Siemens PLM Software NX Advanced Simulation Integrating FE modeling and simulation streamlines product development process

Benefits A modern CAE environment unique from all other finite element (FE) • Speed simulation processes NX™ Advanced Simulation software is a preprocessors is its superior geometry by up to 70 percent modern, multidiscipline computer-aided foundation that enables intuitive geometry engineering (CAE) environment for editing and analysis model associativity to • Perform accurate, reliable advanced analysts, workgroups and design- multi-computer-aided design (CAD) data. structural analysis with ers that need to deliver high-quality perfor- The tight integration of a powerful geome- integrated NX Nastran mance insights in a timely fashion to drive try engine with robust analysis modeling solver product decisions. NX Advanced Simulation commands is the key to reducing modeling • Increase product quality by integrates best-in-class analysis modeling time by up to 70 percent compared to rapidly simulating design with the power of an integrated NX traditional FE modeling tools. tradeoff studies Nastran® desktop solver for basic structural Enabling fast, intuitive geometry editing analysis. NX Advanced Simulation also • Lower overall product NX Advanced Simulation is built on the forms the foundation on which you can development costs by same leading geometry foundation that perform additional solutions for advanced reducing costly, late design powers NX. By using NX Advanced structural, thermal, flow, engineering opti- change orders Simulation, you can rapidly clean up and mization and multiphysics analyses, all in prepare geometry from any CAD source • Efficiently manage large, a single environment. through direct modeling. Geometry edits complex analysis models Providing finite element modeling for and the complete analysis model remain • Capture and automate best experienced CAE analysts associated to the base design, which means practices and commonly Using NX Advanced Simulation drastically you can easily update your analysis model used processes reduces the time you spend preparing each time the design changes. As a result, simulation models. NX delivers all the the NX CAE geometry editor accelerates • Easily add multidiscipline advanced meshing, boundary conditions your design-analysis iterations and simulation capabilities as and solver interfaces that experienced ana- improves your overall productivity. your analysis needs grow lysts expect for high-end analysis. However, what makes NX Advanced Simulation

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Direct geometry editing with synchro- Rapid design-analysis iterations through nous technology NX Advanced Simulation associativity User-defined geometry edits, includes direct geometry editing capabili- FE mesh and boundary conditions are all ties powered by synchronous technology, associated to the base design. When the combining the flexibility of direct modeling design topology changes, NX rapidly with the best of dimension- and constraint- updates the existing analysis geometry, driven techniques to provide you with the mesh, loads and boundary conditions as most control. Analysts can quickly edit required, avoiding the need for the analyst geometry in intuitive ways that are not to manually recreate the analysis model. Shown is an initial analysis model. possible in traditional CAE preprocessors or This approach greatly reduces downstream feature-based CAD systems. Direct editing modeling time, which is compounded will work on geometry from any source, across a project’s many design-analysis and analysts can use it to rapidly de-feature iterations. or modify geometry prior to meshing, Multi-CAD support NX Advanced create design alternatives for what-if evalu- Simulation supports CAD geometry from a ations, or rapidly generate fluid domain number of formats, and all NX Advanced volume geometry. Simulation direct editing and idealization In addition to synchronous technology, NX capabilities can be used on geometry from Advanced Simulation delivers a wide range all of these formats: of geometry editing capabilities that are • Direct geometry translators available needed to de-feature, abstract and idealize (CATIA V4, CATIA V5, Pro/E) Use synchronous technology geometry for CAE purposes, such as: and select geometry to move • Neutral geometry transfer (IGES, STEP, • Geometry healing and repair for gaps interactively. JT™, Parasolid®) and other data inaccuracies • Mid-surfacing to create surfaces for thin walled components • De-featuring tools (geometry repair, feature suppression, stitch surface, remove hole/fillet and partitioning) • Non-manifold topology generation for volumes • Creating a surface from an orphan mesh Simply drag geometry to a new position. • Split body and partitioning methods for dividing solid geometry into more manageable sections prior to hex meshing

Associated mesh updates in a matter of seconds and is ready for immediate analysis.

