Siemens PLM Software FEMAP Powering today’s most advanced engineering analysis environment

siemens.com/plm/femap Best-in-class digital simulation

Why digital simulation? Industry pressure to reduce costs and improve quality is driving growth in the use of digital simulation through- out the product lifecycle. Choosing the right tools is key to achieving the busi- ness benefits of digital simulation.

Why Femap? Siemens PLM Software’s Femap™ system facilitates an advanced engi- neering analysis environment. CAD-neutral and solver-neutral tech- nology and cost-effective functionality have enabled Femap to become the world’s most popular engineering anal- ysis environment for Nastran users. It is widely used by the world’s leading engineering organizations and consul- tants to model complex products, systems and processes, including satellites, aircraft, defense, automotive vehicles, electronics, heavy construc- From advanced beam modeling, mid- Your business benefits tion equipment, lift cranes, marine surface extraction and hex meshing to • Faster to market with innovative vessels and process equipment. robust CAD import and idealization, new products Femap gives you unparalleled model • Lower cost through less physical Femap and NX™ Nastran® software are control and flexibility with a broad prototyping, fewer engineering highly integrated and can be sold range of loads, materials, analysis change orders and better in-service together as a bundled solution. But types and visualization options. warranty more than this, being open to all solv- • Increased product quality ers, Femap demonstrates the power Femap is not just a solid investment for and value as a core analysis tool. those committed to excellence in the use of finite element analysis Femap is CAD independent and technologies. It’s the right tool to help leverages Siemens PLM Software’s you realize your business goals. Parasolid® modeling kernel that allows direct access to Parasolid data for surface and solid modeling in addition to advanced geometric tools necessary for accessing non-Parasolid geometry.

2 FEA performance with ease-of-use

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Page 3: The modern Windows- native user interface provides a flexible and customizable anal- ysis environment for structural, thermal, CFD and in-house applications.

“Femap with NX Nastran simplifies Femap is recognized as the world’s lead- face and efficient workflows that sim- the product validation ing CAD-independent Windows-native plify access to all Femap functionality process. Reduced prototypes pre- and post-processor for advanced and streamline the process of creating also lead to reduced costs and engineering finite element analysis an accurate and representative simula- shorter development times. (FEA). It provides engineers and analysts tion model. The design cycle has been with an FEA modeling solution to handle reduced by 40 percent.” even the most complex tasks easily, As an engineer, you demand software accurately and affordably. Cui Zhongqin, Baotou Hydraulic that is not only cost effective and easy Machinery to use, but with the power to model Femap has embodied the principles of the toughest problem. Femap delivers power and simplicity for over 20 years just that – affordable high-perfor- and continues that focus today with a mance FEA modeling for the Windows-native graphical user inter- engineering desktop with Windows- native ease-of-use.

3 Scalable solutions

Powerful, affordable CAE Femap with NX Nastran Femap is available standalone, inside The Femap with NX Nastran package Solid Edge® software and bundled with seamlessly combines the advanced NX Nastran with add-on modules that functionality of the Windows-native form a series of powerful, robust and Femap pre- and post-processor with the affordable solutions suitable for compa- powerful NX Nastran solver. Femap with nies that have a diverse set of analysis NX Nastran allows engineers access to a requirements. By providing engineering much greater depth of analysis function- and design teams with advanced CAE ality to easily and efficiently solve tools, companies enable their engineers complex engineering problems. to focus on improving product perfor- mance and reliability while streamlining the product development process.

4 Additional NX Nastran modules Proven solutions “Creating advanced models A series of advanced NX Nastran solution By leveraging over 25 years of integra- that are both accurate and capabilities are available as add-on mod- tion effort, Femap with NX Nastran fast definitely gives us a com- ules, providing engineering desktop provides direct access right on the petitive edge and has become solutions for even the most advanced Windows engineering desktop to the a critically important contribu- Nastran analysis. most complete suite of Nastran capabili- tion on these fast-paced, ties available today. Siemens PLM technically challenging Software combines flexible licensing spacecraft projects.” and packaging with “fair value” pricing Jeff Preble to provide all engineering tool users SpaceWorks with an affordable way to access the most advanced Nastran capabilities at an attractive total cost of ownership.

