Siemens PLM updates Vistagy's design software

Syncrofit and Quality Planning Environment (QPE) software packages, further optimising the design and manufacture of innovative, durable and lightweight composite structures.

Fibersim 2012 reduces uncertainty in the performance of composite parts by defining, communicating, and validating desired fibre orientations throughout the product development process, ensuring that they meet specifications. By eliminating design interpretation errors, this new release significantly reduces the risk of producing over-engineered parts that not only behave unpredictably, but are also heavier and more costly than necessary.

Specific benefits of Fibersim 2012 include more opportunities for design optimsation such as a new spine-based rosette feature and spine-based simulation, enabling desired fibre orientations to be defined and simulated along a path that can then be communicated and validated throughout the development cycle.

The new version also makes improvements to the exchange of multi-axial material and core data to allow for efficient communication of critical design components between analysts and designers throughout the iterative development cycle, and simplified composite part development and documentation with intuitive tools.

Syncrofit is a CAD integrated, commercial off the shelf solution for managing the complexities of airframe assemblies, and QPE 2012 enables OEMs and suppliers to automate the process of identifying engineering characteristics and transferring them to quality plans for first article inspection.

The 2012 version of Syncrofit, which is used for designing large aerostructures and assemblies, enhances visualisation of fastener data in complex assemblies, improves system performance when working on large assemblies, and deploys a fastener management solution that works seamlessly with existing PLM systems and enterprise databases. QPE 2012, which is used to develop plans to assess aerostructure quality, enables OEMs and suppliers to automate the process of identifying engineering characteristics and transferring them to quality plans for first article inspection.

“The aerospace world is in the midst of a major transition to model-based design,” said Steve Peck, director of product and market strategy for Syncrofit and QPE. “Syncrofit 2012 and QPE 2012 are enabling firms to unlock the full potential that digital design has to offer. These latest product releases incorporate new functionality to help fill the gaps in airframe assembly and first article inspection that just can’t be addressed by CAD or PLM alone.”

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