PACE Partners

General Motors Company, founded in 1908, has its global headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. GM manufactures its cars and trucks in 35 countries, and sells vehicles globally under the following brands: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, GM Daewoo, Holden, Opel, Vauxhall and Wuling. GM is one of the founding Partners for the PACE program, and contributes resources for the infrastructure and direction of the program.
Autodesk is a a world leader in 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software, and provides design, visualization and simulation solutions to help customers solve their business challenges. GM uses products from Autodesk including Alias Automotive, Maya Unlimited and Sketchbook Pro within their design and product development process. Autodesk provides interoperability with other tools used by GM. Autodesk participates in PACE to promote the advancement in conceptual design and engineering.
HP is a technology company that operates in more than 170 countries around the world. It the designated workstation and printer supplier for PACE. HP provides printers, and, together with Intel, HP provides workstations to PACE institutions through a quarterly grant process. This hardware becomes the basis for many of the PACE laboratories established in the PACE institutions.
Oracle provides complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems, to customers representing a variety of sizes and industries in more than 145 countries around the globe. Oracle offers a complete technology stack including Sun server, storage, operating-system, and virtualization technology, all integrated to work together as a single system! . In addition, Oracle's open architecture and multiple operating-system options provide excellent system availability, scalability, energy efficiency, powerful performance, and low total cost of ownership. Oracle is the dedicated server provider to PACE, making its application and web servers available to PACE Institutions globally.
Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a global powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering, operating in the industry, energy and healthcare sectors. Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division and a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, works collaboratively with companies to deliver open solutions that help them turn more ideas into successful products. Siemens PLM Software, a founding partner of the PACE program, provides NX™ software, a comprehensive digital product development solution; Solid Edge® software, the core CAD component of the Velocity Series™ portfolio, a comprehensive family of solutions addressing PLM needs of the mid-market; Teamcenter® software, the world's most widely used digital lifecycle management solution; and Tecnomatix® software, a best-in-class digital manufacturing solution to PACE institutions globally.
 

PACE Contributors

3D Connexion Systems provides 3D navigation devices for product design, analysis, animation, modeling, and digital content creation. These devices shorten the design time and greatly reduce mouse movements. They provide a high bandwidth way of interfacing with NX and other PACE- sponsored software. 3D Connexion offers SpacePilot navigator devices to PACE Institutions globally.
Altair Engineering provides Altair Hyperworks, an integrated suite of CAE tools for product design, featuring modeling and visualization, analysis & optimization, design process automation and manufacturing process simulation.
ANSYS provides PACE Institutions with a suite of software solutions for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis. This software includes ANSYS CFD, and GAMBIT/T-Grid - all products that support computational technology and enable the user to study the dynamics of things that flow.
CD-adapco provides the STAR-CCM+ and STAR-CD software for internal fluid flow analysis and internal combustion engine simulation, and to support the engine design process of Powertrain Technologies including advanced CFD calculations such as engine block thermal management, general after-treatment application, intake port, Intake and exhaust manifold.
Computational Engineering International (CEI) develops, markets, and supports software for analyzing, visualizing and communicating computer-aided engineering results and scientific data. Engineers and scientists throughout the world rely on CEI to deliver the tools they need for visualizing complex datasets.
Dimensional Control Systems (DCS) is pleased to offer PACE Institutions its 3DCS Analyst Software, a 3-D variation analysis technology for predicting assembly build variation during the engineering phases. This software, used by engineers throughout the design and manufacturing process, offers users a solution for understanding how tolerancing, assembly processing, locating schemes, and part geometry play a role n the overall quality of the final assembly.
dSPACE provides premier embedded software development, verification and validation tools globally. dSPACE hardware and software products are used by high-tech industries around the world – automotive, aerospace, defense, commercial/off-highway, industrial automation, medical technology and others – in the development and testing of electronic control units and mechatronics.
Gamma Technologies provides GT-Power to select PACE Institutions. This software application is used by GM Powertrain and other transportation industry leaders and their suppliers for engine simulation. It is specifically designed for both steady-state and transient simulations.
LSTC provides LS-DYNA multi-physics simulation code to PACE Institutions globally. This software can solve a vast variety of problems, from bioprosthetic heart valve operations, to auto crash, to earthquake engineering.
MathWorks is the leading developer of mathematical computing software. Engineers and scientists use MathWorks MATLAB and Simulink product families to accelerate the pace of discovery, innovation, and development in automotive, aerospace, electronics, financial services, biotech-pharmaceutical, and other industries. MathWorks participates in PACE to support our mission to advance engineering education through project-based learning on real-world applications and processes.
MSC Software provides a suite of software to PACE Institutions globally. MD Adams is a virtual prototyping and motion simulation software. MD Nastran, an FEA tool, provides engineers the tools they need to analyze and improve designs of everything from simple components to complex structures and systems.
RTT is a provider of a real-time visualization solution offering great precision and accuracy, based on virtually all forms of CAD data. RTT's DeltaGen software is used by GM Design for optimum collaboration and efficiency in the design process. DeltaGen provides a link between designers and engineers, and allows for real-time multi-site design reviews.
iSIGHT enables the rapid integration of CAE tools and technologies, and automates their execution to accelerate the evaluation of many design alternatives. The iSIGHT software enables engineers to rapidly apply: Design of Experiments (DOE), Optimization, Approximation Methods, Quality Methods (DFSS).
Stratasys manufactures in-office/classroom 3D printers and 3D production systems. Their systems take CAD/CAM files and print them out in durable ABS plastic models, one layer at a time. Stratasys prototyping systems allow the user to have functional models built in the office/classroom in hours, rather than days. Their one-step process allows the user to test form, fit, and function of the design, making as many design iterations as desired.
Synopsys, Inc. is a world leader in design automation software, IP and services and participates in PACE by providing the Saber product line for the modeling and simulation of physical and multi-domain systems. Saber is used by GM and other transportation companies to simulate, verify and optimize a range of vehicle systems, including electrical distribution, H/EV battery and power electronics, and engine/drivetrain subsystems.
Wacom provides design tablets for industrial and concept design professionals. These products have long been an integral part of the ideation and design process in the automotive industry.
 

PACE Supporters

Trubiquity applications integrate critical enterprise systems and extend the value of intellectual property and process automation throughout the global value chain. Trubiquity provides data exchange accounts to PACE Institutions globally, providing them a highly secure environment to communicate and transfer data electronically.