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Developing a zero-emission, all-electric regional commuter aircraft

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Dassault Systèmes announced that the electric air mobility pioneer, Eviation Aircraft, used the 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud to develop the first prototype of its zero-emission, all-electric regional commuter aircraft – Alice – in two years.

In the race to create and commercialize new categories of sustainable air mobility systems, Eviation Aircraft accelerated the prototype’s development by deploying the “Reinvent the Sky” industry solution experience based on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. This scalable cloud solution supported the company’s holistic approach to 3D, composite design and flow simulation with improved collaboration while securing data in a single, standards-based environment.

“The electrification of aircraft isn’t a question of if, but when. As we aim to make clean regional air travel accessible for all, we needed to be able to make a product that people trust, sit in and fly, and do it quickly,” said Omer Bar-Yohay, CEO, Eviation Aircraft. “The right way to go about it was to use tools that we would want to use in the long run, and to work in the cloud to ensure fast, secure access and global collaboration. When we selected the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, we were an early-stage startup with limited resources and time. We’ve developed our commercial-stage prototype faster than we imagined, and have already signed our first customer in the U.S.”

Eviation Aircraft realized that transforming a prototype into a product that can be manufactured by the hundreds each year would require empowering its engineers with the long-term knowledge and know-how to build it to maturity for the next generation.

Once commercialized, Alice will be the world’s first all-electric regional commuter aircraft, capable of carrying nine passengers and two crew on a single charge for 650 miles at 10,000 feet.

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Dassault Systèmes and Cognata announce partnership to accelerate launch of safer autonomous vehicles

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Dassault Systèmes and Cognata, Ltd. announced that they are partnering to embed Cognata’s Autonomous Vehicle Simulation Suite into Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform. The partnership will help autonomous vehicle makers define, test and experience autonomous driving throughout the development cycle within the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform brings features such as Smart, Safe and Connected to the transportation and mobility industry. Cognata’s simulation solution enables autonomous vehicle manufacturers to run thousands of different scenarios based on various geographic locations, traffic patterns, and weather conditions.

Incorporating the Cognata simulation suite into the 3DEXPERIENCE platform and leveraging CATIA systems engineering and applications, gives engineers a one-stop-shop for autonomous vehicle design, engineering, simulation and program management.

“Simulation is key at all stages of cyber systems engineering. Billions of miles must be virtually run before a car can be considered safe. AI-powered experiences that combines vehicle behavior, sensors and traffic models allow alternative designs to be tested in the concept phase to identify the optimal engineering solution,” said Philippe Laufer, CATIA CEO.

Said Danny Atsmon, CEO and Founder of Cognata, “The earlier simulation is used, the easier it is for engineers to modify each component of the autonomous vehicle and test it through a virtual environment, to see how it works once incorporated in the vehicle and confronted with unexpected edge cases.”

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SOLIDWORKS 2019 includes Extended Reality to experience designs in VR, AR

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Dassault Systèmes launched SOLIDWORKS 2019, the latest release of its portfolio of 3D design and engineering applications. SOLIDWORKS 2019 delivers enhancements and new functions that help innovators get products into production faster, and create new categories of experiences for new categories of customers in today’s Industry Renaissance.

Powered by Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform, SOLIDWORKS 2019 supports the design to manufacturing process with digital capabilities to solve complex design challenges and facilitate detail work in engineering. New features let product development teams better manage large amounts of data and capture a more complete digital representation of a design. The program also offers new technologies and workflows that improve collaboration and enable immersive, interactive experiences during design and engineering.

 

“We are using SOLIDWORKS to support implementation of the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer 10-meter-class telescope that will open new possibilities for scientific discovery,” said Greg Green, Mechanical Designer/Instrument Maker, Canada France Hawaii telescope facility. “Our design processes generate a large and growing dataset. The final production version of the telescope will contain over 100,000 parts. We needed technology that can tackle large design projects, and SOLIDWORKS delivers.”

Among its new features, SOLIDWORKS 2019 provides greater design flexibility to quickly interrogate or rapidly make changes to a model through an enhanced Large Design Review capability. It also improves performance view manipulation to scale with higher-end graphics hardware. In addition, SOLIDWORKS 2019 allows teams to communicate outside of the design community by adding markups to parts and assemblies directly using a touch device, storing them with the model, and exporting them as a PDF.

