More data, more insight, better decisions
CORTIME generates several design iterations providing data-based insight that enables better design decisions. As an alternative to conventional product development, which typically consists of manual trial & error processes, CORTIME automates design variations using state-of-the-art algorithms. The data-based insight is visualized in interactive plots providing the documentation and knowledge for better design decisions.
CORTIME
Simplifies decision-making process
Improves product performance
Minimizes design failures
Sensitivity Analysis
Reduces design complexity
Problem: Engineering problems often posses a high degree of complexity. Understanding all influencing factors can often seem impossible.
Solution: A sensitivity analysis provides insight to complex problems. It helps simplify these by visualizing cause-and-effect relationships. It helps you focus on the most critical parts of the problem.
Value: You focus on the most important parameters, get a better understanding of your product and save time on your problem solving process.
Design Optimization
Finds your best design
Problem: Finding optimal designs is very hard. Documenting that you found them is even harder. Pursuing them seems like an impossible task even
though they can give you a competitive edge.
Solution: Using algorithms for your design evaluation gives you data that finds and documents your optimal design solutions.
Value: You increase your competitiveness and improve your problem-solving efficiency.
Robust Design
Predicts design failure
Problem: CAD-models are always an ideal, which possess a risk of design failures when exposed to the uncertainties of real life
circumstances. Accounting for these circumstances is a challenge in the design process.
Solution: CORTIME Robust Design helps you design for Six Sigma. Quantifying the probability of failure in your design, by accounting for controllable and uncontrollable factors, minimizes the risk of design failure.
Value: You will get less design failures, lower warranty costs and shortened design cycles
How CORTIME works
CORTIME uses the parameters of your CAD model in SolidWorks and, when needed, the simulation results from SolidWorks Simulation to generate data for the design exploration and data analysis.
- You start by defining your variables in CORTIME, by adding the dimensions from your parametric CAD model.
- Then you add your sensors in the feature manager tree which will function as objectives in your design exploration. Any sensor available in SolidWorks can be used as an objective in your exploration and most SolidWorks Simulation studies can be applied – including Flow, Static, Thermal, Frequency, Buckling, Motion Analysis, Pressure Vessels, Non-Linear Static and Linear Dynamic studies. As an exclusive feature in SolidWorks, you can run multi-study optimizations using every simulation study.
- Now you are ready to run a sensitivity analysis, design optimization or robust design analysis to explore your design in SolidWorks.
Installing CORTIME in SolidWorks
Starting your design exploration
Not a SolidWorks user?
Have you fallen head over heels for CORTIME, but not a SolidWorks user. Fear not! CORTIME is constantly evolving and are currently planning integrations into a number of CAD and CAE programs. If you feel strongly about using CORTIME in your design process ASAP, then contact us and we will try to work something out.
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