AleniaAermacchi Selects VISTAGY's FiberSIM(R) 5.1 Software as Composite Design Tool for Commercial Airliners; Leading Italian aircraft manufacturer expands use of composites engineering software.WALTHAM, Mass. -- VISTAGY, Inc., a leading global provider of specialized engineering software, today announced that AleniaAermacchi, one of the world's most renowned jet manufacturers, has selected VISTAGY's FiberSIM(R) 5.1 software as its specialized composite design environment in the CATIA A family of 2D and 3D CAD programs from IBM. CATIA was one of the first CAD programs to provide 3D solid modeling. The program was developed by Dassault Systems, a French aerospace company. V5 CAD system. AleniaAermacchi engineers have used FiberSIM for more than two years on a variety of design projects and utilized the software to design, simulate and manufacture complex composite aircraft parts for commercial airliners. With headquarters in Venegono, Italy, AleniaAermacchi turned to VISTAGY to help automate its end-to-end product development process. Using FiberSIM software, AleniaAermacchi engineers will generate detailed documentation early in the design phase, and efficiently share composites information and detail across the organization from within one design application. AleniaAermacchi will utilize FiberSIM's zone-based design and new automated plybook capabilities to ensure products are designed and manufactured accurately, within specification, and meet the demanding deadlines of its current aerospace customers. "VISTAGY has more than fifteen years of aerospace engineering expertise, and leading companies like AleniaAermacchi turn to us to help them innovate in·no·vate v. in·no·vat·ed, in·no·vat·ing, in·no·vates v.tr. To begin or introduce (something new) for or as if for the first time. v.intr. To begin or introduce something new. their aircraft designs and manufacture products that give them a competitive edge," said Steve Luby, president and 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. at VISTAGY. "AleniaAermacchi is an important partner that prides itself on adopting the very latest design technology for more efficient and cost-effective product development. We look forward to continuing our work with AleniaAermacchi to improve the efficiency of their design processes for composite parts on commercial airliners." For more information about AleniaAermacchi, please visit www.aermacchi.it/index.htm. About AleniaAermacchi AleniaAermacchi, a Finmeccanica company, is one of the most modern manufacturers of jet trainers and light close air support aircraft - always at the forefront in military and major commercial aircraft design and production. The company has constantly displayed an exceptional capability of properly assessing contemporary requirements in its area of endeavor for more than 90 years. About FiberSIM(R) FiberSIM(R) is a suite of software products, powered by VISTAGY's unique EnCapta(R) technology, that turns commercial CAD systems into tools specialized for designing and manufacturing composite parts. The software enables engineers to create a complete digital product definition of a composite part within their 3D modeling environment. FiberSIM supports the entire product development process as well as flexible design methodologies for a wide variety of materials and manufacturing methods. The software simulates how composite material composite material or composite, any material made from at least two discrete substances, such as concrete. Many materials are produced as composites, such as the fiberglass-reinforced plastics used for automobile bodies and boat hulls, but the deforms over complex curvature curvature Measure of the rate of change of direction of a curved line or surface at any point. In general, it is the reciprocal of the radius of the circle or sphere of best fit to the curve or surface at that point. and generates manufacturing information including documentation, flat patterns, and data to drive downstream manufacturing equipment. FiberSIM also uses XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. technology to share composites data with people and applications throughout the enterprise. About VISTAGY, Inc. VISTAGY, Inc. develops engineering software that provides specialized functionality to significantly improve the value of commercial 3D CAD systems. VISTAGY's specialized engineering environments enable engineers to capture and communicate complete digital product definitions within CAD, thereby increasing productivity, improving the communication of product information throughout the product lifecycle Product lifecycle or product life cycle is the course of a product's sales and profits over time. The five stages of each product lifecycle are product development, introduction, growth, maturity and decline. , and allowing better-informed decision-making early in design. VISTAGY software is used throughout the world in the aerospace, automotive, marine, medical, sporting goods Noun 1. sporting goods - sports equipment sold as a commodity commodity, trade good, good - articles of commerce sports equipment - equipment needed to participate in a particular sport , and transportation interiors industries. The company also offers training and consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" . For more information, contact VISTAGY in Waltham, Massachusetts One of the early centers of the Industrial Revolution in northern America, Waltham is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 59,226 at the 2000 census. , USA, at +1.781.250.6868 or visit www.vistagy.com. "VISTAGY. 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