Siemens Acquires FORAN Software For CAD/CAM/CAE In Shipbuilding

Siemens Acquires FORAN Software For CAD/CAM/CAE In Shipbuilding



While Siemens mainly mentions sustainability requirements in shipbuilding as an important reason for purchase in its press release, Hartpunkt, ‘The Monitor for Defence and Security Policy,’ knows that “According to Sener, more than 150 shipyards – including naval shipyards – and development offices worldwide use FORAN technology. In recent years, it said, the software has been used in the design and construction of Spain’s S80 submarines and F110 frigates, Britain’s Dreadnought-class SSBNs and Type 26 frigates, and Canadian and Australian frigates, among others.To get more news about cad software company, you can visit shine news official website.

The Siemens press release from Plano, Texas, which is initially only available in English, only mentions the addition of the new software to the Xcelerator portfolio. There is no mention of a planned integration with Teamcenter, Siemens’ higher-level PLM software, or with NX, its core mechanical CAD system, or with Mentor software for electrical and electronic systems.
Sener is a corporation with 2,350 employees on five continents. How many employees around development and support will be taken over by FORAN and on what terms was not disclosed.
KeyCreator Analysis, the optional multi-physics FEA package for KeyCreator, also features improvements and performance updates with the release of KeyCreator Analysis 2016. Among the enhancements included in KeyCreator Analysis 2016 is new compatibility with Advanced Multi-Physics Simulation (AMPS) 7.0, which allows users to simply call to the program without having to regenerate models for analysis. Additionally, in AMPS 7.0 the meshing and solver have been upgraded - including a new generation of sefea technology.

Also new for 2016 is a stand-alone version of the photorealistic rendering KeyCreator add on, Artisan. The independent Artisan product will give users the functionality of the add-on, including global illumination, output images to files, high-quality real-time navigation, material textures, finishes and bumps, and more.