Virtual product development (VPD) and design are made possible using CAD, CAM, or CAE.

These digital
goods are detailed and extremely realistic replicas of their actual counterparts. These models provide
detailed 3D geometry, material properties, tolerances, applied forces, boundary conditions, and other
information on the physical product. Engineers can design and test concepts for new items using these
virtual products instead of needing to physically construct numerous pricey prototypes.

This can rapidly eliminate a huge number of terrible concepts, allowing businesses to concentrate
exclusively on the ideas that have the best chance of finding a market. By identifying problems before
they reach the manufacturing stage, VPD lowers company risk. Other advantages include decreased
warranty expenses and fewer possible lawsuits in the event that a product failure results in injury.

Multidisciplinary CAE necessitates modelling how several types of linked physics interact at the system
and component levels under a wide range of operating situations. These extensive, highfidelity
multiphysics simulations use very rich geometric models (and massive meshes) to effectively forecast
how complicated items react in realworld situations.

To handle smart connected products, CAE is also developing on its own.Products that used to be made
up only of electrical and mechanical components have evolved into sophisticated systems of systems
that are nested, networked, and connected to one another in a variety of ways using edge servers,
sensors, software, and data. The settings for today's HPC systems are being further stressed by the
design, development, manufacture, service, and operation of these smart linked devices.

For instance, design engineers can see their current 3-dimensional virtual model and overlay the precise
dimensions from the physical product's Digital Twin. The visual comparison makes distinctions between
the virtual and actual products immediately clear. Manufacturing engineers may then precisely rectify
problems at the right points in the manufacturing process by working together across the whole supply
chain. This can be a very useful tool to increase manufacturing's productivity, precision, and quality.

Engineers can use the virtual model to better predict product anomalies and failures by feeding it data
from real-time sensors and the Digital Twin. The performance of production equipment is improved,
unexpected downtime is reduced, dependability and quality are increased, and maintenance costs are
decreased with the support of plant floor and service personnel.