Solution In order to meet the tight timescales of the project, Altair ProductDesign utilized SolidThinking Inspire. The technology allowed the team to quickly take the existing designs into the environment and apply a variety of loading data that the bike frame would be required to withstand during use, in addition to constraints such as the nodes’ allowable size, and fixing point locations. solidThinking Inspire used this data to output a new geometry layout that removed material where it was not required to meet the performance targets. In addition to designing weight efficient components, Altair ProductDesign was also able to look for opportunities to simplify the frame design to lower the cost of production. One such example was the chain stay lug which was originally a three pi

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