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Statistical Tolerance Analysis Software Adds GD&T Validation Interface

Dimensional Control Systems (DCS) has released version 7.6 of its flagship statistical tolerance analysis software 3DCS Variation Analyst. This new version features enhanced GD&T interfaces and applications, making it easier to model tolerances, validate GD&T and increase analysis granularity. Additional updates include a new method to save multiple model variants, allowing users to switch between model builds with the push of a button.

3DCS software is an advanced tolerance analysis package integrated into Dassault Systemes' CATIA, Siemens' NX and PTC's Creo CAD platforms, as well as a standalone CAD neutral platform. "As the standard for variation analysis software across the automotive and aerospace industries, 3DCS offers powerful tools for engineers and designers to simulate their product's assembly process and 3D tolerance stack-up to reduce scrap and rework and root cause quality issues that could lead to warranty and liability claims," said a company spokesperson.

The GD&T interface has been added to and rebuilt to provide a more intuitive process to create GD&T on the CAD model and validate existing GD&T. Users now have the ability to create GD&T instead of extracting the FTA and PMI from the model or creating feature and point tolerances. All versions can utilize extracted PMI from the CAD model, but now offer an easy-to-use solution for when that data is unavailable. In order to support DCS' clients worldwide, the software comes with the ability to utilize both ISO and ASME standards for GD&T.

Model Variants have been added to the new version of 3DCS. This much-requested feature allows users to designate different model builds within the same model. This reduces issues with version control, and also removes the need for multiple cloned versions of the same model in order to simulate different processes, parts or tolerance schemes. Now, within the same model, users can define different assembly methods, tolerances or GD&T and measurements for each variant, swapping between them with the push of a button. This makes it easy to model different what-if scenarios or to model parts and processes from different suppliers. With the added functionality of both multi-core processing and cloud-based distributed processing, it becomes a simple process to switch between variants and quickly run analyses to compare outputs.

"As a company, we pride ourselves on our responsiveness to user requests," said Dave Johnson, 3DCS Product Manager at DCS. "In order to push our software to meet the growing demands of automotive, aerospace, medical device and other industries, we do our best to listen to the challenges our clients face every day and enhance the software to help them tackle those challenges. With this new version, we have moved to better support GD&T as a universal language of quality."

For more information contact:

Dimensional Control Systems 

5750 New King Dr., Ste. 330

Troy, MI 48098

248-269-9777

sales@3dcs.com

www.3dcs.com

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