Airbus Speeds CAD Design with WITNESS

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Airbus has used WITNESS simulation software to play a key role in the development of a massive £21 million surface treatment plant at its Broughton factory in the U.K. The plant is believed to be the biggest fully automated facility of its kind in the world. WITNESS was used to provide more than traditional “what if” simulation. An evolving sequence of models was built to optimise the layout and operation of the proposed plant. The software was used in effect as an animated event-based CAD tool, and the contractor's working drawings were derived directly from the final model. According to Airbus, this is driving manufacturing simulation “to the limits.”