Cosworth Technology Revs Up Data Exchange with CADfix

MILFORD, OH - October 16, 2001 - The TranscenData business of International TechneGroup Incorporated (ITI) announces that high performance engine designer, Cosworth Technology, has selected CADfix to make data exchange more successful.

Because Cosworth Technology (CT) works with a wide range of automotive manufacturers, they must accept geometry from a broad spectrum of CAD/CAM systems. "We had one problem where we had to convert a cylinder head from Pro/E to other major CAD systems," explained Mike Robson, Principal CAE Systems Engineer at CT. "We'd been working on this for a number of hours and although we were able to achieve a fully surfaced model, it wasn't what we really needed: a fully defined solid body." Within three days of CADfix being installed this problem had been solved. "It was a revelation," said Robson. "Without any training at all we imported a Pro/E model into CADfix, resolved the geometry into a coherent solid and exported the data into a format that would read smoothly into the other major CAD systems."

CADfix has quickly become the primary method for inter CAD translations at CT. CADfix is used as the data hub for every new project requiring the use of multiple CAD systems -- as most projects do. It has eliminated the need for data conversions that were not only resource intensive but would also eat into lead times. CADfix has been such a success at Cosworth Technology that its use is spreading. Mike Robson explains: "As well as CAD to CAD translations for our own use we were increasingly being asked by our FEA team to help with converting from CAD to mesh."

"Today's engineering and manufacturing supply chains often span multiple software applications and geographic boundaries", says Tom Makoski, Vice President of Sales & Marketing for TranscenData. "CADfix allows organizations like Cosworth Technology to quickly begin reusing CAD models instead of spending time and resources reworking or completely recreating them."

Abouth Cosworth Technology

Cosworth Technology is a major supplier of powertrain engineering services (including powertrain design, development and systems integration, engine manufacturing and aluminium engine component casting technology) to the global automotive industry. It employs around 1000 people in the UK and at its 100% subsidiary, Cosworth Technology, Inc. in Novi, Michigan, USA. A subsidiary of AUDI AG, Cosworth Technology acts as an independent consultant.

About TranscenData

TranscenData is the product data interoperability business within International TechneGroup Incorporated (ITI). TranscenData provides interoperability solutions that enable companies to effectively exchange, reuse, and share engineering product data among diverse software applications used throughout a manufacturing enterprise and it's supply chain. TranscenData solutions are aimed directly at reducing and eliminating non-value-added time and costs associated with reusing product data. TranscenData solutions are distributed worldwide through a combination of direct sales, resellers, and strategic vendor/OEM partners.

www.transcendata.com 

 

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