Category: Cloud

Innovative Design with 3DEXPERIENCE on Cloud

Posted on by Mr. Vivek Sirohi

Consumer’s expectation to experience a product before buying has triggered organizations to adopt new solutions for developing innovative products by unleashing creativity and brainstorming ideas in their ecosystem with a collaborative platform.

Industrial designers do real-time collaboration with other teams like engineering, marketing, and production. They propose their ideas, take feedbacks, incorporate changes, and improve the product quality.

Mechanical engineers explore innovative solutions and workable concepts for the detailed design. They try and enhance design of mechanical parts, overcome new challenges by enriching their design with sophisticated and complex surfaces and by benefitting from existing designs. They even use engineered parts and explore new manufacturing possibilities by editing specific features and drill down to rough components. 3DEXPERIENCE on Cloud offers multiple applications with industry leading features for detailed mechanical design of the rough parts and also check the feasibility to ensure proper manufacturing requirements are met.

Today, I would like to discuss 3DEXPERIENCE Natural Shape which enables forging industry to create and redesign innovative products and tooling.

3DEXPERIENCE Natural Shape enables inverse design for precision forging

Today, the forging industry has replaced the conventional forging process (forging with flash) by precision forging enabling them to manufacture forging parts in large quantities with lower cost. This benefit is in terms of enhanced geometrical and dimensional accuracy. This approach tries to create a net shape or at least a near-net shape part due to which process design, die design and die manufacturing have become critical for forging suppliers.

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Recently, many forging suppliers faced the challenge of inverse design. We analyzed this challenge and realized that they are receiving non-history CAD data of finished forging part as input. Thus, the designers adopted reverse approach starting from the geometry of the finished forging part and then proceeded to determine the geometry of the work piece from previous stages (intermediate stages) going backwards towards the starting billet. 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA Natural Shape allows direct manipulation of the 3D geometry; creating and modifying volumes and surfaces; edit any other CAD formats; precise geometry definition; respecting mechanical design semantic like fillets, drafts, patterns, etc. Natural Shape unified user interface allows designers to accelerate their design with natural manipulations and contextual interactions. Furthermore, designers can go ahead with the detailed design process; they can also benefit from all the CATIA modeler capabilities, including functional design, advanced feature-based approach, tolerant modeling capabilities and knowledge-ware design automation.

Natural Shape, Natural Sketch and Natural Assembly applications of 3DEXPERIENCE on Cloud provide today’s industry a complete and unified design solution to enhance creativity and design quality. With these and other 3DEXPERIENCE on Cloud apps, one can bring together all aspects of their customer business on a single cloud-based platform to increase collaboration, improve execution and accelerate innovation.

3DEXPERIENCE Cloud platform enables industries to design innovative products by:

  • Imagining and exploring creative styling ideas in 3D with 3D sketching.
  • Creating and fine-tuning 3D shapes and surfaces with integrated surfacing technologies.
  • Experiencing design intent in the context of high-end real-time visualization and immersive experience.
  • Presenting and making design decisions with interactive real-time experience and reducing decision-making time using concurrent engineering.
  • Designing complex mechanical parts.
  • Avoiding repetitive tasks by reusing existing design assets.
  • Exploring innovative solutions and workable concepts for detailed design.
  • Collaborating with your team and others.
  • Working on large assemblies.
  • Being more efficient in everyday tasks.
  • Reducing design and manufacturing errors with process-oriented features.

Launching CATIA 3DEXPERIENCE on CLOUD in the Administrative mode

Posted on by Swapnil Deshmukh

To set drafting standards and set user default catsettings for 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA we need to launch CATIA in Administration mode (Admin mode). It can also allow us to lock certain software settings. For 3DEXPERIENCE CLOUD this can be accomplished using the following steps.

  •  Log in to 3DEXPERIENCE Platform with required credentials.

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  • Click on the 3DEXPERIENCE/ IfWe Compass.
  •  Select the small black/ grey arrow just to the right of one of the 3D Modeling apps (for example, Assembly Design).
  • A menu opens showing the available tenants as well as the 3DEXPERIENCE level being used.
  • From the menu, select the “Create Desktop Shortcut” icon (grey/ white arrow just to the right of the 3DEXPERIENCE level name).

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  • A Shortcut for the selected app is now placed on the Windows desktop.

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  • Open the contextual menu (Right-mouse-click) on the shortcut and select Properties.

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Copy the entire text string from the ‘Target’ field, located on the Shortcut tab of the Properties menu.

