VE-Suite
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VE-Suite is an open source based virtual engineering software toolkit that simplifies information management so users can simultaneously interact with engineering analyses and graphical models to create a virtual decision-making environment. It is available under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) and is composed of four main software engines:
VE-CE is the software engine responsible for the synchronization of the data between the various analysis and process models and the engineer
VE-Xplorer is the decision-making environment that allows the engineer to visually interact with the equipment models
VE-Conductor, the graphical user interface, is the engineer's mechanism to control models and other information
VE-Open connects the core engines of VE-Suite and transfers data from user-defined information sources to VE-Suite software engines
These software engines coordinate the flow of data from the engineer to the virtual components being designed.
In nearly all aspects of the engineering process—design, manufacturing, and maintenance—the tools employed at each phase rely on virtual models (e.g., software tools) to reduce cost and shorten development time. This results in a variety of software tools being used across a wide range of vendors and engineering firms. In this environment, engineers are required to manually move information from one software package to another. VE-Suite was designed to support real-time, collaborative design using disparate software tools so engineers, designers, and managers can obtain in intuitive feel for a product's performance in real time.
VE-Suite's features include:
Information Management
In engineering decision making, it is necessary to understand the vast amounts of information regarding a particular product. VE-Suite enables users to interact with objects in a virtual space without being concerned with technical information such as costing.
Component Manipulation
Product components are viewable at any scale and can be modified in real time without having to go back to the analysis and modeling process. They can be virtually assembled, much like building a physical model, but without the time and expense; they can be combined to create new components; and they can be distributed across computational resources.
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