Airbus Turns to DIVISION Inc. to Speed Design Time; $1.65 Million Deal to Provide Software Design Solutions.SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 11, 1998--DIVISION Inc., the world's leading developer of engineering data access tools, has signed a $1.65 million deal with the Airbus Industrie Consortium through Parametric Technology Corporation |Parametric Technology Corporation]] Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC)(NASDAQ: PMTC) provides Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) engineering CAD/CAM software and content management and dynamic publishing solutions to more than 40,000 companies worldwide. to provide DIVISION's dVISE software to streamline the aircraft manufacturer's design process. After an extensive period of evaluation, the ACE (Airbus Concurrent Engineering) team chose the DIVISION suite of software tools to be fully integrated into their CAD and PDM (1) (Product Data Management) An information system used to manage the data for a product as it passes from engineering to manufacturing. The data includes plans, geometric models, CAD drawings, images, NC programs as well as all related project data, notes and systems to allow the engineer to check the performance of his design within the context of the entire assembly. dVISE software allows engineers to interact with their designs using the very latest data from their CAD systems. Up to now, one of the most time consuming aspects within the design process was the need to create physical mock-ups in order to ensure fit of entire assembly. A wing mock-up mock·up also mock-up n. 1. A usually full-sized scale model of a structure, used for demonstration, study, or testing. 2. A layout of printed matter. , for instance, can take several weeks to create, but can be quickly out of date becauseof the difficulty in keeping the mock-up in sync with the CAD design. This problem can cause inefficiencies, with the CAD design moving on apace and the physical mock-up several iterations behind the design. "The scale and complexity of British Aerospace's products demand best-in -class solutions for all phases of our design lifecycle," said Steve Tothill British Aerospace Airbus, CADCAM CADCAM Computer-Aided Design - Computer-Aided Manufacturing Team Leader. "With the seamless integration of DIVISION's dVISE product into Parametric Technologies Corporation's EPD EPD expected progeny difference. Connect our key users will be able, for the first time, to visualise and interact with the entire virtual mock-up as it develops all under the robust control of the PDM system." "The physical mock-up has traditionally been an important reference for some disciplines. However, the creation of the physical mock-up has been an expensive and time-consuming process. With the implementation of the DIVISION software a low cost quicker alternative now exists within Airbus," said Charles Grimsdale, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of DIVISION. "Today's CAD tools are not designed to visualise and interact with large scale assemblies which is where dVISE comes into its own," he added. "dVISE allows us to easily conduct daily project design reviews and verify that our products are right the first time ensuring that we produce a quality product that is easily maintained and meets the exact requirements of our customers, without the need to produce full physical mock-ups," Steve Tothill said. With these tools now in place in France, Germany and the UK, the Airbus Industrie design reviews can be conducted without the need to travel, and at a moments notice. It is anticipated that significant savings can be expected within the first year. About Airbus Airbus Industrie is the European multinational consortium with a world-wide reputation for setting the standards in modern, efficient transport aircraft. Created in 1970, Airbus Industrie has developed a complete family of short-, medium- and long-haul aircraft with seating capacities ranging from 124 to approximately 400 seats. In its 28 years of operation, Airbus Industrie has booked a total of more than 2,850 orders and delivered over 1,720 aircraft to its international customers. About DIVISION DIVISION (http://www.DIVISION.com) is the world's leading developer of engineering data access tools which enable industrial and research leaders to communicate more effectively through visualization and Interactive Product Simulation of product designs. DIVISION customers include Airbus, Boeing, British Aerospace, Daimler Benz, Ford, General Dynamics, John Deere, Lever Brothers, Lockheed Martin, NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , Toyota and United Defense. DIVISION's dVISE product family currently runs on Sun, HP, SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. and Windows NT and '95 platforms. DIVISION's stock (DVG DVG Divers Gauche (France, politics) DVG Discrete Value Group DVG Deutsche Vakuum-Gesellschaft eV (German Vacuum Society) DVG Digital Video Generator DVG Digital Voice Guard ) is traded on the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. and worldwide headquarters are located in Bristol, UK, with US headquarters in San Mateo, Calif. dVISE is a trademark of DIVISION Group Plc. Other product names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks and or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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