The only news I could find was this. PMTC, though cited, is not the main thrust of the news. Thus IMHO, value money managers have spotted PMTC and are loading it up in their portfolio for big gains in the year 2000.
07/12 11:16 Structural Research Ups the Accuracy Ante With COSMOS/Works 5.0
Structural Research Ups the Accuracy Ante With COSMOS/Works 5.0
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 12, 1999--Structural Research & Analysis Corp. (SRAC) Monday announced the release of COSMOS/Works(TM) 5.0 design analysis, optimization and simulation software embedded in SolidWorks 99.
The new release offers major new capabilities, topped by the addition of a world-class volume mesher, and AccuStress(TM), a new transitional mesher that provides stress accuracy results and user controls never before available in the mainstream design market. COSMOS/Works, already the market-leading Gold Partner design analysis solution for SolidWorks designs, breaks new ground with version 5.0 by also offering fully iterative shape optimization, made even more effective through the availability of AccuStress's extremely accurate stress results and COSMOS/FFE(R)'s very fast iteration of solutions.
In addition, COSMOS/Works, the first design analysis solution for SolidWorks to provide analysis of assemblies, now can analyze assemblies with contact and gaps -- making it easy for designers to analyze press fits and bearing surfaces, and giving them the latest state-of-the-art technology for analyzing assemblies.
"Many mainstream design analysis programs are difficult to use and obtain accurate stress results. If you can't calculate the correct stresses in places where your part might break, then what's the point in doing analysis in the first place?" questioned Victor I. Weingarten, president and chief executive officer of SRAC.
"We developed AccuStress as a mesh control tool meant to help design engineers calculate accurate stresses. Once they have confidence in their computed stress results, they can optimize all their parts during the design process."
AccuStress automatically detects small areas of geometry and places small elements at those positions, then transitions the mesh smoothly to the global size. In addition, for added accuracy, AccuStress features several manual controls, making it easy for users to apply the mesh size of their choice to edges, corners, faces and individual components within assemblies.
With the release of COSMOS/Works version 5.0, SolidWorks users have a complete low-cost simulation and optimization tool consisting of SolidWorks, COSMOS/Works and Dynamic Designer/Motion upon which they can standardize. Users of COSMOS/Works and Dynamic Designer/Motion, both embedded in SolidWorks, can perform motion simulation with Dynamic Designer/Motion, and automatically transfer their motion loads to COSMOS/Works for analysis.
COSMOS/Works addresses a wide range of applications with solutions tailored to specific user needs, from conceptual designs, to engineering large assemblies, to manufacturability and Web-based visualization. COSMOS/Works features native Windows integration and full associativity with SolidWorks. As well as the basic design analysis capabilities of stress, displacement, frequency, buckling and both steady-state and transient thermal analyses, COSMOS/Works offers intermediate and advanced bundles containing nonlinear, dynamic response, fatigue and low frequency electromagnetic analysis capabilities. Computational Fluid Dynamics and high frequency electromagnetics analyses also may be added.
SRAC, a private company founded in 1982, dedicates itself to the goal of supplying all engineers involved in the design, test and manufacture of mechanical products with affordable, highly capable mainstream design analysis, optimization and simulation software. The company develops, markets and supports software to help mechanical engineers simulate the real-world behavior of the products they create, and optimize their product designs to lower development costs, reduce development time, build fewer prototypes and improve product quality. SRAC also offers added value through a highly experienced professional services organization that provides training, consulting and support to customers around the globe.
SRAC offers interfaces to programs from Autodesk Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK), Parametric Technology Corp. (NASDAQ:PMTC), SolidWorks Corp., SDRC (NASDAQ:SDRC), Dassault Systemes (NASDAQ:DASTY), MacNeal Schwendler Corp. (NYSE:MNS), ANSYS Inc. (NASDAQ:ANSS), Unigraphics Solutions (NYSE:UGS), Mechanical Dynamics Inc. (NASDAQ:MDII), Bentley Systems Inc., and MICROCADAM, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of CADAM Systems Co.
SRAC has headquarters in Los Angeles and can be reached at 310/207-2800 or via the Web at www.cosmosm.com.
COSMOS/M and COSMOS/FFE are registered trademarks of Structural Research & Analysis Corp. COSMOS/Works and AccuStress are trademarks of Structural Research & Analysis Corp. SolidWorks is a trademark of SolidWorks Corp. All other product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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