Educate ourselves together, on the role of a Structural Performance Engineer

Structural Performance Engineer delivers industry-leading Abaqus technology through a guided user interface on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, allowing design engineers to benefit from virtual testing for knowledgeable technical decision-making.

Introduction to the role

Product engineers may simulate structural linear & nonlinear static, frequency, buckling, modal dynamic response, and structural thermal behaviour of components and assemblies using Structural Performance Engineer on the cloud-based 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

            During the design phase, Structural Performance Engineer assists Design Engineers in examining the structural performance of products. Structural Performance Engineer gives the technical insights to the Professionals requires for meaningful design decisions through an easy & guided user interface.

Associated Apps

Material Definition: To create new materials & behaviors for design and simulation purposes.

 Structural Model Creation: Modeling environment for structural & thermal                                                                                          simulations including mesh, sections & connections.

Model Assembly Design: It encompasses the creation of finite element representations and                                                               assemblies of models for hierarchical assemblies, links management                                                            and import/export.

Structural Scenario Creation: To define simulation procedures and attributes for                                                                                      linear/nonlinear structural scenarios.

Physics Results Explorer: To explore results from physics simulation scenarios leveraging                                                              HPViz technology to efficiently load & display large complex models.

Collaborative Life-cycle: Provides advanced services for data life-cycle management.                                                                       (e.g. revisions)

Physics Methods Reuse: To access physics simulation experiences.

3DPlay Simulation Experience Enabler: To replay simulation experiences in 3DPlay.                                                                                               (web app)

Strong SOLIDWORKS integration

Structural Performance Engineer is readily accessible from SOLIDWORKS®, and you may move your geometry there with just one click. Because of the close interaction with SOLIDWORKS, even after modifications to the design, simulation and CAD models always stay in sync. With an easy-to-use interface, Structural Performance Engineer offers access to cutting-edge simulation technologies.

Transfer geometry and model features from SOLIDWORKS to Structural Performance Engineer with a single click to perform advanced simulation studies.

Simulation management and collaboration

The 3DEXPERIENCE platform manages simulation as a core value by capturing, managing, and re-using your simulation intellectual property, allowing it to become a genuine corporate asset.

For all users, the 3DEXPERIENCE platform simplifies and secures data and content administration. Engineers may readily identify data like as geometry, materials, and simulation models with the inbuilt 3D Search tool, increasing productivity. All project members, technical or non-technical, may access the same data from anywhere and on any device, improving collaboration and speeding up design choices based on simulation insights.

Cloud computing with high performance and results visualization

 Structural Performance Engineer gives you the option of running your simulations locally on your computer or remotely on the cloud for longer runs (requires credits). High-performance visualization tools enable efficient post-processing of large-scale simulation data, including the option of rendering and visualization computation on remote machines.

Structural Performance Engineer enables the rapid and clear interrogation of realistic simulation results for improved decision making. Extensive results visualization tools and controls can be used for advanced and collaborative post-processing while utilizing High Performance Computing (HPC) resources. The Simulation Review application provides web-based visualization of geometry and simulation results for a one-of-a-kind collaborative experience with simulation assets. 

Benefits

ü Product Engineers powerful and intuitive tools needed to perform sophisticated structural simulations during the design process.

ü Experience efficient what if scenarios through seamless associativity/integration with geometry.

ü Delivers unique engineering workflow with an access to robust simulation technology within an intuitive interface.

ü Offers multi-step structural scenarios for product performance and quality testing during the product design process.

ü Offers local and cloud compute with embedded compute up to 8 cores, removing hardware barriers for all.

ü Accelerate structural performance simulation with unique automated model creation for large assemblies.

ü Enables high performance results visualization, particularly for very large models.

EXCEL BASED AUTOMATION OF SHEETMETAL PANELS

 

 In SOLIDWORKS, Design Automation is one of the easiest ways to quickly make design changes by specifying parameters in an embedded Microsoft Excel worksheet.

Most companies have a common goal of reducing design costs, to design less and standardize the product range and to design faster.

This stands out as an effective means of dramatically cutting costs and increasing productivity thus saving time.

By incorporating proper design rules, Design table allows you to modify the dimensions and build multiple configurations of parts in the least possible time.

Engineers will spend less time on repetitive tasks and time-consuming variations on the same design, and more time on innovation.

Using Excel based automation, we can complete days of custom engineering design in just minutes.

How to Overcome your collaboration barriers with 3DEXPERIENCE cloud solutions?

