VÉLIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, France – February 10, 2011 – Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, announced today that BMW has selected its V6 PLM solutions to develop the future electrical, electronics, and embedded software (E/E) architecture of BMW cars.

BMW chose Dassault Systèmes’ V6 solution for thousands of engineers because of its flexible PLM backbone, and the large degree of out-of-the-box, specialized functionality for systems engineering.

With the Architecture, Integration and Design for Automotive Project (AIDA), BMW will implement a seamless collaborative process to connect the various constituents and actors of the E/E process, putting BMW’s customers’ values at the center of the innovation process. By leveraging Dassault Systèmes’ V6 to create a single IP reference, BMW will link customer requirements to implementable functions in the car, while defining the logical architecture of the systems and releasing the physical expression in form of hardware and software.

BMW will leverage the V6 solution to manage the future complexity of embedded systems in the car by providing a master architecture for all car derivations and enabling a constant modernization of car functions. The re-use of functions and the separation of hardware and software components in the development process will help BMW gain significant cost savings in the E/E domain.

The V6 PLM systems design solution will be connected to the current BMW enterprise environment, demonstrating the openness of the V6 platform. This successful deployment, already in operation today, is the first step in a 10-year partnership that BMW and Dassault Systèmes have signed to build the best infrastructure and applications for the E/E domain.

“The car of the future cannot be built with the processes and tools from the past” comments Dominique Florack, Senior Executive Vice President, Products – R&D at Dassault Systèmes. “The V6 platform is the Dassault Systèmes strategic solution to create and simulate digitally the most complex embedded systems. I am delighted to see that BMW has endorsed our vision and was able to deploy V6 in production, on time, less than eight months after its decision.”

Velizy, France, February 23, 2011 — Jaguar Land Rover  and Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, have today entered a strategic partnership that formalises future cooperation and collaboration between the two companies.

The agreement, signed by Dassault Systèmes President and CEO Bernard Charlès and Jaguar Land Rover CEO Dr. Ralf Speth, will see advanced digital 3D simulation and development tools transform Jaguar Land Rover’s Product Development processes. The two companies will work together to jointly develop industry-leading product creation solutions.

Jaguar Land Rover will deploy Dassault Systèmes’ V6 solutions for Product Lifecycle Management – the process which drives and controls all vehicle creation processes – to increase operational efficiency and reduce complexity through enhanced innovation and accelerated development capabilities.

Dassault Systèmes was chosen by Jaguar Land Rover as its preferred partner in the PLM field following an 18 month evaluation period that included a full analysis of the PMTI (Process, Method, Tools, Information) environment at Jaguar Land Rover.

In addition to supplying existing system programmes, development engineers from Dassault Systèmes and Jaguar Land Rover will work together on new processes and solutions that will provide the combination of simplification and specialization required to create new generations of premium vehicles. The focus on commonality, innovation and integration will have the dual benefit of significantly increasing efficiencies while reducing cost by a similar margin.

Jaguar Land Rover is leveraging the full range of Dassault Systèmes’ V6 solutions from its industry leading brands, including ENOVIA, CATIA, DELMIA, SIMULIA, and 3DVIA PLM 2.0.

Dassault Systèmes President and CEO Bernard Charlès commented: “The signing of this strategic cooperation contract will accelerate and reveal the power of collaborative innovation for intelligent vehicles. Integrating electronics and onboard software has become a critical element of differentiation for a great vehicle experience. PLM 2.0 with V6 can only provide such simplification and elevation to Lifelike PLM with rapid ROI.”

Jaguar Land Rover Chief Executive Officer, Dr Ralf Speth, said: “We look to this association to bring significant technical and commercial benefits to Jaguar Land Rover.  Dassault Systèmes will provide the processes and tools we need to more efficiently develop and create vehicles that exceed our customers’ expectations in every respect and deliver the highest standards of quality.”

WOKING SURREY, UK and VÉLIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, France, March 1st, 2011 – McLaren Racing, the operating arm of the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 team, and Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, are pleased to announce a new partnership to further enhance racing car development efficiency.

The agreement sees McLaren Racing committing to Dassault Systèmes’ open V6 PLM solutions for integrated design development, analysis and management. ENOVIA V6 forms McLaren Racing’s collaborative innovation backbone by providing a single IP reference for managing engineering, intellectual property and business processes.  CATIA V6 will be used for innovative design and concurrent engineering, enhancing McLaren’s development efficiency.

