{"id":1624,"date":"2012-06-20T13:52:58","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T20:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Siemens-PLM-Corporate-Blog\/How-the-Use-of-CAE-Helps-Manufacturers-Meet-Stringent-Design\/ba-p\/334935"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:10:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:10:26","slug":"how-the-use-of-cae-helps-manufacturers-meet-stringent-design-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/how-the-use-of-cae-helps-manufacturers-meet-stringent-design-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Use of CAE Helps Manufacturers Meet Stringent Design Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>As well as dealing with competitive pressures, manufacturing companies often have to make sure that their designs comply with technical specifications and design standards. In the case of <A href=\"http:\/\/gleisfrei.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">GleisFrei<\/A>, manufacturer of railway equipment and rolling stock based in Villimpenta near Mantua in Italy, the governing standards for their industry recently became more stringent. Interestingly, the new standards recommended the use of <A href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/plm\/fea.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">analysis software<\/A> over traditional analysis methods for the railway car frame structures. This prompted the company to investigate suitable <A href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/plm\/cae.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">CAE software<\/A> solutions, eventually selecting <A href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/products\/velocity\/femap\/index.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Femap with NX Nastran<\/A>.<BR \/><BR \/><\/P><DIV style=\"background-color: #F9F9F9;border: 1px solid #CCCCCC;padding: 3px;font: 11px\/1.4em Arial, sans-serif;margin: 0.5em 0pt 0.5em 0.8em;width:300px;\"><A rel=\"attachment wp-att-10741 nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.industrysoftware.automation.siemens.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/20\/how-the-use-of-cae-helps-manufacturers-meet-stringent-design-standards\/gleisfrei_07\/\"><IMG class=\"size-medium wp-image-10741\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2012\/06\/GleisFrei_07-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" \/><\/A><DIV style=\"text-align:center;\">GleisFrei Railway Car Analysis<\/DIV> <\/DIV><BR \/><BR \/>&nbsp;<BR \/><BR \/><A rel=\"attachment wp-att-10742 nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.industrysoftware.automation.siemens.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/20\/how-the-use-of-cae-helps-manufacturers-meet-stringent-design-standards\/gleisfrei_01\/\"><IMG class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10742\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2012\/06\/GleisFrei_01-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/A><BR \/><BR \/>As well as helping to prove their designs, the CAE software implementation also showed some existing designs to be oversized giving rise to potential material savings. In the design of a new generation of cars, GleisFrei intend to start using Femap earlier in the design process to optimize the design and maximize cost savings.<BR \/><BR \/>To find out more read the <A href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/about_us\/success\/case_study.cfm?Component=187936&amp;ComponentTemplate=1481\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">GleisFrei case study<\/A>.<BR \/><BR \/>Alastair<BR \/><BR \/>Follow <A href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/femap.software\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Femap on facebook<\/A> and the <A href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?gid=2270365&amp;trk=hb_side_g\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Femap group on LInkedin<\/A><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As well as dealing with competitive pressures, manufacturing companies often have to make sure that their designs comply with technical specifications and design standards. 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