Designng seats.DESIGNING SEATS. Digital prototyping Digital Prototyping is a word that has been used in the MCAD space for more than a decade. It reimerged around 2007 and has became a discussion topic with trade media and industry analysts. Daratech dedicated one of their online newsletters to the topic. of seats is the purpose of Seat Design Environment (SDE SDE - Software Development Environment: equivalent to SEE. ) from VISTAGY, Inc. (www.vistagy.com; Waltham, MA). The application provides a complete digital model of the seat, and also provides manufacturing simulation capabilities. It captures and models elements including: the trim cover surface, sew sew v. sewed, sewn or sewed, sew·ing, sews v.tr. 1. To make, repair, or fasten by stitching, as with a needle and thread or a sewing machine: lines, retainers and attachment, labels, tags, and sensor locations and descriptions. The software simulates how the cover will fit over the seat based on deformation properties of the chosen materials. Sew-ready flat patterns can be generated for cutting operations. SDE operates within 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. , Pro/ENGINEER and NX CAD systems. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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