b'Engineer Innovation | Automotivevolume production and lookat all the different molding/forming requirements they have for theirmass-volume production.We have a constant design loop with our partners in China, who are going to be mass producing the vehicle, and theyre using all the different tools of NX as well as the CAE tools, says Hoyle. The fact were both on the same page with the tools that were using certainly makes the design process a lot easier and the There truly isHoyle was used to working in the iterativecommunication a lot smoother.design and computer-aided design (CAD) part of the process, which is largelyGetting to market fastera revolutiondisconnected from the simulation part ofThe world is changing and we have two the process. strains of companies that are in productivityWith Simcenter 3D, we have a direct manufacturing, and what were looking at is a totally different way of thinking, says parametric link back to the CAD data Hoyle. The smaller companies have because of theall in the one GUI, so that means that wesmaller budgets but they have more can analyze the design, work out how wenimble teams. What theyre looking to do Siemensremove this, reduce some mass here, gois get tools that enable them to achieve back into the design, iterate it with twoengineering excellence on small budgets clicks, and we have updated results, sayswith small teams, and tools like NX and software thatHoyle. Simcenter 3D is very powerful forSimcenter allow them to do that. rapid design development.were using. Design for manufacturing In the past, simulation has been used for prevalidation of design before going to The fundamental vehicle design istesting. The tools have evolved so now a Jerry Krollcompleted so now Electra Meccanica ismanufacturer is able to start looking at Chief executive officerfocusing on the manufacturing design.preprocessing a design, getting as close Electra Meccanica Vehicles Corp. The firm is looking at the toolingas they can to being prepared for the test. processes so they can start considering drafts for body panels, and updating theFor the composite materials of the design so they can produce this vehicle inchassis, for example, Electra Meccanica volume. used the Simcenter 3D Laminate Composites solution to look at various Using the NX tools for analyzing thelayups for the skins of the materials and formability draft and those types of issuesbody panels. It is a powerful tool, notes is very helpful to us, says Hoyle.Hoyle, for trying different methodologies for lay-up and also optimizing material Zongshen is also using NX as the primaryusage and distributing layups in different tool for the design so they are able to takeareas of the vehicle, all inside of the the design, alter it slightly for high- Simcenter 3D environment. 26'