"Previously, if we received CAD geometry, it first had to be converted into a format acceptable for Chimera Grid Tools to read, i.e., unstructured surface triangulation or structured abutting patches. This process has always been very tedious and labor intensive (using commercial grid generation software), and could take days or weeks."

"The capability to 'read' in CAD geometry directly into OVERGRID and then perform surface grid generation on the CAD, was simply not available until we had the CADNexus CAPRI CAE Gateway integration."

Dr. William M. Chan (NASA Ames).

"CAPRI is a very easy environment to use for CAD integration, and within a short amount of time we incorporated direct CAD model access in our grid generation system. The high-level API provided all the needed information to propagate our data structures and access the native CAD description without any data translations."

Dr. Mike Remotigue (ERC SimCenter).

"From my experience, CAPRI CAE Gateway is a unique software primarily because of its direct connection to CAD and overall robustness. I can use an in-house geometry manipulation and triangulation tool, but I find that the time to take something out of CAD and put the final design back into CAD is prohibitive. We have performed over 10,000 automated CFD design iterations using CAPRI for CAD integration, with parametric update and surface wrapping reliability exceeding 99.98%."

Marian Nemec, Ph.D., ELORET Corporation (NASA Ames Research Center).

"CAPRI CAE Gateway has streamlined our CFD process by automating the import of CAD geometry. CAPRI has eliminated manual intervention in importing the CAD model. In addition, we will be using CAPRI as a framework for simulation-based design optimization using CAD."

Mr. Michael Brasher (Aeromechanics Design Department, Raytheon Missile Systems)

"We have been experiencing the use of the CAPRI as a gateway to native CAD models for our multidisciplinary optimization system. CAPRI CAE Gateway is really a breakthrough in CAD model management, the first tool with a seamless interface to all major CAD packages. As a player in the Aeronautics business, CAPRI CAE Gateway provides us with direct interface to parametrized parts, it enables to directly optimize the part in its native format and provide the customer with a final optimized shape without any artificial CAD translation."

Dr. Michel Delanaye (General Manager, CENAERO).

"CAPRI CAE Gateway proved to be invaluable in our development of a CAD-based geometry control system for aerodynamic optimization. CAPRI simplified the integration with CatiaV5, so that the geometry could be manipulated directly within the CAD environment for design optimzation."