IronCAD Helps Design Group Secure Oakridge National Labs Contract

ATLANTA, GA. May 15, 2007 – IronCAD today announced the Multiple Discipline Technology Group (MDTG), an engineering and design firm, used IronCAD software to help secure Oakridge National Labs contracts. To win the bid, engineers at MDTG created two conceptual deigns for portions of Oakridge National Lab’s new particle accelerator.

Using geometry imported from Oakridge National Lab’s, MDTG engineers use IronCAD features like direct face modeling to conform non-intelligent shapes to an engineer’s design. In IronCAD, intelligent shapes, called Intellishapes, can be resized using dynamic handles and have the ability to automatically mate and align to other intelligent parts. Imported geometry does not have this ability, but, with direct face modeling, engineers can make changes to the geometry and even create Intellishapes from imported geometry.

“The ability to import geometry is great, but IronCAD’s added ability to directly modify non-native geometry cuts down design time immensely because less components have to be re-created,” says Shannon McCall, President and Principle Engineer of MDTG.

IronCAD’s ability to work with imported geometry comes from its vast array of translators combined with dual ACIS and Parasolid Kernels. By using two separate kernels to build geometry, IronCAD reduces accuracy issues that plague single-kernel systems when importing standard file formats. Because of this, MDTG was able to deliver two conceptual designs instead of one, like competing companies delivered.

“Submitting two designs was only possible because of IronCAD’s rapid conceptual design ability. Creating two designs in the time MDTG was given won us the contract,” says McCall.

To read more about MDTG’s project visit: ironcad.com/product/inaction/mechanical/mdtg/mdtg.html.

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About Multiple Discipline Technology Group

Multiple Discipline Technology Group provides Engineering, Homeland Security, Alternative Energy Research & Development, Construction and Information Technology services for a wide variety of applications, industries, & markets. We provide solutions in a number of disciplines, offering control, cost, and time efficiencies, quality and convenience. Visit mdtg.biz to learn more about MDTG.