Digital prototyping

Being the core of the concept of product lifecycle management (PLM), digital prototyping enables modeling reality on computer («digitally»), simultaneously taking into account several factors:

• Product design, that is, its digital mock-up (DMU);
• Knowledgeware with possibility to store and manage intellectual products (for instance, automated generation of geometric forms according to the given parameters);
• Engineering optimization by analyzing product behavior in its real environment – ergonomics, aerodynamics, structural deformation with the given constraints, vibrations, noises, etc.;
• Technological information, including the blueprint of the product manufacturing shop, process planning, simulating part fabrication from semi-finished products and assembly operations;
• Optimal production, taking into consideration the materials to be used, physical properties of the processes (stamping, welding, riveting, casting, etc.);
• Technical maintenance, including description of product assembly / disassembly procedures, product configuration and repair recommendations;
• Supporting collaboration between users and enterprises, participating in the same project.