  • Create a new Text file on the Desktop and name it with the extension of .bat, instead of .txt. Paste the contents from Step 7 into the .bat file.
  • Launch the Desktop Shortcut (not the .bat file at this point).
  • When the login window is presented, cancel it by selecting on the X in the upper right corner of the window.
  • Go to the CATTemp directory (for example, C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\DassaultSystemes\CATTemp).
  • Open the latest Session Info File (for example, SessionInfoFile_username_d070_h13m21_p13584_0.txt) from the CATTemp directory. Then scroll to the bottom of the Session Info File. Here, you will find the list of Arguments used for launching the application.
  • Add any missing flags/ arguments shown in the Session Info file that were not included in the shortcut target from Step 8 into the batch file from Step 9.
    Note that steps 7-14 are required, that is, creation of a batch file (.bat), because the Desktop shortcut ‘Target’ field only allows 259 characters due to a Microsoft Windows hard coded limit.
  • In the Batch file add “-admin”, but without the quotes, just after exe of “3DEXPERIENCE.exe”
    (for example, “C:\Program Files\Dassault Systemes\B423\win_b64\code\bin\CATSTART.exe” -run “3DEXPERIENCE.exe -admin” -object “-Url=https://tenant_name-tenant_path:port/enovia -MyAppsURL=https://tenant_path:port/enovia/resources/AppsMngt -tenant=tenant_name)
  •  Save the Batch file ensuring that it remains as a .bat and not a .txt file.
  • Open the 3DEXPERIENCE CATEnv.txt file.
    Enter a directory path for the “CATCollectionStandard=” variable. (for example, CATCollectionStandard=C:\Users\user_name\Documents\ My3DEXP_CATCollectionStandardDirectory). Enter a directory path for the “CATReferenceSettingPath=” variable (for example, C:\Users\user_name\LockSettings).
  • Double-click the Batch (.bat) file created in Step 9.
  • Specify the your 3DEXPERIENCE login credentials.
  • To be able to modify & create drafting standards you need to log in as owner role.
  • This will launch the 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA in Admin mode with the ability to set activity of locks in Me>Preferences and Me>Standards for setting drafting standards as per the requirement.

Ways to Avoid “Click Ok to Terminate” Error in CATIA V5

Posted on by Swapnil Deshmukh

This is a default runtime exception message which appears when CATIA terminates abruptly. This message can be changed by changing the text file content of file in installation directory:

installation directory\win_b64\resources\msgcatalog\CATAfrErrorCatcher.CATNls

There can be several reasons that trigger CATIA crash or ‘Click Ok to Terminate’ error. Below are some of the reasons of this error and the tips & ways on how to avoid this error.

Loading too much data (Memory Errors) : Whenever huge data is loaded in the system then CATIA may crash citing this error. It is a good practice to always load the required files only & close the files which are not required. You need to ensure to use the recommended RAM & recommended Graphics Cards. The list of recommended hardware is given in Dassault Systemes website.

  • DS supported workstation: Dassault Systemes has listed certified workstations which are already tested and published in this link : https://www.3ds.com/support/hardware-and-software/

    It is recommended to use DS Certified hardware to get good performance.
  • Recommended driver: Use recommended Drivers for Graphics Cards.
  • Large files can be loaded in visualization mode by turning Cache Activation mode on.

Ways to Avoid ‘Click Ok to Terminate’ in CATIA V5

Corrupted CATSettings: This could be resolved by deleting the CATSettings or using your correct back up CATSettings. The default path for CATSettings is as below.

C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\DassaultSystemes\CATSettings

Corrupt Geometry or Data: If you were performing certain tasks on part or assembly and CATIA crashes, there is a possibility that the data was not clean. In that case, you need to use CATDUA utility to clean the files by going to File>Desk. With right mouse click on the part you will see CATDUA V5 window. Once you click on CATDUA, you need to click run to clean the files with required priority. Check the below screen shots for more clarity.

Ways to Avoid ‘Click Ok to Terminate’ in CATIA V5-1

Ways to Avoid ‘Click Ok to Terminate’ in CATIA V5-2

Corrupt Drafting Standards XML file: Drafting Standards need to be changed in this scenario

Missing Drafting Standards XML file while creating a drawing: in this case, proper drafting standards files need to be specified.

CATIA Bugs:  There could be certain bugs in the application which may also cause problems. Please ensure to update Service Packs regularly.

Random weird stuff: It can be data specific error.

In case your CATIA application happens to crash, here is a tip on how you can protect and retrieve the data you been working on just before the crash

It is painful that you lose hours of work just because of a CATIA crash or a timed-out session. Voila, don’t worry! Here is what you need to do to avoid losing your data next time. In your CATIA session, go to CATIA tools option in the small windows popup, click General>General Tab Enable (select automatic backup) and adjust the interval XX (time in minutes).

By doing this, CATIA will perform an automatic backup each XX minute for you while you work in your CATIA session. In case CATIA crashes next time, when you restart the application you will be prompted “would you like to retrieve your unsaved data previously”. If you click yes, CATIA will retrieve last unsaved data.

