Cal State L.A. Students Visit Dassault Systemes

By Virgil Seaman, Dept Chair Department of Technology, California State University, Los Angeles

On June 21, 12 students and two faculty members from the Department of Technology at California State University, Los Angeles participated in a field trip to Dassault Systemes in Woodland Hills, CA. The students, who are enrolled in an advanced solid modeling class during the Spring Quarter at Cal State L.A. made the visit to the North American headquarters for Dassault Systemes and were hosted by three application engineers who graduated from the Department of Technology.

The tour included a walk through of their facilities, an overview of Product Lifec ycle Management (PLM) and demonstrations by seven applications engineers on various workbenches such as: DMU Navigator/Fitting Simulation/Space Analysis, Tubing Design, Knowledgeware, Prismatic Machining and an overview of PDM (SMARTEAM). During lunch, students were treated to more demonstrations and case studies of how Application Engineers are working with aerospace and automotive companies around North America to integrate CATIA V5, DELMIA, SMARTEAM and ENOVIA. Finally, Dr. Seaman gave an overview of COE and how students might participate as student volunteers at the upcoming conference in Seattle, Washington.

The trip to Woodland Hills greatly enhanced student's understanding of PLM and brought more relevance to what they are learning in the classroom working with CATIA V5.

DELMIA Corp. Honored by the State of Michigan and Oakland County

Digital manufacturing solutions provider DELMIA Corp. announced today that Oakland County and the State of Michigan have honored the company for its contribution to the county and state.

DELMIA Corp. CEO Philippe Charlès received plaques by Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson and Senior Account Manager Kathy Kleckner of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. Patterson commended DELMIA for being one of the companies helping to position Oakland County as the third highest provider of high tech jobs and as the third wealthiest county in per capita income in the country. The award presentation took place at a recent open house held by DELMIA Corp. to announce a CIMdata study reinforcing the benefits of digital manufacturing.

"DELMIA's decision to remain and grow in Auburn Hills speaks to the strength of resources available in the County and in Michigan," said Patterson. "And, its companies like DELMIA Corp. that promote productivity, innovation and new business growth in the area."

Following the award presentations, a representative from consulting and research firm CIMdata (Ann Arbor, Mich.) presented results from a recent study entitled Benefits of Digital Manufacturing. The study found that companies using DELMIA digital manufacturing solutions are achieving or exceeding their initial objectives and anticipated benefits. On average, organizations using digital manufacturing technologies can reduce time to market by 30 percent, design changes by 65 percent, and time spent in manufacturing planning process by 40 percent, the study reports. In addition, production throughput can be increased by 15 percent with overall production costs reduced by 13 percent.

For a copy of the CIMdata Report, please send an email to DELMIA: info@delmia.com.