Contact featuringBeckman Coulter Focuson Life Sciences mag andLower TCO Adoptionwith More Openness V6R2010x:Accelerating V6 Page 24 Page Solutionfor Composites Time50% with DS PLM ManufacturingEngineering GKNAerospace Reduces GKN 22 Page Central MaterialsCompliance Revenueswith ENOVIA Protects$1 Billion in AgilentTechnologies Inc. AGILENT 6 Page solution spotlight solution success story success story success 10 04 2010 Editorial Americas Welcome to the 10th issue of Contact mag for the Americas, an issue that marks a major ds digest milestone in the history of Dassault Systèmes: 4 A Roundup of Recent DS News and the integration of IBM PLM sales, marketing Upcoming Events and operations into the company.

This integration is a logical next step in the solution spotlight evolution of the 28-year partnership between DS 6 V6R2010x: Accelerating Adoption with More and IBM. It also is a major step forward in simplifying and streamlining the relationship Openness and Lower TCO between DS and its ecosystem of customers and partners. 26 Virtual Ergonomics: Designing for Human Factors Customers no longer need to ask themselves where the responsibility of DS ends and the responsibility of IBM begins. DS now owns the entire feature relationship with our customers, simplifying everything from account 8 The Evolution of Life Sciences service to contracts. At the same time, however, it preserves the relationships, skills and deep knowledge of the IBM PLM team. DS 10 Beckman Coulter Advances Biomedical Device offered positions to all full-time IBM PLM team members worldwide, and Development with V6 PLM approximately 97% of them are now DS employees. Their knowledge and At Dassault Systèmes, training will become part of the fabric of DS. 12 Elekta Ensures Regulatory Compliance with ENOVIA Although the relationship between IBM and DS has evolved, the two companies’ proven and valuable partnership endures. The new IBM-DS 14 Firsthand Technology Helps Doctors Reduce Burn Innovation is in our DNA global alliance will continue to provide PLM middleware, infrastructure Victims’ Pain with 3DVIA Virtools technology, professional services, IBM Global Financing, and a future direction in new delivery models such as cloud computing. We also are 16 Sunshine Heart Helps Optimize Heart Pump with actively investigating new areas in which to expand the relationship. Abaqus FEA From SIMULIA 18 EwingCole DMG and BERCHTOLD Bring After spending more than 25 years with IBM, the last three as global vice Operating Room Design to Life with 3DVIA Innovation is the lifeblood of Life Sciences president of IBM PLM, I am confident this is the right evolution for both Virtools organizations working to improve the companies, for our people, and – more importantly – for our customers. condition of precious human lives. That’s why As the new managing director of Dassault Systèmes in the Americas, I look forward to meeting and serving you. Together, we will make your in practice the world’s leading Pharmaceutical, Medical company – and ours – even more successful in the future. 20 Tips & Tricks: CATIA Knowledgeware Device and Patient Care companies depend on Dassault Systèmes (DS) 3D and Product In my new role at DS, I also am pleased to bring you this issue of Contact mag. Customers in the life sciences space, in particular, will success story Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions to find much in this issue to help them succeed in the face of 22 Agilent Technologies Inc. Protects $1 Billion in master their highly regulated product unprecedented challenges. The potential of the virtual world made Revenues with ENOVIA Materials Compliance possible through 3D PLM is enormous, including digitization of Central development challenges and accelerate time complex phenomena, tests in virtual models, and an entirely new to market, collaboratively and efficiently. Learn form of treatment called cybertherapy. DS customers are at the 24 GKN Aerospace Reduces Manufacturing how DS industry-specific solutions are catalysts forefront of leveraging PLM to optimize new drug creation, Engineering Time 50% with DS PLM Solution for establish new medical protocols, and improve the efficiency Composites for innovation in Life Sciences. of patient care. We hope this issue of Contact mag will help you discover how these leaders in life sciences, and in other industries, are changing our world for the better with DS PLM. Visit www.3ds.com/life-sciences Contact mag The Americas PLM Magazine published by Dassault Systèmes Americas - 900 Chelmsford Road, Tower 2, Floor 5 - Lowell, MA 01851 - USA • Publication Executive: Kathie Johnson • Chief Editor: Bernadette Hearne • Photo credits: Dassault Systèmes’ customers and partners • Printed in USA

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HEAR DS LIVE AND IN PERSON AT All,” a paper from SAE International on how PLM 2.0 brings real- UPCOMING CONFERENCES time collaboration to life. Download it at www.plmv5.com/ The Dassault Systèmes customers will have the opportunity to hear DS live saepaper09/ and in person at a number of upcoming events, including PDx/ • “Value-stream Management with PLM for Competitive Advantage,” e Tribe amerimold, SAMPE, and IMTS. which explains how PLM can help industrial equipment companies Collaborativ ere achieve real efficiencies and savings. Download it at www.plmv5. DS will be in Booth 224 at PDx/amerimold, May 11-13 at the Duke com/valuestreamsPLM/ Season Premi Energy Center in Cincinnati. DS will present “Seven Ways to Thrive in a • “Business Value of 3D Virtual Planning, Simulation and Training in Competitive, Global Environment,” along with a short “Tech Talk” in the the Energy Industry,” which explains how visualization technology Pavilion. For more information, visit www.pdx-amerimold.com can help energy companies reduce risk and cut costs. Download it at www.plmv5.com/energywhitepaper/ DS will be in Booth 124 at SAMPE 2010, May 17-20 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle. Rani Richardson of DS will present MEYER WERFT, “Working with Carbon Fibers in a 3D World.” For more information, visit OPTIMAL ENERGY ARE www.sampe.org LATEST V6 ADOPTERS MEYER WERFT, one of the world’s leading Visit DS in Booth E4132 at IMTS 2010, September 13-18 at builders of cruise ships, and Optimal McCormick Place in Chicago. NC Kishore of DS will present Energy, a South African car manufacturer “Advantages of an Integrated NC Programming & Simulation Strategy” that is developing Africa’s first battery- and David Segal of DS will present “Using PLM to Enhance Value powered vehicle, are the latest companies to announce that they have Stream Management for Competitive Advantage.” For more information, adopted the Dassault Systèmes V6 PLM solution. visit www.imts.com Building cruise ships requires design and production logistics to For a complete list of DS events in the US and Canada, please visit manage more than 10 million different parts, putting exceptionally high www.3ds.com/company/regional-spotlights/north-america. And mark requirements on the features and performance of a PLM system. “Our your calendars now for the next Dassault Systèmes Customer decision for the V6 solution was based on several key factors, including Conference, November 9-10 in Orlando. We hope to see you there! its powerful combination of 3D and PLM infrastructure,” said Lambert Kruse, managing director, MEYER WERFT. DS WHITE PAPERS OFFER PROVEN Optimal Energy will rely on DS CATIA and ENOVIA V6 for product INDUSTRY STRATEGIES design and data management. “Everything is in the same platform DS is offering a collection of white papers and interconnected,” said Anton Greeff, chief mechanical engineer. “If for the medical device, consumer someone needs information on the product, there is only one place packaged goods (CPG), apparel, they have to go and look.” automotive, industrial equipment, and energy industries, all available for download. The papers are: For more information, please visit www.3ds.com/v6