5 Display multiple views of the same Femap model and/or multiple models in the same work session.

CAD independent

Serious engineering in a Windows The bottom line is that Femap makes it environment possible to quickly create models that Femap delivers a depth of functionality accurately predict the structural, dynamic normally only found in more expensive and thermal performance of single compo- applications. With powerful tools easing all nents, assemblies or complex systems. aspects of the creation, manipulation and review of an engineering analysis model, CAD independent Femap is the natural choice for a complete Femap offers seamless geometry CAD-independent analysis environment. access with major CAD systems such as Pro/Engineer, Catia, NX, NX I-deas™ Femap provides exceptional value and software, Solid Edge, AutoCAD and performance and is not limited to geome- SolidWorks. Based on the industry- try-based digital data. Femap will also standard Parasolid geometry engine, delight customers working with pure finite Femap offers extensive geometry creation element model data. As a nuts-and-bolts, tools including standard wireframe curves, “bottom up” finite element pre- and post- surface and solid modeling. Powerful processing solution, Femap provides a shelling, blending, Boolean operations, range of FEA model readers to rapidly surface imprinting and lofting combine import existing models from many FEA to make Femap extremely effective at solvers. Advanced functionality then eases creating geometry for analysis. manipulation of finite element data at the node and element level.

6 Assembly model

A better mesh, faster than ever Automatic assembly management “The significant meshing enhance- With fully automatic, high-speed Femap can automatically detect compo- ments for hexa-elements in Femap tetrahedral solid meshing and quad- nents of an assembly that are in contact. helped our productivity to increase dominant surface meshing technology, The method of connection, whether by 30 percent or more. Even for Femap creates fast and accurate meshes glued or contact (linear and nonlinear) is difficult shapes, Femap performs easily and reliably. You can also take easily specified allowing rapid setup for well. Without requiring a compli- over full control and work interactively assembly models. cated operation, a good quality with Femap to manipulate the mesh or mesh can be obtained.” underlying geometry, while viewing ele- Yuka Fukunaga ment quality feedback live. Analysis Technology Research Center Sumitomo Electric Industries The right geometry for analysis Engineers often encounter geometry that is not ideal for analysis model defi- nition. Femap provides geometry creation and editing tools for curves, sur- faces and solids, feature suppression and mid-surface extraction. Solids can be subdivided and automatically connected to represent dissimilar materials or to facilitate semi-automatic hexahedral mesh generation. Engineers can combine multiple surfaces to improve meshing areas for higher quality shell meshes.

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Solver independent

Integrating analysis technologies Multiple solver support Leading firms recognize that a single Femap provides in-depth, high-quality analysis technology seldom meets all support for industry standard solvers, their requirements. By integrating multi- including the popular and proven NX ple analysis technologies in a single Nastran, MSC/MD Nastran, Abaqus, modeling and visualization environment Ansys, MSC.Marc, LS-DYNA, SINDA and with Femap, they can make better design TMG. Femap provides the ability to re-use decisions faster. and integrate analysis models from leg- acy data as well as from customers and Analysis set manager suppliers. Easy-to-use online HTML and PDF The analysis set manager in Femap allows documentation and help you to store solver setup data with your The complete Femap element library, models, so you don’t need to complete with comprehensive support of physical numerous dialog boxes each time you and material definitions, takes full advan- edit your model and create a new analy- tage of the advanced capabilities of these sis input file. The sets can also be saved solvers, including dynamic, geometric in a library for use with other models. and material nonlinear, heat transfer and fluid flow applications.

Leading third-party solution providers use Femap to perform CFD, soil modeling, advanced thermal analysis and electro- magnetic simulations.

8 Photos courtesy of KIC Holdings Inc. Fully customizable

Integrated BASIC API Programming These powerful customization Environment capabilities allow complete access to Femap offers a full-featured BASIC devel- Femap full functionality through opment environment in a separate standard nonproprietary programming window. Directly from the Femap user languages, and maintain Femap as the interface, you can access the OLE/COM industry’s premier independent and object-oriented Femap application pro- open engineering environment. gramming interface (API) that provides direct access to all Femap objects and Macro program files functionality. The BASIC engine is fully In addition to the API programming capa- OLE/COM compliant and can interface bility, Femap hosts a Program File with Femap as well as any OLE/COM capability in its own Femap window. compliant program such as Word or User-defined macros can be recorded, Excel. You can create custom programs edited, debugged, and played back all that automate repetitive tasks, search within the Femap interface. model or results data, or programs that transfer model information to Word or Excel to create customized reports.

Many useful programs are delivered with Femap in an ever expanding library, and can be found in the Custom Tools toolbar right in the user interface.

9 Flexible solution configurations

Femap with NX Nastran Provides all of the capabilities that you will need in many instances, including linear statics, normal modes, buckling, steady-state and transient heat transfer, basic nonlinear, design sensitivity and unlimited problem size capabilities.

Femap with NX Nastran Dynamic response Enables product performance to be evaluated in both the time and frequency domains.

Optimization Dynamic response Determine optimal design parameters with sizing optimization capabilities.

