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from 3D CAD model to
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A world leading platform for physical
simulation of mechatronic systems
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Systems-Driven Product Development
Predictive Engineering Analytics
Role in Systems-Driven Product Development
Predictive Engineering Analytics System Mockup
Managed in PLM Context - Multi-Domain Traceability, Change and Configuration
TEST
Digital
Twin
1D
CFD
Exploration - Analytics - Reporting
3D
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Cloud
Licensing
flexibility
Simcenter™ Portfolio for Predictive Engineering Analytics
Cornerstones for a future-proof engineering approach
Covering full range of
methods
Analytics, reporting &
exploration
Deployment flexibility Openness &
Scalability User experience
Industry &
engineering expertise Systems approach
Collaboration &
workflow
Multidiscipline
& multiphysics
R
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P
Controls
1D
3D
TEST
CFD
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Table of content
• Overview of CAD2AME
• Application: lubrication system of a 4 cylinders engine
• Application: cooling system of a 4 cylinders engine
• Application: aircraft environmental control system (ECS)
• Application: pneumatic piping network of a power plant
• Application: mechanical system of a driveline
• To go further
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1D 3D CAE
1. CAD import
2. CAD Pre-processing for primitive association
3. Primitive association
4. Primitive connections
5. Sketch Generation
CAD2AME sketch generation: from 3D CAD to system modeling
Sketch generation in LMS Amesim from 3D CAD
• Generate semi-automatically a LMS Amesim
model from a 3D CAD model
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1D 3D CAE
CAD2AME import: interoperability
• Import your in-house CAD
• Use standard files to mix multiple sources
Parasolid
STEP
IGES
JT
NX
Solid Edge
SolidWorks
CATIA
PTC CREO
INVENTOR
Standard CAD
formats from usual
CAD software
CAD2AME import to generate 1D sketch
LMS Amesim
LMS Amesim
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1D 3D CAE
1. CAD import
2. Modeling: Fill hole, Split,
Boolean operations, …
3. Measure
4. Populate model
parameters
CAD2AME measurement: from 3D CAD to system modeling
Parameters setting in LMS Amesim from 3D CAD
• Populate the parameters of a LMS Amesim model
from a 3D CAD model
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1D 3D CAE
CAD2AME measurement: from 3D CAD to system modeling
Get solid body measures Save measures in your CAD2AME project
• Many measurement capabilities
• Flexible measure edition
Measure and visualize on the 3D scene
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Siemens Parasolid CAD technology inside
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Table of content
• Overview of CAD2AME
• Application: lubrication system of a 4 cylinders engine
• Application: cooling system of a 4 cylinders engine
• Application: aircraft environmental control system (ECS)
• Application: pneumatic piping network of a power plant
• Application: mechanical system of a driveline
• To go further
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Application: lubrication system of a 4 cylinder engine
Convert 3D CAD bodies to primitive components
such as pipes, bends, T junctions, etc.
Check connections between primitives and
unconnected ports at the system boundaries.
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Application: lubrication system of a 4 cylinder engine
Once the description of the 3D CAD system is complete,
the corresponding sketch can be generated in
LMS Amesim with parameters settings automatically
performed.
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Table of content
• Overview of CAD2AME
• Application: lubrication system of a 4 cylinders engine
• Application: cooling system of a 4 cylinders engine
• Application: aircraft environmental control system (ECS)
• Application: pneumatic piping network of a power plant
• Application: mechanical system of a driveline
• To go further
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Application: cooling system of a 4 cylinder engine
The 3D CAD model is constituted of
the engine cylinder block material and
the fluid domain corresponding to the
water jacket.
In order to create a lumped thermal
model, both CAD bodies are split into 4
different bodies that correspond to the
number of cylinders.
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Application: cooling system of a 4 cylinder engine
For the fluid domain, the heat exchange surface and the fluid ports are
selected.
For the thermal capacities, the heat exchange surfaces for forced
convection, conduction and free convection with ambient are selected.
The 3D CAD model includes the engine cylinder block material and the
fluid domain corresponding to the water jacket.
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Application: cooling system of a 4 cylinder engine
At the sketch generation, the thermal connections are
automatically performed.
The type of heat exchanges (forced convection, free
convection, and conduction) are selected accordingly.
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Table of content
• Overview of CAD2AME
• Application: lubrication system of a 4 cylinders engine
• Application: cooling system of a 4 cylinders engine
• Application: aircraft environmental control system (ECS)
• Application: pneumatic piping network of a power plant
• Application: mechanical system of a driveline
• To go further
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Application: aircraft environmental control system (ECS)
The main purpose of the pneumatic distribution system is to supply
high-pressure air from the sources to the consumers.
A pneumatic distribution system connecting the engine bleed systems,
the APU and the air conditioning consumers is considered here.
