CONCEPT MODELING & CONCEPTWORKS
Revolutionize your early design: From idea to FE model in record time.
ConceptWorks integrated into DEP MeshWorks – Reduce modeling time by 60-70% and bridge the gap between design and analysis.
The gap between design and analysis: your daily challenge?
In the early design phases, rapid iterations and accurate models are crucial. However, CAE engineers often encounter obstacles:
Every design change requires a time-consuming detour via the CAD department, which slows down the development process.
The constant back-and-forth process between design and analysis eats up valuable time and delays market entry.
The manual creation of FE models for concept designs is error-prone and extremely time-consuming.
You need a solution that allows you to create and validate designs directly at the FE level—quickly, efficiently, and independently.
Your Bridge to Efficiency: DEP MeshWorks ConceptWorks
ConceptWorks, seamlessly integrated into DEP MeshWorks, is your automated modeling tool. It enables CAE engineers to create new designs directly at the FE level, closing the critical gap between model design and analysis. Save 60% to 70% of your modeling time in the early design stages and achieve optimal designs faster than ever before.
The CAD phase? Skipped.
Create complex FE models directly from the idea. With DEP MeshWorks ConceptWorks, you can reduce your early modeling time by up to 70% and gain crucial weeks in the race to market.
Tailor-made for Your Components: Sheet Metal, Plastic, and CastParts
ConceptWorks is not just a tool—it is a system that adapts to your specific requirements. Discover our specialized modules:
Designed for CAE engineers working in the areas of body, frame, and underbody, especially for the early stages of vehicle development.
The constant back-and-forth process between design and analysis eats up valuable time and delays market entry.
The manual creation of FE models for concept designs is error-prone and extremely time-consuming.
Why ConceptWorks is indispensable
DEP has designed ConceptWorks to make input as easy as possible. After just 3 to 4 hours of training, engineers at any level can start creating concept parts.
Achieve optimal design in less time without having to involve designers at every stage.
Validate the concept design directly at the CAE level and then present it to the CAD designers. This drastically reduces the time-consuming “back and forth” process.
Focus on the result, not the tools.
Ready for faster and more precise concepts?
Discover how ConceptWorks can revolutionize your early design phases. Contact us today for a personal consultation or a no-obligation demo.
The core of ConceptWorks: Automated modeling with minimal input
DEP ConceptWorks is an automated modeling system that generates concept components and connections with minimal input. This system bridges the gap between model design and analysis by automatically creating elements based on your specifications, such as:
Trajectories & Axes
Basic components, Height, Width, Angle
Size, Radius, and Thickness
Your advantages in detail: Precision and Flexibility
1. Member creation:
Flexible & Detailed Create both predefined and custom components. Member creation can be based on existing elements, directions, or trajectories—for maximum adaptability.
2. Joint Connections:
Intuitive & Precise ConceptWorks supports you in designing suitable connections, whether standard or special connections. Connections are created automatically with just a few inputs such as element size, height, cross-section nodes, and target position.
3. Adjustments:
Robust & User-Friendly The robustness of ConceptWorks modeling eliminates framework complexity. Easily modify existing components and flanges by selecting the element and adjusting the area, deformable nodes, and base components.
More than just basic elements: complex interior parts & special functions
DEP ConceptWorks is an automated modeling system that generates concept components and connections with minimal input. This system bridges the gap between model design and analysis by automatically creating elements based on your specifications, such as:
CAE engineers will find detailed functionalities in ConceptWorks for analyzing and designing complex interior components such as roof rails, cross members, roof arches, and B-pillar interior components. With minimal user intervention and few inputs, you can create the interior components for vehicle structures.
ConceptWorks effortlessly supports you in designing various special features such as fillets, holes, and splits. Simply specify nodes, radii, and elements on the model to bridge the gap between design and analysis.
The ultimate value: Automation & topology at the FE level
ConceptWorks integrated into DEP MeshWorks automates most adjustments (mid-surface thickness, penetrations, etc.). Even in rare cases where an adjustment is necessary, ConceptWorks eliminates framework complexity by allowing you to easily adjust existing components and flanges.
ConceptWorks can be used as a sketching tool to design your parts directly at the FE level from topological results.
Create detailed components directly at the FE level from sections—precisely and efficiently.
Why choose us?
- Simuplast – official distributor for Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Hungary
- Fast responding support & Onboarding in German/Hungarian
- Workshops & PoCs available
