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17 Honda Improves Its CAE Capability Although the people at Honda R&D; Americas, by and large, work on vehicle development, they recently went to work on developing visualization software for crash test simulation. They worked with developers from software company 3DXCITE ( rtt.ag ), which is the developer of 3D visualization software known as DELTAGEN. What they did was work so that the visualization software was integrated with the LS-DYNA ( lstc.com ) non-linear crash simulation software, which Honda has been using since 1998, so that the output would provide vehicle developers with a highly realistic rendering of the crash consequences. With the software, Honda engineers can manipulate the rendering, rotate the view as required, strip away parts of the vehicle to look at a section or component, make the crash barrier transparent, and change point-of-view of the event. The simulation data is rendered in real- time on a Quadro graphics workstation from NVIDIA ( nvidia.com ). Eric DeHof, Technical Leader for CAE in the Crash Safety Group of Honda R&D; Americas, said, "With this technology, we have gained the potential to improve the quality of decision making and reduce the time required for fnalizing a vehicle design by greatly increasing the ease of communicating and understanding the results of a crash test simulation." He added, "This tool will promote a more complete understanding of vehicle safety design among all engineers involved in our vehicle development process." CO 2 Precision Cleaning System Dry, Waterless & Automated Plastic Part Cleaning • Removes Dust • Removes Fingerprints • Clean Operation • No Drying • Inexpensive • Little Floor Space www.coolclean.com 866-262-9274 info@coolclean.com Visit our Booth E-5288! p This is what the Honda crash-test CAE results look like before they worked with 3DXCITE . . . t . . . and this is what they look like after.

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