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Reality's Digital Mirror with Dassault's Virtual Design
Digital twins transform product development and manufacturing
Dassault Virtual twins
Virtual twins enable more efficient product development, manufacturing, and maintenance processes. © Dassault

Dassault Systèmes is forging ahead with a virtual twin technology that it believes can transform how aircraft are designed, manufactured, and maintained. Through virtual twins—digital replicas of physical objects, environments, or systems—engineers can simulate, test, and optimize aircraft using data points before physically making them.

Known for 3D and product life cycle management design, Dassault Systèmes can create a digital model that simulates an aircraft’s real-world behavior and forces of flight. This digital counterpart can replicate an aircraft’s structural components and aerodynamic performance. Dassault can also create twins of manufacturing facilities to head off potential production issues before any physical materials are committed to a build.

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