D-Cubed AEM

D-Cubed AEM

D-Cubed Assembly Engineering Manager (AEM) enables software applications to prototype the motion of assemblies and mechanisms more realistically, and accurately predict how parts interact as they collide and transmit motion. AEM takes account of the mass properties of parts and the effects of external forces and mechanical devices, such as motors.

End-users save time and costs by verifying the function of virtual assemblies and mechanisms, reducing both design errors and the need to produce expensive physical prototypes. Direct interaction with the geometric model with little or no model preparation means that end-users do not have to be motion simulation experts.

Available as a software component, this motion simulation technology is integrated at the core of a geometric modeling application, providing end-users with motion simulation tools without the need for expensive, complex and less well-integrated motion simulation modules.

Advanced Features

High accuracy: AEM accuracy satisfies the rigorous demands of the engineering design process. Accurate 3D contacts are automatically computed between all permutations of points, edges, and faces of any geometric type, including complex freeform geometry.

Interactive Performance: High performance provides immediate feedback of simulation results, enabling users to interactively investigate the function of a mechanism by dragging constituent parts, or to prototype successful physical assembly/disassembly processes.

Motion Simulation

AEM enables the motion of assemblies and mechanisms to be simulated with a high degree of realism. Simulations can take account of gravity and a range of forces and devices, such as torques, linear and torsional springs, linear and rotary motors and conveyors.

Assembly parts can be selected and moved interactively during a simulation, for example to verify assembly/disassembly processes. The values of forces can be updated, making it possible to assess how the quantitative interaction of forces affects the behavior of a mechanism.