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DATA EXCHANGE AND CAX-INTEGRATION
IN DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

P G Fisch
Bodenseewerk Gerätetechnik GmbH
Überlingen
Germany

Table 2 - Requirements to Future Tools Standards from the Design Engineer’s point of view

Requirement
Remarks
Common data base standard or -
Common ‘Neutral Data Representation’ Describing the genesis of e.g. geometry information and not the final shape
Common / single user interface -
Connection of related data e.g. Solid model to analysis mesh, material designation to material data, etc.
Filtering of information -
De-featuring (simplification) of geometry -
Automatic transfer of model changes to all related and connected models Optimized FE-model shall result in automatic update of CAD geometry if desired (can be dangerous if no back-up is possible in case of unintended replacement)
Automatic re-featuring of CAD geometry from optimized FE-geometry -
Semi-automatic configuration control Management of selected revisions, ‘progress report’
User shall be able to select his tailored software package Supported by common standard arbitrary software can be linked to a design environment tailored to specific needs
Possibility to cooperate with arbitrary additional experts Example: Production experts may revise models w.r.t. produceability