dynamics 26 Spring 2006

CD-adapco continues to push forward

The first few months of 2006 have seen
CD-adapco’s most significant set of product releases since we first unleashed STAR-CD back in the late-eighties. We’ve therefore used the start of this issue to detail the benefits that STAR-CD V4, STAR-CCM+ V2 and
STAR-CAD Series V4.02 bring to you as a partner of CD-adapco.

Highlights include: a new polyhedral solver for STAR-CD; our very latest surface preparation and meshing technology in STAR-CCM+; and the STAR-CAD Series; simulation for Design Engineers, equipped with the full power of parametric CAD.

One of the key objectives behind these releases has been to continue the convergence of our solutions: both in technology and inter-operability. This means that you have access to the best solutions – like a polyhedral solver – in STAR-CD, STAR-CCM+ and the
STAR-CAD Series. Common technology also enables transparent exchange between products. For example, meshes produced in STAR-CCM+ V2 can be run just as easily in STAR-CD V4 as in STAR-CCM+ V2: the choice is yours!

My own area of interest is utilizing these tools within the design cycle. Today, companies can obtain a clear competitive advantage by effectively introducing simulation into their product development cycle. Not just by adding CAE as an additional step in the design process, but by really assessing and adapting these processes to fully leverage virtual product development.

Our new releases help here too. For example, the STAR-CAD Series delivers tight integration with CAD and PLM systems: bringing CFD to the design department while significantly improving the CAD to simulation process for all. Again, our solutions fit around your process, so regardless of whether you use CATIA V5, Pro/ENGINEER, Unigraphics NX or SolidWorks as your CAD system, CD-adapco delivers the same added value.

The best demonstration of the power of CD-adapco’s CAE solutions is of course, how our partners utilize them to add value in their engineering processes. As always, we’re very grateful to all of them for sharing their applications of CAE and successes with CD-adapco. I’d like to thank them all: ABB, AREVA, ArvinMeritor, Audi AG, Dassault Aviation, FIAT Powertrain, QinetiQ, Webasto, Victoria Institute, Argonne National Laboratories and Sarov Laboratories.

I hope you enjoy the issue.

Sincerely yours,

Jean-Claude Ercolanelli
Product Manager, STAR-CAD Series
CD-adapco