DEVELOP3D - Technology for the product lifecycle

For those working in automotive design and manufacturing, there’s further big news (after Daimler’s switch to NX last month) this month. Aston Martin has announced that it’s standardizing its global sports car development process using Siemens PLM’s NX software for “integrated computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering analysis (CAD/CAM/CAE)” and Teamcenter software to manage its “product and process knowledge.”

According to the press release, Aston Martin “began its extensive and ongoing competitive PLM technology evaluation two years ago. The decision to migrate from its current technology to NX and Teamcenter is critical to its mission of continuing to produce some of the world’s greatest sports cars.” Just as a point of reference, Aston has been a strong i-deas user for some time, presumably from its days as part of Ford’s Premier Automotive Group (along with Jaguar and Land Rover), between 1995 and 2007.

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