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MSC.Software Expands Virtual Product Development With MSC.Fatigue
2005 r1
New Version Helps Engineers Reduce Simulation Set-Up Time and Streamline
Processes
SANTA ANA, Calif., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MSC.Software Corp.
(NYSE:MNS), the leading global provider of virtual product development (VPD)
products including simulation software and services, today announced the
availability of MSC.Fatigue 2005 r1. MSC.Fatigue helps engineers evaluate
durability and damage tolerance of components and systems and make changes
early in the design cycle before prototypes are ever created. This optimizes
product durability, reduces product launch risks, facilitates faster
time-to-market, and reduces prototyping and testing costs.
"We are seeing a trend within our long-time customers who want to expand their
skill set and utilize new, complementary technologies. With the importance
placed on durability as a way to reduce warranty costs, products like
MSC.Fatigue are a natural extension of the work our customers are already
doing," said Frank Perna, chairman and chief executive officer of MSC.Software.
"We have a very clear strategy for increasing the software usage of our
installed base and the key to that strategy is to provide them with new,
easy-to-use tools that are well-integrated within their engineering
environment. MSC.Fatigue is this kind of tool and we look forward to it's
continued growth in 2005 and beyond."
Mechanical systems that fail while in operation cause serious problems for all
parties involved. Manufacturers are faced with high warranty costs and
liabilities, but more importantly, the safety of persons operating faulty cars,
trucks, aircraft, or machinery may be at risk. To reduce the risk that their
products will fatigue prematurely or unexpectedly, manufacturers may
over-design parts using much higher than necessary margins of safety, which
adds weight and cost, or rely heavily on physical fatigue tests to accurately
predict failure conditions and life expectancy, which increases costs and
time-to-market.
As a key component in the Virtual Product Development (VPD) process and a
member of the SimOffice family of products, MSC.Fatigue enables customers to
quickly and qualitatively predict the effect of proposed design changes on
product life. Used in conjunction with MSC's broad suite of VPD tools,
MSC.Fatigue allows users to optimize their designs for strength, weight, and
shape.
Some of the new benefits and capabilities in MSC.Fatigue 2005 r1 include the
following:
Reduced simulation set-up time when using the Aerospace Load Spectrum
capability: This enhanced capability provides an option to import data from an
ASCII file for block creation.
Industrial strength simulations using the Large Model Translation capability in
FATTRANS: The translation of large models is performed by using logic to break
up the model in groups based on available memory. Intelligent messaging is
available to guide the user to override the default memory allocation and
specify custom memory allocation.
Enhanced productivity using the new SIMMAX utility: SIMMAX extracts a time
history from a series of DAC files or a single RPC file based on two methods:
-- Location of max peak, min valley, or abs max in the control channel
-- Scanning input channels for the single largest maximum, minimum or
absolute maximum and extracting for each channel, the simultaneous
values of all other channels at the position of the largest event
Expanded scope of Virtual Product Development using Gray Cast Iron analysis:
This new capability takes into account the dominant influence of the flake-like
shape of graphite in Gray Cast Iron on its mechanical properties. The graphite
flakes act as stress raisers, which may prematurely cause localized plastic
flow at low stresses, and initiate fracture in the matrix at higher stresses.
Enhanced Integration with MSC.Patran through full support of CWELD Spot Weld
Modeling capability:
Simulation of realistic loading environments utilizing the Redesign Duty Cycle
capability: The Redesign Duty Cycle takes advantage of several capabilities
including the ability to use load time histories directly from the source
directory, the ability to add or delete sequences, events and time histories,
the ability to independently configure events and a reporting tool that
provides users with damage statistics from events and sequences.
Leverage diverse Operating System based computational resources on the network
and expect robust/faster simulations using Analysis Manager: In this new
version, the Windows-Unix interaction limitation has been removed.
Additionally, the input to Analysis Manager is handled without any user
intervention.
MSC.Fatigue is developed in close cooperation with nCode, MSC.Software's
fatigue and durability partner. MSC.Fatigue is currently available under the
MSC.MasterKey licensing System (formerly the VPD Campus Licensing System). The
MSC.MasterKey system is tailored to the unique environment of every customer,
maximizing productivity and engineering budgets by providing full-range
simulation capabilities and flexible product management from a token-based
system.
For more information on MSC.Fatigue please visit
http://www.mscsoftware.com/products/.
About MSC.Software Corporation
MSC.Software (NYSE:MNS) is the leading global provider of simulation software
and services, that helps companies make money, save time and reduce costs
associated with designing and testing manufactured products. MSC.Software works
with thousands of companies in hundreds of industries to develop better
products faster by utilizing information technology, software, services and
systems. MSC.Software employs more than 1400 people in 23 countries. For
additional information about MSC.Software's products and services, please visit
http://www.mscsoftware.com/.
DATASOURCE: MSC.Software Corp.
CONTACT: Press, Todd Evans, Corporate Communications of MSC.Software,
+1-714-445-3066,
Web site: http://www.mscsoftware.com/products
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