ESI Group Announces the Acquisition of IC.IDO, the Leading European Vendor of Immersive Virtual Reality Solution

ESI Group announced the acquisition of IC.IDO GmbH, the leading European vendor of immersive virtual reality solutions.

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BAE Systems Composite Structures selects VISTAGY's FiberSIM to design and manufacture aircraft parts

VISTAGY, Inc. announced that BAE Systems Composite Structures Inc. has purchased FiberSIM  software to design and manufacture parts for commercial aircraft programs, including an auxiliary power unit plenum. BAE Systems Composite Structures has worked with VISTAGY for over a decade and has used FiberSIM on programs for Rolls Royce, Bell Helicopter, and Raytheon.

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CIMdata’s latest opinion poll results. Simulation and analysis (S&A) as part of the design and engineering processes

In CIMdata’s latest opinion poll, users provided insight as to the level of use of simulation and analysis (S&A) as part of the design and engineering processes. Almost 60% of the respondents indicated that they performed S&A on some portion of their products while another 37% indicated that they uses S&A on all their products. Only 5% indicated that they did not use S&A. Structural analysis was the most performed with CFD, Thermal and Motion all approximately equal in use. The respondents indicated that both S&A specialists and general designers are performing S&A.

This poll indicates a growing trend to use simulation and analysis more completely and consistently as part of the product development process.

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