Ways to Avoid ‘Click Ok to Terminate’ in CATIA V5-3

 

Seamless Digital Transformation of your Business with on the Cloud Solutions

Posted on by admin_eds

Digital transformation is being adopted in each and every industry with business leaders affirming it as a strategic priority.

For efficient implementation, organizations have to transform how they develop products and deliver services to meet speed-to-market goals and fulfill the product requirements for unique customer experiences. This new era of business is built on the foundation of a collaborative ecosystem for partners, suppliers and customers.

Cloud is a key enabler of digital transformation to provide organizations with a collaborative ecosystem for innovation. Many organizations leading in digital transformation use various cloud platforms and cloud services. It not only reduces the overall cost but enables a greater collaboration across the value chain for an enhanced customer experience.

EDS Technologies, a leading service provide in India and the Platinum Partner of Dassault Systèmes provides a portfolio of software applications solutions on a cloud-platform called the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. 3DEXPERIENCE platform is a business experience platform that provides required applications to each department of an organization from marketing to sales to engineering. The solution offerings include industry-specific solutions delivered on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform for product design, manufacturing, simulation, and project management.

Cloud-based technologies can be highly beneficial especially for startups and help scale their business challenges. Startups are typically subjected to a spectrum of challenges not limited to budget constraints, product data progression, top-shelf resources and team instability due to remote locations. 3DEXPERIENCE on the Cloud solution provides deft features and functionalities to handle the above challenges and instate process efficiency throughout the value chain.

Top-shelf software solution such as 3DEXPERIENCE on the Cloud, can be easily availed by startups at an affordable cost within their budget restrictions as the need for large IT investment is reduced and/or eliminated. It provides process visibility with real-time data to enable collaboration and precision in decision making. This allows remote teams to work concurrently with complete transparency.

Benefits of Implementing Cloud-based Technology solutions into your business model

Deploying 3DEXPERIENCE on the Cloud solution enables organizations and startups with an optimized work experience, greater agility, an ecosystem encouraging experimentation and collective collaboration. Cloud-based software solutions are highly beneficial to a business model as they provide:

  • Access to the portfolio of industry-graded software applications with a single intuitive interface for the optimal user experience available at anywhere, anytime on a PC, tablet or mobile
  • Single dashboard for all applications that are easily customized for user groups such as engineering, sales, marketing to leverage the intellectual property
  • Standardized application version availed to all users across the globe immediately
  • Subscriptions-based offerings, especially useful for startups as a substitute to the large investment in software applications
  • Capabilities for customers to influence product development with direct contact to the software development team
  • Access to online technical support and knowledge base for any queries related to all the applications

To know more about the On the Cloud offerings, please contact us to speak to our consultants.

Achieve Product Design Excellence with CATIA 3DEXPERIENCE on the Cloud

Posted on by admin_eds

Why CATIA on the Cloud

DassaultSystèmes has been helping engineers and designers create complex designs for decades via CATIA, a product design and experience solution that has been used in multiple industries to develop products.

With CATIA’s ability to model any product, engineers, designers and all contributors can effortlessly imagine, define and shape products virtually before committing to a prototype.

CATIA, powered by the 3DEXPERIENCE® platform, enables start-ups or mid-market engineering companies to achieve engineering excellence via its powerful array of social and collaborative 3D modelling and simulation tools.

Now available as CATIA on the Cloud, mid-market engineering companies can have access to the same solution used by industry leaders at a fraction of the cost. They can start operating on the platform almost immediately without the heavy up-front investments needed for IT infrastructure, personnel or systems.

Why CATIA on the Cloud

  • Design anything you want
  • Work without limits on large and complex assemblies
  • Enjoy a smooth engineering process workflow
  • Work in Parallel and speed up collaboration
  • Instant Deployment and Scalability
  • Reduced total cost of ownership
  • Quickly model complex shapes using advanced parametric surface features
  • Check the validity and repair advanced imported surfaces to guarantee downstream usage
  • Reuse surfaces — whatever their quality — with tolerant modelling capabilities
  • Develop and morph any parametric surfaces
  • Accelerate designs with a better user experience
  • Improve the quality of your product. With CATIA, you can reach the best level of high-end surface quality using local surface modifiers and global deformation
  • Optimize the manufacturing process
  • Reduce tedious and repetitive tasks with intuitive automation functionalities
  • Reuse existing CATIA V5 data in 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA
  • Ensure product data quality by applying capitalized design rules
  • Access the right information directly in 3D

To compete in today’s fast-paced and competitive market, smaller and newer firms need a powerful platform that will enable them to compete with bigger players without the heavy investments needed in computer hardware, software and personnel.

CATIA on the Cloud’s user-friendly and ready out of the box nature ensures that companies, whatever their size, can get up and running on the platform in a matter of minutes.

