ESI Launches IC.IDO 10.2, New Version of its Virtual Reality Solution For Industrial Applications
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ESI Launches IC.IDO 10.2,
New Version of its Virtual Reality Solution
For Industrial Applications
Real-time 3D simulation of physical behavior
Paris, France - September 21, 2016 - ESI Group, a leading innovator in Virtual
Prototyping software and services for manufacturing industries, launches the
latest version of its Virtual Reality solution IC.IDO 10.2. In this new version,
ESI has strengthened its solution with the new modules IDO.SolidMechanics and
IDO.Elastic, while significantly improving pre-existing modules. Benefiting from
ESI's unique knowledge of material physics, the two new modules are based on a
novel physical simulation solver, which provides unprecedented fidelity of real-
time behavior for rigid and elastic parts.
If Virtual Reality has been a popular technology in the business of video games
for several decades, its use for industrial applications only dates back to the
late 2000s. Giving engineers the ability to immerse themselves in a virtual 3D
environment, Virtual Reality is now used by leading industrial manufacturers to
experience their future products and interact with them naturally and
intuitively. By enabling engineers to experience a product early in its
development, Virtual Reality helps manufacturing companies ensure design
feasibility and avoid costly design errors. Maintenance operations and use cases
can be evaluated before any real prototype even exists. Furthermore, Virtual
Reality facilitates collective decision-making by allowing specialists and non-
specialists to collaborate around the same model, whether they are on-site or
remote.
Image: Thanks to Virtual Reality, Audi can virtually simulate assembly
processes in immersive 3D
and optimize them step by step. Read the related article in Audi's Engineering
Blog (in German).
Image courtesy of Audi AG
Among the many solutions available on the market, ESI IC.IDO excels at providing
a Virtual Reality solution tailored to industrial needs. In particular, IC.IDO
features models in real-scale and real-time. Its unequalled capacity to
integrate material physics make it a powerful collaborative tool that is used by
leading industry players across many industrial sectors, including Audi AG,
Bausch & Stroebel, Boeing, Bombardier, Caterpillar, Ford, Gabler, MAN,
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Europe, Renault, Trumpf, and more.
In IC.IDO 10.2, IDO.SolidMechanics enables the simulation of the dynamic
behavior of multiple rigid components, simultaneously. Thanks to realistic
spatial depiction of virtual products and the possibility to interact directly
with them, operations such as assembly and joining sequences can now be
simulated more realistically. Production or service specialists can be involved
more efficiently in reviewing realistic virtual models, right from the
conception phase. Inertia and gravity and collision and sliding when handling
parts, are all addressed naturally and in real-time. Motion sequences can be
exported and reused in IC.IDO or third-party CAD software. Alleviating
manufacturers from the extensive training and experience associated with
traditional MBD (Multi-body Dynamics) tools, IDO.SolidMechanics really
constitutes a foundation for new generation real-time physical simulation.
The IDO.Elastic module extends IDO.SolidMechanics with simulation of 1D elastic
components, including cables and hoses. Based on IDO.SolidMechanics' solver,
IDO.Elastic predicts in real-time the dynamic behavior of individual flexibles,
as well as complete wire harnesses and full cable branches. The module enables
users to realistically simulate operations and assembly & disassembly processes.
The possibility to move and modify elastic components and adapt physical
parameters helps manufacturers to quickly determine the ideal routing and
materials to be used. As a result, real-time assessment of the layout of elastic
components is so realistic that it can be done from the early stages of
development process all the way to design validation.
To reduce hardware investments, ESI IC.IDO is also available in desktop version,
bringing the perfect complement to a CAVE/ power wall set-up.
Michael Bock, VR Expert at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, comments: "The
desktop version of IC.IDO enables collaborative work between engineering teams,
while significantly reducing hardware cost. Thanks to this high-end DMU (Digital
Mock-Up) solution, many issues can be solved immediately at the desktop, while
preparing immersive review meetings."
For more information about ESI's Virtual Reality solution IC.IDO, please visit
http://virtualreality.esi-group.com/ or contact your local ESI subsidiary.
* Download our e-book "Immersive, Interactive Virtual Reality for Engineering"
here.
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information, tips & tricks, view the online training schedule and access
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About ESI Group
ESI Group is a leading innovator in Virtual Prototyping software and services.
Specialist in material physics, ESI has developed a unique proficiency in
helping industrial manufacturers replace physical prototypes by virtually
replicating the fabrication, assembly and testing of products in different
environments. Today, coupled with Virtual Reality, animated by systems models,
and benefiting from data analytics, Virtual Prototyping becomes immersive and
interactive: ESI's clients can bring their products to life, ensuring reliable
performance, serviceability and maintainability. ESI solutions help world-
leading OEM's and innovative companies make sure that their products will pass
certification tests - before any physical prototype is built - and that new
products are competitive in their market space. Virtual Prototyping addresses
the emerging need for products to be smart and autonomous and supports
industrial manufacturers in their digital transformation.
Today, ESI's customer base spans nearly every industry sector. The company
employs about 1100 high-level specialists worldwide to address the needs of
customers in more than 40 countries. For more information, please visit www.esi-
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