Another feature is SOLIDWORKS Extended Reality (XR), a new application for publishing CAD scene data created in SOLIDWORKS – including lights, cameras, materials, decals, and motion study animations – and experiencing it in VR, AR and web viewers. Engineers can use SOLIDWORKS XR to improve collaborative internal and external design reviews, sell designs more effectively, train users how to assemble and interact with their products, and boost confidence in designs throughout the product development process.

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Italian automotive supplier Blutec selects Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE Platform for automotive industrial project

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Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced that the 3DEXPERIENCE platform was chosen by Blutec Srl to support its 300 million euro automotive industrial project in collaboration with Invitalia, the Italian Ministry of Economy’s agency for investment and business development.

Blutec will relaunch an automotive industrial site in Termini Imerese, Sicily that was shut down in 2011 and repurpose it to manufacture hybrid and electric vehicles for the international automotive industry, as well as gradually reemploy the former facility’s 700-person workforce. Blutec will deploy Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform to train employees on sustainable industrial innovation and use the “Electro Mobility Accelerator” industry solution experience to imagine, design, simulate and deliver new vehicle concepts. The project is expected to be fully implemented in 2018.

“Blutec’s mission for the Termini Imerese site is to produce components and an innovative series of green vehicles for the most prestigious car manufacturers and bring social and economic benefits to the region,” said Cosimo Di Cursi, CEO, Blutec. “When our bid to revitalize this important industrial area was selected by Invitalia over 22 other candidates, our first investment was in Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform. We consider this technology to be the fundamental starting point for conceiving, creating and selling a highly technological product that requires intensive research and development activity.”

“Electro Mobility Accelerator” will provide Blutec with a collaborative digital environment to virtually define, evaluate and validate the performance of components and custom trimmings for limited edition cars as well as for an exclusive series of hybrid and electric cars based on existing models that will feature eco-friendly changes to lower emissions.

“Blutec’s automotive industrial renaissance project aims to build a creative hub for manufacturing that will contribute to a new and sustainable transportation and mobility marketplace,” said Olivier Sappin, Vice President, Transportation & Mobility Industry, Dassault Systèmes. “The 3DEXPERIENCE platform offers multi-domain digital capabilities that are essential for next generation electric vehicle research and development and will support Blutec’s targeted level of innovation and industrial leadership.”

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Dassault Systèmes acquires AITAC, enhancing its Marine & Offshore portfolio

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Dassault Systèmes  announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire AITAC BV, a Dutch company specialized in marine and offshore engineering software.  With this acquisition, Dassault Systèmes will further strengthen its solutions designed to bring digital transformation to the marine and offshore industry by providing cutting-edge, industry-specific technologies for its 3DEXPERIENCE platform customers.

AITAC’s Smart Drawings software application is used by shipyards and offshore companies to automate the creation of drawings from a master 3D model of a ship, platform or other structure designed using Dassault Systèmes’ CATIA applications. This automation is based on rules and templates that account for marine-specific standards, behaviors and local requirements.  Companies can significantly reduce the cost of drawings production, improve the quality of certification documents, and maximize the value of the master 3D model.

Dassault Systèmes will fully integrate the Smart Drawings application into its “Designed for Sea” and “Optimized Production for Sea” industry solution experiences based on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, used by companies for the design, validation and manufacturing planning of marine and offshore projects.

As part of the deal, Dassault Systèmes also acquires 40 percent of AITAC’s marine and offshore engineering office in Croatia, AITAC d.o.o., a provider of naval architecture and engineering services to major shipbuilders.

“We have always been passionate about transforming the way marine and offshore companies use 3D and we work hard to provide our customers with the best experience of a 3D master approach,” said Marc Journeux, Co-director, AITAC.  “Dassault Systèmes has always been a fantastic partner for us, and we truly believed this is the only company able to take this market to the next step. Now our team is excited to join Dassault Systèmes to accelerate the pace of innovation.”

The marine and offshore industry has routinely relied on disconnected departments to produce traditional drawings managed as individual documents.  Now, it is gradually moving to a single master 3D multidisciplinary model allowing digital continuity for marine projects, from initial concept to manufacturing and operations.

“For years, AITAC has been a software partner of Dassault Systèmes supporting its 3DEXPERIENCE platform customers and now we’re taking this long and fruitful partnership to the next level,” said Alain Houard, Vice President, Marine & Offshore Industry, Dassault Systèmes.  “AITAC’s long-term experience, expertise and team of naval architects and engineers will help us to extend our marine and offshore portfolio’s capabilities and support customer deployment projects.”

