Optimizing the Product Development Process
SpaceClaim and ANSYS, a global innovator of simulation software for optimizing product development processes, provide a combined solution that analysts can use to simplify master CAD models independent of the original CAD system for faster pre-processing and cycle times. The analyst no longer must depend on the designer to produce specialized models for analysis. Running and testing more design iterations results in an improved design, a higher-quality product, and a shorter time to market.
A breakthrough in bi-directional associativity
Have you experienced interoperability problems?
SpaceClaim solves this problem by opening native CAD and neutral file formats with its powerful import and export capabilities.
Do you need to create quick designs for conceptual analysis?
SpaceClaim’s simple-to-use toolset lets you sketch anywhere on the design so you make your designs in real time, as you think them.
Have you needed to simplify and prepare models quickly prior to mesh and analysis but couldn’t because of constraints and regeneration failures?
SpaceClaim’s powerful editing and de-featuring tools can accomplish this regardless of the file format and with no concern about regeneration failures.
Have you wanted to better control the parameters that will affect your model during analysis?
SpaceClaim passes this control directly to the analyst’s hands. Analysts can finally build intelligence into dumb models and decide exactly what is important to them.
SpaceClaim and ANSYS have full bi-directional associativity, which makes transferring models and updating mesh and boundary conditions automatic. This reduces the time needed for analysis iterations.
Capabilities
The combined SpaceClaim / ANSYS solution is particularly effective when the analyst is unfamiliar with the CAD system or how the model was built, which make it difficult to implement necessary changes. ANSYS provides open solutions that enable analysts to import design models of all types for analysis. SpaceClaim reinforces that approach by opening and modifying models from all the leading CAD systems and industry-standard formats. The combined solution makes collaboration between designers and analysts more efficient and brings products to market faster.
The process is straightforward:
- The analyst imports a CAD model into SpaceClaim, where he simplifies and modifies it for analysis.
- He sets up the model and saves it using the powerful simulation tools in ANSYS.
- The analyst then modifies the design based on the results of his analysis and rerun the test as often as necessary.
- When testing is complete, the analyst returns validated design options to the designer
The analyst can also choose to optimize the design automatically by letting the results of the analysis drive the model's key design parameters. SpaceClaim allows related geometry sets to be associated and modified together at any time. The associated geometry behaves without regard for the design model's constraints so the modifications have the expected results. This approach is ideal for design optimization because the analyst can create driving parameters whenever and wherever necessary instead of having to predict and parameterize them at the beginning of the design process before they are known.
Benefits
This collaboration extends the benefits of working in 3D to a broader group of engineering professionals. Analysts can focus on their main job while improving their ability to optimize designs more quickly. It addresses the needs of the extended development team while improving business productivity and delivering a better product. The ANSYS integration is an add-on module.
About ANSYS
ANSYS develops and markets engineering and simulation software and technologies that are widely used by engineers and designers across a broad spectrum of industries. The company focuses on the development of open and flexible solutions that enable users to analyze designs directly on the desktop, providing a common platform for fast, efficient and cost- conscious product development, from design concept to final-stage testing and validation. Visit http://www.ansys.com for more information.