Effective benefits of Cloud Collaboration - THE 3DEXPERIENCE PLATFORM

3DEXPERIENCE is a cloud-based platform, easily accessed with a browser which has curated solutions for persons from each department in an organization ranging from design, simulation, and manufacturing to governance/Management.

Before knowing what’s new in recent 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS, let’s quickly run through a few capabilities in this powerful cloud collaboration environment - 3DEXPERIENCE. The 3DEXPERIENCE platform has cloud design and collaboration capabilities in close integration with SOLIDWORKS to carry out Product Data Management (PDM) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) activities.

Connect your SOLIDWORKS or any CAD data with the 3DEXPERIENCE cloud platform to securely save and manage them from anywhere, anytime with any device. Below listed are a few of the general benefits of cloud-based collaboration for SOLIDWORKS.

· Create several tailored dashboards to serve your needs in a single place.

· Save and manage access, revisions, and product lifecycle of your Designs or Non-CAD data on the cloud.

· Real-time collaboration of ideas, designs, tasks, and people with other teams like simulation and manufacturing in a unified environment with the cloud as a single source of truth to eliminate duplicates.

· Conduct design reviews from anywhere using 3D markups, issue management, and change management with a whole track of what and when anything has happened during the product lifecycle.

· Compare your designs with previous revisions and make custom approval routes within the organization.

·  Plan your project with work-breakdown tasks, milestones, and dependencies with Gantt chart UI.

·  Browser-based design tools for parametric and sub-divisional modeling (Digital Clay modeling).

·  Generate and manage part numbers, product structures, and BOMs digitally.

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NESTING OF NATIVE OR IMPORTED CAD MODELS IN SOLIDWORKS

LOGOPRESS

LOGOPRESS is a die design software, which automates a variety of processes, including Blanking, Strip layout, Nesting, Tool design, and drawings in addition to unbending and flattening even "Complex" parts. This included LOGOPRESS die simulation even allowing the die to simulate the tool positioning and interference checked during the operation in the press.
With a Gold-certified SOLIDWORKS Partner Product, LOGOPRESS work as an Add-in inside SOLIDWORKS so you can use the power of 3D modeling capabilities to speed up the design process.

BLANK FLATTEN

LOGOPRESS BLANK Flatten option allows us to quickly and easily predict the theoretical blank of 3D-formed parts. The Finite Element Analysis includes minimizes the development time in the press.
Therefore, we can Flatten our models in the following FEA conditions including Blank Prediction, Meshing, Thickness Variation, Stress & Strain Results, Bounding Box Info and Contour points mapping. This mesh is fully automatic but its size can also be adjusted if the user wishes to do so. There is no need to be a mechanical engineer with finite element analysis skills to handle the LOGOPRESS BLANK module because it is very user-friendly.
 LOGOPRESS BLANK can also be used to flatten various applications, such as Aerospace, Leather (Shoes) Composites, cloth, plastics, adhesives, leather, inflatable objects, packaging & Shipbuilding. Note: Native SOLIDWORKS models as well as imported models can be used.

Key functions:

• Manage native and/or imported data
• Manage solids and surfaces
• Material thickness management
• Customizable material database
• Choice of the "stamping starting area"
• Allow defining pinched/locked areas
• Thinning and thickening information
• Stress and strain information

LOGOPRESS NEST

In the manufacturing industry, nesting refers to the process of laying out cutting patterns to minimize raw material waste. It automates the calculation of the ideal distribution of the cutting patterns to avoid waste. The process involves the analysis of the parts to be produced at a particular time. This has the advantage of minimizing tool movement for Sheetmetal products and maximizing how many pieces can be fabricated in one session.

LOGOPRESS Nest is completely integrated with SOLIDWORKS which is quick, and simple to use. Either a multibody component file that was made in SOLIDWORKS or that was imported from another CAD system or an individual SOLIDWORKS Part or Assembly file can be easily Nested after setting some logical parameters that allow extreme flexibility it will quickly nest the parts per the options that you set.

Key functions:

• Multiple nesting options and strategies included
• Supports either multibody parts or parts within an assembly
• Set sheet size to nest on or set only width
• Angular control of parts
• Option to allow parts to flip upside down
• Flexibility in setting clearances between parts
• Ability to set quantities for each individual part
• Automatic report generation

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3DEXPERIENCE BROWSER BASED CAD (Part 2) - xShape

What is 3D Sculptor - xShape?

3D Sculptor - xShape, a 3D subdivision modeling solution that is browser-based and enables industrial designers, engineers, and artists to create stylized ergonomically or organically shaped models faster and more easily than traditional parametric tools.

