HxGN Virtual manufacturing and costing

Virtual validation and process simulation for sustainable product development and manufacturing.

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Hexagon solutions simulate entire metal manufacturing process chains, including metal forming, welding and joining and additive manufacturing (AM). Our costing solutions establish target costs early in design to improve material utilisation, reduce weight and minimise tooling development times.



Overview

Manufacturers are under increased pressure to maintain their competitive advantage by reducing product development time and cost while ensuring high-quality products. For example, in the automotive industry, vehicle development and production planning can be responsible for up to 90% of the total cost.

Introducing virtual manufacturing and costing simulation tools in forming, welding, joining and stamping enables robust, error-free economic processes. Replacing physical product and process testing with virtual analysis and validations drastically reduces the production costs of prototypes and engineering proof time.

Hexagon’s virtual manufacturing and costing solutions support product developers through cost, design and manufacturing engineering. They enable engineers to prove manufacturability and validate production processes with simulation to achieve efficient and cost-effective product development and implementation.

Examples of metal forming, virtual assembly and metal additive manufacturing in Hexagon's virtual manufacturing and costing software

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  • Computer-aided engineering (CAE) software enables designers and engineers to simulate product and process performance.

    • Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE software)

      Sustainable and efficient manufacturing processes.

      • Fast solver
        Product

        Calculate initial blank shapes for cost estimating and die design in minutes.

      • FTI ACS software simulation of exploded car parts shown on a desktop machine with a blue background
        Module

        An enterprise costing and feasibility solution for sheet metal components.

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          Human-Assisted autonomy
          Template-based batch analysis.
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      • Hexagon Virtual Assembly displayed on monitor screen
        Product

        Evaluate and optimize the manufacturing process virtually to get to the right fit and function faster in reality.

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          Human-Assisted autonomy
          Automate modeling tasks to reduce time to results
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      • Hexagon Virtual Fixture displayed on monitor screen
        Product

        Eliminate the need for part-specific check fixtures

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          Human-Assisted autonomy
          Automate modeling tasks to reduce time to results
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  • Implement the newest technologies to become increasingly autonomous

    • Nexus
      Platform

      Nexus is a platform to enhance smart manufacturing collaboration, accelerating innovation and time to market.

    • Digital transformation for manufacturing

      Engineering integration solutions to ensure complex design, engineering and production requirements deliver ROI and value.

      • Virtual lifecycle on screen
        Product

        Virtual Lifecycle for Manufacturing is a collaborative engineering workflow management toolset to improve engineering results

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          Conditional autonomy
          Automated workflows during the product development lifecycle
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