Solution benefits
Simcenter™ 3D Engineering Desktop software is a unified, open and extensible computeraided engineering (CAE) environment for advanced analysts. Simcenter 3D Engineering Desktop is the hub of the Simcenter 3D platform, and it speeds the simulation process by helping you to efficiently build the model you need from 3D geometry faster than traditional CAE preprocessors.
Providing a platform for multidiscipline simulation
Simcenter 3D Engineering Desktop sits at the core of a broader, integrated multidiscipline simulation environment. Simcenter 3D Engineering Desktop is the centralized working environment for pre-/postprocessing of all Simcenter 3D solutions for
structural, dynamics, composites, durability.
Provide a platform for multidiscipline simulation
Enable fast, intuitive geometry editing
Deliver comprehensive meshing
Efficiently create and manage finite element assemblies
Quickly pre- and postprocess finite element models for popular common finite element solvers
Capture knowledge and automate processes
Simcenter 3D Engineering Desktop
Use your solver of choice: Simcenter Nastran, Simcenter
Samcef, Simcenter 3D Thermal, Simcenter 3D Flow.
Evaluate deformation, stress and other criteria using contour
plots, animation, annotations and XY graphing.
Simcenter™ 3D Engineering Desktop software is a unified, open and extensible computeraided engineering (CAE) environment for advanced analysts. Simcenter 3D Engineering Desktop is the hub of the Simcenter 3D platform, and it speeds the simulation process by helping you to efficiently build the model you need from 3D geometry faster than traditional CAE preprocessors.
Module Benefits
Speed simulation processes by up to 70 percent
Increase product quality by rapidly simulating design tradeoff studies
Lower overall product development costs by reducing costly, late design change orders
Efficiently manage large, complex FE assemblies
Capture and automate best practices and commonly used processes
Provide pre- and postprocess analysis models for the most popular finite element solvers
Easily add multidiscipline simulation capabilities as your analysis needs grow
Simcenter 3D Environment for Simcenter Nastran
Included with Simcenter 3D Engineering Desktop, the Simcenter 3D Environment forSimcenter Nastran® software enables you to build finite element models, define solution parameters and view the solution results for the Simcenter Nastran solver. The environment immerses you in familiar Simcenter Nastran language for element definitions, loads and boundary conditions, solution parameters and other common Simcenter Nastran nomenclature. In addition to defining model capabilities, the Simcenter Nastran environment provides bi-directional import/export capabilities that enable you to import current or legacy Simcenter Nastran bulk data files and results as well as export its run-ready data files.
Module Benefits
Simplifies the Simcenter Nastran modeling process by enabling engineers to create analysis models based on geometry or legacy Simcenter Nastran input data files
Reduces or eliminates intermediate manual processing of data files by generating run ready decks directly from Simcenter 3D
Key Features
Immerses engineers in the Simcenter Nastran environment by using familiar terminology and extensive support of product-specific elements and entities
The Simcenter Nastran environment supports a variety of solutions:
— SOL 101 – Linear statics
— SOL 103 – Normal modes
— SOL 105 – Buckling
— SOL 106 – Nonlinear and linear statics
— SOL 107 – Direct complex eigenvalues
— SOL 108 – Direct frequency response
— SOL 109 – Direct transient response
— SOL 110 – Modal complex eigenvalues
— SOL 111 – Modal frequency response
— SOL 112 – Modal transient response
— SOL 129 – Nonlinear and linear transient response
— SOL 153 – Static structural and/or steady-state heat transfer analysis with options: linear or nonlinear analysis
— SOL 159 – Transient structural and/or transient heat transfer analysis with options: linear or nonlinear analysis
— SOL 200 – Design optimization with option for only sensitivity analysis
— SOL 401 – Multistep, structural solution that supports a combination of static(linear or nonlinear) subcases and modal (real eigenvalue) subcases
— SOL 402 – Multistep, structural solution that supports a combination of subcase types (static linear, static nonlinear, nonlinear dynamic, preload, modal, Fourier, buckling) and supports large rotation kinematics
— SOL 601/106 – Advanced nonlinear and linear statics
— SOL 601/129 – Advanced nonlinear and linear transient response
— SOL 701 – Explicit nonlinear