DEMOCRATIZATION OF CAE-WORKFLOWS WITH OPTISLANG AT BOSCH D. KRÄTSCHMER F. LOERKE S. MARTH (DYNARDO) D. SCHNEIDER (DYNARDO) WOST 2019 Democratization of CAE-Workflows Democratization? Democratization in CAE-based product development means to empower non-experts to take advantage from simulation technology CAE experts could put the power of simulation safely into non-experts hands to overcome the general lack of CAE engineers Democratization of simulation means mindset change Automotive Electronics | AE/EBS | 2019-05-14 2 © Robert Bosch GmbH 2019. All rights reserved, also regarding any disposal, exploitation, reproduction, editing, distribution, as well as in the event of applications for industrial property rights. Democratization of CAE-Workflows Democratization? Democratization in CAE-based product development means to empower non-simulation experts but experts to take advantage from simulation technology CAE experts could put the power of simulation safely into empower non-simulation experts but experts hands to overcome the general lack of CAE engineers We have to keep in mind: A design decision (in most cases) is not triggered by simulation result only. “Democratization” means as well: Efficiency: Lever the expertise of CAE experts by consequent reuse of verified and validated workflows Quality: Standardization of repetitive CAE workflows independent from user and region Effectivity: Expert focus on product and design expertise – not simulation skills Automotive Electronics | AE/EBS | 2019-05-14 3 © Robert Bosch GmbH 2019. All rights reserved, also regarding any disposal, exploitation, reproduction, editing, distribution, as well as in the event of applications for industrial property rights. Democratization of CAE-Workflows Outline Introduction Our journey to Simulation Process Management Drive ANSYS via Microsoft Excel / GUI Process Automation & ANSYS WB Scripting by ACT Requirements on Simulation Process Management Tools mirrored on development scenario Required Setup of SPM Framework Introduction to Dynardo Concert Hall Practical Examples Outlook and Summary Automotive Electronics | AE/EBS | 2019-05-14 4 © Robert Bosch GmbH 2019. All rights reserved, also regarding any disposal, exploitation, reproduction, editing, distribution, as well as in the event of applications for industrial property rights. Democratization of CAE-workflows Our journey to Simulation Process Management Drive ANSYS via Excel / GUI APDL Scripting ‒ Excel-Front-End ‒ Matlab & python GUI 2012 Automotive Electronics | AE/EBS | 2019-05-14 5 © Robert Bosch GmbH 2019. All rights reserved, also regarding any disposal, exploitation, reproduction, editing, distribution, as well as in the event of applications for industrial property rights. Democratization of CAE-workflows Drive ANSYS via Microsoft Excel: smart-TC APDL-Driven ANSYS Backend VBA-Driven MS Excel-Frontend User Input defines APDL Code definition Excel-based user interface Automotive Electronics | AE/EBS | 2019-05-14 Post processed Results visualized in Excel 6 © Robert Bosch GmbH 2019. All rights reserved, also regarding any disposal, exploitation, reproduction, editing, distribution, as well as in the event of applications for industrial property rights. Democratization of CAE-workflows Our journey to Simulation Process Management Automation & WB Scripting Drive ANSYS via Drive ANSYS via ACT Excel / GUI (Application Customization Toolkit) APDL Scripting wizards ‒ Excel-Front-End ‒ Matlab & python GUI 2012 2016 Standalone PIDO Automotive Electronics | AE/EBS | 2019-05-14 7 © Robert Bosch GmbH 2019. All rights reserved, also regarding any disposal, exploitation, reproduction, editing, distribution, as well as in the event of applications for industrial property rights. Reliability Assessment of Electronics Virtual Assembly of PCBs / ECUs-ACT ACT-Driven ANSYS-Frontend Krätschmer, D., Zhang, Y.: “Automatisierter Workflow zur modellbasierten Bauelementbestückung von Leiterplatten elektronischer Steuergeräte“, © CADFEM 2017 CADFEM ANSYS Simulation Conference 2017 Automotive Electronics | AE/EBS | 2019-05-14 © Robert Bosch GmbH 2018.2019. All rights reserved,reserved, also regarding any disposal,disposal, exploitation,exploitation, reproduction,reproduction, editing,editing, distribution, aass well as in the event of applications for industrial property rights.rights. Reliability Assessment of Electronics Virtual Assembly of PCBs / ECUs-ACT Component Model component PCB PCB Component models substrate Component components & design elements CL L PCB Sub- op. Assembly p electrical layout ECU module database housing concept A B ECU ECU ECU assembly manuals ACT Extension Automotive Electronics | AE/EBS | 2019-05-14 © Robert Bosch GmbH 2018.2019. All rights reserved,reserved, also