This was my presentation for Solid Edge Simulation given at PLM World 2009 in Nashville, TN. It is an introductory presentation of the new FEA product just prior to the ST2 release.

1. Solid Edge SimulationPLM World Presentation July 1, 2009 Mark Burhop Product Manager, Solid Edge Analysis Products @burhopon Twitter Mark Burhop on Facebook

2. Content Background Existing Need Target User FEA Functionality Brief description of Process SE Simulation Functionality Review Loads, Constraints, Studies, Mesh, Solving and Post Processing.

4. Separately purchased productCAD User Single Part Validation Assembly Validation System Simulation (Dynamic, CFD, Heat, multi-physics) Problem Complexity

5. Target is the Designer Analyst Designer Analyst Someone that splits time between Design and Analysis. Does not do advanced analysis. It is either not needed by the customer or is covered by a dedicated analyst using FEMAP. Often the “super designer” at small companies being asked to do more faster. Desires Easy of use. Geometry only commands. Extended help and guidance relative to “dedicated analysis” tools such as FEMAP. Familiar interface. Understandable results.

6. Designer Products - Differences With Analysis Products Geometry Focused – Designers will work only with Geometry (i.e. Force on face). You will need a high end product (FEMAP, NX Advanced Simulation,) to work directly with nodes and elements. Single Solver – SE Simulation will use only NX Nastran. Femap supports multiple solvers. Designer Language Rather than Analyst Language Easy Geometry Modification Capability –Synchronous Technology has interesting potential for CAE model preparation. More Process Oriented – UI organized to step you though a process. More help and suggestions to guide the designer when problems occur.

7. Analysis Steps Model Preparation and Simplification– Modify “designed” geometry to meet the needs of analysis. Preprocessing – define the loads, constraints, material properties and connections between assembly parts. Mesh – define the type of mesh to be used and refine it as needed. Solve – The solve occurs when the FEA model composed of the mesh, loads, and constraints are passed to NX Nastran for analysis. Post Processing – examine the results from NX Nastran using various visualization and reporting tools.

8. Solid Edge Simulation

9. A Quick Analysis Demo (At PLM World, a demo was given here)

11. integrated into these environments

12. (turned on with License)

13. A Simulation navigator is provided for Studies

15. Study Navigator Provides a tree view with drag and drop functionality for working (create, edit, delete, copy, etc...) with FEA Analyses/Studies, load sets, and constraint set results It is important to note that an analysis study can be totally defined through the Study Navigator With a RMB click the user can define geometry, loads, constraints, mesh, etc….

16. Study Navigator A Study can be created by RMB clicking on “Simulation” in the study Navigator Once the Study is created the user can easilyrename, copy, delete, modify, solve, or usethe save to Femap .mod file material can be added or changed

17. Demo Study Creation (At PLM World, a demo was given here)

19. Temperature load (for body only – thermal expansion)

20. Handles for defining direction, orientation.

22. Demo (At PLM World, a demo was given here)

23. Meshing Support for 2D Mesh and 3D tetrahedral mesh. UI options that change between environments (i.e. Sheet metal defaults to 2D mesh) The “Mesh” commands can be executed from either the command bar or from the study Navigator. command to set the mesh sizing for edges and faces.

24. Demo Mesh Mesh Sizing (At PLM World, a demo was given here)

25. Solve Command Command to run the analysis (execute NX Nastran) UI to expose some NASTRAN options (GEOMCHECK) Key piece of this will be handling NASTRAN errors in a user-friendly way. Some UI for displaying actual NX Nastran errors for more advanced users.

26. Post processing – plots and graphics Colorized plots, contours Displacement, animation, mode shapes. Internal and External element display Display of results in context of assembly, other graphics.

27. Color Bar Provide additional indicators for key material properties. Provide color display options with overflow and underflow values. Saving of color bar options across sessions. Ability to position color bar at different locations and sizes on the screen. Grayscale Rainbow Stoplight

28. Probe Allow the user to probe specific node data. Creates a tool which can return information about nodes by moving the mouse cursor over the results and their data. Provide Min-max markers for key stress Provide table with copy/paste

29. Reports Create Report Similar to Femap Express HTML Output Remembers Settings!

30. Demo Post Processing Color Bar Probe (At PLM World, a demo was given here)

31. Assembly connectors Provide the linear and glued connectors that are supported by Femap and NX Nastran. Provide an automated tool to connect touching faces in an assembly. Provide a manual UI for selecting faces on assemblies that will be connected. Manual Connector

32. Demo Connectors (At PLM World, a demo was given here)

33. Solid Edge Simulation Assembly Covers certain special needs for Assemblies not addressed by other projects. Assembly level features from Traditional assemblies Traditional Weldments Assembly default Material Traditional Weldment brought into Synchronous assembly

34. Simulation Options A new “Simulation” tab has been added to the “Solid Edge Options” dialog to display various Solid Edge Simulation options Default NX NASTRAN options Default Meshing options Default Study options Default Plot options Default Load and Constraint options Number of Modes to return

35. Save to FEMAP Command to create a Femap .mod file from a Solid Edge Simulation Study. Transfers loads and constraints, mesh and results.

37. Workflow-based landing pages as anchors to keep new users focused on the order of doing something and providing a link from each step directly to a procedure.

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