<s>
VE-Suite	B-Language
is	O
an	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
based	O
virtual	O
engineering	O
software	O
toolkit	O
that	O
simplifies	O
information	B-Application
management	I-Application
so	O
users	O
can	O
simultaneously	O
interact	O
with	O
engineering	O
analyses	O
and	O
graphical	O
models	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
virtual	O
decision-making	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
available	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Lesser	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
(	O
LGPL	B-Application
)	O
and	O
is	O
composed	O
of	O
four	O
main	O
software	O
engines	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
environment	O
,	O
engineers	O
are	O
required	O
to	O
manually	O
move	O
information	O
from	O
one	O
software	B-Application
package	I-Application
to	O
another	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VE-Suite	B-Language
was	O
designed	O
to	O
support	O
real-time	O
,	O
collaborative	O
design	O
using	O
disparate	O
software	O
tools	O
so	O
engineers	O
,	O
designers	O
,	O
and	O
managers	O
can	O
obtain	O
in	O
intuitive	O
feel	O
for	O
a	O
product	O
's	O
performance	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VE-Suite	B-Language
'	O
s	O
features	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
VE-Suite	B-Language
enables	O
users	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
objects	O
in	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
space	I-Application
without	O
being	O
concerned	O
with	O
technical	O
information	O
such	O
as	O
costing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VE-Suite	B-Language
provides	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
environment	O
in	O
which	O
users	O
can	O
immerse	O
themselves	O
in	O
the	O
data	O
and	O
better	O
understand	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VE-Suite	B-Language
is	O
designed	O
with	O
an	O
open	O
interface	O
to	O
allow	O
the	O
integration	O
of	O
other	O
open-source	B-License
and	O
commercial	B-Application
software	I-Application
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
is	O
an	O
illustration	O
of	O
the	O
VE-Suite	B-Language
workflow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
VE-Suite	B-Language
tool	O
the	O
engineer	O
works	O
with	O
is	O
VE-Conductor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
engineer	O
can	O
then	O
double-click	O
on	O
this	O
object	O
to	O
cause	O
a	O
customized	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
GUI	B-Application
)	O
of	O
this	O
object	O
to	O
appear	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Everything	O
that	O
has	O
occurred	O
up	O
to	O
this	O
point	O
has	O
occurred	O
without	O
user	O
intervention	O
;	O
the	O
software	O
tools	O
contained	O
within	O
VE-Suite	B-Language
have	O
handled	O
the	O
information	B-General_Concept
integration	I-General_Concept
and	O
model	O
execution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
complexity	O
of	O
information	B-General_Concept
integration	I-General_Concept
and	O
execution	O
of	O
the	O
distributed	O
models	O
is	O
handled	O
without	O
input	O
from	O
the	O
engineer	O
.	O
</s>
