Design Engineer
SIMULIA provides Design Engineers with powerful simulation capabilities and seamless integration into their CAD environment using the DesignSight and CATIA Analysis products. Guided workflows enable designers to evaluate nonlinear stress and thermal behavior during the design process.
SIMULIA Surface FE Modeling
Compliments the functionality of CATIA Structural Analysis (STA) with advanced surface meshing capabilities and associated model properties
CATIA Surface FE Modeling provides a meshing capability for surface parts and wireframe geometries and defines the associated properties (thicknesses, material, beam section, etc.). The solution, based on a powerful topological engine, supports creating finite element models with assembly joints and other fasteners, including spot seam and surface welds. It also provides tools to analyze mesh quality according to pre-defined and customizable criteria. SFE provides the capability to completely generate 1D & 2D FE models ready for boundary condition definition.
- Simple FE model construction associative to the geometries permitting maximum design information (e.g. thickness, composite stack-up, material).
- Handling of the FE model as a separate entity within the PLM to fully control its life-cycle. The FEM representation is similar to the 3D shape that contains the geometry.
- Ability to handle several FE models corresponding to different simulations on the same product.
- Automates the cumbersome process of FE modeling, whose single objective is to comply with simulation and solver requirements.
- A user-friendly and comprehensible analysis environment that enables both designers and engineers to inspect product quality.
- Reduced costs resulting from the ability to detect problems early in the design process.
- Productivity gains due to a common environment that enables seamless analysis-design iterations.
- Unique topology simplification for high quality meshing.
- Access to advanced mesh parameters.
- Offers customizable quality analysis of finite elements.
- Provides flexible quality analysis reports.
- Powerful control for surface and wireframe mesh generation.
- Mesh features correspond to the specific type of analysis.
- Advanced 2D properties (variable thicknesses and composite) definition and post-processing.
- Advanced 1D properties including user defined sections and variable sections.
- XML file for batch definition of complex properties on a model.