Connecting CAD and CAE with Data Management
June 19, 2012
One of the biggest challenges facing designers and analysts across industries is the lack of fluidity between CAD, CAE and other programs. The difficulties experienced related to this disconnect causes roadblocks that are both costly and time consuming according to the article, “Fixing the CAD/CAE Disconnect”, on Design World.
The article explains the problem in detail:
“The disconnect has to do with the data flows between design and analysis tools. CAD and CAE models are distinct and different things. Only in the simplest of cases can a CAE model be derived automatically, or with minimal work, from a CAD model. In most cases, you start with the product definition geometry, massage it to create the geometry for building analytical models, then tune and optimize that data for analysis…Too often, even minor design changes can break the linkages used to synchronize analysis models to design geometry.”
Although there isn’t a perfect answer for this problem of communicating through data between departments but the article suggests that if an answer is to be found it will be through product lifecycle management (PLM). PLM providers like Siemens PLM and Inforbix specialize in helping companies manage data including CAD files. The solution for many disconnect problems, as the article defines it, lay in finding, reusing and sharing data efficiently.
Catherine Lamsfuss, June 19, 2012
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