• “Delivering Innovation and Quality with Common Processes: A DS LAUNCHES RELEASE 20 OF V5 PLM PLATFORM Medical Device Manufacturer’s Case Study,” a look at bridging the DS has launched Release 20 of its collaborative V5 PLM portfolio, gap between innovation and compliance. Download it at www. including enhancements to and a new 3D viewer for its ENOVIA plmv5.com/MDCSwhitepaper/ SmarTeam multi-CAD collaboration software, integration of SIMULIA’s • “Achieving Better, Faster, Smarter Innovation,” which describes how nonlinear and thermal realistic solution capabilities into the V5 platform, CPG companies can use PLM to drive top-line growth. Download it plus unique composites design and simulation capabilities in the CATIA at www.plmv5.com/cpgindustry/ and SIMULIA brand portfolios. • “Timing is Everything,” a white paper by Apparel magazine that Watch the episodes and join the Tribe! examines the need for strong PLM calendar management solutions. V5R20 also features various enhancements across the entire product Download it at www.plmv5.com/globalcalendarmgmt/ portfolio, furthering support for production deployments and overall • “The Future of Automotive Design and Development: 3D PLM for usability. For more information, please visit www.3ds.com/v5r20 http://thecollaborativetribe.3ds.com FAMILY OF BRANDS

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CIMdata found that V6 users are experiencing savings of up to 83% in IT operations, 10-30% in IT development, 5-25% in IT infrastructure and software, and 10-50% in training costs.

company’s business processes without assets to consumers and other collaborators interrupting the production workflow.” by enabling the publishing of lightweight 3D The Growing V6 Family models to the 3DVIA.com online community V6 has quickly gained adopters in Other TCO advantages noted by CIMdata with a single click. V6R2010x also includes almost every industry. Among the include integration among products in the new solutions for non-expert users, such as platform’s announced users are: By Fabien Fedida] V6 suite, a single logical data store, tools to DELMIA Live products for design for Piaggio Aero Industries and Eaton (aero); Babcock & Wilcox Power aid tailoring and data migration, configuration assembly and manufacturing device Generation Group, Oceaneering, and tools, and a consistent user interface across simulation, and SIMULIA’s DesignSight Stork GLT (energy); Skanska Accelerating Adoption all capabilities. CIMdata found that V6 users Thermal for up-front, realistic thermal (architecture); Procter & Gamble V6R2010x: are experiencing savings of up to 83% in IT simulation. V6R2010x also enhances (CPG); novero, Nikon and Lexmark operations, 10-30% in IT development, previously announced products, including (high tech); Guess?, Under Armour, with More Openness and Lower TCO 5-25% in IT infrastructure and software, and CATIA Live Shape for non-CAD specialists, and Trent Ltd. (apparel); Hoffman 10-50% in training costs. and SIMULIA DesignSight Structure. Enclosures (industrial equipment); Johnson Controls, Great Wall Motors, Integrate and transition New industry solutions include the ENOVIA Optimal Energy, and Renault (auto); V6 allows for With approximately 250 customers “Our V6 solution was installed in just two with ease Life Sciences Accelerator for Regulatory Beckman Coulter (life sciences); worldwide, implementations that are being days,” said Robert Zuffada, CIO, Piaggio The V6 open platform and its service- Affairs; apparel sourcing and material MEYER WERFT (shipbuilding); continuous evolution of Dialog Semiconductor and INSIDE accomplished in a matter of days, and Aero Industries. “I must admit that I expected oriented architecture gives users management capabilities for the fashion Contactless (semiconductor); and TÜV a company’s business attractive total cost of ownership (TCO) some sort of hitch. But the implementation unprecedented flexibility to integrate with industry; an integrated platform for artwork, Rheinland (business services). processes without results, Dassault Systèmes’ open V6 went extremely smoothly. We only needed a other enterprise applications and data package and formula collaboration for CPG; interrupting the platform is gaining significant momentum as day’s training each. We did this on a seat- sources, such as CAD, ERP and CRM, and and CATIA Circuit Board Design’s new the world’s first to deliver on the promise of by-seat basis and made sure that we complete their implementations in record ECAD/MCAD collaboration functionality. senior executive vice president, Products- production workflow. PLM 2.0. addressed any issues or concerns there and time, in keeping with the DS commitment to The momentum of DS’s extensive vertical Research and Development, Dassault then. The speed with which we’ve been able enable easy transitions for V6 customers in solutions will also be enhanced by open Systèmes. “It enables them to create and That momentum is set to accelerate with to use the solutions has been remarkable.” all industries. APIs and the contribution of DS software share their IP and 3D experiences with the the recent release of V6R2010x. As part of partners to industry business process ease of use of common Internet tools and that release, DS has opened the V6 CIMdata: V6 users achieve “By following a clear path, the V6R2009 coverage. the control required in industrial Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) lower TCO implementation team has been able to companies”•) to the more than 6,500 developers in the Piaggio’s experience is consistent with the rapidly realize the business value for In addition, V6R2010x extends the DS mid- DS ecosystem. Opening the APIs will permit findings of a new report from CIMdata, upgrading to V6R2009 by delivering market PLM Express offer to the shop floor developers to build online PLM 2.0 which documents that companies demonstrable performance improvements with a full-featured machining CAD/CAM For more information: applications, creating a multiplier effect that implementing V6 are achieving significant and new feature benefits,” said Gary Steiner, solution, and adds interactive 3D technical A complete list of functionality will extend the portfolio more quickly to reductions in total cost of ownership. The V6 applications manager, Babcock & Wilcox illustration capabilities. Mid-market enhancements in R2010x is available at more users in all industries. service-oriented architecture (SOA) is a Power Generation Group Inc. customers also gain the ability to easily www.3ds.com/V6 major contributor to the savings. “In V6, transition their V5 ENOVIA SmarTeam data The release also included several new “live” administrators can update all data models, Expanding PLM to new management functionality to V6 PLM To download the CIMdata V6 TCO products for non-expert users, and new the common database scheme, and all user communities Express implementations. report, please visit www.plmv5.com/v6 mid-market data management transition interfaces while the PLM solutions are Consistent with the PLM 2.0 value of fully capabilities, delivering unparalleled running,” CIMdata reports. “This reduces engaging an innovation ecosystem, the “The V6R2010x platform delivers new and openness, transition simplicity and ease of maintenance costs and minimizes work V6R2010x release continues to expand unique capabilities that connect users within use for new and existing PLM users in nearly disruption.” CIMdata also notes that V6 PLM to entirely new communities of users. their companies or with external online every industry. “allows for continuous evolution of a V6’s Live Distiller opens the use of PLM communities,” said Dominique Florack,