New design ready to be analyzed. NX

Delivering comprehensive meshing Mesh control and editing In addition to NX Advanced Simulation includes extensive creating meshes, NX Advanced Simulation modeling functions for automatic and man- helps you fine tune and edit meshes to ual mesh generation of 0D, 1D, 2D and 3D achieve quality criteria and achieve more elements, and also numerous techniques accurate results. Capabilities include: for the application of loads and boundary • Mesh morphing to modify existing conditions. As mentioned previously, the meshes to match new geometry mesh and boundary conditions are all asso- dimensions ciated to the geometry to allow you to rapidly update your analysis model when • 2D and 3D mesh controls for fillets there is a design change. This can save you and cylinders hours, days or weeks of work depending on Extensive meshing tools are • Extensive mesh quality checks and the complexity of your model. available for thin-walled parts. reporting 0D and 1D meshing You can create 1D • Local element control for precise elements, such as welds, bolts, rigids and mesh generation beams and other elements with ease. NX Advanced Simulation can be used to lever- • Batch meshing with mesh controls for age CAD information to help you quickly use in automated processes create beam section properties and facili- tate the creation of FE weld connections Flexibly apply loads and based on the weld data contained in the boundary conditions CAD assembly. The geometry engine at the core of NX Advanced Simulation provides you with 2D shell meshing NX Advanced Simulation the flexibility to apply loads and boundary provides a number of tools to help you conditions either to geometry features or create accurate FE meshes needed for thin- directly to the FE mesh, depending on your walled components. These tools can be needs. Load and boundary conditions can used in conjunction with mid-surface, and be applied in the following manner: the types of 2D meshing methods include: • On geometry (face, edge or curve) to • Mapped meshing to control the maintain associativity when design distribution of elements across a surface geometry changes • Free (unstructured) meshing for surfaces • On FE entities (nodes, elements, element with more than four sides faces and element edges), which is • Dependent meshes to ensure meshes useful when working with imported match in contact or symmetric regions meshes with no underlying geometry • To local coordinate system 3D solid meshing Thick, chunky compo- nents are often modeled using tetrahedral • To groups for easier management or hexahedral elements. NX Advanced • As axisymmetric boundary conditions for Simulation offers the necessary tools to simplifying the study of revolved systems quickly create solid elements, including: • As loads automatically obtained from • Automatic best-in-class tetrahedral motion analysis in NX Motion Quickly mesh complex geometry meshing with automatic best-in-class • As time-varying condition sequences for tetrahedral meshing. • Swept hexahedral meshing simulating mission profiles • Pyramid elements needed to smoothly • As defined by expression, array or transition from a hex mesh to a table input tetrahedral mesh NX

Facilitating efficient FE The NX Nastran – Desktop Advanced assembly management bundle and/or individual modules for NX NX Advanced Simulation is unique in the Nastran can also be added to NX Advanced way it creates FE assembly models. Unlike Simulation to extend structural analysis traditional CAE preprocessors that were capabilities. developed for component analysis and Preprocess require you to build monolithic analysis with multi-CAE models, NX Advanced Simulation’s assem- environments bly FE model (AFEM) management tool NX Advanced creates large FE assembly models by Simulation can instancing and connecting FE component be used as the models together, similar to a CAD assem- Easily build, connect and manage primary pre- bly. When an FE component is updated large FE assembly models. and postproces- later in development, NX Advanced sor for Siemens Simulation updates all instances of that PLM Solvers, component within the FE assembly, elimi- NX Nastran and nating the need to rebuild and connect a LMS Samcef, or new FE assembly together. for a number Simulate with embedded of third party structural analysis solvers, such as NX Advanced Simulation includes the NX Abaqus, ANSYS, Nastran Environment and an integrated LS-DYNA, and NX™ Nastran® – Basic desktop solver. NX MSC Nastran. Nastran – Basic provides access to a broad This is accom- Preprocess analysis models library of finite element types and material plished through for external solvers. models, robust manipulation of load immersive user cases, along with several efficient solution environments that use the selected solver’s sequences for linear statics, buckling and terminology, which enables analysts to eas- normal modes analyses on models of ily prepare solver-specific analysis models unlimited size. A heat transfer capability without the need to learn new provides solutions to steady-state and terminology. transient thermal analysis and design prob- Postprocess results and create reports lems. A basic nonlinear capability enables For analysis to drive decisions, results must including large deformation and material be presented in an understandable form. nonlinear effects in the solution. NX Advanced Simulation provides extensive graphics and manipulation capabilities that focus on critical data and present it for review and action. Additionally, the multi- CAE environments for Nastran, Abaqus, Ansys and LS-Dyna can import result files created by these solvers for easier postpro- cessing and reporting. Results displays NX Advanced Simulation includes various ways you can control the display of simulation results, such as defor- NX Nastran – Basic is integrated in NX Advanced mation, contour plots, isosurfaces, stream- Simulation for a complete structural analysis solution. lines, animation and text annotations. NX

