CAD & 3D Visulisation
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Computed Aided Design
Simpact designers are expert users of the Dassault Systems SolidWorks 3D CAD software and use this to define their design. This is a well-established way of communicating the details of a design to our customers and manufacturing partners.
We use SolidWorks to create parametric models of detailed parts, assemblies, and production-level drawings. It has all the tools required to generate complex surfaces, sheet metal flat patterns, and structural welded assemblies. We do not make use of the simulation elements of the SolidWorks software as it is limited and does not provide the specialist functionality that we require. However SolidWorks interfaces effectively with our pre and post processing finite element software.
Effective communication of results
Simpact are expert users of 3D visualisation to communicate the outputs of our project work to our customers and we have invested heavily in the hardware, software and staff to achieve this capability.
We create high quality photo realistic static renderings and animations of our designs at various stages of their development process. This has been a valuable output of our 2 year Innovate UK funded collaborative research and development project with Warwick University and this capability has now been fully embedded within Simpact. More specifically, this capability includes the rendering of our finite element model outputs. This provides us with the unique ability to communicate our designs and simulation results in a highly effective way.
One of the core technologies that we are able to offer in addition to head sets with pass through capability is a 4k resolution 3D PowerWall facility based at the University of Warwick. This facility consists of 10 Megapixel projectors which combine to create one of the highest resolution systems in the UK. This level of immersion and photorealism includes head and hand tracking for real time interactive virtual reality. This is very useful for activities such as interactive design reviews where a large group of people can contribute simultaneously. Simpact have the skills and experience to make the best use of these facilities.
Immersive Interactive VR
Simpact observed a trend of product development becoming more compartmentalised. Deliverables are granulated to fit in spreadsheets with people losing sight of the fact that they are interdependent. Each discipline tries to maximise their own throughput, often encouraged by the latest software trends. It means that unwritten requirements and opportunities are missed, ultimately leading to delays and costly iterations.
Stakeholders, managers, designers, design and production engineers, end-users, regulators benefit from dialogue throughout the development process. Not through written reports but with live interaction. This de-risks the process as assumptions can be verified and if not met this can be addressed at an early stage preventing the need for time-consuming costly iterations down the line. Imagine the use of immersive virtual reality that can be understood by all interested parties to better identify and communicate the context around customer product operational conditions.
With financial backing from Innovate UK, Simpact developed the technique to use immersive VR with physics properties to introduce a common language that all interested parties understand. This initiates the live interaction that is so desperately needed in modern product design. It is amazing to witness the transformation that this can achieve in Multidisciplinary Constructive Engagement.
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