Automated component development with DNA
Advanced Engineering can speed up the design process of technical components, achieve better results and enable easy adaptation to different environments.
The main difference to the traditional process is that in a low-code platform, it is no longer the component itself that is defined, but the development including all required steps of the component. This construction principle is similar to the genetic material of living organisms - once their DNA has been defined, the workflow can be run through as often as required, with constantly adapted basic conditions. On the one hand, this means that repeating (iterative) calculations can be used to come close to the optimum.
On the other hand, the process can also be used to adapt a component to different environments. A practical example of such a requirement is the widespread Isofix holder, which can be found in practically all modern vehicles - including small series vehicles and special vehicle derivatives. The design of the holder must be adapted for different vehicle models.
EDAG has set up a largely automated workflow to design this component efficiently. The results speak for themselves, showing time and weight savings of around 40 percent each. Our white paper "Advanced Engineering - faster to additively produced components", which you can download here, reveals how we do this and which tools we use.