Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.77
April 15, 2020
…Jeff Robertson, technical business development at Simufact, part of Hexagon. Hexagon’s Simufact Additive 2020 uses adaptive meshing technology to retain the original’s CAD model in fine details shown here. Image courtesy of Hexagon. STL, which stands for stereolithography, uses triangles to depict geometry. Therefore, converting the mathematically precise CAD geometry into STL means using approximations for rounded corners, fine details and complex surfaces. Furthermore, it cannot describe colors. Recently, 3MF, managed by the 3MF Consortium, emerged as a new format to compete with STL. “There are meshing techniques like voxel meshing that can automatically mesh any geometry fast and reliably…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 40.74
February 13, 2020
…May 19-20, 2020. Part of the HxGN LIVE series, Hexagon’s annual digital solutions conference, this event will feature smart factory solutions for anyone in manufacturing. This two-day event welcomes hundreds of business leaders from around the nation to the Motor City, joining together to experience digital solutions that improve productivity and quality across design, production and metrology, according to show organizers. Engage first-hand with pioneering technologies, gain perspective from the industry’s top thinkers in educational keynotes and sessions, enhance skills with interactive training, and forge new connections that grow your professional network. HxGN LIVE is built to transform your industry,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.39
January 30, 2020
…announce a new partnership with Simufact Engineering, part of Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division, a global operating software company providing process simulation solutions and services to manufacturing industries. The new agreement extends the integration of the CADfix geometry processing technology within Simufact’s manufacturing simulation software. The latest release of Simufact Additive 2020 sees the integration of CADfix extended to provide a new capability. A new Simufact Additive CAD export feature uses CADfix geometry morphing to adjust the original CAD model according to the distortions predicted by the manufacturing process simulation, and create a distortion compensated CAD model for use in downstream…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.21
January 10, 2020
MSC Software Corporation (MSC), part of Hexagon's Manufacturing Intelligence division, has announced Adams-ready VTD (virtual test drive), combining vehicle dynamics and virtual test drive simulation to accelerate the development of next generation Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and safe autonomous vehicles. Adams-ready VTD accelerates development by simulating how a dynamic moving vehicle and its sensors will behave in complex road environments. Using Adams simulation software, automotive manufacturers have validated vehicle dynamics models with road tests to understand a vehicle's movements and handling. By means of an open interface, it is now possible to “drive” these vehicles in a simulated road…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 23.90
December 09, 2019
…officially launched in June 2019. In close collaboration with Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence and Ultimaker, DSM extended an invitation to startups across the globe to enroll in an accelerator program. Out of 74 applicants, six start-ups were selected to help with the development of a new, digital workflow platform: Authentise, Additive Flow, Ecochain, iPoint, Neural Concept and nTopology. The companies have joined forces over the past three months to co-develop a digital additive manufacturing workflow that translates customers’ needs into manufacturing solutions. Purpose of the Platform The purpose of this digital platform is to leverage application, material and processing knowledge to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 4.98
December 02, 2019
…centers, logistics infrastructure, and logistics networks. Recently, AspenTech and Hexagon PPM have partnered to enable Digital Twin Workflow Solution for EPC Firms. The partnership aims to help manufacturers in process industries better manage the financial risks of big, complex projects as EPC workflows have historically been document driven processes as they progress through the lifecycle, from conception to construction, and this can lead to inefficiencies, delays, lost documents, and miscommunication—especially when multiple external contractors or firms are involved. Influx of start-ups in supply chain management and Logistics 4.0 Future supply chain needs to be both intelligent and customer-centric, combined with…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.69
July 10, 2019
…MSC Simufact incorporated 3DReshaper technology from its parent company Hexagon to create this new feature. Additionally, this update offers cut outline functionality to directly compare simulated geometry with target geometry, which can be exported into CAD. Continuous simulation of process chains in Simufact Forming Version 16. Image courtesy of MSC Software. Version 16 offers one-click import of model data from Simufact Welding and Simufact Additive. For example, users can import two previously welded components from Simufact Welding into Forming and continue modeling a forming process. The company says this method offers minimal effort to achieve a consistent process chain simulation.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 36.56
June 21, 2019
Hexagon Hosts HxGN 2019 Hexagon, a company with roots in metrology and precision measurement technologies, recently hosted the annual user conference, HxGN Live (June 15-18, Las Vegas, Nevada). Over the last decade, the company has steadily expanded through growth and acquisitions into simulation, autonomous vehicles, location-based intelligence, and manufacturing, among others. One of the most popular demos on the show floor is the Birdly, a VR flight simulator. It lets you strap on to a set of artificial wings and fly through a virtual 3D city. The faster you flap your wings, the faster you fly. You can perform deep…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 59.30
May 07, 2019
Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division has broken ground on the construction of a new expansion project on a 5-acre site in Novi, MI. Slated for completion in the fall of 2019, the 88,000-sq.-ft. building will house a technology showroom, a technical training center and a 15,000-sq.-ft. laboratory and calibration hub. The two-story office area will have glass walls and windows with a view of the nearly 11,000-sq.-ft. Hexagon showroom and demonstration area from both levels. Expanding Hexagon's presence in the Midwest, the Center of Excellence will aim to support advanced manufacturing in the region. Hexagon will consolidate all of its Manufacturing…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 29.50
March 25, 2019
MSC Software, a Hexagon company, and AVL List GmbH in Austria announced a collaborative partnership for research, development and customer projects in the field of simulation and testing of autonomous driving (AD) and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) systems. AVL is developing a scenario-based open verification and validation toolchain to generate operational scenarios, create the relevant test cases, and execute testing and homologation of automated driving functions in combined virtual and real road environments based on an open and integrated tool environment. Hexagon's VIRES VTD (Virtual Test Drive) is a tool-suite for the creation, configuration, presentation and evaluation of virtual…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.18
February 08, 2019
VIRES, part of Hexagon AB, and a member of the MSC Software family, has expanded its autonomous driving simulation capabilities with a number of enhancements to Virtual Test Drive (VTD), its open platform for the development and testing of advanced driver assistance and autonomous driving systems. Key highlights include a new Physically Based Rendering (PBR) technology for better photorealistic simulation visualization, new advanced visual sensor models, an expanded visual database to improve usability, and a new VTD API for easier connectivity with external vehicle dynamics and sensor models. PBR Technology for Better Visualization Physically based rendering renders graphics in a…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.85
December 01, 2018
…up as pumpkins? VTD from MSC Software (part of Hexagon) is a virtual test driving software autonomous vehicle developers can use to train AI decision making. Image courtesy of Hexagon. Most human drivers have acquired sufficient life experiences to deal with these incidents, but autonomous vehicles have not. To physically set up these unusual scenarios to train the AI pilot is quite daunting. In some cases, it may be downright dangerous for the participants. This is where virtual driving software offers engineers the option to build the event in pixels and repeat it until the AI has developed a good…
