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indications of quality
requirements that are harder to
interpret in 2D. It’s also
noteworthy that many other
activities like simulation,
manufacturing process
development, service instruction
development, etc. are all best done
in 3D by today’s standards. The
design process should be focused
on 3D, so everyone is working with
exactly the same information the
design engineer intended.
Third, a geometrical product
specification will deliver higher
quality, greater collaboration
PTC and Ansys deliver Creo Ansys Simulation
The latest enhancement to PTC’s
award-winning Creo computeraided
design (CAD) software
includes the fi rst CAD offering
with Ansys’s (NASDAQ: ANSS)
high-fi delity solvers, enabling
users to rapidly simulate
design outcomes with a high
degree of accuracy. Creo Ansys
Simulation brings simulation
into the modeling environment
and democratizes a critical
technology that can help cut
costs and improve quality and
time to market. The launch
marks the second anniversary
of the PTC and Ansys strategic
alliance.
“Ansys and PTC are rapidly
delivering on our common goal to
seamlessly integrate simulation
into product design” said Mark
Hindsbo, Vice President & General
Manager, Design Business Unit,
Ansys. “This next joint offering
expands the simulation capabilities
for designers in Creo and, equally
importantly, offers integrated
workfl ows between PTC’s and
Ansys’s products to benefi t our
customers, many of whom are
already joint customers.”
As a follow on to the Creo
7.0 launch that introduced
breakthrough innovations in
generative design, real-time
simulation, multibody design,
and additive manufacturing, Creo
Ansys Simulation enables design
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engineers to conduct high-fi delity
structural, modal, and thermal
analyses of their products for a
seamless design refi nement and
validation process. Creo Ansys
Simulation’s high accuracy solvers
complement the real time design
guidance Creo users can already
enjoy from Creo Simulation Live,
released in February 2018 together
with Ansys.
“We’re really excited about PTC
and Ansys taking the next big
step to deliver on the vision for
true simulation-driven design
that’s been in the marketplace for
decades,” said Brian Thompson,
Divisional Vice President and
General Manager, CAD Segment,
PTC. “Creo Ansys Simulation
enables companies get better
products to market faster at less
cost. That’s digital transformation,
with the designer in the front seat.”
between
professionals
of all types in
the enterprise, and
greater efficiency.
Remember, all changes to a
model ripple to all parts of the
company.
Increasingly we’ll see MBD as
being a cornerstone of digital
transformation. At PTC, we call it
‘getting your digital house in
order’. I work with customers
who may have engaged with
us because they know we
lead in IoT and AR, but
when we get into a
discussion, they see that
the first step in realizing
value from these technologies
is making sure they have rich,
full-fidelity 3D data from
engineering. MBD is absolutely
part of that and it’s why our CAD
business has done so well during
the pandemic. MADE
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