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MSC SimDesigner™ R3
R3 Template Client Edition
Release Guide
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Con t en t s
Release Guide
1 Release Notes
CAD System Requirements 4
SimEnterprise Requirement 5
Enhancements 6
Limitations 7
Product Training and Support 8
2 SimEnterprise Overview
Introduction 10
SimXpert 10
SimDesigner 10
SimManager 11
SimEnterprise Interoperability 12
Enterprise Simulation Scenario 12
Summary 15
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Chapter 1: Release Notes
Release Guide
1 Release Notes
� CAD System Requirements
� SimEnterprise Requirement
� Enhancements
� Limitations
� Product Training and Support
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Release GuideCAD System Requirements
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CAD System Requirements
MSC SimDesigner R3 Template Client Edition has the following CAD system requirements:
Pro/ENGINEER:
• Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0
CATIA V5:
• CATIA V5 R17 SP1
• CATIA V5 R18 SP1
UG NX:
• NX5
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5Chapter 1: Release NotesSimEnterprise Requirement
SimEnterprise Requirement
MSC SimDesigner R3 Template Client Edition is a component of SimEnterprise, and requires the
complete suite of SimEnterprise Products. Other MSC SimEnterprise products are not included with
MSC SimDesigner Template Client Edition, and each must be purchased independently.
The following SimEnterprise Products and versions are required for SimDesigner R3 Template Client
Edition:
• MSC SimManager R3
• MSC SimXpert R3
Note: To enable the Template Execution from CATIA, please add the following line to the
beginning of the simxpert32.bat file from the SimXpert installation referenced by
SimManager:
set USE_SGM_CATIA=0
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Enhancements
The following enhancements are new for MSC SimDesigner R3 Template Client Edition.
• Expanded CAD System Support to Include:
• CATIA V5
• NX
• Pro/ENGINEER
• Execute SimTemplates published by expert analysts to SimManager to:
• Allow designers to conduct accurate and repeatable CAE simulations
• Leverage CAE best practices enterprise-wide
• Execute Structures and Motion analyses
• Publish & retrieve parts, assemblies, and simulation data into SimManager.
• Ability to rerun templates using previously defined inputs.
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7Chapter 1: Release NotesLimitations
Limitations• (1-66008411) Elements and Nodes are not getting highlighted while picking on plots.
• (1-73276131) SimDesigner Template Client toolbar in Pro/E will be missing if some other
default directory path is defined for the shortcut. Must use path set as default from initial
installation.
• (1-73302489) CATIA Undo & Repeat are not supported for Template Client actions. Using
Undo & Repeat can cause CATIA to crash. Please avoid using Undo & Repeat for SimDesigner
actions.
• (1-73523535) Rerunning a template and importing results can cause plotting commands to
become disabled.
• When running templates from the CATIA V5 CAD platform, the SimXpert server needs to be
configured so that it uses a system variable USE_SGM_CATIA=0.
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Release GuideProduct Training and Support
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Product Training and Support
The MSC Institute of Technology is a service organization chartered to provide our software customers
and other design and engineering professionals with basic and specialized training in the use of Dassault
Systemes’ and MSC.Software's MCAE software products.
Introductory, intermediate, and advanced training courses are offered at local MSC.Software offices on
a regular basis. These courses introduce the novice to theoretical and usage aspects of the software, and
expose the experienced user to more advanced features of the software. Lecture sessions are always
combined with workshops. Customer suggestions for training improvement are continually reviewed by
our professional trainers to insure that our courses are effective and up-to-date.
Our industry-experienced expert staff is available to customize our course offerings to meet your unique
training requirements. For the most effective training, the Institute also offers many of our courses at our
customers’ facilities.
The MSC Institute of Technology is headquartered at:
2 MacArthur Place
Santa Ana, CA 92707
Phone: (800) 732-7211
Fax: (714) 784-4028
For customers outside the Unites States, please contact your local MSC.Software sales office which may
be found at www.mscsoftware.com.
The Institute maintains state-of-the-art classroom facilities and individual computer graphics laboratories
at training centers throughout the world. All of our courses emphasize hands-on computer laboratory
work to facilitate skills development.
We specialize in customized training based on our evaluation of your design and simulation processes,
which yields courses that are geared to your business.
In addition to traditional instructor-led classes, we also offer video and DVD courses, interactive
multimedia training, web-based training, and a specialized instructor's program.
For detailed course descriptions, schedule information, and registration call, in the USA, the Training
Specialist at (800) 732-7211 or visit www.mscsoftware.com.
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Chapter 2: SimEnterprise Overview
Release Guide
2 SimEnterprise Overview
� Introduction
� SimEnterprise Interoperability
� Summary
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Release GuideIntroduction
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Introduction
SimEnterprise is an enterprise simulation platform that enables simulation participants to interact
throughout the design process. It enhances the way designers, analysts, and managers access, share, and
manage simulation data and processes across the enterprise. SimEnterprise applications include MSC
SimXpert, MSC SimDesigner, and MSC SimManager.