regarding any disposal,disposal, exploitation,exploitation, reproduction,reproduction, editing,editing, distribution, aass well as in the event of applications for industrial property rights.rights. Democratization of CAE-workflows Our journey to Simulation Process Management Simulation Process Management Automation & WB Simulation Process Management based on Scripting Dynardo‘s optiSLang and Concert Hall Drive ANSYS via Drive ANSYS via ACT Excel / GUI (Application Web Applications Customization Toolkit) APDL Scripting wizards ‒ Excel-Front-End ‒ Matlab & python GUI 2012 2016 2019 Standalone PIDO Automotive Electronics | AE/EBS | 2019-05-14 10 © Robert Bosch GmbH 2019. All rights reserved, also regarding any disposal, exploitation, reproduction, editing, distribution, as well as in the event of applications for industrial property rights. Democratization of CAE-workflows Simulation Process Management (SPM) Get Information Pre Process Solution Run Post Process Reporting Consulting Task Simulation expert w/o product experience / appropriate field of expertise Result Design team perspective: Find the “right” CAE engineer with Design Team advanced CAE and programming Design Team competencies in all fields of task Expert w/o simulation skills solving workflow + process integration Expert Decision skills Expect capacity of the identified CAE engineer now (agile development / scrum / sprint) Design Iteration Automotive Electronics | AE/EBS | 2019-05-14 11 © Robert Bosch GmbH 2019. All rights reserved, also regarding any disposal, exploitation, reproduction, editing, distribution, as well as in the event of applications for industrial property rights. Democratization of CAE-workflows Simulation Process Management (SPM) Get Information Pre Process Solution Run Post Process Reporting Consulting Task Simulation expert w/o product experience / appropriate field of expertise Result Consulting 10% Get Information 25% Design Team Reporting Design Team 20% Time Effort Distribution Expert Decision Expert w/o simulation skills Pre Process 20% Post Process 20% Solution Run 5% Design Iteration Automotive Electronics | AE/EBS | 2019-05-14 12 © Robert Bosch GmbH 2019. All rights reserved, also regarding any disposal, exploitation, reproduction, editing, distribution, as well as in the event of applications for industrial property rights. Democratization of CAE-workflows Simulation Process Management (SPM) Get Information Pre Process Solution Run Post Process Reporting Consulting Task Simulation expert w/o product experience / appropriate field of expertise Result Consulting 10% Get Information 25% Design Team Reporting Design Team 20% Time Effort Distribution Expert w/o simulation skills Expert Decision Pre Process 20% Post Process Solution Run 20% 5% Design Iteration Automotive Electronics | AE/EBS | 2019-05-14 13 © Robert Bosch GmbH 2019. All rights reserved, also regarding any disposal, exploitation, reproduction, editing, distribution, as well as in the event of applications for industrial property rights. Democratization of CAE-workflows SPM Requirements Get Information Pre Process Solution Run Post Process Reporting Consulting Task Simulation expert w/o product experience / appropriate field of expertise Result Traceability Traceable hosting of released CAE models and workflows (CAE libraries for models and workflows) Design Team Cooperation Design Team Reusability of processes and workflows to reduce double- Expert Decision Expert w/o simulation skills work Quality Comparability of CAE results by standardized simulation processes Design Iteration Automotive Electronics | AE/EBS | 2019-05-14 14 © Robert Bosch GmbH 2019. All rights reserved, also regarding any disposal, exploitation, reproduction, editing, distribution, as well as in the event of applications for industrial property rights. Democratization of CAE-workflows SPM Requirements Get Information Pre Process Solution Run Post Process Reporting Consulting Task Simulation expert w/o product experience / appropriate field of expertise Result Automation Empowerment of non-expert to get use of simulation technology by workflow automation Design Team Access Design Team UX-Interface that allows easy access and fast (“look and Expert Decision Expert w/o simulation skills feel”-experience) PIDO Integration Opportunity to combine Workflow Management with general PIDO approaches Design Iteration Automotive Electronics | AE/EBS | 2019-05-14 15 © Robert Bosch GmbH 2019. All rights reserved, also regarding any disposal, exploitation, reproduction, editing, distribution, as well as in the event of applications for industrial property rights. Democratization of CAE-workflows Target State: Expected Savings Get Information Pre Process Solution Run Post Process Reporting