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SimDesigner Template Client Edition Leverage the Power of SimEnterprise within your CAD Environment

OverviewMSC SimDesigner Template Client Edition is a component of the MSC SimEnterprise simula-tion product suite, which also includes MSC SimXpert and MSC SimManager. SimEnterprise enables manufacturing companies to improve product development by deploying role-based simulation applications and enabling integration to third party and in-house tools used for the design and test of products. Through the use of SimEnterprise, companies can build corporate standards for simulation and virtual test processes, create and capture simulation methods and knowledge for reuse across user types and supply chain, and manage and control simulation data and process pedigree.

SimDesigner Template Client Edition plugs into the CAD environment allowing designers across the engineering department and into the supply chain to execute simulation templates authored by expert analysts. Template guided analysis ensures proper modeling, simulation inputs, materials data, discipline methods and CAE best practices are being followed by CAD users. This allows corporations to increase the amount and quality of analysis being performed by design engineers and suppliers throughout the various stages of product development, and improves confidence in initial simulation results which designers can use to make better design decisions.

SimDesigner Template Client Edition is offered for CATIA V5, NX5, and Pro/ENGINEER. Product manufacturers using any of these CAD systems can enforce simulation standards to CAD users and ensure they are following corporate best practices for virtual testing.

SimEnterprise Solution Suite Advantages• SimManager provides companies with a centralized collaboration hub for publishing and

managing analysis pedigree, controlling and distributing simulation data, templates, and process knowledge across the enterprise.

• SimXpert delivers an integrated workspace environment for conducting multidisciplinary analysis with a built-in Template Builder that allows analysts to author simulation templates for reuse across the enterprise.

• SimDesigner gives design engineers working in the CAD environment access to templates created in SimXpert and the ability to execute templates within the CAD interface.

Capabilities•SupportsCATIAV5,Pro/ENGINEER&NX5

•ExecuteSimXperttemplatesdirectlyfromCADenvironmentenablingdesignerstoperformexpertguidedstructuralandmotionanalysesonCADgeometry.

•Post-processstructuresandmotionsimulationtemplateresultsdirectlywithinCADenvironment.

•UtilizeSimManagertomanagesimulationtemplateruns,datarevisioncontrol,releasestatus,anddatapedigreeandaudittrail.

Benefits•Drivesimulationearlierinthedesignprocesstolowerthecostofdesignchangesandimproveproductqualityandmanufacturability.

•Increaseconfidenceinearlydesignvalidationanddesignsiterationsthroughtemplate-guidedsimulation

•EnhancecollaborationbetweendesignteamsandexpertanalyststopromoteautomationandreuseofCAEbestpracticesacrosstheenterprise.

•Gaingreaterinsightintodesignperformance.Templateguidedanalysisensurespropermodeling,simulationinputs,materialsdata,andCAEbestpracticesarebeingfollowedbyCADusers.

•Controldataaccessandsharedatawitotherdesigners,engineers,managersandexecutivesacrosstheenterprise.

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Benefits of SimDesigner Template Edition• Provides a business strategy for bringing simulation early in design process for competitive

advantage

• Enables design engineers to conduct upfront analysis accurately and confidently while staying within their familiar CAD environment

• Provides a direct link for analysts to distribute CAE templates to CAD designers enabling better product designs and improved quality

• Increases adherence to corporate standards for simulation and virtual test processes across larger groups of engineers and designers

• Assures accurate analysis through template guided instructions using best practices for simulation

• Allows supply chain to participate in analysis processes using templates authored by OEM project leaders that define model inputs, materials, mesh types, and other standards specified by the OEM.

Using Simulation Templates Across the Enterprise• Analysis templates are executed directly from within the CAD interface, enabling less

experienced CAE users to run analysis confidently.

• Design engineers and suppliers using any of the supported CAD systems connect to SimManager and execute expert authored templates for guided structural and motion analysis utilizing CAD geometry.

• SimEnterpise templates guide designers through steps to obtain numerical and CAD inputs required for the analysis model.

• Specified loads, boundary conditions, and material properties can also be controlled within the template for assured accuracy.

• Designers post-processes simulation results directly within CAD environment which helps the designer make smarter decisions earlier in the development stages.

• Results and associated data are published into SimManager for traceability, revision control and collaboration.

CAD System Requirements• Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0

• CATIA V5 R17 & R18

• NX5

Operating System Requirements• Supported on Windows XP – 32 bit platform

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RetrieveSimEnterpriseTemplatesviabuilt-inSimManageraccess

Selectprojectandrequiredinput(faces)fromCADPart

PostProcessResultsdirectlyinCADenvironment

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