The COST ADVANTAGE is an expert Design for Manufacturability (DFM) tool which provides cost and producibility feedback as a design evolves. It includes the ability to customize Cognition-supplied knowledge bases (Assembly, Injection Molding, Machining, etc.) and to develop new knowledge bases for proprietary manufacturing processes. It can import design features (hole, slot, flange, rib, etc.) from feature-based solid modelers in order to estimate the manufacturing costs of designs. Cognition's MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE II passes design features directly to the COST ADVANTAGE via a real time connection so that design engineers get immediate feedback on the cost impact of their design decisions.
Ralph Gifford
Product Manager Cognition Corporation 209 Burlington Road Bedford, MA 01730 USA 617-271-9300 X239 fax:617-271-0813 ralph@ci.com