The transaction was completed on June 1, 2017.

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Virtual technologies help academic teams develop award-winning pods for SpaceX Hyperloop Pod competition

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Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, announced that the top three academic teams in the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition, Technical University of Delft, Technical University of Munich, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, used Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform to design and develop award-winning pods having the potential to impact the future of high-speed travel.

These same virtual applications have long been deployed by industry to imagine, explore and create the disruptive experiences in air, space, land and sea travel that are defining an era, from the first solar-powered aircraft to fly around the world without fuel to the development of fully connected and autonomous electric vehicles and technologically advanced boats.

Dassault Systèmes’ technology enabled dozens of students on each team to collaboratively design, manage engineering complexity, and simulate real-world performance of their pods to introduce features that differentiated them from those of 24 other competitors.

Technical University of Delft placed first overall and won the award for design and construction using the 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud to design a pod to reach speeds over 1,200 km/h with a mass of 149 kilograms, minimal air resistance and a fail-safe braking system.  Technical University of Munich, which used CATIA applications, came in second place overall and received the award for the fastest pod.  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which used SOLIDWORKS applications, came in third place overall and won the safety and reliability award.

The Hyperloop concept of a pod traveling through a tube at high speeds is being explored as a safer, faster, less costly and more sustainable alternative to current modes of transportation.  The Hyperloop Pod Competition was created by Elon Musk and SpaceX to help accelerate the development of a functional Hyperloop prototype and encourage student innovation by challenging university students to design and build the best Hyperloop pod.

“What an achievement by the three Hyperloop Pod Competition finalists, whose students represent the future of engineering through ideas that could dramatically change how we live,” said Philippe Forestier, Executive Vice President, Global Affairs and Communities, Dassault Systèmes.  “Imagine the experience of comfortably traveling between major cities in record time thanks to renewable energy.  Dassault Systèmes is proud that its technologies played a role in creating the pods that took home the competition’s top prizes.”

More than five million students at 40,000 academic institutions currently use Dassault Systèmes’ virtual applications to prepare them for the careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) that are central to the creation of sustainable innovations.

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Virtually assemble the Ford Mustang on the roof of the Empire State Building

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Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE company, leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, announced that Ford Motor Company used Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXCITE applications powered by the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to create a high-adrenaline virtual reality experience that transports individuals to the top of the Empire State Building where they can build a Ford Mustang sports car.

“Mustang over Manhattan,” housed in the FordHub Experience Center in the World Trade Center in New York City, is an installation open to the general public that lets them learn, have fun, and experience the iconic moment in 1964 when Ford put a physical Mustang on the top of the Empire State Building. With the help of Dassault Systèmes’ applications, this delivers a fully immersive virtual reality experience with an incredible level of detail, interactivity, and realism. The experience features a virtual Mustang in high-end 3D and in real time, scalable up to 1:1 size and 4K resolution.

The experience begins with donning the HTC Vive head mounted display (HMD). FordHub visitors are immediately enveloped in the hyper-realistic digital scene that recaps the moment when Ford put the physical Mustang on the top of the Empire State Building. Next, they begin the ascent to the top where they are guided to reassemble a Mustang that has been dissected into three parts, as Ford did in 1964 in order to physically place the Mustang on the building. Visitors then have a 360 degree view of Manhattan — one that includes a fully assembled, bright yellow Mustang. Users can also “walk out” on a narrow plank that juts over the edge of the building.

“With Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE, Ford is able to offer a premium digital experience that creates excitement and emotion around the legendary Mustang,” said Olivier Sappin, Vice President, Transportation & Mobility Industry, Dassault Systèmes. “We are excited to be part of this innovative effort to give visitors to FordHub a virtual experience they won’t forget. Our applications help auto manufacturers leverage animated content, gamification and virtual reality to spark consumers’ imaginations and create a strong emotional connection with a brand. Putting a Mustang on top of New York City has never been so easy.”

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McDermott selects Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform for offshore engineering

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Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, announced that McDermott International, Inc., a leading provider of engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) services, has chosen the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to improve efficiency and performance.

McDermott will use “Integrated Plant Engineering,” “Optimized Plant Construction” and “Efficient Plant Operation” industry solution experiences to collaboratively engineer, build and operate fixed and floating offshore production facilities, pipelines and subsea systems for its client base of oil companies.

