Aircraft manufacturer selects FiberSIM software for composite design
VISTAGY, Inc. (Waltham, Mass.), the developer of engineering software that provides specialized design functionality to commercial CAD/PDM/PLM systems, today announced that AleniaAermacchi (Venegono, Italy), one of the world's most renowned jet aircraft manufacturers, has selected VISTAGY's FiberSIM(r) 5.1 software as its specialized composite design environment for the CATIA V5 CAD system. AleniaAermacchi engineers have used FiberSIM for more than two years on a variety of design projects and utilized the software to design, simulate and manufacture complex composite aircraft parts for commercial airliners.
AleniaAermacchi turned to VISTAGY to help automate its end-to-end product development process. Using FiberSIM software, AleniaAermacchi engineers will generate detailed documentation
early in the design phase, and efficiently share composites information and detail across the organization from within one application. AleniaAermacchi will utilize FiberSIM's zone-based design and new automated plybook capabilities to ensure products are designed and manufactured accurately, within specification, and meet the demanding deadlines of its current
aerospace design projects.
"VISTAGY has more than fifteen years of aerospace engineering expertise, and leading companies like AleniaAermacchi turn to us to help them innovate their aircraft designs and manufacture products that give them a competitive edge," said Steve Luby, president and CEO at VISTAGY.
"AleniaAermacchi is an important partner that prides itself on adopting the very latest design technology for more efficient and cost-effective product development. We look forward to continuing our work with AleniaAermacchi to improve the efficiency of their design processes for composite parts on commercial airliners."
FiberSIM is a suite of software products, powered by VISTAGY's unique EnCapta(r) technology, that turns commercial CAD systems into tools specialized for designing and manufacturing composite parts. The software enables engineers to create a complete digital product definition of a
composite part within their 3D modeling environment. FiberSIM supports the entire product development process as well as flexible design methodologies for a wide variety of materials and manufacturing methods. The software simulates how composite material deforms over complex curvature and generates manufacturing information including documentation, flat patterns, and data to drive downstream manufacturing equipment. FiberSIM also uses XML technology to share composites data with people and applications throughout the enterprise.