XY Graphing Graphing can be critical to Providing a platform for understanding how results change over multidiscipline simulation time or at various locations of your model, Many organizations use multiple, discon- and NX Advanced Simulation delivers nected analysis tools to cover the variety of extensive XY graphing capabilities from analysis needs for product development. basic scatter plots to plots for complex However, using multiple tools adds costs results. Of course, NX Advanced Simulation and complexity because each analysis prod- also gives you full control over the appear- uct has its own user interface and work- ance of your graphs for reporting purposes. flows. In addition, incompatible models and manual file transfers consume time and Reporting and export With no more than create errors, which sometimes hinder the Robust postprocessing a few mouse clicks, you can easily create multidiscipline studies necessary to cor- capabilities for graphics, and assemble simulation reports inside NX rectly understand product performance. results probing, graphing Advanced Simulation. Simulation reports and reporting. can be customized to include boundary NX Advanced Simulation is a modern simu- conditions, material properties, images and lation environment that can be extended to graphs, and can be easily exported for shar- support solutions for more advanced struc- ing with external audiences. tural, durability, thermal, flow, and multi- physics analyses, and the modules shown in the table below are available as add-ons to the NX Advanced Simulation environment:

Analysis type Available add-on modules for NX Advanced Simulation

Durability NX Durability Wizard NX Advanced Durability

Dynamic response NX Response Simulation Laminate composites modeling NX Laminate Composites Laminate composites draping

Thermal Analysis NX Thermal NX Advanced Thermal NX Space Systems Thermal NX Thermal/Flow DMP CFD or flow analysis NX Advanced Fluid Modeling NX Flow NX Advanced Flow NX Thermal/Flow DMP Multiphysics Coupled thermo-fluid analysis NX Electronic Systems Cooling NX Flow, NX Advanced Flow with NX Thermal, NX Advanced Thermal Coupled thermoelastic analysis NX Thermal with NX Advanced Simulation Motion-structural analysis NX Motion and NX Motion Flexible Body with (motion with flexible bodies) NX Advanced Simulation

Physical test to analysis correlation NX FE Model Correlation NX FE Model Updating NX

Accelerating multiphysics analysis import geometry from other applications In addition to being a platform for multidis- and define geometry design variables using cipline simulation, NX Advanced Simulation synchronous technology. includes a multiphysics environment to help you connect two or more solvers to streamline the process of performing com- plex, multiphysics simulation. This environ- ment delivers a consistent look and feel for performing multiphysics simula­tions so you can easily build coupled solutions on the same mesh using common element types, properties, boundary conditions,­ as well as solver controls and options. This initial release of the multiphysics environment­ provides the ability to solve Drive design through simulation-based thermo-mechanical problems in loosely geometry optimization. (one-way) or tightly-coupled (two-way) modes. Coupled thermal-structural analysis Managing simulation data for the analyst enables you to leverage the new NX NX Advanced Simulation seamlessly inte- Nastran® SOL 401 multi-step nonlinear grates with the entire Teamcenter® soft- solver and a thermal solution from the NX ware data management portfolio, including Thermal solver. the simulation process management mod- ule. Simulation data management capabili- Using NX Advanced Simulation, you can ties work out-of-the-box, and companies more easily tackle complex simulations, can implement a complete environment for such as blade clearance analysis within air- managing CAE data, processes and work- craft engine systems, or structural analysis flows as part of a wider product develop- of automo­tive powertrain components ment environment. This reduces waste by The multiphysics environnment within high temperature environments. streamlines bidirectional thermal- promoting re-use of existing designs and Other applica­tions for electronic compo- structural coupling to study blade engineering knowledge. It also synchro- clearance in an aircraft engine. nents and metalworking processes are nizes data and makes it readily accessible also well suited for the multiphysics through data mining, visualization and environment. reporting. Optimizing geometry to drive design By leveraging the powerful geometry engine within NX Advanced Simulation, you have access to a large number of geometry parameters that can be used to drive optimization processes. Design vari- ables can include feature and sketch dimensions, expressions as well as some FE parameters, such as section properties for one-dimensional elements, and shell prop- erties for two-dimensional elements. However, geometry optimization is not restricted to designs built in NX. You can

NX Advanced Simulation seamlessly integrates with Teamcenter Simulation Process Management. NX

Capturing knowledge and Leveraging a scalable and open automating processes simulation platform NX Advanced Simulation allows engineer- Siemens PLM Software understands you ing organizations to capture the expertise often need to use other software tools, of senior analysts and make it available for either developed internally or from other others in the organization to use in the vendors, to get the answers you need to form of wizards or templates. CAE pro- support critical development decisions. cesses can be captured and automated That’s why NX Advanced Simulation is open using NX Open, an open framework for and flexible enough to allow you to incor- automation and programming. Analysts porate those tools into your simulation pro- can capture the steps in a CAE process cesses. NX Advanced Simulation supports a using journaling, and then develop scripts number of commercial CAE solvers through and easy-to-use dialog boxes so others can available environments, or you can develop use the same process. Since NX Advanced your own interfaces using NX Open. Simulation is built on top of the same plat- form as NX CAD, designers who use NX continue to work in a familiar environment when they perform CAE work.

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