3D Design Software from Dassault Systèmes Pushes Bobsled Top Speeds to New Heights
See how 3DEXPERIENCE platform capabilities and 3D design software can support performance-driven product development, virtual testing, aerodynamic refinement, and connected engineering workflows.
3D Design Software as a Performance Engineering Tool
High-performance product development depends on more than a strong concept. Teams need to explore geometry, evaluate design alternatives, improve aerodynamics, reduce unnecessary weight, and understand how product changes affect real-world performance.
In the bobsled example, Dassault Systèmes 3D design software represents a broader engineering workflow: using virtual product development tools to connect design intent, simulation feedback, performance refinement, and faster decision-making before physical testing.
Why This Matters for Engineering Teams
The same approach used in performance-focused sports engineering can apply to industrial product design, manufacturing, equipment development, and simulation-driven engineering decisions. The goal is not only to create a 3D model, but to use connected design and simulation workflows to make better product decisions.
Explore design alternatives faster and reduce the friction between concept development, review, and engineering refinement.
Use design and simulation insights to improve speed, efficiency, structural response, weight, durability, or flow behavior.
Evaluate key performance questions earlier so teams can reduce unnecessary physical trial-and-error cycles.
Bring designers, analysts, and engineering stakeholders into a more traceable product development workflow.
3DEXPERIENCE Engineering Roles
The 3DEXPERIENCE platform supports role-based engineering workflows for design, simulation, structural analysis, fluid dynamics, manufacturing, and multiphysics collaboration. Choosing the right role depends on your team’s technical responsibilities, workflow needs, and simulation goals.
Support structural durability, mechanics, fatigue, and performance questions for product integrity review.
Evaluate structural mechanics workflows for static, implicit dynamic, explicit dynamic, and acoustics-related simulations.
Support fluid flow and heat transfer simulations to improve system performance and reduce design risk.
Create, manage, and refine parts, assemblies, and drawings in a connected product development environment.
Assess structural performance in nonlinear static and dynamic environments for better engineering decisions.
Validate and optimize plastic part and mold tooling designs through filling, packing, and cooling analysis workflows.
Improve mechanical product design quality and evaluate more simulation alternatives for complex mechanisms.
Support accurate structural simulations throughout the product development cycle with intuitive engineering tools.
Connect products to collaborative simulation workflows for multidisciplinary analysis, visualization, and traceability.
ENA2 can help review your team’s design, simulation, and collaboration needs and recommend the most suitable 3DEXPERIENCE software role.
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3D Design Software and 3DEXPERIENCE FAQ
Answers to common questions about 3D design software, simulation-driven product development, 3DEXPERIENCE roles, and Dassault Systèmes software support.
What is 3D design software used for in engineering?
3D design software is used to create, manage, evaluate, and refine product geometry, assemblies, drawings, and design alternatives before physical prototypes or production decisions are finalized.
How does the 3DEXPERIENCE platform support product development?
The 3DEXPERIENCE platform supports connected design, simulation, collaboration, data management, visualization, and role-based engineering workflows within a shared product development environment.
Can 3D design and simulation software reduce physical prototyping?
Yes. Virtual design and simulation workflows can help engineering teams compare concepts, evaluate performance, identify risks, and reduce unnecessary physical trial-and-error cycles.
What are 3DEXPERIENCE engineering roles?
3DEXPERIENCE engineering roles are role-based software configurations designed around specific responsibilities such as mechanical design, structural analysis, CFD, durability, plastic injection, and multiphysics workflows.
Which 3DEXPERIENCE role is right for my engineering team?
The right role depends on whether your team focuses on design, structural mechanics, CFD, durability, plastic injection, product performance, or multidisciplinary simulation. ENA2 can help review your needs and recommend suitable options.
Does ENA2 support 3DEXPERIENCE software selection in Canada and the United States?
Yes. ENA2 supports engineering teams across Canada and the United States with 3DEXPERIENCE software selection, role guidance, software access, and engineering workflow support.