Integrated Multidiscipline Simulation Solution for Analysts

SimXpert is a fully integrated multidiscipline simulation workspace environment for analysts. Multidisciplinary workspaces provide a next generation CAE desktop that enables concurrent engineering analysis aligned with multidisciplinary views.

Integrated with MSC's advanced multidisciplinary (MD) solver technologies, SimXpert provides an efficient end-to-end solution that gives users native CAD access with bi-directional interoperability, pre-processing, solving, post processing, and report generation, and automation capabilities within a single easy-to-use solution.

Workspaces available include:
Structures

• Comprehensive linear and nonlinear finite element analysis
• Advanced FEA testing for stress, vibration, and contact

• Complete mechanical system simulation using multi-body dynamics of rigid and flexible bodies, including tests of different components, connections, and forces
• Enables analysis of overall system performance and creation of accurate load predictions

• Complete thermal finite element analysis including: steady-state heat transfer, free/forced conduction, and thermo-mechanical coupling
• Tests different heat transfer paths

• High-performance environment for studying complex FE models for crashworthiness and safety applications
• Capabilities include dummy positioning, seat belt routing, airbag deployment, and explicit impact analysis

• Advanced environment for performing large deformation, highly nonlinear, short duration transient dynamic analyses for both structural impact and coupled fluid-structure problems such as bird strike on airplanes and stent deployment in arteries

• SimXpert Template Builder provides a visual interface for quickly automating manual and repetitive simulation tasks for reuse and consistency across the enterprise
• Intuitive, easy-to-use templates capture knowledge and best practices, and can be used to automate any step or series of steps within the SimXpert advanced workspaces and across multidisciplinary simulations

• Eliminates data translation by enabling analysts to import and work directly with native CAD geometry. Smart Update automatically updates the analysis model when changes are made to the parametric representation of the CAD model within a SimXpert session and across any of the workspaces

SimXpert Benefits
Optimize Resources to Focus on High Value Simulation

SimXpert is designed to make individual analysts more efficient so they can focus on high value simulation projects. The built-in macro record/replay tools enable users to automatically capture a range of actions and steps so they can spend less time on repetitive tasks such as importing models, meshing, quality checking, post processing, and reporting.

In addition to macro/record replay tools, SimXpert provides analysts with a built-in template builder & runner so analysts can efficiently string together a larger scale process for complete end-to-end automation of micro and macro level analyses, and execute a range of simulation templates quickly across engineering teams.

SimXpert drives efficiency and faster analysis time by enabling engineers to:

• Seamlessly capture steps to ensure repeatability and accuracy
• Create interactive or fully automatic simulation templates for multi-runs
• Automate pre/post processing
• Enable best practice, easy to use templates for designers

Establish Best Practices for Competitive Advantage

Defining and documenting simulation process knowledge is becoming critical in establishing competitive advantage.

The key to successful implementation of virtual test and validation is to establish simulation standards internally for continuous reuse. This will provide the ability to distribute methods to others in the process or extended enterprise, especially as globalization pressures continue to rise, and more analysis is done off-shore. The goal is to enable a wider range of engineers to be more efficient in performing simulation.

To establish best practices, companies first need to capture the knowledge that exists within their engineering teams or methods experts. Engineering organizations today don't have time to hire programmers and spend weeks building out scripts. SimXpert helps deliver a quick solution by enabling analysts to author simulation methods and best practices directly within its easy-to-use interface.

SimXpert enables analysts to author simulation standards and best practices so:

• Analysis knowledge can remain in-house even after experts leave
• Standard tests become documented and more accurately used by others
• Engineers can run more simulation accurately across discipline teams