Manufacturers need to continuously test their new ideas in order to meet the requirements of even more demanding customers. However, physical testing can be costly and time consuming. The goal for any company is to reduce the number of physical prototypes while maintaining the integrity of the product.

Virtual prototypes not only reduce the use of physical testing saving time and money, it allows the manufacturers to increase the number of virtual tests.

Save Time and Money by Reducing Physical Prototypes

Physical prototypes and testing add additional cost and consume valuable time during the design cycle. Often times, designs are too constrained late in the process to property address problems identified during testing. In today’s uncertain economic environment, you can’t afford to add additional time and cost to your development cycles.
This Aberdeen Report will provide you with best practices on how other Small and Medium Business are leveraging virtual prototypes to identify and troubleshoot performance issues early in the design cycles. Download now >

Virtual Prototyping and the Benefits to SMBs

Virtual prototyping can save time, cut costs and deliver fresh insight into CAD models, but only if it’s applied correctly. Do you have the correct measures in place to employ virtual prototyping with confidence?

This feature article will help you define best practiced for implementing virtual prototypes that produce credible results, and products that perform as well in the real world as they do on the workstation. Download now >

Feature Article: Best Practices for Photorealistic Rendering

Photorealistic rendering solutions are more feature-filled and easier to use than ever. By following four best practices, engineers can use these applications to create more realistic images more quickly and further reduce the need for building physical prototypes.
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Enhanced Graphical Realism with Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0With Pro/ENGINEER

Advanced Rendering, you can quickly create stunning, photo-realistic product images. Now you can produce richer marketing material and enable more compelling design reviews in less time and without costly physical prototypes or staged background scenery.
Download one of our three screensavers to see a few examples of the possible effects! Optimized for a screen resolution of 1024x768 pixels. Operating systems: Windows XP and Vista.
Download Screensaver 1 - Cubes Group (zip, 3164kb)
Download Screensaver 2 - Cubes Single (zip, 3115kb)
Download Screensaver 3 - Cubes Mixed (zip, 3129kb)