A shorter product development time with digital mock‐up

Digital prototyping is becoming a major tool in the fight to shorten product lead times. A further development is digital mock‐up that allows designers to investigate the “assemblability” of a product and the constraints imposed by manufacturing processes. The leading software system for digital mock‐up is DYNAMO, developed by Tecnomatix Technologies. The attributes and benefits of this computer‐aided production engineering (CAPE) tool are discussed and its link to other CAPE products highlighted. Many of the major automotive companies are now adopting DYNAMO and the experience of Rover in particular is related.