The deployment of Dassault Systèmes’ V6 solutions enables McLaren Racing’s team to benefit from one of the most sophisticated, open, flexible, secure and integrated PLM 2.0 software environments ever created. The scale, scope and speed of Formula 1 racing design means tens of thousands of new innovative designs and ideas each year.  Creating, developing and testing so many designs requires an efficient and trusted software environment to integrate and safely manage the considerable load of technical data and engineering simulation results. Dassault Systèmes’ V6 collaborative PLM solutions will play a vital role in helping streamline McLaren Racing’s processes, as well as promoting successful innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration from the initial concept to manufacturing and then to the racetrack itself.

“While it may look straightforward to guide a racing car from a 3D digital model to the racetrack, it’s a process that involves an extraordinarily complex and disparate series of interlocking design, purchasing and manufacturing constituents. At McLaren Racing, we are looking at every opportunity to cut our time to market – whether that’s through clever design, the introduction of improved processes or, in the case of V6 PLM, by introducing a sophisticated product lifecycle management system to improve efficiency throughout the production cycle,” said Jonathan Neale, McLaren Racing’s managing director. “Dassault Systèmes’ suite of software solutions has long been part of McLaren’s design DNA, and the introduction of CATIA V6 and ENOVIA V6 will only strengthen our hand, allowing us to work faster and more productively within one of the most competitive and relentless environments in the world.”

Dassault Systèmes CEO Bernard Charles commented, “By signing this important agreement with Vodafone McLaren Mercedes we are building a stronger partnership with a great Formula 1 team. This new collaboration demonstrates Formula 1’s world commitment to innovation. A formidable test bed for extreme reliable technologies that only Dassault Systèmes PLM 2.0 can provide. We wish Vodafone McLaren Mercedes the very best for the current race season and are proud of our involvement with such a prestigious and successful team”.

]]> http://www.catia.co.za/industrial-design-news/mclaren-formula-1-racing-team-chooses-v6-for-greater-efficiency-throughout-the-production-cycle/feed 0 http://www.catia.co.za/industrial-design-news/optimal-energys-solution-v6-plm http://www.catia.co.za/industrial-design-news/optimal-energys-solution-v6-plm#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:21:20 +0000 Jethro http://www.catia.co.za/?p=940 As one of CDC’s largest clients it gives us pleasure to show the progress and speed at which Optimal Energy has grown over the past year. Here is a press release stating their move forward into the future.

Optimal Energy, South African car manufacturer, will develop Joule, Africa’s first battery-powered vehicle, with the V6 solutions from Dassault Systèmes.

Optimal Energy will rely on CATIA and ENOVIA V6 for product design and data management. As well as ENOVIA 3DLIVE, to overcome the distance relationship of suppliers and partners and to be able to collaborate on the same model in real time over the Internet.

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Dassault Systemes has announced that BMW has signed a strategic 5-year global agreement to “pave the way to meet the automotive market’s new challenges.” According to the press release, “Through this agreement, the companies will establish a close link between their research & development centers that will not only improve the DS automotive product offering but also the BMW development and production process. Dassault Systemes software solutions support BMW in core areas for design and manufacturing process planning with Catia as the backbone for product development.”

The necessity to reduce C02 emission levels has forced automotive manufacturers to reshape their business processes to deliver greener cars. Fully embracing the cause of leaving a minimum carbon footprint on the planet, the implementation of the DS solutions will help automakers conceive, analyze and simulate eco-friendly low-emission vehicles like the Project I, a new Megacity vehicle, optimized for better performance and low energy consumption.

The BMW Concept ActiveE is powered by a new synchronous electric motor specially developed for this vehicle. Its maximum output is 125 kW/170 bhp, the maximum torque of 250 Nm / 184 lb-ft is available from standing as is typical for electric motors and remains available over an unusually broad load range.

The release also gave details of what BMW would be using:

By consolidating design in a single PLM software platform BMW can tap into “proven design” concepts and re-use them across all product lines achieving time savings in the design and manufacturing of new cars. The single platform also enables all designers, including development partners in the supply chain, to collaborate, which is another factor in streamlining the design process. Simulia realistic simulation solutions combined with Catia further allow BMW to virtually test their vehicle’s real-world performance early in the development cycle which helps improve product quality, while reducing time and cost of physical testing.

What’s also a small note in the press release is that:

“The agreement also defines a set of strategic projects where BMW will evaluate possible migration paths that ensure a smooth transition to Dassault Systèmes V6 PLM solutions for all its vehicle development programs.”

BMW already use Catia V5 and have been a flagship user for many years. This Thermoelectric Generator (TEG) that’s integrated in exhaust gas recirculation systems is typical.