Engineers and designers can innovate and create with teams in a collaborative, interactive environment where digital continuity is assured with a single source of truth.

Model, Design, Simulate and Collaborate: Upgrade your business process with 3DEXPERIENCE on the Cloud

Posted on by admin_eds

Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE on Cloud provides tools to oversee real-time view of the whole ecosystem and activity progress to realize the business vision and goals. 3DEXPERIENCE is a robust collaborative platform with a portfolio of solutions and an interactive environment across the organization and communities available to cloud-based users at all times. Easy-to-use interfaces allow multiple collaborators to ideate, design, simulate and deliver innovative projects for unique customer experiences. With the 3DEXPERIENCE on Cloud, users break free of the IT constraints with a faster, safer and reliable business process that support global collaboration.

The key capabilities of 3DEPERIENCE platform are as follows:

  1. 3D Modeling
  2. Generative Design
  3. Simulation
  4. Collaboration

Design right the first time with 3D Modeling

In this competitive world, it is crucial to have a faster product to market cycle with saved time and cost. Also, there is huge demand to develop and deliver a wide variety of products with advanced engineering and complex processes. Cloud-based mechanical design and surfacing with 3D Modeling provides state of the art engineering capabilities, design tools to collaborate and maintain digital continuity with stakeholders. Users can also:

  • Develop high-quality complex mechanical shapes
  • High-end surface quality with local surface modifiers and global deformation
  • Resolve complex manufacturing deformations without Product re-design and tooling
  • Save expert product data and reuse it as required
  • Easily access real-time information
  • Validate idea by designing products in motion with structural insights

Design complex shapes and patterns quickly with Generative Design

Major challenge of a designer is to develop increasingly complex and innovative 3D models, shapes and patterns to exceed customer demands. There are several limitations in the designer’s ability to explore and capture the variation of ideas. With generative design tools, users can explore, design and validate the complex variants with repetitive non-regular shapes and patterns. Users can also easily collaborate with stakeholders with the browser-based solution to maintain digital continuity and work remotely. Users can also:

  • Boost the design process with the large number of alternatives to the main design with varying styling capabilities
  • Make informed design decisions and shape research with a dynamic 3D modeling experience
  • Provide the best geometry quality with parametric modeling that provides immediate useable geometries

Validate innovation of products faster with Simulation

Countless rounds of trial and errors before production is eliminated by incorporating virtual simulation at each stage of the product design cycle. Real-time collaboration with engineers from different teams accelerates the product innovation and development process by communicating the insights from virtual simulation to relevant key stakeholders at the right time.

Users can perform sophisticated simulations using the robust technology that enables collaboration and digital continuity with the 3DEXPERIENCE on the Cloud. Simulation solutions offerings are:

  • An environment integrated with CAD, CAE and PLM tools
  • Intuitive applications to eliminate guesswork for improvised product design
  • Meets all the simulation demands at any given time and place
  • Increased productivity by enabling engineers and designers to focus on engineering problems than menial manual tasks
  • Streamline the engineering workflow with quick insights into product performance and quality

Product data and lifecycle management with Collaboration

Stay digitally connected with product design data and collaborative teams to formulate efficient plans that enable development and release new products. Easy access to secured product data and lifecycle management with team-based planning enables real-time sharing of design data. With the 3DEXPERIENCE on the Cloud, users can seamlessly collaborate with product data from anywhere at any time on any device. Users can also:

  • Share and discuss ideas in a secure community
  • Manage product design and documents with the CAD environment
  • Define multiple discipline products for release to manufacturing
  • Collaborate using web-based design reviews and track issues
  • Modify under the governance of a change process that notifies relevant stakeholders
  • Define projects, assign tasks and track the real-time status of deliverables
  • Explore and edit multiple product structures with a web-browser

Benefits of 3DEXPERIENCE on the Cloud:

  1. Cost Effective: Without any IT requisites, the 3DEXPERIENCE on the Cloud easy to deploy and ready to use. The complete offering includes an all-in-one solution required by the organization to achieve their business vision with a portfolio of applications such as CATIA, SIMULIA, DELMIA, ENOVIA.
  2. Adaptability: With automatic updates, the latest versions of the applications are available with frequent new features. The 3DEXPERIENCE on the Cloud is flexible as it can be tailored to the user needs with the subscription model. With the ever-changing market, add applications and user as required to align with the business.
  3. Foster Collaboration: With the cloud-based option, working online and remotely is possible at any given time encouraging collaboration with tools to quickly innovate from idea to delivery with multiple stakeholders.
  4. Data Security: Fully secured and encrypted product data with tools for tracking and management of data and activity.
  5. Environment Friendly: Compared to on-site servers 3DEXPERIENCE on the cloud uses 30% less energy.

To know about 3DEXPERIENCE on the Cloud, contact us to speak to our experts.

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