Aerospace and defense SENER

Complex aerospace work gets a boost from Solid Edge

Product Synchronous Solid Edge technology speeds collaborative design Business challenges projects by allowing fast modifications to Shorter project timeframes any geometry Complex designs Ongoing design modifications Multidisciplinary engineering SENER Ingenería y Sistemas Keys to success S.A. (SENER) is an engineering, Solid Edge with synchronous and systems inte- technology gration company backed by Ability to modify designs more than 50 years of experi- created in other CAD systems ence. Innovation, commitment to quality and independence No need to know model’s are the company’s values. history Founded in , SENER has Support from Pixel Sistemas become an international leader in a number of domains, including civil engi- Results neering and architecture, Faster design changes New level of engineering productivity Ability to focus on designing instead of operating the “ The most notable characteristic CAD software “Design without creative of Solid Edge with synchronous limits” technology is the ability to make real-time modifications.”

Alfredo Fernández Designer, Structures and Mechanisms Section SENER

www.siemens.com/solidedge “ We attribute our new levels aerospace engineering, aero- of productivity to Solid Edge. nautics and vehicles, actuator Before Solid Edge, we spent and control systems, power and a lot of time thinking about processes, and marine engi- how to construct a model. neering. SENER employs more Now we can focus on the than 2,500 professionals at design.” 13 offices around the world. Countries represented include Alfredo Fernández Algiers, , the United Designer Arab Emirates, , , Structures and , and Spain. Mechanisms Section SENER SENER regards research and development (R&D) as an important component of its work, with the design process integral to its success. “We spend 15 to SENER chose Solid Edge® software from 20 percent of our time on R&D, and 15 Siemens PLM Software as its new design percent of that is self-financed,” says platform. “Pixel presented Solid Edge as a Fernando Artigas Azkoaga, chief of the new and better way to design,” says company’s Structures and Mechanisms Gogenola. “When we saw how it worked section. in a real design scenario, we were con- vinced that the Pixel proposal was the way Like other engineering companies, SENER to go. They understood our needs, our has had to find ways to work faster. “We business and how to help.” SENER is still dedicate ourselves to making prototypes, relying on Pixel Sistemas for technical sup- which we must deliver within increasingly port and “to further tune our design sys- short timeframes,” Germán Jaio Gogenola, tem,” Gogenola adds. coordinator of designers in the Structures and Mechanisms section. The tight dead- From the designer’s point of view, the lines led the company to consider upgrad- transition to Solid Edge was not difficult, ing its design software. “We must be alert thanks to the software’s ease of use. “Solid to new developments in CAD (computer- Edge is very intuitive compared to other aided design),” Gogenola explains. programs,” says Alfredo Fernández, a designer in the Structures and Mechanisms New and better way to design section. “It is the easiest [CAD software] With assistance from Pixel Sistemas, a to use that we have found.” Siemens PLM Software channel partner,

“ Solid Edge is very intuitive compared to other programs. It is the easiest [CAD software] to use that we have found.”

Alfredo Fernández Designer Structures and Mechanisms Section SENER Solutions/Services Solid Edge is currently being Solid Edge with used on two large aerospace synchronous technology projects. One involves the www.siemens.com/solidedge design of an optical instrument that will travel onboard SEOSAT/Ingenio, Spain’s first Customer’s primary business earth observation satellite. The SENER Ingenería y Sistemas second project involves a mech- S.A. is an engineering, anism that will be used to col- construction and systems lect asteroid samples. Both integration company, and projects are being done for the an international leader in a (ESA). number of domains, including civil engineering and architec- Modifications in real time files transferred from any other CAD sys- ture, aerospace engineering, The designs for these projects are highly tem, even if we have not had experience aeronautics and vehicles, complex, and the work is complicated by with that software,” Fernández explains. actuator and control systems, critical thermal requirements, as well as “We can make changes without knowing power and processes, and difficult assembly and manufacturing pro- the model’s history. Any Solid Edge user marine engineering. cesses. According to Fernández, the design can pick up a part made by any other user www.sener.es process is characterized by “continuous and work on it without knowing how it modification,” which is why Solid Edge is was made or consulting with the original so useful for these projects. “Solid Edge engineer, yet the original intent is Customer location gives us a faster and more flexible way of maintained.” Madrid making changes than we had previously,” Spain Fernández says. “This speeds up the design process a lot,” Fernández continues, “especially our He is referring specifically to Solid Edge design process, which requires continuous “ Solid Edge is very intuitive with synchronous technology, which design modifications. We attribute our compared to other pro- allows him and his colleagues to edit most new levels of productivity to Solid Edge. grams. It is the easiest types of geometry, regardless of which Before Solid Edge, we spent a lot of time [CAD software] to use that CAD system or which designer created it. thinking about how to construct a model. we have found.” “The most notable characteristic of Solid Now we can focus on the design.” Alfredo Fernández Edge with synchronous technology is the Designer ability to make real-time modifications,” Another advantage with Solid Edge is a Structures and says Fernández. “The steering wheel is the better ability to manage revisions. “We Mechanisms Section jewel in the crown. With it, we can handle now have speed and flexibility when man- SENER any type of modification such as move, aging documents and files,” Fernández extrude, rotate, and so on.” adds. Overall, the move to Solid Edge has given the company’s designers a new way A key advantage with synchronous tech- of thinking about their work. “It’s a new nology is that users don’t need knowledge mentality – design without creative limits,” of how a CAD model was constructed in he concludes. order to modify it. “We can now work with

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