Rotor dynamics Predicts the dynamic response of rotating systems such as shafts, turbines and propellers to determine critical shaft speeds. Optimization Advanced nonlinear Facilitates large deformation; supports nonlinear materials, time-dependent loads, deformable and rigid contact. Provides nonlinear time integration for impact analysis. Rotor dynamics

Structural analysis toolkit Saves postprocessing time by organizing results Advanced nonlinear data and calculating additional results quantities.

Aeroelasticity Determine structural response from aerodynamic loading for static and flutter conditions.

Aeroelasticity

Structural analysis toolkit

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NX Nastran analysis capabilities available for Femap

Femap with NX Nastran Base Module Analysis extensions

Linear static analysis • Normal modes analysis • Buckling analysis • Heat transfer analysis • (steady-state and transient) Basic nonlinear analysis • Connectors and weld elements •

Linear contact • Courtesy of Glued connection • Predictive Engineering Inc. Bolt preloads • Dynamic response analysis module • Advanced nonlinear analysis module • Superelements analysis module • Direct matrix abstraction • programming (DMAP) Design optimization module • Aeroelasticity module • Rotor dynamics •

11 Integrated multi-physics solvers for Femap

Femap Thermal Femap Advanced Thermal Femap Thermal includes both the tran- Femap Advanced Thermal adds many sient and steady-state thermal analysis advanced thermal and fluid flow model- capabilities required to solve a majority ing capabilities to the Femap Thermal of common engineering problems. package. For example, fluid duct flow Capabilities include the modeling of con- modeling includes coupled convection duction, convection, radiation and phase and fluid flow analysis. An extensive set change. Femap Thermal provides a range of tools for advanced radiation and of thermal boundary conditions and spacecraft modeling includes solar and solver controls as well as a powerful ther- orbital heating, orbit modeling and mal modeling tool for assemblies. This display, specular reflections with ray thermal coupling capability allows users tracing and articulating structures. to create paths for heat to flow between parts in large, complex assemblies. Femap Advanced Thermal also provides advanced solver features such as custom user subroutines, model simplification, substructuring and interfaces to industry thermal codes.

12 Femap Flow Forced flow, natural convection and Femap Flow provides a comprehensive mixed flows can be modeled with multi- 3D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) ple inlets, outlets and internal flow solution fully integrated within Femap. boundary conditions. For electronics When combined with Femap Advanced cooling applications, the package easily Thermal, it solves a wide range of models fan curves, inlet and outlet resis- multi-physics problems that involve tances as well as convection from thin fluid flow and heat transfer. Both low- structures. Rotating systems, moving speed and high-speed compressible flows walls, flow turbulence models, humidity can be modeled. The Femap Flow solver and other features are available for the uses an efficient and robust element- most advanced fluid flow modeling based finite volume, multi-grid solver to requirements. compute 3D fluid velocity, temperature and pressure for both steady-state and transient applications.

13 Courtesy of Evektor Aerotechnik The Siemens PLM Software advantage

Siemens PLM Software’s digital simula- Knowledge-driven automation tion applications are part of a broader The application of product and portfolio that empowers development process knowledge across all elements teams at the world’s largest OEMs of product development to automate as well as thousands of the world’s processes and maximize re-use. smaller companies. Value depends on the ability of solutions to scale, ensur- Simulation, validation and ing the right software is available to optimization the right people and that specialists Comprehensive simulation and can leverage the work of the much validation tools to automatically wider development team. check performance and manufactur- ability at every step of the Throughout its product portfolio, development process for closed-loop, Siemens PLM Software leverages key continuous, repeatable validation. attributes that help companies achieve business objectives such as waste System-based modeling reduction, quality improvement, Structured conceptual models stan- shorter cycle times and greater product dardized design practices that allow innovation. These unique attributes rapid creation of variants, transforming directly support business process initia- development from component-based tives aimed at transforming product design to a systems development: engineering approach.

Managed development environment Full integration, synchronized management of all product data and process knowledge to transform prod- uct development with a structured collaborative environment.

Unified product development solution Seamless integration of applications to rapidly propagate changes of product and process information, replacing point solutions with a unified development system, from concept to manufacturing.

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15 About Siemens PLM Software Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division, is a world-leading provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software, systems and services with nine million licensed seats and 77,000 customers worldwide. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Siemens PLM Software helps thousands of companies make great products by optimizing their lifecycle processes, from planning and development through manufacturing and support. Our HD-PLM vision is to give everyone involved in making a product the information they need, when they need it, to make the smartest decision. For more information on Siemens PLM Software products and services, visit www.siemens.com/plm.

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