CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
26 May 2005
Product News
ANSYS and RoboBAT Announce an Integrated Structural Engineering Solution
ANSYS, Inc. announced that it has partnered with RoboBAT , a supplier of analytical and CAD software solutions for the structural engineer, to integrate their solutions in order to streamline customers' product development processes.
The integration of RoboBAT's Engineering System Open Platform (ESOP) software with ANSYS® WorkbenchT expands users' access to structural engineering applications and increases their productivity. Users have access to more than 100 engineering applications as well as the ability to write their own modules, either stand-alone or integrated with ANSYS Workbench models (for example, writing pre- and/or post-processors for Workbench).
"This integrated technology allows users to bring together different engineering applications in one place for a higher level of productivity," said Barry Christenson, product marketing manager at ANSYS, Inc. "There is no wasted data translation time from one file format to another, and the file management helps keep project data organized."
Through ESOP for Workbench, users can assess structures quickly and easily. They have a central location where they can conduct calculations and analyses in the pre-design phase, access databases of reference materials and code-check various structures against international standards. For example, engineers in the nuclear industry can analyze stress on a structure design, and then conduct a code check of a welding to ensure it meets the code of the particular country in which it is being built before creating a sketch in any CAD program.
The integration also offers a convenient way for engineers to manage their projects, since they are able to compile all information and track their progress on a project in one location. Because ESOP is an Excel-based program, the technology is also easy to use.
"Workbench, as a development tool, is a very functional and flexible framework for integrating engineering applications and delivering a complete desktop engineering environment to our common customers," said Gary Wyatt, International Sales and Marketing Director at RoboBAT.
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