There are many rumours and tales of unhappiness amongst many Dassault customers with the introduction of V6 – in both the small and very large account, with some major customers allegedly looking at a shift in platform for their product development. This shows that for some, and BMW have been a key account for DS for decades, the decision has already been made and the transition is a part of their long term strategy.

Over 80% of 2009 Vehicles Debuting at Detroit Auto Show Designed in CATIA

Auburn Hills, Mich., January 13, 2009 – Dassault Systèmes (DS) (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced that CATIA, the company’s solution for virtual design, was used in the development of over 80 percent of the 24* introductory and concept vehicles making their world debut at the 2009 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) taking place at Cobo Hall in Detroit, January 11-25. Additionally, CATIA was utilized in the design of all NAIAS 2009 North American Car of the Year and 2009 North American Truck of the Year finalists. With the automotive industry under extreme duress and scrutiny, optimizing vehicle development processes to reduce cost and time to market without sacrificing creativity or quality are key goals.

CATIA, with its knowledgeware capability, is able to positively and significantly impact these areas. Through the use of CATIA’s automated design templates, designers can streamline and standardize the design process. This creates ‘free engineering’ time to invest in innovation and deliver additional benefits in each concurrent model that is based upon that set of templates. Knowledge is accumulated and stored in a single data base for real-time sharing. Changes in design specifications are automatically propagated across all involved disciplines to ensure that everyone is working with the most current data. Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) technology is increasingly impacting design as new capabilities allow collaboration between all the involved parties from creators to collaborators to consumers. Studies show that there exists a strong correlation between a company’s ability to find new uses for information and its ability to innovate.

Today, many of the automakers across the world are using Dassault Systèmes’ PLM solutions, such as CATIA, DELMIA, ENOVIA, SIMULIA, and 3DVIA. These solutions enable manufacturers to develop and optimize vehicle design and manufacturing processes in the virtual world to deliver higher quality products in a shorter time, at a reduced cost. The Dassault Systemes’ PLM portfolio offers increased engineering excellence, expanding PLM deeper into production cycles, accelerating PLM adoption for mid-size companies, broadening IP lifecycle management and further integrating the enterprise ecosystem. In addition, Dassault Systèmes’ DELMIA Automation virtual commissioning solution has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious 2009 Automotive News PACE Awards, recognized around the world as the industry’s symbol of innovation, technological advancement and business performance among automotive suppliers.

VW UP lite Concept Car

LOS ANGELES, December 9, 2009  Dassault Systèmes (DS) (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced that CATIA, the company’s solution for virtual design, was used in the development of over 80 percent* of all the vehicles on display at the 2010 LA Auto Show, open to the public through December 13, 2009. The use of the CATIA solution has proven exceptionally strong (85%) in the Green Ride & Drive vehicles, which are experimental models that offer high efficiency, low environmental impact or run on a variety of alternative fuels. The Green Car Journal’s 2010 Green Car of the Year, as well as the 2010 International Car and Truck of the Year awards announced during the LA Auto Show were also all designed in CATIA.

It has long been recognized that implementation of CATIA allows automakers to reduce vehicle development cost and bring product to market more quickly. In addition to bringing efficiency to the process, CATIA allows more time for innovation and testing of different design features that can help reduce energy consumption, such as rolling  resistance, aerodynamics, and vehicle weight, to name a few.

As automakers endeavor to meet today’s aggressive emission standards, vehicle system complexity will continue to increase as hybrid and other advanced powertrain technologies become increasingly prevalent.  To help with this, Dassault Systèmes next generation V6 platform provides an integrated, multi-disciplinary approach to product development where all engineering domains and solutions are linked together in a common and dynamic engineering template. Components from multiple disciplines, as well as the numerous interactions between them, are modeled in the authoring environment of CATIA to enable dynamic simulation of the complete system via a virtual prototype. This allows all systems (mechanical, electronic, software) to be dynamically tested and validated together to improve system performance, reduce cost, and maximize reliability of these critical systems. 

The L.A. Auto Show runs from December 4 – 13 and takes place at the Los Angeles Convention Center.  For more information, visit http://www.laautoshow.com/.

*Numbers based upon LA Auto Show confirmed vehicles as of November 23, 2009

Employing 32,000 people, Scania operates in about 100 countries. About 2,400 employees work with research and development, a majority of these are based in Sweden, close to the production units.

Scania has evaluated different CAD systems with the objective to reduce time and costs significantly in order to develop, produce and improve their products and product descriptions. After reviewing different CAD systems Scania decided that CATIA was the best one.
Today, approximately 650 employees use CATIA and ENOVIA at Scania, primarily within R&D and production, but also in other areas, such as post-market. Today, the 3D environment is a naturally integrated part of a designer’s workday.

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