Ansys And Spaceclaim Streamline Engineering Design And Simulation ...
ANSYS and SpaceClaim Streamline Engineering Design and Simulation Driven Product
Development
ANSYS Offers SpaceClaim® 3D Direct Modeling with ANSYS® 12.0
Southpointe, PA and Concord, MA, September 9, 2009: ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANSS), a global innovator of simulation
software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, and SpaceClaim, provider of the world's
fastest and most innovative 3D Direct Modeling solutions, today announced a licensing and distribution agreement to offer
SpaceClaim 3D Direct Modeling as an option within the ANSYS Simulation Driven Product Development™ process. This new
ANSYS offering will enable product development and design engineers who are not CAD experts to create and modify 3D
geometry models. As a result, engineers can import models from any major CAD system, prep with direct modeling, and move
simulation earlier in the product development process, where it can have the most impact on design and cost.
Now available to ANSYS engineering customers worldwide, ANSYS® SpaceClaim Direct Modeler™ fully interoperates with
ANSYS® 12.0 and 11.0 software as well as ANSYS® Workbench™ 2.0. It is based on SpaceClaim Engineer, a CAD-neutral 3D
direct modeler for importing, repairing, and preparing models for intense engineering analysis. Because direct modeling is
highly flexible, it empowers a broader cross section of product development engineers to perform 3D modeling. Users may
import CAD models without any "baggage," such as existing parametric or history-based settings. Complex models, for
example, can have thousands of parameters, any of which may come into conflict with others when the user attempts to modify
the geometry. In contrast, direct modeling imports a clean instance of the 3D model from the native CAD system, leaving
behind all history-based parameters.
"Together, SpaceClaim and ANSYS provide an optimal environment for streamlined engineering simulation and can help our
customers launch products with a higher probability of market success," said Jim Cashman, president and CEO of ANSYS, Inc.
"Our software is intentionally open and flexible, designed so it can interoperate with the broader engineering simulation
ecosystem to extend efficiency and functionality. Part of Simulation Driven Product Development is reducing the hand-offs
between different functional groups within an organization - because each hand-off is a potential bottleneck. Through this
partnership, we empower engineering analysts to create and modify 3D geometry models early in the product development
process, then virtually and quickly test their operational performance. The ultimate benefit is beating the competition to
market."
ANSYS SpaceClaim Direct Modeler is designed to enable engineering and analysis teams to collaborate more efficiently by
facilitating access to 3D models and data across the engineering team. McCormick Stevenson, an engineering consulting firm,
has leveraged SpaceClaim and the ANSYS Workbench environment to enable their computer-aided engineering (CAE) team to
communicate directly with customers and quickly solve engineering challenges. "As a customer-centric organization, McCormick
Stevenson can take models created in any CAD system, import them into SpaceClaim seamlessly, and then prepare them for
analysis work in ANSYS Workbench," said Shane McGoldrick, P.E., advanced mechanical engineer at McCormick Stevenson.
"By empowering our CAE team to create and edit CAD designs using direct modeling in SpaceClaim, we're delivering optimized
solutions without time-consuming interoperability issues. We can then provide more value to our customers and help them get
products to market faster."
"Global manufacturers must ensure that their engineering teams have the freedom and flexibility to capture ideas quickly, edit
solid models easily, and prepare designs for analysis, prototyping and manufacturing with tools created to drive innovation cost
effectively," said Chris Randles, president and CEO of SpaceClaim. "The evolution of SpaceClaim's 3D Direct Modeling
solutions is helping to drive this new era of innovation and, combined with the most comprehensive simulation software from
ANSYS, we provide the ideal platform to help organizations significantly improve the concept-to-manufacturing process, while
lowering development and manufacturing costs. We welcome this very compelling opportunity to extend our relationship with
ANSYS."
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About ANSYS, Inc.
ANSYS, Inc., founded in 1970, develops and globally markets engineering simulation software and technologies widely used by
engineers and designers across a broad spectrum of industries. The Company focuses on the development of open and
flexible solutions that enable users to analyze designs directly on the desktop, providing a common platform for fast, efficient
and cost-conscious product development, from design concept to final-stage testing and validation. The Company and its
global network of channel partners provide sales, support and training for customers. Headquartered in Canonsburg,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A., with more than 60 strategic sales locations throughout the world, ANSYS, Inc. and its subsidiaries employ
over 1,600 people and distribute ANSYS products through a network of channel partners in over 40 countries. Visit
www.ansys.com for more information.
About SpaceClaim Corporation
SpaceClaim provides the world's fastest and most innovative 3D Direct Modeling solutions. SpaceClaim has created a quantum
leap in engineering productivity, enabling 3D solid modeling that is accessible to everyone from power users and engineers to
part-time designers. Global customers include Nokia Siemens Networks, BorgWarner, Medtronic, Lotus Cars, Sharp, K2
Medical Systems, FuelCell Energy, Emhart Glass, GE Aviation, General Dynamics, and the U.S Navy. SpaceClaim is privately
held and backed by Borealis Ventures, Kodiak Venture Partners, and North Bridge Venture Partners. For more information on
SpaceClaim, please visit: www.spaceclaim.com.
ANSYS, ANSYS Workbench, Ansoft, AUTODYN, CFX, FLUENT, and any and all ANSYS, Inc. brand, product, service and
feature names, logos and slogans are registered trademarks or trademarks of ANSYS, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United
States or other countries. SpaceClaim is a registered trademark of SpaceClaim Corporation. All other brand, product, service
and feature names or trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Contacts:
ANSYS Media:
Kelly Wall
724.514.3076
kelly.wall@ansys.com
ANSYS Investors:
Annette Arribas
724.514.1782
annette.arribas@ansys.com
SpaceClaim:
Bernie Buelow
978.482.2211
bernie.buelow@spaceclaim.com
SpaceClaim PR:
Barb Ewen
781.672.3114
bewen@chen-pr.com