SimXpert
SimXpert is a multi-disciplinary simulation application for the analyst. It contains four workspaces -
structures, thermal, crash, and motion, each providing a functionality-rich expert environment
appropriate for that discipline. The workspaces are designed to interact with each other to allow a
common simulation model to be used for multi-disciplinary analysis.
SimDesigner
SimDesigner Template Client Edition plugs into the CAD environment allowing designers across the
engineering department and into the supply chain to retrieve and execute simulation templates authored
by expert analysts. Template guided analysis ensures proper modeling, simulation inputs, materials data,
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11Chapter 2: SimEnterprise OverviewIntroduction
discipline methods and CAE best practices are being followed by CAD users, then ensuring that more
robust designs much earlier in the product development cycle.
SimDesigner Template Client Edition supports the following CAD systems:
• Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0
• CATIA V5
• NX5
SimManager
SimManager is a Web-based application for managing simulation data and process. It provides the
enterprise with centralized storage, access, and management of simulation models and results. It also
provides storage and access of simulation templates to allow knowledge capture and process
standardization across the enterprise.
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SimEnterprise Interoperability
The interoperability between the SimEnterprise applications provides structured access and reuse of
simulation data and process. Simulation data from SimXpert and SimDesigner are published into
SimManager to be stored and accessed by users across the enterprise. Expert knowledge and best
practices are captured through templates which are published into SimManager to provide repeatable and
standardized simulation procedures to designers and analysts enterprise-wide.
Enterprise Simulation Scenario
The following enterprise simulation scenario illustrates how 5 different simulation participants in an
enterprise might utilize SimEnterprise to interact and collaborate in the design of an aircraft wing flap.
The five enterprise simulation participants are:
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13Chapter 2: SimEnterprise OverviewSimEnterprise Interoperability
1. The Methods Expert creates a stress analysis template by using the SimTemplate Builder from the
SimXpert structures workspace menu bar. This template performs the following operations:
• Imports a wing assembly model from an existing stress analysis
• Imports a flap model from a validated designer model
• Sets up a detailed stress analysis for the mechanism, including 3D contact effects
• Validates loads and checks element quality
• Computes detailed stresses
Following the creation of the stress analysis template, the Methods Expert publishes it into
SimManager to be stored and re-used by others. This is done by using the Template Publish icon
in any of the four SimXpert workspaces.
2. The Designer has been asked to detail a new flap mechanism and validate its basic performance
characteristics prior to detailed stress analysis. The Designer creates the new design and performs
first-pass motion and stress analyses using SimDesigner. The new design is now ready for
detailed stress analysis. The Designer publishes the CAD model and first-pass analysis models
and results into SimManager. This is done by using the Publish icon in the SimDesigner
structures or motion workbench.
3. The Stress Analyst is tasked with performing detailed stress analysis on the flap mechanism,
including relatively complex simulations involving 3D contact and nonlinear behavior. He must
get the current, validated flap model from the Designer, assemble it into a wing assembly model,
and analyze it according to the methodology established by his colleague - the Methods Expert.
The Stress Analyst first logs into SimManager and reviews the first-pass analysis models and
results published by the Designer. He then retrieves the new flap CAD model into SimXpert.
Now using the flap stress analysis template created by the Methods Expert, he meshes the flap
model and hooks it up to the current wing assembly model and performs a detailed stress analysis.
The analysis models and results are automatically stored in SimManager as the template is
executed.
Enterprise Role Description
Methods Expert A very experienced "expert analyst" responsible for defining simulation
processes and practices for aircraft design.
Designer or Engineer Responsible for detailing the CAD design for wing flap components.
Performs basic analysis to validate designs.
Stress Analyst A skilled analyst responsible for integrating part and sub-assembly models
and performing detailed stress analysis.
CAE Supervisor A very experienced structural analyst. Responsible for verifying the
quality of simulation results on an aircraft program.
Program Manager Responsible for the development of an aircraft.
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4. The CAE supervisor is responsible for verifying the quality of the simulations performed. In this
case, the supervisor logs into SimManager to review the simulation models and results generated
by the Stress Analyst. In SimManager, the CAE Supervisor has been given the authority to
release and promote models and results for subsequent consumption by other people on the
program.
5. The Program Manager needs to have visibility into the progress of simulation tasks on the aircraft
program. He uses SimManager to continually monitor the progress of his designers and analysts.
He also has the authority to define project roles for all the simulation participants.
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15Chapter 2: SimEnterprise OverviewSummary
Summary
The coupling of SimXpert and SimDesigner with SimManager provides a powerful solution to manage
simulation data and process throughout the design process. As illustrated in the scenario above,
SimEnterprise provides the platform for the various simulation participants to capture and reuse
simulation data, best practices, and simulation procedure in a repeatable and standardized manner.
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