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Jean Colombel has more than 20 years of experience in the software industry for life sciences. He held executive management positions for sales and marketing in Europe, the USA private research data, already plays an Solutions for patient care and Japan. He is currently Director, important role. Initially, 3D emerged as a In patient care, cybertherapy offers Life Sciences Industry, for Dassault powerful modeling tool for molecular tremendous promise, from helping devise Systèmes, where he is responsible structures, medical equipment, and as a new therapies for phobias to designing for defining, coordinating and way to illustrate how drugs interact in the more effective operating rooms. With virtual promoting the DS offering and market human body. Today, however, managing the reality, highly personalized treatments positioning for the pharmaceutical, entire product lifecycle is essential. Product become more cost-effective and pervasive, biotech, agrochemical, medical Lifecycle Management (PLM) provides and investments in facilities and equipment device, and patient care markets. precisely the collaborative data engine can be optimized through superior design. By Jean Colombel needed to drive the next great wave of ] patient care innovation. The EU-funded VEPSY research project for current in vivo and in vitro processes with clinical psychology, for example, uses computer-driven in silico R&D. Again, the goal Highly regulated and in need simulation to bring patients face-to-face is to spark the same productivity revolution The of of re-invention with four virtual worlds based on scenarios that occurred in other industries with the Evolution Life Sciences The life sciences industry is one of the most defined by psychiatrists specialized in introduction of PLM. Among other things, in highly regulated sectors. Whether a treating a variety of social phobia. 3DVIA silico R&D will help to accelerate the discovery The Life Sciences industry is moving toward connected communities company develops pharmaceuticals or Virtools development solutions for realistic and commercialization of new and safer drugs of patients, doctors, researchers, pharmaceutical and medical designs and manufactures medical 3D environments enable all those involved in to save lives. Dassault Systèmes’ engineering companies, working together with regulatory agencies scanners, respecting an ever-increasing the research project to actively collaborate V6 integrated platform, to develop products where drugs, medical devices and services number of regulations chips away at at a distance during simulation. Connecting communities the company’s next- merge into a single combined product. This community approach productivity and forces companies to with V6 will promote information sharing and capitalization. Among the reinvent their ways of working. The goal is to Solutions for molecule- The life sciences industry is an aggregation reproduce the same phenomenal leaps in of multiple communities, sometimes linked generation PLM 2.0 challenges ahead: Giving these communities the tools and technology driven care productivity and innovation in the life Molecule-driven care covers all the diverse by the same science (medicine, biology, environment, enables to shrink distances and grow collaboration. sciences sector that PLM brought to the areas where the molecule is the kernel of the chemistry, mechanical), sometimes by the users to create and automotive and aerospace industries. industry. It ranges from the pharmaceutical same goal (availability of a new drug, a new collaborate online in In the discovery-driven world of life sciences, Therein lies the challenge. The life sciences industry to the phyto-sanitary sector to the device). These communities generate and real-time via an a profound transformation is afoot. Gone are industry has myriad specializations, job Solutions for medical devices cosmetics world. manage fantastic amounts of data in multiple the days of research, development, and profiles and processes. Laboratories and Dassault Systèmes (DS) has solutions to formats around the globe every day. immersive, lifelike commercialization teams operating in development sites span the globe. The address all three life sciences pillars. For While demand for new drugs continues, the experience. isolation. The hallmark of tomorrow’s life diversity of patient profiles and needs is medical devices, DS offers an entire portfolio molecule-driven care industry’s current Connecting these communities and opening sciences sector will be a comprehensive- staggering. The only way to ensure that a for a process-driven development approach. business model, often characterized by up silos of information is possible thanks to care approach where diverse teams work in comprehensive-care approach will succeed To address the industry’s strict regulatory isolated research and development teams, the Dassault Systèmes V6 integrated concert to improve life for patients through is to create a collaborative knowledge and constraints, DS has developed life sciences is increasingly unsustainable and unable to platform, the company’s next-generation innovative therapies supported by new know-how-sharing environment capable of accelerators in the ENOVIA product line that produce treatments demanded by the global PLM 2.0 environment that enables users to drugs and medical devices. pulling down isolated information silos to help companies adhere to quality criteria. community, despite being feasible due to create and collaborate online in real-time via allow a free flow of knowledge and ideas. The ENOVIA Life Sciences Accelerator for scientific progress. an immersive, lifelike experience. The A clear illustration of this transformation is a Quality Issues focuses on four high-profile, enablement of this new community strategy major trend called “combined product.” While Workflow is good, PLM is regulated business processes within the Optimizing enterprise processes to facilitate with V6 is poised to become a catalyst for pharmaceutical researchers work to develop better Quality Management System: Corrective new discoveries and increase business innovation and discovery in an industry the best drug, others actively explore how to Software can be the bridge that makes and Preventive Action (CAPA), competitiveness through PLM is the goal of faced with some of the biggest challenges combine drugs with medical devices or other comprehensive care a reality, bringing Nonconformance Reports (NCRs), Product the DS molecule-driven care portfolio. It confronting humankind•) therapies into a single, integrated treatment to together the molecule-driven care Complaints, and Quality Audits. To address ranges from the Biointelligence Research provide new, innovative patient services. To (pharmaceutical, phyto-sanitary, cosmetic), the industry’s product development Project, designed to advance the biological For more information: achieve this vision, however, requires medical device, and patient care domains – requirements, SIMULIA offers a product dimension of PLM, to solutions to optimize [email protected] unprecedented collaboration. It will only occur the three pillars of life sciences – to the portfolio for realistic simulation of devices, regulatory processes like drug labeling, if all actors can share information and build profound benefit of patients and physicians. robust designs, and simulation lifecycle allowing drugs to become available to patients www.3ds.com/solutions/life-sciences upon a common foundation. 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feature « the Dassault Systèmes product suite gives us a big advantage because it has all of the best-in-class solutions and a favorable cost structure and learning curve. Don Dorff, Senior Projects Administrator, Beckman Coulter

“ENOVIA does that same operation in less 3DVIA Composer incorporated in final assembly reports, than 30 minutes, and there’s no question dramatically reduces providing detailed product traceability from that you have the right data,” says Don documentation change times the smallest part to a total assembly. Dorff, senior projects administrator at Beckman Coulter wanted a manufacturing Beckman Coulter. and assembly documentation solution that Faster time to market and could take design data from SolidWorks and improved quality and value SolidWorks also contributes to substantial maintain the data relationships, but keep it for customers Advances Biomedical time and cost savings. “The large pool of separate from the data set used for With 3DVIA Composer, Beckman Coulter Beckman Coulter available engineers with SolidWorks regulatory documentation. “When we want routinely completes its assembly experience, its impressive support structure to make a change that has nothing to do documentation in parallel with development Device Development with V6 PLM and its short training times all contributed with form, fit or function, we don’t want to of a new product design, streamlining to an attractive cost structure for require engineering involvement or changes instrument design and assembly document As a leading developer and marketer of biomedical testing instrument implementation,” Dorff says. to the engineering data set,” says Jernail creation and release. Beckman Coulter’s systems, tests and supplies for clinical diagnostics and life sciences, Hothi, staff technical operations engineer, designers previously spent as much as 20% Beckman Coulter is subject to strict regulations. To comply, this DS PLM makes it easy to reuse existing data Instrument Assembly. of their time working on documentation,” and knowledge for new product innovation, Hothi says. “3DVIA Composer has freed up Orange County, California, company with 12,400 employees in 130

which speeds time to market. With ENOVIA, With 3DVIA Composer, users can easily 15% of their time for higher-value tasks.”

