A brief overview of some customers of PTC's Creo Simulate and how the technology effected their business activities.

1. PTC’s Creo Simulate Customer Testimonials Matthew S. Hoyt Monday, August 1, 2011

2. MRC & PTC Corporate Partnership

4. Support from the proposal phase through assembly, including documentation and integration to SAPfor a universal process

5. Auditability and fulfillment of extensive regulations and documentation requirements

6. The end-to-end product development system from PTC enables the combination of innovation, budget and scheduling goals, and the 30-year product guarantee

7. Windchill PDMLink serves as the central hub for product development with integrated use of Creo Parametric, Creo Simulate, Arbortext, Creo NC, and numerous companion modules from a PTC reseller.

8. Complete change management for the product is fully transparent and auditable; this is a prerequisite for support of the 30-year guarantee

9. Automation of development, production, and documentation processes

10. Intense use in the proposal and design phases prepares for the rapid creation of representative, digital modules

11. Availability of product data for all departments, both internal and externalBusiness Initiative Solution Result “The pervasiveness of an integrated solution for all areas helps us not only to operate within ever stricter budget and time constraints, but also raises our competitiveness, most of all through achievement of the highest quality with increased innovation.” Christian Baischer, CAD/PLM Administrator

15. PTC offered simulation workshops providing basic principles of bolt analysis, necessary software knowledge, typical application tasks and furthermore solutions for special customer examples

16. Acquired knowledge about the contact theory used in Creo Simulate and methods to assure numeric solution quality

17. Acquired solution roadmaps for typical bolt analysis tasks

18. Critical bolted designs can now be analyzed and optimized in Creo Simulate before prototypes are being built and testedBusiness Initiative Solution Result One of the customer’s analysis tasks solved in Creo Simulate during the contact & bolt analysis workshop: Above: Creo Parametric model of a hydraulic piston prepared for a detailed 2D axial symmetric contact analysis. Right: Von Mises stress in the piston assembly when preloaded and pressurized. “The Creo Simulate simulation training provided by PTC University exactly met what we needed: Solution methods in Creo Simulate for all types of bolted connections with different precision demands, starting from just obtaining force relations up to evaluating exact load and stress distributions in each single thread turn.” Dipl.-Ing. Katja Mild, Group Leader R&D, Bosch Rexroth AG Name

20. PTC University performs different out-of-the-box trainings on site (basic finite element analysis course, workshops for dynamic, thermal contact and bolt analysis). In these trainings, the opportunity to solve participant’s actual analysis tasks is offered.

21. Acquired skills in many different Creo Simulate analysis types that enable quick product analysis and optimization early in the development process

22. Solved analysis tasks for Carl Zeiss example modelsBusiness Initiative Solution Result Different Carl Zeiss models analyzed in a MECHANICA basic course: Left: Geometric nonlinear segment model of a flexible bellow under internal pressure (small image: half symmetric model); top right: Clamped sensor element with fasteners prepared for nonlinear contact analysis; bottom right: Movements of an actuated frame with leaf springs “We have booked different Creo Simulate Finite Element classes provided by PTC University for several years. Through this training, we do not only obtain an excellent education for our design and simulation engineers, we also get valuable, on-the-fly advice and even solutions for analysis problems the participants bring along to the courses.” Dipl.-Ing. Jürgen Wahl, Manager Mechanical CAx, Carl Zeiss AG

24. They invested in Creo Simulate licenses to be used during the design stages

25. To be able to control the data within the company they invested in Windchill PDMLink

26. To be able to use native CATIA models for their primary customers they invested in the Creo-CATIA interface

27. Able to put more detail in the technical solution for a better product over the long term

28. Drastic decrease of physical tests by 35% through use of Creo Simulate resulting in decrease of costs, leaving much more room to invest in better products.

