Hexagon is committed to using its solution portfolio to help promote the development of renewable energies. This commitment is best demonstrated by our acquisition of a 40-hectare site (equivalent to 60 football fields) in Acrhidona, Spain. The site includes a recently constructed, 8.24 megawatt peak (MWp) photovoltaic solar park, which uses PV cells to convert …
FTI FormingSuite® is the premier cost engineering and early feasibility software for sheet metal components. It empowers engineers to design quality products the first time, optimising material and tooling costs. It provides users with a fast and accurate method for creating and documenting process plans, verifying formability, developing blank shapes and coil nests, and identifying …
Enhancements of Forming Limit Diagram (FLD) for higher accuracy in damage prediction Introducing Simufact Forming 2021.1, the latest release of our leading simulation tool for hands-on forming professionals. The new version brings great enhancements to the Forming Limit Diagram (FLD) for more flexibility and higher accuracy in damage prediction. Users will find three new models …
The new approach, called the ‘Advanced Thermal Cycle (ATC)’ method, now allows the user to consider several heat input increments simultaneously and apply the heat at once. This can significantly reduce the calculation time, while maintaining accuracy of the results. The user input has been made as simple as possible and provides the possibility of …
Simufact Additive 2021.1 brings an enormous improvement in support structure generation. The latest version now allows the user to create new support types, such as tree supports, easily and automatically, which can be fully parameterised. You can now create support structures with the parameters you need, or simply create new supports and test them virtually …
Here at MSC Software we were saddened by the news recently of the passing of Dr Garret N. Vanderplaats at the age of 77 on 17 November 2021 and we invite you to help us memorialize him by sharing your memories here on LinkedIn. Dr Vanderplaats was a long-term friend and collaborator with MSC Software …