countries and 2009 annual sales of $3.3 billion must precisely control “we’ve broken the boundaries of product manipulate documents, change them, and and document data streams, processes, workflows, and audit trails at development between sites, and we’re import design changes from SolidWorks. As a V6: The Efficiency Engine « seven different sites across the US and in Germany and Japan. sharing our knowledge so that everyone can result, change order times on manufacturing Beckman Coulter perceives DS V6 as an benefit from it,” Dorff says. assembly documents in Beckman Coulter’s enterprise-level solution for all of its product we consider The company has grown, including several SolidWorks and ENOVIA three pilot projects have been cut from as much development and related compliance mergers and acquisitions that brought with them streamline design and data Because Beckman Coulter’s products utilize as a week to two days or less.“3DVIA Composer processes, and V6 as the engine to help V6 a key enabler of a wide range of disparate systems that made access many off-the-shelf components that can paid for itself, including software, hardware and enable additional efficiencies and continued our ability to manage collaboration and knowledge-sharing difficult. With product development spread across become unavailable, the ability to redesign training, in less than 120 days,” Dorff says. excellence in its business. “Our goal is to and integrate change Therefore, Beckman Coulter sought a platform three continents, Beckman Coulter needed a quickly is imperative. ENOVIA allows achieve operating excellence by enabling that would quickly integrate the operations of way for different groups to share and re-use Beckman Coulter to quickly identify the First-pass yield – errors found by Quality operational autonomy for our various in a rapidly evolving new acquisitions while enabling the company to designs across locations and product lines. It current design, substitute a part from another Assurance (QA) after the first assembly businesses while providing the appropriate company. better leverage its intellectual property across a also needed to securely store and back up supplier, and modify the design to get the attempt – has improved by more than 20%, level of corporate governance,” says Lora global and highly matrixed organization. critical design and manufacturing data. “With revised product into production quickly. Hothi says, which raises Beckman Coulter’s Kerr, Director of Business Process, Cellular Lora Kerr, Director of Business Process, Cellular Analysis ENOVIA, we can access the large data sets end-customer satisfaction rates Analysis Business Group. “We consider V6 Business Group, Beckman Coulter In 2007, Beckman Coulter began our products require across several sites even higher. Improved prod- a key enabler of our ability to manage and standardizing on Dassault Systèmes (DS) without bringing our corporate LAN to its uction and process control and integrate change in a rapidly evolving Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), knees,” says Steve Campbell, director, improved employee training with company. Dassault Systèmes is helping us including SolidWorks for 3D product design, Application Services at Beckman Coulter. 3DVIA Composer also are drive our products to where we think they ENOVIA for global collaborative product “And because our data exists at all sites, contributing to impressive ease need to be”•) lifecycle management, and 3DVIA Composer we’re never at risk of losing our compliance in complying with regulations. for virtual product documentation. In 2009, history or documentation.” Animated instructions with the company continued its standardization isometric views reduce For more information: strategy by selecting DS PLM Version 6 (V6) In the past, a designer could spend several manufacturing errors, and www.beckmancoulter.com to manage its product development and days locating all the data for a design and traceability with associated ID related compliance processes. verifying that each piece was current. numbers and time stamps are 10 Contact mag | Dassault Systèmes Americas Contact mag | Dassault Systèmes Americas 11 Elekta Synergy® is the first advanced multi-functional linear accelerator with intensity modulated radiation therapy and image guided radiation therapy. feature

Elekta Neuroscience continues to advance

significant innovations for treating cancer

and brain disorders. « we’re looking forward to V6 so that we can benefit from even more efficiency, thanks to a faster system, better maintenance, and a solution that is more adjustable to our needs. Bo Nilsson, R&D manager, Eletka

By Erik Johansson ] areas of product development, including interface and a smarter view of our work,” success. “The inspectors were very satisfied administration, security, workflow and says Christian Rossby, design engineer, with our system, which gave them a clear integration. It provides a single digital source Elekta. “Thanks to ENOVIA, we can ensure and honest view of our operations,” Nilsson of information, consolidating all engineering that everyone looks at the single version of says. “Authorities don’t have any reason to data and processes across the product the truth.” question anything since transparency in the

lifecycle. “Even at an early stage, our system helps avoid mistakes and misunder­

Elekta Ensures Regulatory management had big plans for ENOVIA,” The company uses ENOVIA Designer standings. As a matter of fact, the FDA says Bo Nilsson, R&D manager, Eletka. “A Central to integrate its CAD data. In addition, praised us by saying that we have excellent « Compliance with ENOVIA global company like Elekta requires a robust Elekta is planning to expand global control over our information.” PLM system.” collaboration between offices through PLM Elekta relies on ENOVIA to consolidate all engineering data and and integrate more partners in the system. Elekta will transition to ENOVIA V6 in the We have a very Elekta has design centers in Sweden, the “It’s a big advantage for our purchasers to near future. “ENOVIA has saved us a lot of processes across the product lifecycle and to provide its 2,500 intuitive user interface UK and China. Each office is responsible for work with subcontractors who are already time,” Nilsson says. “It’s now much easier to employees and partners with a single digital source of information. and a smarter view designing different parts of a treatment integrated in the system,” Nilsson says. find a particular document or plan than it With ENOVIA, Elekta can manage vast amounts of product data and system. Elekta uses ENOVIA Engineering Elekta also plans to link its ERP system and was before. We’re looking forward to V6 so of our work. Thanks easily locate documents and process information for audits. Central to facilitate communication and ENOVIA so that data can be seamlessly that we can benefit from even more to ENOVIA, we can collaboration among these teams, as well as transferred between the systems. efficiency, thanks to a faster system, better ensure that everyone Elekta is a pioneer in innovative clinical a unique challenge that sets them apart from with its sales, service, production facilities maintenance, and a solution that is more solutions for the treatment of cancer and other manufacturers – the high degree of and external resources. It also uses Successful audits adjustable t­­­o our needs,” he says•) looks at the single brain disorders. Based in Sweden and with regulation imposed by governments to Engineering Central to manage parts and ENOVIA has helped Elekta to more efficiently version of the truth. approximately 2,500 employees worldwide, ensure product quality. A crucial part of bills of material (BOMs), and drive its global adhere to FDA regulations and provide For more information: Elekta is the global leader in image-guided Elekta’s activities is monitoring and adhering Christian Rossby, Design product development and change auditors with the information they require www.elekta.com Engineer, Elekta and stereotactic clinical solutions for to regulations established by the U.S. Food processes. “We have a very intuitive user immediately. A recent FDA audit was a total radiosurgery and radiation therapy, giving and Drug Administration (FDA) as well as radiation oncologists and neurosurgeons an other international regulators. These unprecedented capability to aggressively regulatory bodies expect Elekta to master treat tumors with ultra-high precision without vast amounts of data. During an audit, for damage to nearby healthy tissue. example, the company must be able to quickly provide any document related to its Introduced in 1972, Elekta’s solutions in products and development processes. To oncology and neurosurgery are used in more improve its ability to respond, Elekta replaced than 5,000 hospitals worldwide, which each its paper-based data management system day provide more than 100,000 patients with five years ago with ENOVIA for product diagnosis, treatment or follow-up thanks to development and compliance. Elekta’s advanced technology. Extending collaboration Compliance to regulations: with ENOVIA The non-invasive treatment is shaped by beams of ionizing The system delivers prescribed doses/shots of radiation Collimator close-up a premium concern With ENOVIA, Elekta has a flexible, radiation that have sufficient penetration to reach even the in compliance with a pre-prepared treatment plan, to the Companies in the life sciences industry face enterprise-wide PLM solution that covers all most deeply seated tumors. exact site of the target, sparing the surrounding tissue.

