BIW Fixture Design Automation Apps – Archive Design productivity using CitiusKBE Tools.​

CitiusKBE has identified design automation as a key focus area and has been developing a suite of tools to speed up the engineering design process on the SIEMENS high-end CAD/CAM platform NX. As a part of this toolkit, a set of tools is developed to address the pain areas of BIW fixture design / detailing / validation processes. These BIW Fixture Design Automation tools focus on activities that require a high degree of manual intervention and tend to be tedious and error prone. By automating these tedious activities, these tools improve the quality of the designs, reduce the design cycle time and increase the productivity of the designers.

The Entire design cycle has been considered

​The Following Ares has been take up

1. NC Contact Trim / Check App – Efficient way to Maintain Detect Clash and Gap.
2. Hole Information App – Quick Action App to find Holes and its details in the Solid Body.
3. Hole Alignment Check App – Assembly Check function to ensure DFM and DFA.
4. Hole Module – An DFM Friendly tool to avoid Design Errors.
5. Assembly Clearance Check App – Validate and prevent any possible, but unwanted, interferences and make Assemblies DFA compliance.​
6. Model Compare App – Quick Comparison of Input Vs Output.
7. Raw Material Sizing App – Quick App to help in Material Sizing.
8. Flexible Note Creation App – Quick and Flexible Options to generate, Standard and Special Notes in the Drawing
9. Integrated Checklists App – Configurable and Standards Checklists at all levels to ensure Design Quality.
10. One-Go Export App – Ease of handling exporting of Models.