BROOMFIELD, Colo.—PowerDELTA, recently released by Exa® Corporation to enhance the product development process, is reported to streamline and automate the simulation model creation process by enabling multiple and time-consuming meshing tasks to be performed in a single, integrated application that’s easy to use. Some of the key core technologies for the new product are provided by Spatial Corp., a provider of 3D development components for design, manufacturing, and engineering applications.
PowerDELTA uses Spatial’s 3D InterOp to import and heal native CAD models, reducing or eliminating translation problems commonly encountered in the CAD to CAE process, according to Spatial. Functioning as the CAD engine, the 3D ACIS Modeler empowers users to perform CAD operations on the imported geometry, reportedly enhancing their model preparation and meshing capabilities and improving response times to design changes at any stage of the development process.
“PowerDELTA is a novel approach to merging the CAE meshing and geometry modeling environments, and Spatial’s 3D InterOp and ACIS components provide critical portions of our product,” stated Dr. Paul Stewart, Exa’s director of product management.
Exa selected ACIS and 3D InterOp for their breadth of capability and ability to handle all native CAD formats, particularly CATIA V4 and V5 and Pro/E. These two formats are widely used by Exa’s customers in the automotive industry, the company says.
Spatial’s 3D development components enable Exa to address vehicle product development throughout the entire design and engineering process by offering what Spatial calls “a complete digital simulation solution,” a trend that the industry is embracing. PowerDELTA provides for import of a full bill of materials and records all geometric operations with a process audit trail. ACIS enables PowerDELTA to function like a solid modeling tool, allowing any changes to be rolled back through the process history tree. The result, the company says, is a solution that advances design and analysis collaboration and speeds time to market.
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