Granta Design has released version 3.1 of its MI:Materials Gateway software. This release, according to the company, has features that ensure materials choices can easily be access in the CAE environment and quickly identified.
Interoperability is supported for CAD systems such as CATIA, Creo, Autodesk Inventor, NX for CAE platforms like Abaqus, ANSYS Workbench and HyperMesh. Version 3.1 further enables users to share materials knowledge between product development functions.
MI:Materials Gateway allows CAD users to identify materials in the GRANTA MI database, assign them to parts and change materials assignments with CAE users. These CAE materials models can then be used for simulation.
“Version 3.1 continues the fast pace of development for MI:Materials Gateway, in close collaboration with our customers and leading vendors of CAD, CAE and PLM (product lifecycle management),” says Dr Arthur Fairfull, director of Strategic Product Initiatives at Granta. “Already in its third generation, this unique technology ensures a single view of company materials data across these systems. Now it’s even easier to share the resulting knowledge and traceability.”
