Hove-based CGTech (www.cgtech.co.uk) is now shipping the next major release of Vericut Composite Applications: Vericut Composite Programming (VCP) and Vericut Composite Simulation (VCS).

Vericut Composite Applications is being used by manufacturers to program and simulate automated fibre-placement and tape-laying machinery from OEMs such as Electroimpact, MTorres, AFPT, Automated Dynamics, Fives, Accudyne, BA Composites and others.

The Composites 8.1 suite focuses on streamlining the flow of data between design applications, VCP itself and analysis packages.

VCP 8.1 allows users to import the engineered laminate design, while providing tools to export any defects caused by manufacturing limitations back to analysis packages, thus closing the ‘design for manufacturing’ loop.

Many features have been added in Version 8.1, including a new Laminate Manager, which automates file management and processing for the entire laminate.

This release also includes a completely redesigned graphical interface, enhanced reports, laminate analysis tools and advanced collision avoidance. A full list of enhancements is available at the company’s Web site.