Manufacturing Industry

Full associativity in CAD modeler optimizes products. (Materials Progress: Testing/Analysis).

Advanced Materials & Processes, July, 2003

Tags: CAD, geometry

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Full associativity that enables any changes to CAD geometry to be reflected in the associated FEA model for each design iteration has been built into its software products by Algor Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa. The products include Autodesk Inventor, Pro/Engineer, Solid Edge, and SolidWorks. Now, when engineers make geometry changes in the CAD solid modeler, a new mesh is created and any surface-based loads or constraints, element types, material properties, and analysis parameters are automatically updated with each change.