EPCI companies in the marine and offshore industry face strong pricing pressure while being asked to deliver highly complex facilities on time and on budget. Solving these challenges requires them to better manage risk and develop competitive differentiators.

Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform enables McDermott to digitize and standardize its processes and deploy a single, secure, collaborative environment that fully integrates engineering, procurement, project controls, construction, installation and commissioning.  McDermott can accelerate the delivery of construction-ready and operations-ready projects by leveraging a single source of real-time data and a 3D model during the project, which improves project safety and quality.

McDermott’s global teams have access to real-time information related to customer requirements, project scope and schedules for full visibility on a project’s status and more informed decision-making.  Its engineers can build a virtual model based on a single source of information that reduces manual and document-based processes and facilitates knowledge reuse. Teams can leverage this virtual model to review the design, manage changes, and incorporate as-built conditions in order to predict and optimize performance.

“We chose the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to support our business strategy to become the first energy-focused EPCI company to implement a project lifecycle platform,” said Vaseem Khan, Vice President Engineering, McDermott.  “This is a transformative initiative – moving engineering in the oil and gas sector from being based on the transfer of discrete documents to being based on an exchange of data in a more integrated and easy to use digital platform.  This will change how projects are executed.”

“Digital transformation boosts a company’s ability to secure the quality of entire systems of energy production, to efficiently predict and monitor project schedule and costs, and to deliver them on time and on budget,” said Alain Houard, Vice President, Marine & Offshore Industry, Dassault Systèmes. “By deploying the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, McDermott can improve its core business and deliver best-in-class project execution for its subsea and offshore customers.”

Dassault Systèmes launches three new industry solution experiences

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Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, announced the launch of three new industry solution experiences and the enhancement of its current portfolio based on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, for the consumer goods and retail industry.

Fashion, footwear, leather goods, retail, as well as furniture, home, garden, and leisure goods companies of all sizes can have access to a full portfolio of solutions to digitally transform their business.  Arc International, Arvind Lifestyle Brands Limited, Fossil, Gürmen Group, Nowy Styl Group and the Rockport Group are some of the 17,000 international companies that are successfully collaborating with Dassault Systèmes to create and deliver products that consumers will love.

Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform and industry solution experiences for consumer goods and retail provide a unified digital environment including powerful Product Lifecycle Management and 3D applications to improve and accelerate the end-to-end business processes behind a company’s collections.  From creative and detailed design to the ultimate consumer purchase experience, digital continuity at each stage of the process enables real-time collaboration for design, engineering, production, supply chains, manufacturing and other stakeholders, as well as capabilities to improve visibility, flexibility and decision making.

Dassault Systèmes’ three new industry solution experiences include:

  • “My Design”:  provides 3D design, performance testing and simulation, visualization and rendering capabilities for creative and detailed design
  • “My Production”:  addresses tooling design, product documentation, machining simulation, quality, compliance traceability and real-time manufacturing analytics to define ideal tooling and processes for flexible manufacturing operations
  • “My Operations”:  leverages intelligent logistics, agile production, supply and demand planning capabilities to improve efficiencies and operating margin

In parallel, Dassault Systèmes has enhanced three of its existing industry solution experiences:

  • “My Collection” helps manage the entire Product Lifecycle Management from inspiration through marketing. It now features new enhancements for Adobe Illustrator integration, and new configurable costing functionalities allowing brands and retailers to create formula-based costing templates to manage all areas of costing including planning, pre-cost, cost sheets, and the RFQ process.
  • “My Store” continues to enable 3D merchandising excellence, now from mobile devices.
  • “My Product Portfolio” provides a collaborative and integrated solution for
    multi-disciplinary design capabilities that is now tailored to support small- and medium-sized businesses. Companies can test and validate their designs and projects. They can also simulate their manufacturing processes governed by full program and change management.

“My Collection” and “My Store” now also feature a digital asset hub to manage digital assets across the enterprise including creative design, merchandising, sales and marketing.

“Our new industry solution experiences and refreshed portfolio strengthen our commitment to put proven technology into the hands of brands and retailers of all sizes and from all segments,” said Chris Colyer, Vice President, Consumer Goods and Retail Industry, Dassault Systèmes.  “Dassault Systèmes is now the only provider of robust and scalable digital applications to manage a company’s product development cycles from ideation to the end-consumer.  Companies can better anticipate and adapt to market changes, reduce their time to market and improve their margins, all while delivering the experiences their customers crave.”

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