other CAD/CAM/CAE products due to the power of associativity; any change in the design is automatically reflected in the analysis, without any translation of model information between applications. Eliminating the data translation step saves time and reduces errors in your design. This application integration is especially powerful in analysis and simulation modules, where addressing design flaws can be an iterative process. With full associativity across CAD, CAM and CAE functions, Pro/ENGINEER gives you an advantage that no other application offers.

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