VISTAGY Releases Seat Design Environment 2011

By DE Editors

VISTAGY, Inc. has announced the release of Seat Design Environment 2011 (SDE), which helps improve the automatic generation of documents so manufacturers can efficiently create more of the engineering and manufacturing drawings and details needed to fully define seat covers with commercial 3D CAD systems.

SDE 2011 features an improved interface that better supports the processes and approach used by design and manufacturing engineers to produce seat covers, according to the company. It also introduces a Japanese interface.

The enhanced documentation features include:

• Patterns and attachments that have call-out numbers that correspond to the reference table, making it easier to view as well as to include more data
• Improved representation and highlighting of elastics and zippers, what pieces they're assigned to, and a description of the operation
• An increased amount of data that can be exported to engineering drawings and reports, such as special instructions
• Additional materials and notes tables (for special instructions)
• Flexible labeling of sew lines in engineering drawings so the instructions can either be either labeled individually or provided as standard instructions
• An additional step of instructions in the sew report
  

"The onus is on seat cover manufacturers to get to market quickly and on budget," says Ed Bernardon, vice president of business development for VISTAGY. "The introduction of SDE 2011 empowers them to meet this goal by more efficiently creating the engineering and manufacturing documents and data that are needed to fully define seat trim covers, and by providing an improved user interface that matches the processes and approach used by engineers to produce seat trim covers. With SDE 2011, we continue to enhance our customers' competitiveness by streamlining the entire design-to-manufacturing process.”

For more information, visit VISTAGY.

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