Digital MockUp or DMU is a concept that allows the description of a product, usually in 3D, for its entire life cycle. Digital Mockup is enriched by all the activities that contribute to describing the product. The product
design engineer
A design engineer is an engineer focused on the engineering design process in any of the various engineering disciplines (including civil, mechanical, electrical, chemical, textiles, aerospace, nuclear, manufacturing, systems, and structural /buil ...
s, the
manufacturing engineer
Manufacturing engineering or production engineering is a branch of professional engineering that shares many common concepts and ideas with other fields of engineering such as mechanical, chemical, electrical, and industrial engineering.
Manufa ...
s, and the support engineers work together to create and manage the ''DMU''. One of the objectives is to have an important knowledge of the future or the supported product to replace any physical
prototype
A prototype is an early sample, model, or release of a product built to test a concept or process. It is a term used in a variety of contexts, including semantics, design, electronics, and Software prototyping, software programming. A prototyp ...
s with virtual ones, using
3D computer graphics
3D computer graphics, or “3D graphics,” sometimes called CGI, 3D-CGI or three-dimensional computer graphics are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data (often Cartesian) that is stored in the computer for th ...
techniques. As an extension it is also frequently referred to as ''Digital Prototyping'' or ''Virtual Prototyping''. These two specific definitions refer to the production of a physical prototype, but they are part of the DMU concept. DMU allows engineers to
design
A design is a plan or specification for the construction of an object or system or for the implementation of an activity or process or the result of that plan or specification in the form of a prototype, product, or process. The verb ''to design'' ...
and
configure complex products and
validate their designs without ever needing to build a physical model.
Among the techniques and technologies which make this possible are:
* the use of
light-weight 3D models with multiple
levels of detail using lightweight data structures such as
JT XVL XVL is a lightweight 3D file format for 3D computer graphics data. XVL is developed by Lattice Technology Inc.
Like U3D and other open and standard 3D formats, XVL supports compression of 3D data. The company claims compression rates of between 1:5 ...
and PDF allow
engineers
Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the limit ...
to
visualize, analyze, and interact with large amounts of product data in real-time on standard
desktop computer
A desktop computer (often abbreviated desktop) is a personal computer designed for regular use at a single location on or near a desk due to its size and power requirements. The most common configuration has a case that houses the power supply ...
s.
* direct interface to between Digital Mockups and PDM systems.
* active digital mockup technology that unites the ability to visualize the assembly
mockup
In manufacturing and design, a mockup, or mock-up, is a scale or full-size model of a design or device, used for teaching, demonstration, design evaluation, promotion, and other purposes. A mockup may be a ''prototype'' if it provides at leas ...
with the ability to measure, analyze, simulate, design and redesign.
Methodology and process
Technologies
*
Product Life Cycle Management
Product life-cycle management (PLM) is the succession of strategies by business management as a product goes through its life-cycle. The conditions in which a product is sold (advertising, saturation) changes over time and must be managed as it ...
*
Visualization
Visualization or visualisation may refer to:
*Visualization (graphics), the physical or imagining creation of images, diagrams, or animations to communicate a message
* Data visualization, the graphic representation of data
* Information visualiz ...
*
Collaboration
Collaboration (from Latin ''com-'' "with" + ''laborare'' "to labor", "to work") is the process of two or more people, entities or organizations working together to complete a task or achieve a goal. Collaboration is similar to cooperation. Most ...
* Large Model
Rendering
* Interference Checking (aka ''Clearance Analysis'' or ''Clash Analysis'')
* Measurement Tools
*
Cross Sectioning
* Path Extraction & Swept Volume Analysis
* Constraint Management
*
Product Structure Modeling
*
Product Data Management Product data management (PDM) should not be confused with product information management (PIM). PDM is the name of a business function within product lifecycle management (PLM) that is denotes the management and publication of product data. In soft ...
(PDM)
Software
*
NX from
Siemens Digital Industries Software
Siemens Digital Industries Software (formerly UGS and then Siemens PLM Software) is an American computer software company specializing in 3D & 2D Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software. The company is a business unit of Siemens, operates un ...
*
CATIA
CATIA (, an acronym of computer-aided three-dimensional interactive application) is a multi-platform software suite for computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), computer-aided engineering (CAE), 3D modeling and Product lif ...
from
Dassault Systèmes
Dassault Systèmes SE () (abbreviated 3DS) is a French software corporation which develops software for 3D product design, simulation, manufacturing and other 3D related products.
Founded in 1981, it is headquartered in Vélizy-Villacoublay, Fr ...
* ''Orealia'' from Onesia for Interactive 3D Digital MockUp
* ''Showcase'' from Autodesk
*
Creo from
PTC
*
Open Cascade Technology
Open Cascade Technology (OCCT), formerly called ''CAS.CADE'', is an open-source software development platform for 3D CAD, CAM, CAE, etc. that is developed and supported by Open Cascade SAS.
OCCT is a full-scale B-Rep (Boundary representation ...
products from
Open Cascade
Open Cascade is an Information Technology Company of Capgemini,. Open Cascade provides services in the domain of scientific and technical computing and simulation tools.
Open Cascade is primarily known to public for its Open Source platforms the ...
See also
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CAD data exchange
CAD data exchange is a method of Engineering drawing, drawing data exchange used to translate between different Computer-aided design (Computer-aided design, CAD) authoring systems or between CAD and other downstream CAx systems.
Many companies us ...
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Computer-aided design
Product lifecycle management