Engineering simulation software use among all types of engineers is growing rapidly. We already see our most innovative customers rapidly deploying simulation design software to engineers at all levels in their organizations. Gone are the days when a single engineer could design the whole product, or when a company could afford to develop and sell non-optimized products, such as bike frames that are strong but also heavy. Product development trends towards faster, better and cheaper mean that trade-offs have to be made between different goals to optimize the overall product, such as creating a bike that is strong and lightweight. Simulation helps companies get products to market faster while balancing their objectives. Easier engineering simulation software for every engineer is the solution.
Equivalent stress in the rear frame of a mountain bike from the rider load.
Adopting and deploying simulation broadly comes with challenges. Most engineers have challenging problems to solve, and using simulation software would help them solve those problems more quickly and efficiently. But engineers need to be experts in engineering, not in the use of engineering simulation software. Companies trying to expand the use of simulation into their design teams need tools that allow design engineers to effectively leverage simulation using company best practices, consolidate the number of simulations tools maintained, and help the company meet their simulation and product design goals faster. In addition to being easy-to-use, simulation tools for design engineers have to contain enough physics for engineers to fully capture the forces impacting their products. And the answers they receive need to be accurate and reliable. Because, what’s the point of deploying a tool that cannot be trusted?
ANSYS 17.0 is the latest step in creating a complete environment for simulation, extending ANSYS AIM’s formerly meshing-to-post-processing workflow at both ends. AIM is now a comprehensive, integrated CAD-to-CAE solution for 3-D engineering simulation software with the breadth of ANSYS physics in an easy-to-use environment. Its immersive user environment enables designers to perform engineering simulations, from geometry to optimization, using task-based simulation workflows in a single environment. Newly integrated geometry modeling and preparation tools provide the essential first step of simulation for design engineers who need to create geometry from scratch, and/or clean-up and prepare imported CAD geometry for simulation. After completing a first simulation, AIM’s recently integrated Design Points Dashboard streamlines the evaluation of multiple design alternatives. This is especially useful early in the design cycle, when the cost of making design changes is low.
We built AIM from the ground up on proven ANSYS technology to address the needs of engineers inexperienced with simulation. Guided workflows and high usability enable you to become productive quickly and use AIM to rapidly generate accurate results. A common look and feel across physics — which includes consistent workflows and common terminology — provides a standard simulation environment across departments and disciplines. Now single, multiple physics and/or multiphysics and multiphysics are accessible in the same tool, making it easy for engineers to share data. Additionally, powerful journaling,scripting and customization enable analysts and design engineers to collaborate, automate best practices and create easily repeatable simulation processes.
Begin with geometry creation and preparation, proceed to meshing for all physics, then to physics setup and solution, and finally to results processing and optimization. Deploy ANSYS AIM to your design teams and enjoy accurate, reliable simulation that respects best practices in support of their efforts. ANSYS AIM allows every engineer to quickly, easily and effectively run more simulations early in the design process, resulting in more confidence in their designs. But you don’t have to take my word for it. Do you have 15 minutes? You can try ANSYS AIM yourself.
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You can also register now for our March 29th webinar to learn more about ANSYS AIM and how it can help each engineer on your team effectively leverage simulation in your product design processes.
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