b'Automotive | Engineer InnovationWhen we looked at the suspensionto see the cause and effect. As far as a Simcenter 3D architecture, we used the Simcenter 3Dtangible result, it enables us to iterate motion tools to evaluate turning radius,faster and get to market quicker, which is roll centers, that type of stuff in thereally the goal here. is very suspension design, says Hoyle. Those tools helped us visualize easily andShutting down the last gas station powerful for quickly, and make rapid design iterationsIf you look at the numbers, theres not a based on our turning circle requirements,lot of competition in electric cars, says which are obviously extremely tight sinceKroll. Theres still a bazillion gas carsrapid design we want it to be a great city car so it hasbeing built. Thats our competition and to get into tight spots.were trying to encourage as many ofdevelopment.those gas car companies as possible to We use NX CAM and the NX 3D printingstop doing that and join us in building functionality for prototype development,electric cars. Rich Hoyle and generate our parametric toolpathsPrincipal engineerhere, which is another benefit to keepingThe electric car is like the internet and a everything inside of one system. We cangas car is like a fax machine. Once you have a CAD model that weve done in NXdrive it you get the difference. The only thats parametric and is easily adjustable,difference is that fax paper wasnt killing and have a fully parametric one linkedthe planet and gas is. Less than 10 percent into our CAM software, which is in NXof the cars that are being sold today are and can then go straight to our CNCelectric. Weve got a long way to go and machining center.the faster that we can inspire the big auto manufacturers, in addition to Tesla and The key benefit is having the design andGM, to start building all their cars without simulation all inside one environment,fossil fuels, the better. Thats really what and being able to modify a design andthis companys mission is: To shut down automatically update a simulation resultthe last gas station. n27'