Automated Simulation Executions JP EVANS, WEI-SHAN CHIANG, ENGINEOUS SOFTWARE, INC

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1 Simulation l Data Management Requirements Driven by Automated Simulation Executions JP EVANS, WEI-SHAN CHIANG, ENGINEOUS SOFTWARE, INC September, 2007

2 What Do We Do? We can help any company that uses computer models to simulate how their products will perform in real life. Engineers / Analysts spend a lot of time manipulating data to try many different alternatives through these simulations. We can automate the process of running the simulations thousands of times to arrive at a better (optimized) answer. Most engineering analyses require multiple programs to completely represent the performance parameters We provide an framework that allows them to easily integrate dissimilar programs into simulation workflows

Desktop to Enterprise Major manufacturers have embraced the

processes However, in many cases engineers have created

Companies can achieve even more value by capturing and

infrastructure Store components and models version

compute resources to run more executions faster Access

3 Desktop to Enterprise Major manufacturers have embraced the value of automating and optimizing their engineering processes However, in many cases engineers have created islands of automation not connected in a meaningful way Companies can achieve even more value by capturing and sharing these best practices in an engineering enterprise infrastructure Store components and models version controlled in a central library Leverage distributed ib t d compute resources to run more executions faster Access applications from simple Web based interfaces to connect more users WebTop WebTop WebTop WebTop

4 Process Automation and SDM As more users become connected, and more users have access to these applications, they begin to generate huge amounts of data from automated simulation executions Our customers are now coming to us for a roadmap of Simulation Data and Process Management in the context of engineering automation and optimization New Data management challenges Traditional PDM associated mostly with CAD Emerging SDM associated with CAE and Work In Progress (WIP) Performance Mission Cost Structure CFD Automated Process Environment

5 Business Requirements Defined from market data, analysts, business partners Manage simulation data in the full product life cycle, in the right context Make the data easier to interpret for use across the business Traceability Has a similar product been created before? What alternate designs were considered? What were the fundamental assumptions? Defend decisions against product liability issues Integration of simulation data in larger business processes Connecting simulation data to product versions, engineering change process, customer requirements, approval processes, decision support, executive dashboards,

6 SDM Framework Requirements Requirements refined from customers in the Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics and Consumer Goods Industries Simulation Integration Business processes (People workflow) Application processes (Sim workflow) Automated simulation execution Data Management Traceable solution paths Distributed Simulation Execution Results interpretation Openness Requirements management Security Process Management

Engineous and SDM Engineous has always taken an open / vendor neutral

resource management Commercial databases Fil S Commercial application

Extension Commercial SDM Solutions Our positioning is the same with

our customer requirements and complement existing vendor solutions

7 Engineous and SDM Engineous has always taken an open / vendor neutral approach to best in class software: CAE components Distributed resource management Commercial databases Fil S Commercial application servers WIP Data / Parameters File System Extension Database Extension Commercial SDM Solutions Our positioning is the same with respect to SDM We will partner with commercial SDM vendors to meet our customer requirements and complement existing vendor solutions Autom mation Components Automated Execution Framework Adapters Engineering g Components

8 Press Release

9 A Multi-tiered Approach to SDM Manufacturers are at different levels of deployment with respect to automated simulation execution. Therefore: Engineous tracks WIP data and parameters associated with automated simulation execution Version control Results management Parameter tracking Engineous has developed an Engineering Data Bus (EDB) that allows dt data to be abstracted bt td from flt flat files, commercial il DBs or SDM / PDM systems Customer use case Engineous will develop plug and play interfaces to commercial SDM systems Vendor neutral approach Pilot projects in planning

10 Customer Use Case Wei-Shan Chiang CTO FIPER Technology, Engineous Software, Inc

11 Project Background Aero Structural Analysis Customer s engineering processes are in the WIP state, it needs a dynamic environment to support flexible configurations. Each engineering group has their own file systems for managing the simulation data. Customer requests a mechanism to unify all those file systems.

12 Customer s Requirements With SDM, the customer must be able to: Trace back Simulation Data s Origin Search Simulation Case (Project) based on Project s Attributes Avoid Unnecessary Duplication of Simulation Data Monitor Simulation Status and Approval Status on Simulation Results Find Relationship between Simulation Data Control Access to Simulation Data Compare Results from Different Simulation Cases Share Simulation Results and Analysis Reports Link Simulation Data and the Process which has generated that data

ts Management: Security Tracking Searching Context Query EDB Application EDB

13 Data Source: Flight Test File System Data So ource EDB DataBase FS FS FS Virtual File System Adaptor Da ata Bus Engineering Data Bus (EDB) EDB Client ts Management: Security Tracking Searching Context Query EDB Application EDB Web Client EDB Accesspoint File Handler Tool menu Tools: Table/Graph EDM VDD Report

Management: Security Tracking Searching Context Query EDB Application EDB

14 Data Source: Teamcenter System Data So ource File System UGS TeamCenter File System FIPER Results Dat ta Bus Engineering g Data Bus (EDB) ED DB Clients Management: Security Tracking Searching Context Query EDB Application EDB Web Client EDB Component File Handler Tool menu Tools: Table/Graph EDM VDD Report

15 System Overview FIPER (ACS/iSIGHT-FD/WebTop/Stations) - System Framework Link with Engineering DB (VFS), PLM (Teamcenter), and other CAE/CAD Tools. Product Design Data Simulation Reports PLM (TeamCenter) Simulation Projects Simulation Data Simulation Report (PDF) Engineering DB (VFS) Simulation Automation CAE/CAD Tools PATRAN/NASTRAN... CATIA V5 FLUENT/SC-Tetra EXCEL In-house Utility isight-fd WebTop / Portal FIPER Stations

16 Structural Analysis Workflow

17 Structural Analysis Workflow in FIPER

18 Work Process In Structural Analysis Group External Load FE Model Full FEM Result Full-Aircraft Analysis Full-Aircraft Analysis Team Center Product Design Data Simulation Reports / Approvals VF FS Full FEM Result Internal Load Files Internal Load Files Detail Analysis Input Detail Analysis Input Detail Analysis Output NASOUT Internal Load Extraction Raw Data Processing Detail Analysis isight-fd Detail Analysis

Teamcenter Rapid Start

Teamcenter Rapid Start Specifications for a preconfigured PDM deployment Benefits Simplifies common tasks Controls and shares mechanical (MCAD) and electronic (ECAD) data Collaborate on MCAD designs using