Mechanical Dynamics and SRAC Create Partnership
22 December 1998
SolidWorks Gold Partners Mechanical Dynamics and SRAC Create Partnership To Provide Integrated Motion and Structural Simulation Solutions
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 21 -- Mechanical Dynamics, Inc.
and Structural Research & Analysis Corp. (SRAC) of Los Angeles,
Calif., have signed an agreement to create a partnership that will provide an
industry-leading suite of integrated motion and structural simulation
solutions to users of SolidWorks mechanical design automation software.
Through this agreement, effective January 1, 1999, SRAC will serve as the
master distributor of Dynamic Designer/Motion simulation software from
Mechanical Dynamics to SolidWorks resellers in North America. The agreement
aims to capitalize on the strong positions of the companies -- both SolidWorks
Gold Partners -- to expand the use of simulation-based design and virtual
prototyping in the SolidWorks market.
"Mechanical Dynamics has developed the most complete embedded motion
simulation application in the SolidWorks environment," said Alan Wegienka,
director of Mechanical Dynamics' Design Technologies Division, developers of
the Dynamic Designer product line. "By integrating our software with SRAC's
Cosmos/Works, the most popular structural analysis software in the SolidWorks
channel, we expect to see market expansion and solid market share increases."
Wegienka added, "SRAC has been very successful in capturing the mindshare
of the SolidWorks dealer channel. We look to leverage new sales of Dynamic
Designer/Motion through this partnership."
Dynamic Designer/Motion is fully integrated with SolidWorks, the popular
PC Windows 95/NT-based computer-aided design (CAD) software from SolidWorks
Corp. (a Dassault Systemes company, ). Dynamic Designer/Motion
provides dynamic motion simulation capabilities and features Mechanical
Dynamics' unique IntelliMotion(TM) technology, which allows users to easily
add motion data to SolidWorks assemblies working with the SolidWorks Feature
Manager they already know.
The results gained from simulation with Dynamic Designer/Motion can be
used to detect moving inferences between SolidWorks assembly parts, show
forces and effects of collisions between parts, and automatically output force
data to COSMOS/Works. Users can view simulation results in onscreen animation
and use XY plots to graph calculated measures.
COSMOS/Works is used for finite element analysis (FEA) and is also fully
integrated with SolidWorks. Its capabilities include: automatic assembly
analysis; design reports that can be reviewed and distributed via the
Internet; drag and drop analysis; advanced visualization of analysis results;
the capability to analyze sheet metal and other thin-walled structures quickly
and efficiently; a Design Check Wizard to let designers check their designs
quickly and ensure that they meet design specifications; analysis independent
of consistent units of measurement; and the capability to analyze very large
problems quickly on Windows 95/NT platforms.
"SRAC's distribution of Dynamic Designer/Motion helps integrate the worlds
of mechanical design, motion simulation, and structural analysis even more
tightly than before," said Robert R. Ryan, president and chief operating
officer of Mechanical Dynamics. "With all of these capabilities available
through a single software interface, a SolidWorks user should find it easy not
only to design a sophisticated mechanical assembly, but also to answer key
engineering questions about the design -- mainly: 'Does it work?' and 'Will it
break?'"
Dr. Victor Weingarten, president and chief executive officer of SRAC,
said, "Our resellers and end-users are excited about this relationship with
Mechanical Dynamics. They already know that we provide them with the highest
level of support and service, and now we will be offering them the same
capabilities with the Dynamic Designer/Motion product."
SRAC, headquartered in Los Angeles, was founded in 1982 to design,
develop, and market design analysis software for the mechanical computer-aided
engineering market. Since its inception, the company has contributed
innovations that have had a significant impact on the evolution of finite
element analysis. SRAC offers interfaces to programs from Autodesk, Inc.;
Parametric Technology Corp.; SDRC; Dassault Systemes; MacNeal Schwendler
Corp.; ANSYS, Inc.; Unigraphics Solutions; Universal Analytics, Inc.; Bentley
Systems, Inc.; Working Model, Inc.; Cad.Lab, Inc.; and MICROCADAM, Inc., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of CADAM Systems Co.
The Design Technologies Division of Mechanical Dynamics provides embedded
mechanical design simulation software for use with the leading PC-based CAD
systems. This includes Autodesk Mechanical Desktop and AutoCAD from Autodesk,
Inc. and Bentley Systems' MicroStation Modeler, in addition to SolidWorks.
Dynamic Designer products are built upon Mechanical Dynamics' ADAMS(R)
dynamic solution engine. Thousands of engineering teams from nearly every
manufacturing industry use ADAMS software to build and test virtual
prototypes, realistically simulating on their computers the operational
behavior of complex mechanical system designs in motion. Using ADAMS can help
users reduce the need for costly physical prototypes, improve design quality,
and dramatically shorten product development time.
Users can easily upgrade from Dynamic Designer products to more
specialized ADAMS-based simulation packages as their applications demand.
Additional information about Dynamic Designer products is available from
Mechanical Dynamics, Inc., Design Technologies Division, 2301 Commonwealth
Blvd., Ann Arbor, Mich. 48105 USA. Phone: 734-214-9716. Fax: 734-214-9717.
E-mail: info@designtechnologies.com. Online:
http://www.designtechnologies.com.
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