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feature « Immersing themselves in SnowWorld draws patients’ minds away from the pain and blocks their view of the real world for a while. 3DVIA Virtools has become an integral part of our research team’s success. Dr. Hunter Hoffman, Director of the VR Analgesia Research Center, University of Washington Schools of Medicine and Engineering

company also develops applications ranging taken significant time on other platforms. Firsthand Technology uses a range of from treatment of post-traumatic stress But with 3DVIA Virtools, we can fine-tune graphics solutions from DS technology disorder to medical training scenarios, and quickly and easily.” partner NVIDIA, the world leader in visual optimizes software interfaces to extend the computing tools. “We prefer the impact of factors such as sound, touch and “3DVIA Virtools is versatile enough to let us professional-quality NVIDIA Quadro

visuals in VR environments. explore a variety of options without investing solution for our development environment,

Firsthand Technology Helps Doctors Reduce so much time and effort testing out an idea and the Geforce cards targeted to the Flexibility for change that we feel locked into keeping the change consumer market enable us to deploy Burn« Victims’ Pain with 3DVIA Virtools “We originally built versions of SnowWorld in regardless of its usefulness,” Dr. Hoffman SnowWorld more affordably in hospitals,” other software applications, but we needed confirms. “Virtools has become an integral Rose says. something more flexible,” Hollander says. part of our research team’s success.” Burn patients must endure both their initial injuries and the our “So we rebuilt SnowWorld with 3DVIA “In the 3DVIA Virtools version of SnowWorld, excruciating wound care treatments that follow. But pain experts clients Virtools from Dassault Systèmes to make it Simply powerful the snow-flakes are just incredible,” at the University of Washington School of Medicine are using a appreciate simpler to modify. The flexibility of 3DVIA The fact that 3DVIA Virtools is easy for non- Dr. Hoffman says, and increased realism 3D virtual reality (VR) application called SnowWorld, developed by Virtools allows SnowWorld’s creators to programmers to use is one of its biggest helps contribute to improved immersion, that they doctors and built by Firsthand Technology in 3DVIA Virtools, to more easily test different experimental advantages, Rose says. “I can put my which leads to greater the pain relief. “The can see their concepts distract patients from their pain. In many cases, patients experience hypotheses and identify factors relevant to ideas directly into practice. Rather than software takes full advantage of the faster evolve quickly, not just a lowered perception of pain, but as much as a 50% reduction better pain control.” relying on a team of programmers, a small, computers available today and really adds in pain-related brain activity, as documented by brain scans. nimble development team can achieve a lot a lot of 3D depth.” which enhances the With 3DVIA Virtools, Hollander says, with 3DVIA Virtools. Firsthand is a small collaborative design University of Washington researchers Although initial success with SnowWorld was developers can easily manipulate what they company, and Virtools allows us to create Programming speed is another key process and the client’s Dr. Hunter Hoffman, a virtual reality impressive, researchers suspected that a already have. “Dr. Hoffman wanted a diverse range of applications for the advantage. “3DVIA Virtools’ built-in researcher, and Dr. Dave Patterson, a pain more immersive environment would yield us to alter the field of view, for widely varied needs of our functionality and flexibility facilitate rapid satisfaction with the and hypnosis expert, created the first higher degrees of pain relief. So Hoffman and instance. That would have customers.” prototyping,” Hollander says. “Our clients final product. version of the environment they call Patterson turned to University of Washington appreciate that they can see their concepts 3DVIA Virtools’ rendering capabilities, evolve quickly, which enhances the Ari Hollander, CEO and Technical SnowWorld in 1998 using video game colleagues Howard Rose and Ari Hollander, Director, Firsthand Technology technology. SnowWorld whisks burn then part of the university’s Human Interface which allow designers to create collaborative design process and the client’s patients away to an icy canyon where Technology (HIT) lab, for assistance. dynamic shader effects and satisfaction with the final product”•) snowflakes fall and patients can shoot character animation, set it apart snowballs at snowmen and other targets. Hollander, an expert in 3D from similarly priced VR For more information: immersion technology, solutions. “The cost-to- www.firsthand.com “The immersive nature of SnowWorld is and Rose, a designer of performance ratio and ease what makes it so effective,” Hoffman says. virtual environments, of use of 3DVIA Virtools are http://uwmedicine.washington.edu “Watching the nurse work on their open formed Firsthand Tech- key factors,” Rose says. www.vrpain.com burn wounds doesn’t make for a positive nology, a “serious “3DVIA Virtools allows us experience, especially for children. games” company with to employ particles, To download the expanded flyer: Immersing themselves in SnowWorld a mission of shaders and sophisticated www.3ds.com/contactmag-extra draws patients’ minds away from the pain “making techno- textures to deliver a highly and blocks their view of the real world for logy work for realistic experience.” a while.” people.” The 14 Contact mag | Dassault Systèmes Americas Contact mag | Dassault Systèmes Americas 15 feature

Abaqus FEA submodel solution showing variation of strain

Sunshine Heart’s novel through thickness of balloon wall. C-Pulse heart pump CAD geometry of design consists of a cuff « C-Pulse unit on that encircles the aorta, which Matrix’s inflating and deflating Abaqus FEA to enhance blood flow we arrived at a design solution the first time through. models were based. and decrease the heart’s workload. Scott Miller, Manager of Mechanical Engineering, Sunshine Heart

implant, we needed to ensure that our physical that required some very unique approaches surgical implantation. Next they simulated design solution was optimized to give us the because of the way our device works, the the complete balloon “snap through” motion long-term fatigue performance required,” says materials we are using, and how the device of convex to concave and back again. Scott Miller, manager of mechanical is actually assembled,” Miller says. The Sunshine Heart Helps engineering at Sunshine Heart. “We decided balloon had to be easy to manipulate The ultimate goal of the design analysis was to look at it from a computational perspective during implant surgery; conform to the to arrive at a device shape that had the least

Optimize Heart Pump with using finite element analysis (FEA).” shape of the aorta; have the strength and variation of strain amplitude and the

