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| Open CASCADE, simulation integrator / News / The SALOME Project to Develop ... | | The SALOME Project to Develop an Open Source CAD-to-FEA Link Based on Open CASCADE Will Be Highlighted at the RNTL Colloquium in Paris |
| Chosen as one of the two most outstanding projects from a field of 45 RNTL projects presented at La Villette, SALOME demonstrates how Open CASCADE software brings advanced technology and economic advantages to companies who need to couple CAD to analysis |
Paris, April 26, 2001 – Today and tomorrow, the RNTL (French National Software Technology Network) will feature the latest achievements of industrial companies in the development of computer-aided engineering tools at the City of Science and Industry at La Villette in Paris. Organized with the support of the Secretary of State for Industry and the Ministry of Research, this event will illustrate the dynamism of French industry through the presentation of a number of major projects.
During the opening session, speakers will describe the economic impact of two of the most important certified research programs. These center on virtual reality and CAD: PERF-RV (French Virtual Reality Platform), directed by the INRIA research group, and SALOME (Numerical Simulation Based on Open-source Software Architecture), under the leadership of Open CASCADE.
The SALOME project aims to produce an open-source framework based on Open CASCADE components that will link CAD and analysis applications and allow integration of existing solvers. It is currently the only application of this type to be open-source. SALOME’s first goal is to dramatically reduce the time it takes to produce analysis models from CAD models in industrial environments. SALOME also aims to improve the distribution of numerical simulation softwares considered as a reference in their domains of application. The application will provide a simple and efficient user interface, link different types of code, allow reusing portions of the code, and provide interoperability between simulation code and CAD modeling software.
The nine project partners are: CEA/DMT, EDF R&D, Bureau Véritas, EADS CCR, INPG/LEG, Principia, CEDRAT, LIP 6 and the Open CASCADE company. As project leader, the Open CASCADE company will furnish development services to the eight other members, representing industrial companies, research organizations, and software editors. Collaborative development on the http://www.opencascade.org Web site is only one of the major innovations of this project. Other outstanding features include the CORBA-based application architecture, the exclusive use of open-source components and the coupling of different solvers. An open-source modeler is integrated in the application.
The SALOME project can be followed online at: http://www.opencascade.org/SALOME/
Four industrial contributors highlight the benefits of SALOME and the open-source approach
· "Bureau Veritas is a world leader in conformity assessment, in particular in the shipbuilding industry," says Philippe Rucho, Scientific Computing Manager. "Using Open CASCADE for developing the SALOME CAD-to-analysis platform leaves us free to devote more creative energy to meeting the industry's expectations from such a platform. We save time and boost software performance with Open CASCADE's ready-to-use components and efficient application development framework."
· According to Xavier Brunotte, Development Manager of CEDRAT, the European leader in finite element tools for electrical power engineering, "SALOME will allow CEDRAT to focus development efforts on its particular analysis application expertise while dramatically increasing the efficiency of its CAD-to-analysis link."
· Pascal Esposito, who represents the EDF electrical utility on the Open CASCADE Core Team, comments: "Thanks to the fact that Open CASCADE is available in Open Source and has been adopted by leading industrial and research teams for the SALOME project, we can be sure of the long-term validity of our developments. The SALOME Application framework will also help us to collaborate more efficiently with the CEA, another SALOME partner, by directly sharing analysis code related to nuclear power plants."
· "As specialists in marine hydrodynamics, our objective in participating in the SALOME project is to provide our customers with software tools that will ensure top performance for numerical simulation and experimental analysis studies," says Benoit de Mouillac, Managing Director of Principia. "The open-source platform based on Open CASCADE will enhance the integration between CAD models from our customers and our different solvers, thereby facilitating our role as a provider of services." |
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