29. Windchill reduces internal discussions and leaves time for better responses internally and externally.

30. Access to the latest knowledge and information.Business area: Towing Systems Europe Asia develops, produces and markets a complete range of towing systems and wiring kits. The products are mainly marketed under the Brink brand. Customers are leading European aftermarket companies. The business is based in Staphorst, Netherlands, and has seven production and sales facilities in Europe (Netherlands, UK, France, Germany, Denmark, Poland and Sweden). Solution Result “With this software package we are able to fulfill the tough requirements of the worldwide automotive industry even better, and we are well prepared to meet future, challenging goals.” Arnoud Margadant, Manager Research & Innovation

32. PTC Global Services provided consulting services in the area of tolerance analysis methodology as well as Creo Mechanism Dynamics and Creo Simulate (formerly Mechanica) training and documentation

33. Processes improved: Detailed Design; Variant Design and Generation

34. Capabilities implemented: MCAD/CAE/CAM; MCAD Data Management

35. Improved advanced simulation skills

36. Shortened product design cycle time

37. Reduced development costs and increased product qualityBusiness Initiative Solution Result “The consulting and training services provided by PTC Global Services have made us more aware of Pro/ENGINEER’s powerful functions, which will help us design more efficiently.” Aaron Lee, Senior Engineer, Logitech

40. First, PTC created a simplified beam & shell structure of the initial image conductor design in Creo Simulate (formerly Mechanica) for a quick first system analysis and subsequent optimization steps. When the more detailed design was worked out, PTC built the dynamic system model directly on Carl Zeiss’ given Creo Parametric assembly data for final optimization and verification, including a powerful idealization of all important bolted connections within the image conductor

41. Improved dynamic behavior of the system led to a superior image quality which was proven in tests and under real service conditions

42. Increased shock strength was reached due to several design modifications at system, component and bolted connection levelBusiness Initiative Solution Result Top: The new German Puma Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) Left: The new image conductor prepared for dynamic tests on a shaker table Middle: Snapshot of deformation of the improved image conductor under sinusoidal dynamic loading (MECHANICA dynamic frequency analysis). Right: The image conductor - realized hardware Bottom left: Detailed idealization of bolted connections within the assembly allowing to estimate bending loads and to take into account gapping effects “PTC Global Services gave us very important design support with the dynamic system analyses performed in their Mechanica Finite Element code. We received detailed information on which design improvements we had to introduce to fulfill the tough requirements for the optical system. The optimized conductor withstood all loadings in the system tests and delivers now top-notch image quality in real service mounted into the Puma IFV.” Oliver Römpp, Manager Ground Based Targeting and Fire Control Systems, Carl Zeiss Optronics GmbH

44. Working with a PTC Reseller, CE Masters adopted Creo Parametric,Creo Simulate (formerly Mechanica), and Pro/INTRALINK

45. Best-in-class mechanical product development by using the integrated PTC SolutionsBusiness Initiative Solution Result “Key for using PTC Solutions is the fact that the integrated PTC Solutions are able to support our Top-Down Design strategy for developing best in class products for our customers.” Sander de Regt, Business Leader, CE Masters

47. Minimize production cost while maintaining high product quality

48. Displaced AutoCAD and benchmarked CATIA

49. INFOMA Group, an authorized PTC Reseller, deployed Creo Parametric and Creo Simulate to design, engineer and manufacture products all in one solution on screen

50. Creo Simulate is used to test and analyze products visually to detect problems before manufacturing the product

51. Decreased the cost of prototypes by 35%

52. Minimized production errors and caught them early and visually

53. Improved product quality with real-world performance and analysis Business Initiative Solution Result

55. PTC Global Services Consulting modeled and analyzed the component in Creo Parametric and Creo Simulate and provided a detailed presentation and solution proposal to Astrium

56. Precisely located the overloaded areas in the initial design

57. Found and optimized the structure that will fulfill the requirements

58. Provided an optimized STEP model directly for the further Astrium design processBusiness Initiative Solution Result “The excellent simulation and engineering knowledge provided by PTC Global Services has given us a sound solution for a critical part—and within an incredibly short time frame.” Dr. Ingo Retat, System Engineer, Astrium

60. PTC offered an individual simulation consulting that treated the special dynamic analysis tasks of ZF Test Systems

61. Simulation knowledge for solving dynamic problems related to unbalanced rotating machinery and pre-loaded systems was acquired

62. The behavior of the test rigs can now be predicted quantitatively and optimized in more detail long before each individual test bench is being built and put to dynamic testsBusiness Initiative Solution Result Dynamic analysis results of a rotating, unbalanced shaft. Left: Analytic solution with MathcadRight: Numeric solution with Creo Simulate “PTC Global Services delivered an excellent simulation consultation that provided theoretic knowledge as well as practical software know-how, applied to our special demands. We will definitely use PTC simulation products even more. They enable us to deliver optimal test facilities to our customers.” Jens Eisenbeiß, Manager Mechanical Design Test Systems, ZF Passau