Aug 21 2007
Altair Engineering, Inc., a leading global provider of technology and services that empower client innovation and decision-making, today announced the launch of HyperCrash/CATIA, the first crash environment integrated into CATIA V5. The new technology enables modeling of crash data and the capability to include nonlinear material properties in a dynamic database. HyperCrash/CATIA is part of the HyperWorks suite of advanced CAE solutions and provides a seamless interface for CATIA users. However, separate usage licensing is required.
Previously, engineers were required to leave CATIA to perform time- intensive critical crash analysis. Now, they can perform the complete task inside the CATIA environment and move directly into the RADIOSS solver. This makes HyperCrash/CATIA the first effective crash workbench specifically dedicated to automotive crash engineers.
"We are happy to be first on the market with this unique product," said Altair Vice President of Product Technology Uwe Schramm, Ph.D. "HyperCrash/CATIA not only dramatically reduces cycle time between design and finite-element analysis. It also adds 'associativity' between geometry and the crash model, and allows fast updates of crash analysis data whenever the geometry changes."
Other benefits of HyperCrash/CATIA include advanced tools for crash analysis, such as those for contact resolution, model checker and connection management. In addition, HyperCrash/CATIA has a new, intuitive modeling system for spot welds that allows up to five sheets to be connected, compared to two sheets with CATIA alone.