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Based on the presentation given at the CATIA Creative Design and ICEM Conference by Dassault Systemes and DCS Partner Hitex, This whitepaper focuses on using high-end visualization in the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform (CATIA Live Rendering) as part of the engineering process to help determine build objectives and improve the Perceived Quality of products.

3DCS Variation Analyst is an app for both CATIA V5 and the 3DEXPERIENCE. As an integrated solution to CATIA, 3DCS allows users to analyze their CAD model by including process and part tolerances, and applying Monte Carlo simulation to determine problem areas and the possibility of non-conformance. 

How Do 3DCS and CATIA Promote Perceived Quality? 

Together, 3DCS and the CATIA 3DEXPERIENCE give users the ability to create life-like studies of their products incorporating both manufacturing and objective variation. These studies guide engineers in the process of creating GD&T, and give a means of communicating manufacturing information between design and engineering using a feedback loop to meet both design and engineering build objectives.

Key Takeaways:

• What is Perceived Quality?
• How Perceived Quality is affected by Gap and Flush
• Impact of Variation on Design
• What Value Does Perceived Quality Studies Give to an Organization?
• How Does the Design Team Apply Perceived Quality in CATIA 3DEXPERIENCE?
• How Does the Engineering Team Use This Information?

Excerpt from the paper:

Design SPEC STUDIES (https://youtu.be/L5gMHGLyfyk)

The first stages of the process begin in the design studio. The design team drives the tolerancing process by creating the Spec Studies, the visualization studies of gap and flush conditions set at specific values to determine acceptable levels of variation.

The process of creating Spec Studies is broken down into four components:

1. Design Visualization
2. Add measurements
3. Define SPEC STUDIES
4. Review SPEC STUDIES in CATIA Live Rendering

View the full post and download the free whitepaper on DCS's blog at:

http://blog.3dcs.com/perceived-quality-whitepaper-learn-how-to-improve-consumer-perception-with-catia-dcs-solutions