Intuitive cloud-based modeling solution to design 3D organic shapes easily and quickly.

Seamless interchange of design data with the parametric workflows of SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD with subdivision modeling capabilities.

It is built on the cloud-based Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

Rapid iteration on design solutions and real-time collaboration help your organization deliver innovative products to market faster to Accelerate your design process.

3D Sculptor Sub-D modeling has xShape application that features:

• Using intuitive push-pull interaction, quickly create complex surfaces.

• Create 3D surface geometry Use images and sketches as a guide.

• Convert subdivision surfaces to NURBS (Non-uniform rotational b-spline) geometry automatically.

• Switch between conceptual modeling and detailed modeling environments and eliminate the need for rework Seamlessly.

• Make changes to the shape of product design at any point in the development cycle without the need for remodeling. 

• Eliminate the necessity to plan your assembly structure upfront. 

• Single modeling environment to make model changes at any time in parts and assemblies.

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OPTIMIZATION USING SOLIDWORKS DESIGN STUDY

 To specify the Volume and Mass properties of the Multibody part, you can monitor the properties of the part by adding sensors to evaluate and optimize. This feature (Design Study) can run iterations of the values and reports to generate the optimum combination of values to meet your specified goal.

Design Study is a tool to perform optimization or evaluate specific scenarios of your design using Simulation. This Analysis is fully integrated into the SOLIDWORKS within the same interface. Design Study allows for quickly and easily simulating design iterations on parts or assemblies.

Solid bodies can be used to calculate the results for different iterations or scenarios by defining a required parameter like Variables, Constraints, and Goals for a single study, whereas multiple studies can also be combined.

This can be any type and any combination except fatigue and pressure vessel. If optimization is being used the results will show the initial state and the optimal state. The results of each iteration can be compared and this helps to bring better designs to market faster.

Where to find;

SOLIDWORKS Command Manager > Evaluate > Design Study (or)

SOLIDWORKS Menu Bar > Insert > Design Study

1) Variables: The inputs can be Model Dimension, Global Variable, Simulation parameters, and Material properties.

2) Constraints: The inputs can be from Simulation data (Stress, Displacement, Frequency, Temperature, etc.,), Mass Properties, Dimension, Measurement, and costing data.

3) Goals: There are targets. The inputs for this are the same as constraints. This data is required only for the Optimization mode design study.

To create a Design Study, set up the parameters. The keys to creating a Parameter are to provide Variables, choose the appropriate category, and then link that parameter to the model which you want to vary in the design study.

To insert a Design Study in your model. Use the drop-down arrows to add the Element Size Variable (Model Dimensions) to the Design Study.

In the Constraints section, use the pull-down menu to add a Sensor to the model, specifically to monitor the Mass Properties and select the model you want the sensor to reference for data.

Then set the goal and check the ‘Optimization’ box (whenever we choose a goal this check mark for optimization will need to be checked) and click ‘Run’.

When the Design Study is finished by running all of the scenarios. The Optimized results have been shown in the Result tab and it has found an optimal part number 5 and this is generated using a design study.

ü All of the ones that are in Red are did not reach our goal.

ü All of the ones that have reached our goal are displayed in White.

ü The optimal ones which can satisfy the goal are in Green.

In the Result view tab, optimal number 5 has maintained the geometric conditions and physical properties (i.e. Mass)

Note: SOLIDWORKS Premium is mandatory for Simulation Design Study.

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THERMAL OPTIMIZATION OF HEAT SINK’S USING SOLIDWORKS FLOW SIMULATION

SolidWorks Flow Simulation helps Designers in Evaluating the performance of the fins of a solid body that is generating heat.

Using SolidWorks Flow Simulation, we can accurately capture the thin walls of the geometry by its advanced meshing algorithm. (Refer to Image 1- We can Enable minimum wall thickness of the model geometry)

Image 1: Automatic Mesh

Image 2: Thin Wall Optimization Mesh

SolidWorks Flow Simulation also provides the manual mesh type option for the users who require additional accuracy due to stringent design criteria.

Using manual mesh type, users can add the control planes (Refer to image 3) at the required locations.

Image 3: Manual Mesh

Image 4: After Applying Control Plane

Result:

Benefits:

ØIdentify the thermal hotspots of your products.

ØEngineers can easily improve the thermal efficiency of your products.

ØManufacturers of Electronic Components, IOT Devices, Instrument Clusters, Hi-tech Devices, etc. can be benefitted from this engineering tool.

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