Optimal Solutions

"One of the great things that came of the collaboration between Spatial and our company is that together we’ve broken through technology gaps that we couldn’t have done on our own. Now we have a new product as a result of that synergy that solves a real industry problem. We and our customers are very excited about it."
-Phil Belnap, President, Optimal Solutions

MARKET
Arbitrary shape deformation and optimization for aerospace, automotive and turbomachinery industries

PRODUCT
3D ACIS Modeler, 3D InterOp Translators, HOOPS Application Framework

CHALLENGE
Optimal Solutions’ Sculptor™ arbitrary shape deformation software needed the ability to apply an optimized shape to the original CAD model to eliminate the need to rebuild the CAD model prior to manufacturing

SOLUTION

  • 3D ACIS modeler provides foundation for model deformation
  • Employs ACIS LAWS functionality to apply deformations to the original CAD model
  • 3D InterOp translators provide high quality import of native CAD files
  • HOOPS for the development of a graphical user interface that displays shape deformations

RESULTS

  • Developed first-to-market capability to take optimized mesh model deformations back to the CAD model
  • Reduced a month long iteration process between analysis and design to days or weeks
  • Introduced Back2CAD - a market-leading product that bridges analysis results to the design model


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