flexibility to repeatedly “snap through” from maximum mean compressive strain during Miller and his product development team concave to convex and back again; an operational cycle. “It was a project with « Abaqus FEA From SIMULIA worked with technical engineering software compress the artery; and perform reliably interesting physics, and the final model we services firm Matrix Applied Computing Ltd., from initial inflation through years of use – came up with has performed very well in the It was a project Treatment for heart failure can range from drugs and defibrillators which recommended Abaqus FEA software all within a very limited space. The goal of test environment,” Campbell says. with interesting to internal heart pumps or a transplant as the final option. No single from SIMULIA, the Dassault Systèmes brand the FEA modeling was to accurately physics, and the final therapy works for everyone, and side effects and mechanical issues for realistic simulation. The software was represent the real-world behavior of the FEA provides final design can arise for the implanted pump devices. Dr. William Peters, a used to model the interaction of the C-Pulse device to guide design decisions and solution model we came up cardiothoracic surgeon and research fellow at Auckland City Hospital cuff and balloon with the aorta. “The FEA optimize the C-Pulse’s performance The FEA models more than met Sunshine with has performed in New Zealand, thinks there has to be a better way. analysis was an iterative process through every stage of this process. Heart’s requirements. “We arrived at a very well in the test design solution the first time through,” Miller Peters, who invented a minimally invasive pressure of the balloon make the aorta Element and materials says. His group has subsequently proven environment. bypass system, says common implanted pulsate in time with the heart, augmenting choices are critical that the solution holds true for different Don Campbell, Principal Engineering blood-contacting devices such as left- blood flow through the circulatory system To determine the elements to use for sizes, important for tailoring the device to Analyst, Matrix Applied Computing Ltd. ventricular assist devices (LVADs) can be and reducing total strain on the heart. A modeling the artery, cuff and balloon, Matrix individual patients. lifesavers for people awaiting transplants, battery-powered pump worn outside the created a series of test models. The material but require that the patient remain on blood body powers the device. modeling portion of the analysis was The durability of the C-Pulse design – thinners which, although they prevent clots, constrained by previously conducted simulated with Abaqus – is being borne out can increase the risk of stroke. Reliability has Peters patented his pump concept and physiology and anatomy studies. “We were by ongoing testing, Miller notes. “We have also been an issue with some heart-assist formed Sunshine Heart to develop and test given pre-existing data for the biocompatible been running devices day and night literally device designs. the device. But once the balloon was ready material (a polymer approved for medical for years now. The test machine requires to be scaled up to a human model, the device applications) from which the device regular maintenance because the C-Pulse Novel pump works from company decided it needed a more would be manufactured,” says Don keeps wearing the test unit out”•) outside the heart sophisticated design and development Campbell, principal engineering analyst with As an alternative, Peters conceived of a approach to reduce lead time and provide a Matrix. “The Ogden hyperelastic material novel pump system called the C-Pulse, level of confidence that long-term performance model in Abaqus provided an excellent fit For more information: which works inside the body but outside the would satisfy physicians’ requirements. with the experimental data.” www.sunshineheart.com bloodstream. It consists of a cuff that wraps To download the expanded case study: around the aorta, with a membrane (balloon) FEA Helps Optimize Fatigue With the FEA models of the C-Pulse set up, www.3ds.com/contactmag-extra that inflates and deflates against the vessel’s Performance Matrix ran simulations to determine what external walls. The positive and negative “Because C-Pulse is essentially a permanent shape the device’s balloon should be during 16 Contact mag | Dassault Systèmes Americas Contact mag | Dassault Systèmes Americas 17

feature « the interactive, immersive environments that we’re able to create using 3DVIA Virtools really set us apart from our competitors. Michael Schuldt, Principal and Director of Technology, EwingCole DMG

Dave Buchhofer, technical director at conceivable direction,” Schuldt says. “For early in the process, when they are easier EwingCole DMG and BERCHTOLD EwingCole DMG, says that while his each linkage on the hierarchy tree of possible and less expensive to correct. “You see background is primarily as an architectural equipment, you can grab it and move it to things that you’d never catch in 2D

Bring Operating Room Design to Life artist, he found 3DVIA Virtools’ visual see the effect on that piece itself and renderings,” Buchhofer says. “Using 3D

development environment easy to learn on everything else associated with it. Everything models to do interference and clash the fly. “3DVIA Virtools has a pretty extensive stays connected.” detection makes the process more time- « with 3DVIA Virtools set of built-in building blocks to start with, and cost-efficient.” but also offers the ability to expand with Mueller says many of It lets BERCHTOLD’s As a division of EwingCole, a 350-person representative to work with hospital staff text-based scripting and flow chart-based BERCHTOLD’s customers 3D eliminates mistakes architectural and engineering firm members to interactively design highly scripting to create more custom and have never been involved in BERCHTOLD executives quickly realized the team get more input headquartered in Philadelphia, EwingCole complex and functionally precise operating complex behaviors on your own,” he says. designing an operating advantages of helping customers experience from people with greater DMG (Digital Media Group) focuses on 3D rooms. room before. “The 3DVIA their spaces in real-time 3D. “The 3DVIA ease and come closer modeling, animation and interactive Jon Mueller, architectural design supervisor Virtools operating room Virtools application EwingCole DMG applications development for a broad range See what you mean at BERCHTOLD, confirms that the visualization application really helps them designed for us helps customers figure out to designing the ‘ideal’ of clients, from manufacturers and Before the 3DVIA Virtools operating room visualization application see what they’re trying to achieve,” he says. what they are trying to achieve much faster facility the first time. equipment designers to entertainment application, BERCHTOLD EwingCole DMG built with 3DVIA Virtools is “And it easily facilitates input from broad and and with fewer design ‘mistakes,’ ” Mueller facilities and law firms. Using real-time 3D presented customers with 2D everything his team hoped it would be. “We diverse teams of hospital workers.” says. “It really helps people who aren’t Dave Buchhofer, Technical Director, EwingCole DMG has helped EwingCole grow its business drawings and scale models love it,” Mueller says. “We think of it as our architects visualize these rooms.” well beyond traditional architectural that were expensive, time- secret weapon. It’s an amazing tool for our Buchhofer says user-friendliness is disciplines. And whether it is giving consuming, and difficult for non-architects sales reps.” particularly important to ensure a wide range The special beauty of 3DVIA Virtools is its prospective buyers of luxury suites at a new to interpret. “We wanted to create an of input. “This kind of application allows broad applicability, Schuldt says. “3DVIA baseball stadium a lifelike, panoramic view interactive planning tool that would run Easy design, no surprises hospital workers to get involved in a design Virtools is capable of creating a wide range of of the field before the facility is even built or on a salesperson’s laptop, allowing Today, a large percentage of operating room meeting who might not have otherwise,” he real-time 3D applications for many different providing 3D re-creations of crime scenes BERCHTOLD’s designers and their equipment is mounted on a boom says. “It lets BERCHTOLD’s team get more audiences and industries,” he says. “We use for legal trials, EwingCole DMG always customers to work collaboratively during suspended from the ceiling, to free floor input from people with greater ease and a variety of applications in our work, but for relies on the same solution: 3DVIA Virtools meetings to evaluate infinite combinations of space and simplify cleaning and traffic flow, come closer to designing the ‘ideal’ facility interactive 3D visualization applications in real from Dassault Systèmes. operating room equipment,” says Michael Schuldt says. But such concepts are difficult the first time.” time, we rely on 3DVIA Virtools”•) Schuldt, principal and director of technology to envision, especially for healthcare workers In its work with medical equipment at EwingCole. “After doing the legwork on a who might get one chance in a lifetime to The true value of 3D visualization in an maker BERCHTOLD of Charleston, S.C., variety of software solutions – gaming help design a new operating room. architectural context is to eliminate design For more information: EwingCole DMG used 3DVIA Virtools to solutions, primarily – we decided on 3DVIA surprises, Buchhofer says. Employing 3D to www.ewingcole.com/DMG create a visualization application for operating Virtools because of its ease of use and easy- “These pieces of equipment articulate on visualize and validate designs before www.berchtoldusa.com rooms that allows Berchtold’s sales to-learn scripting interface.” the ceiling booms and move in every construction allows mistakes to be caught

18 Contact mag | Dassault Systèmes Americas Contact mag | Dassault Systèmes Americas 19 In response to reader requests, Contact mag is pleased to launch a new feature called Tips & Tricks: CATIA “Tips & Tricks” to help you better leverage Dassault Systèmes solutions. Produced in cooperation with COE, this issue’s feature focuses on CATIA Knowledgeware with tips from two of the COE Forum’s most prolific posters and generous knowledge sharers: in practice Knowledgeware Shortcuts Michael Berry, an automotive OEM contractor and host of a CATIA V5 automation blog at http://v5vb.wordpress.com (Tip 1), and Cliff Johnson, a PLM consultant with TATA Ramp Up Efficiency Technologies (Tip 2).

