NX Case Study: Design Automation Associates, Inc.

DAA redeemed itself with a key customer when it cut pre-processing time in half and reduced the mid-surfacing process by eleven hours, thus improving project turnaround time with NX CAE.

Challenges:

•         Excessive analysis costs and delays


•         Customer satisfaction issues


•         Scheduling impact on other projects in queue


•         Need to continually demonstrate technology advancement and added value to customer

Keys To Success:

•         Replacing legacy analysis tool with a more advanced CAE environment


•         Global Technical Access Center to speed up learning time for new simulation software


•         NX CAE capabilities to decrease preprocessing time and increase analysis reliability

Results:

•         Established new best practices for project schedules and budgets


•         Reduced preprocessing time by 50 percent


•         Increased customer satisfaction with 30 percent faster results


•         Reduced mid-surfacing process from 12 hours to 1 hour


•         Reduced overall project costs

Industry:

Aerospace & Defense

Client’s Primary Business:

Design Automation Associates, Inc. provides knowledge-based engineering and mechanical engineering consulting services.

Solutions/Services:

NX

NX CAE

NX Nastran

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Amy