The assembly or individual parts can be opened in CAE software as digital twins to simulate the behavior of the product in the real world.
Engineers can quickly explore the performance of thousands of design alternatives without investing the time and money required to build physical prototypes.
[5] The research firm Aberdeen Group reports that best-in-class manufacturers, who make extensive use of simulation early in the design process, hit revenue, cost, and launch date and quality targets for 86% or more of their products.
[9] Miele used virtual prototyping to improve the development of its washer-disinfector machines by simulating their operational characteristics early in the design cycle.
[10] Several CAE software solutions (for example, Working Model and SimWise) offer the possibility to check the benefits of virtual prototyping even for students and small companies, and collection of case studies are available since 1996.