We start from the following CAD model of an aircraft pneumatic distribution
system created with Siemens NX software.
This CAD model is imported in the
CAD2AME productivity tool of LMS Amesim.
NX
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Application: aircraft environmental control system (ECS)
The next step is the primitive association.
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Application: aircraft environmental control system (ECS)
The final step is the LMS Amesim model generation.
Since all parameters are set automatically, the model can be run to get the
distributions of mass flow rates and pressures in the system.
LMS Amesim
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Table of content
• Overview of CAD2AME
• Application: lubrication system of a 4 cylinders engine
• Application: cooling system of a 4 cylinders engine
• Application: aircraft environmental control system (ECS)
• Application: pneumatic piping network of a power plant
• Application: mechanical system of a driveline
• To go further
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Application: pneumatic piping network of a power plant
The cutting plane can be enlarged so to be able to cut the body into
several parts at once. In complex piping network, some
bodies have to be split in
elementary elements.
With the Split body feature the 3D
CAD model is pre-processed to
prepare it for the primitives
association.
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Application: pneumatic piping network of a power plant
Once the description of the 3D CAD system is complete, the corresponding
sketch can be generated in LMS Amesim with parameters settings
automatically performed.
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Table of content
• Overview of CAD2AME
• Application: lubrication system of a 4 cylinder engine
• Application: cooling system of a 4 cylinders engine
• Application: aircraft environmental control system (ECS)
• Application: pneumatic piping network of a power plant
• Application: mechanical systems of a driveline
• To go further
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Application: 2D mechanical model of a crank piston motion
Get accurate positions, masses, and
moments of inertia.
Populate the components parameters.
LMS Amesim
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Application: mechanical gears for transmission
Populate components parameters from
CAD measurements.
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Table of content
• Overview of CAD2AME
• Application: lubrication system of a 4 cylinder engine
• Application: IC engine block for Engine Thermal Management
• Application: aircraft environmental control system (ECS)
• Application: pneumatic piping system of a power plant
• Measurements with CAD2AME viewer
• To go further
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CAD2AME user guide in LMS Amehelp
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LMS Amesim enables you to tailor your platform to your specific needs with the App
designer, Plots Python API, application-specific tools for pre-processing and post-
processing as well as customized parameter editing using external executables.
Use advanced LMS Amesim scripting tools for model interaction automation and LMS
Amesim APIs for full command-line building of complete models.
LMS Amesim helps improve your system design with LMS Amesim Design Exploration,
LMS Amesim Export module or the LMS Amesim-Optimus interface.
LMS Amesim enables you to analyze your data and system results with advanced
plotting facilities, dashboard, animation, table editor, linear analysis, activity index and
replay.
LMS Imagine.Lab Amesim comes with unique usability and scalability capabilities with
all the LMS Amesim graphical user interfaces (GUI), interactive help and associated
features such as the supercomponent facility, batch run monitor, experiment manager,
postprocessed variables and Statechart designer.
More about the LMS Imagine.Lab Amesim platform
Platform
facilities
Analysis
tools
Optimization, robustness, design of
experiments
Simulator scripting
Customization
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LMS Imagine.Lab Amesim supports Modelica, the open standard language for
describing physical systems. The Modelica platform provides the tools you need to
build acausal, multidomain Modelica models and leverage the LMS Amesim platform
features to analyze the resulting system.
LMS Amesim can be coupled with external software applications such as CAE, CAD,
CAM, FEA/FEM and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Co-simulation provides
coupling between LMS Amesim and CAE tools with predefined setups to ensure good
dialog between the tools and simulation software.
LMS Amesim provides co-simulation capabilities with any software coupled with LMS
Amesim due to the generic co-simulation capability and functional mock-up interface
(FMI), to complete heterogeneous simulations within an unique integration platform.
The LMS Amesim unique integrated platform provides realistic plant models for every
stage of the development cycle, enabling system and control engineers to start
evaluation and validation phases early in the design cycle using model-in-the-loop
(MiL), software-in-the-loop (SiL) and hardware-in-the-loop (HiL) frameworks.
LMS Amesim integrates cutting-edge numerical methods, performance analyzer,
discrete partitioning library for CPU speed-up, a parallel processing feature for
multiprocessor task distribution as well as High Performance Computing (HPC).
More about the LMS Imagine.Lab Amesim platform
Solvers
and numerics
MIL/SIL/HIL
and real-time
Software
interfaces
1D/3D
CAE
Modelica
platform
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Contact
Jérôme GUILLEMIN & Stéphane NEYRAT
LMS Amesim Platform
Siemens Industry Software S.A.S.
Digital Factory Division
Product Lifecycle Management
Simulation & Test Solutions
DF PL STS CAE 1D
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