TIP 1: Defining geometry with formulas TIP 2: Instantiate multiple Power Copy instances in one step CATIA V5 users are probably comfortable using parameters and computing their values with formulas, but they may not know Power Copy is a powerful tool to replicate complex geometric constructions and knowledge features. If you need to instantiate that all datum (non-parametric) wireframe and surface elements are also considered parameters. This means that their your power copy multiple times in a design, however, it can be time-consuming – unless you know how to use the KWA Action geometric definition can be defined by a formula. It is a fundamental concept to understand when working with the feature to automate Power Copy instantiation, making it possible to create many instances of a Power Copy in a single step Knowledgeware tools in CATIA V5, and it yields some powerful advantages. As a very simple example, we will create a point (Note: This requires PKT or KT1 in addition to KWA). that computes the center of gravity of a solid.

here’s what you do: here’s what you do: Open a part and create any solid shape. In the Dictionary column, choose Point Constructors. q t q The key is to organize the inputs that vary between Make the in-work object a geometrical set and click the This will show all of the functions that return a point as w instantiations into Geometrical Sets so they can be f(x) button to create a new parameter. a result. compiled into a List parameter using a Query. e Using the drop-down box, set the type of parameter to y In the “Members of Point Constructors” list (see graphic Point and click New Parameter of type, then click OK. A below), double-click centerofgravity(Body, …):Point new datum point now appears in that geometrical set u The formula will now read, centerofgravity( ). Place the but it has no definition yet. cursor inside the parenthesis and double-click the solid w Once the inputs are organized, the Action script is fairly simple, and executing the action does all the work in a single step: r Right-click on the point in the tree and select Edit from the tree. Its name will automatically be entered into Formula. The Formula Editor window will open. the formula as shown. i When an Automatic Update prompt appears, Click OK and select Yes. Any time the solid is modified and updated, the point will be located at the new center-of-gravity location.

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success story « ENOVIA MCC is the cornerstone in our regulatory compliance initiatives. Ted Lancaster, Director of Engineering Services, Agilent Technologies Inc.

regulations tightened, legacy systems could data, some of which is extracted in the early stages of development, when not keep pace with the growing volumes of automatically from engineering and supplier alternate designs and tradeoff studies are critical data from myriad sources. databases within the ENOVIA PLM system. performed. ENOVIA MCC is therefore a Agilent uses ENOVIA MCC to manage more central element in Agilent’s proactive Meeting requirements today 1,800 products and 160,000 parts from approach to ensuring compliance throughout and tomorrow more than 7,000 suppliers, for a customer development. With approximately $1 billion in revenues at base spanning 110 countries. Agilent Technologies Inc. stake, Agilent developed an automated, The final arbiter of truth enterprise-wide approach based on the “The use of ENOVIA Ted Lancaster, Agilent’s director of engineering

Protects $1 Billion in Revenues with ENOVIA Materials Compliance Central (MCC) MCC lowered the water services, describes ENOVIA MCC as the final

solution, part of Agilent’s overall ENOVIA level in our processes so arbiter of truth for environmental compliance. product lifecycle management (PLM) solution we could see the “It provides not only verification that a product « ENOVIA Materials Compliance Central from Dassault Systèmes. The compliance inconsistencies in the is environmentally compliant, but types of solution was selected based on Agilent way work was organized substances, their relation to directive Purely from As the world leader in test and measurement systems in ranking it as best-in-class for materials and how various groups communicated,” thresholds, and links to support documents,” compliance; out-of-the-box functionality; says Frank Elsesser, director of environmental he says. a risk-avoidance electronics and bio-analytic instruments, Agilent Technologies Inc. serves a wide range of industries, including consumer electronics, embedded best practices; and features to compliance for Agilent’s Electronic handle Agilent’s wide-ranging compliance Measurement Group. “Retiring that tangled Because it generates confidence in the perspective, the medical, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and telecommunications. value of confidently requirements – now and in the future. web of homegrown legacy systems company’s eco-sustainability, Lancaster Agilent executives are keenly aware of the joint – heavy penalties can be levied, and entire significantly reduces the cost of IT support says, “ENOVIA MCC is the cornerstone in demonstrating company’s social responsibility in minimizing product shipments can be blocked from The system centrally manages materials and is a significant savings in resources.” our regulatory compliance initiatives. The compliance to the ecological footprint of its products and entering a port. Worse yet for manufacturers, data on more than 160,000 parts in all software is necessary in paving the way for regulatory agencies is in pursuing the most advanced strategies non-compliance for one product could result in Agilent products and operates throughout Plugging gaps meeting our social responsibility and for complying with global restricted a ban on all products into a country. the product lifecycle to collect, track, analyze ENOVIA MCC compares collected materials regulatory compliance obligations – both huge. Billions of dollars materials regulations. and report critical compliance data, from data with relevant environmental regulations now, and what’s anticipated for the future.” are at stake. At Agilent, separate groups such as initial concept through design, manufacturing to determine if substance thresholds have Some of the world’s most stringent Engineering and Procurement have and field maintenance. been exceeded in individual parts, specific Lancaster notes that the longer Agilent uses Frank Elsesser, Director of environmental regulations are set by the traditionally handled their own materials data assemblies or entire products. “With ENOVIA ENOVIA MCC, the more ways the company Environmental Compliance, Electronic Measurement Group, European Union, including the Restriction of using a variety of ad hoc approaches ranging Approximately 200 users in Engineering, MCC, specialists can quickly determine finds to improve internal processes, integrate Agilent Technologies Inc. Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive, from manual lists and spreadsheets to Design, Procurement, Environmental and environmental compliance, saving teams of the solution with other software, and roll it the closely related Waste Electrical and home-grown database systems and Regulatory Compliance and other groups people weeks of collecting and analyzing out to new users. “All of this continues to Electronic Equipment (WEEE) regulation, complex mainframe programs. But as access the system to enter relevant materials information,” Elsesser says. “There is bring greater value from the solution and and the Registration, Evaluation, incredible value in having all compliance- sparks more ideas for improvement. The Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals related data centrally managed and journey is just beginning”•) (REACH) act, currently in development. To controlled in an organized manner so we comply, a manufacturer must track levels of can get to it quickly. The system facilitates restricted materials such as lead, mercury, faster response to regulatory compliance For more information: cadmium and chromium in every part of customer inquiries, which have doubled in www.agilent.com every product throughout their supply chain. the past year alone.” To download the expanded flyer: If thresholds are exceeded – even in a single Rapid analysis of compliance data also www.3ds.com/contactmag-extra component such as a power cord or solder helps engineers make informed choices

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success story « with CATIA, the ability to evaluate producibility on the computer rather than on the shop floor, without translating data, positions us at the leading edge of composites design and fabrication.” Tonya Cole, NC Programmer, GKN Aerospace

