Simulation software supplier CGTech Corp. (Irvine, CA), developer of Vericut Composite Programming (VCP) and Veri- cut Composite Simulation (VCS), has added a new product to its suite of software named Vericut Composite Paths for Engineering (VCPe). VCPe gives a composite part designer, mechanical engineer, or process engineer access to the same software tools NC programmers use to create NC program paths that are subsequently used in the workshop to lay up a composite part. “By using VCPe, the part designer or engineer can
easily create and experiment with various Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) path options and evaluate the effects AFP manufacturing has on a composite part’s design intent,” notes Bill Hasenjaeger, CGTech product manager. “Experi- ments to determine producibility can be performed long before the design has been sent to manufacturing, and even
CGTech’s new Vericut Composite Paths for Engineering software.
before it is known what type of AFP equipment will be used.” The VCPe reads CATIA V5, NX, STEP, or ACIS surface mod- els, as well as FiberSim, CATIA V5, NX, or other external ply geometry and information. VCPe then adds material to fill the plies according to user-specified manufacturing standards and requirements. Layup paths are linked together to form specific layup sequences.
By producing actual AFP tape courses that could be used to program AFP fabrication equipment in the workshop, users
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