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Integrate Physical Measurements with Design and Simulation for Design Validation

Validate your designs by integrating physical measurements with leading design and simulation tools to speed up product development from design to production. With the National Instruments LabVIEW graphical development platform and off-the-shelf NI measurement hardware, you can take physical measurements and then integrate the information back into the design process, which reduces physical prototypes and helps you validate designs. Typically, new product designs involve numerous iterations of modeling, simulation, prototyping, and physical testing to optimize a design. You can use physical test data to calibrate simulations and improve their fidelity as well as use simulation predictions to optimize the testing process. This bidirectional flow of information between simulation and physical test enables design validation and results in fewer design iterations, which significantly improves product development cycle efficiency.

Design Validation with LabVIEW

Click on a domain area in the image above to learn how LabVIEW integrates with each design domain and download application notes, white papers, and toolkits you can use to accelerate your product development process.

Featured Resources

  • The Emerging Role of Physical Test in Product Development: This strategic editorial by Dr. James Truchard, president and CEO of National Instruments, gives an overview of the growing role of physical test within the product design cycle.
  • Webcast: View Dr. Truchard's introduction to graphical system design.
  • Webcast: Learn from SolidWorks and National Instruments how to integrate mechanical design, analysis, and testing.