VCTI Forms Partnership With Red Cedar

By DE Editors

Visual Collaboration Technologies (VCTI), the creator of VCollab 3D Visual Collaboration Software for CAE, announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with Red Cedar Technology to bring enhanced visualization capabilities to the HEEDS 7.0 software release due out this year.

With VCollab technology embedded into HEEDS, users will get a visual depiction of complex model changes that occur during design optimization studies. For a given evaluation in a design study, HEEDS can invoke the VCollab application, VMove, to create a CAX file representing a particular model change. In the HEEDS POST application, users can select any of the designs generated by HEEDS and see a corresponding CAD or CAE image using the embedded VCollab Viewer. In the past, HEEDS users had to use native analysis tools and massive data files to view designs. With VCollab added, users can quickly and easily view changes directly from the HEEDS POST environment, the company says.

"Adding visualization to the HEEDS design exploration process greatly accelerates experiential learning and deepens the level of review possible for any given design," said Bob Ryan, CEO of Red Cedar Technology. "Better review inevitably produces better engineering insight and better overall designs."

For more information, visit VCTI and Red Cedar Technology.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.