Dassault Systèmes has announced a strategic initiative from SIMULIA to deliver solutions for Simulation Lifecycle Management (SLM).

SIMULIA SLM solutions claim to enable companies to integrate simulation earlier and more effectively into their product and process development activities and, thereby, fully leverage their simulation expertise as a valuable corporate asset.

“Our SLM solutions are a testimony to the combination of simulation and PLM expertise that only Dassault Systèmes can offer,” claimed Mark Goldstein, CEO, SIMULIA.  “We are leveraging the wealth of technology and talent in our SIMULIA and ENOVIA development organisations to deliver the world’s only robust simulation lifecycle solution.”

In addition to a standard Web interface, the new SIMULIA SLM products will utilise the 3DLive technology from Dassault Systèmes for 3DSearch, 3DNavigation, and 3DCollaboration, so that users can query, manage, and collaborate on any simulation. Built on Dassault Systèmes’ V5 SOA architecture, SLM will bring PLM SOA based lifecycle management capabilities to simulation workgroups and virtual testing applications.

“Companies are spending millions on simulation but are often failing to capture, manage and reuse the resulting intellectual property,” said Ken Short, vice president, Strategy and Marketing, SIMULIA. “The goal of SIMULIA is to deliver the first SLM solution to the market that is economically deployable, functionally capable for the specific needs of all users and scalable from workgroups to the enterprise.”