As a part is designed in CATIA, the instructions for workers on the shop floor, Reseller Tata Technologies proved to be an in-process data is managed in making processes clearer and avoiding invaluable partner, Cole said. ENOVIA, where it can be accessed misunderstandings. GKN also plans to use by design and manufacturing team DELMIA to simulate other operations, such “Tata Technologies helped us configure the members regardless of their location, as moving parts through the aisles of the integrated solution and provided major GKN Aerospace Reduces Manufacturing as well as by the customer for electronic shop to verify they will fit. assistance during implementation in getting signoff. Once producibility is verified and everything to work together correctly,” Cole the part is approved, CNC programs are 3DVIA Composer enhances CATIA data said. “We came to them whenever we had

Engineering Time 50% with DS PLM generated directly from CATIA data. with exploded views, annotations, callouts, any type of problem during implementation,

and other notes that add rich, interactive 3D and they always provided us with a solution.” “Maintaining all of the data in ENOVIA information to the work instructions, « Solution for Composites makes it easy to collaborate with designers replacing words and increasing Improved visualization that are hundreds of miles away,” Cole said. understanding. Velocity, from Intercim, cuts time Our integrated Process integrated from more sophisticated methods and design “When we make a change during the electronically delivers the planning and work With DS PLM, GKN Aerospace reduced design to fabrication tools. GKN Aerospace has subsequently manufacturing process, everything instructions to the shop floor, monitors manufacturing engineering time approx- DS PLM solution GKN Aerospace is a major Tier 1 aircraft developed a leading-edge process that downstream updates in CPD to stay in information, and generates activity and imately 50%, to an average of four hours per helps our people parts supplier specializing in complex integrates CATIA, ENOVIA, DELMIA and synch.” quality reports to tightly connect the physical part, and greatly improved collaboration stay connected composite and metal parts and aircraft 3DVIA Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) world of Manufacturing Execution Systems throughout the extended enterprise. assemblies. The company is acclaimed for solutions from Dassault Systèmes (DS) with GKN Aerospace is implementing DELMIA (MES) with the virtual world of PLM. throughout the its technological leadership on projects that third-party software from DS CAA Partners Assembly work instructions to automatically “With CATIA, plus Simulayt and Magestic entire process. include developing the first major composite Intercim, Simulayt and Magestic Systems. define manufacturing processes, generate The original CATIA geometry is used by Systems working inside CATIA, the ability to wing spar, the first all-composite fan This integration process is now used shop floor work instructions directly from the TruNEST, a software from Magestic Systems, evaluate producibility on the computer rather Tonya Cole, NC Programmer, GKN Aerospace containment case, and the first all-electric throughout the design and fabrication of design data, and reconcile the engineering to nest the plies, which maximizes material than on the shop floor positions us at the ice protection system. GKN-designed parts. bill of material (EBOM) to the manufacturing efficiencies during the ply-cutting process. leading edge of composites design and bill of material (MBOM). DELMIA will be used Magestic Systems’ TruLASER View software fabrication,” Cole concluded. “Our integrated Like all pioneers in composite manufacturing, Plies work the first time to create visualizations of the work then uses CATIA data to program laser DS PLM solution helps our people stay GKN used the traditional “paper-doll” GKN engineers use CATIA Composites projectors that project ply connected throughout the entire process, approach to composites design, which Design (CPD) to organize the ply buildup by boundaries onto the mold. regardless of location, while ensuring that involves cutting and re-cutting the initial creating sequence charts, material tables These programs work as downstream processes match the correct design on the shop floor until the flat pattern and lay-up books. Then they use producibility functions inside CPD and released engineering”•) conforms to the lay-up tool’s surfaces. algorithms, either in CPD or using Simulayt’s pull data directly from the Various applications have been developed Advanced Fiber Modeler (AFM) for complex CATIA tree. “With nothing For more information: over the years to simulate producibility, but shapes, to assess possible fiber deformations to translate or input, there www.gknaerospace.com data normally must be translated from in plies. If the potential for deformation is is no need to revalidate system to system, adding time to the identified, the design can be corrected with the CAD data,” Cole said. www.intercim.com process, impeding communications and the addition of splices at the design stage. www.magestic.com introducing the potential for errors. “Since we began simulating producibility up Focus on Tata front, we have seen very few cases where Technologies www.simulayt.com To meet the demands of its complex the results were not as anticipated by the When it came to designing www.tatatechnologies.com composite design and build programs, GKN NC programmers,” said Tonya Cole, NC and integrating the Aerospace recognized the need to introduce programmer on the project. solution, DS Value-Added 24 Contact mag | Dassault Systèmes Americas Contact mag | Dassault Systèmes Americas 25 solution spotlight

The capabilities of proven Dassault Systèmes Virtual Ergonomics solutions make it easy to embed digital humans into product design, manufacturing, maintenance and training simulations.

forced to adapt to machine, which may not and Statistics, U.S. employers spend be the most comfortable experience. more than $7.4 billion in worker Likewise in manufacturing, some systems compensation costs, and untold billions that offer major productivity and quality gains more on medical treatment, litigation may fail at achieving these advantages if costs, hidden costs, and lost productivity. workers have difficulty operating and maintaining them. 4. Increased manufacturing through- put and quality: Virtual ergonomic Making design work for processes can also be used to increase people the cycle time or throughput of a Virtual Ergonomics: The rapidly emerging technology of solutions even more realistic manikin representation manufacturing process. For example, such as Dassault Systèmes Virtual Ergonomics and motion. the time required and energy expended Designing for Human Factors can help designers and engineers overcome by operators to perform various these issues by enabling the simulation of Companies that evaluate human interactions operations can be evaluated, increasing human interaction and ergonomic behavior early in their product design process generally productivity without increasing the Through the familiar Human interaction plays a critical role in Designers are trained to consider the people with a product or system during the earliest realize four profound business benefits: operator’s workload. how well any particular product is accepted who will use the products and systems they stages of the design process. CAD interface, by the market or how efficiently any physical create. However, designers also have a wide 1. Improved product usability: The The capabilities of proven virtual ergonomic engineers experience system operates. How a human will function range of other mechanical factors to consider, Virtual ergonomics offers powerful solutions performance and customer acceptance solutions, such as those provided by a quick learning curve, in relation to a product or system is difficult including performance, cost, and robustness. to perform analyses such as vision, space, of a wide range of products can be Dassault Systèmes Virtual Ergonomics, to predict, and ergonomic considerations Complicating their challenge is the fact that reach, posture (e.g., comfort, safety, and greatly improved by simplifying the make it easy to embed digital humans into enabling them to traditionally have been addressed by humans don’t come in one-size-fits-all strength). 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All too often, this results in sub- often the most difficult variable to factor into addition to improving the performance will improve accuracy and reduce the need par designs or massive cost overruns to the early stages of the design process. of the product, virtual ergonomic for physical prototypes and mock-ups, while correct deficiencies overlooked early in the simulation can reduce engineering lead ensuring worker safety and improving design process. This explains why ergonomic time and cost by getting the ergonomic productivity. With these tools accessible considerations often are not addressed design right the first time and avoiding through the familiar CAD interface, engineers To avoid these difficulties, organizations need until relatively late in the design process, descending stairs or the need to go back and make changes experience a quick learning curve, enabling a way to accurately and easily simulate the after many technological ladders, moving from one later, when they will be more difficult them to immediately include human factors interface between humans and a product or choices have been made posture to another, and expensive. in the production equation•) system from the earliest stages of the design and changes become following the trajectory of a and engineering process. Evaluating difficult and expen- kinematic device or path 3. Reduced workplace injuries: For more information: alternatives from an ergonomic standpoint, sive. 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