Functional Testing of Solid Edge Designs

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1 Scott Ziemba, Director of Customer Service, Design Simulation Technologies Functional Testing of Solid Edge Designs Solid Edge University 2014 May 12-14, Atlanta, GA, USA 4 SOLID EDGE UNIVERSITY 2014 #SEU14

2 Agenda Company Overview What is Dynamic Designer? What does DDM Provide? Prerequisite to FEA New v10 capability Benefits Sample Animations Software Demonstration Highlights Licensing Options Page 2

3 Company Overview Design Simulation Technologies develops, markets, and supports simulation software products used by students, educators, and professionals around the World DST was founded in 2005 by original lead developer of Dynamic Designer and is staffed with former employees of Mechanical Dynamics, Inc. and MSC.Software Dynamic Designer was originally developed under Mechanical Dynamics, Inc., using the ADAMS engine (still the current engine) Solution partner with Solid Edge since 2000 Page 3

4 What is Dynamic Designer? Simulation software used to help understand the functional performance of a design so that it may validated early in the design process, before physical testing Answers the questions: Will it work / Will it function? Provides FEA boundary conditions to help answer the question: Will it break? Page 4

5 What does DDM provide? Engineering data Displacement Velocity Acceleration Forces & Moments Graphical plots Graphical vectors Trajectory curves. and more Simulate / Animate Gears Cams Linkages Motors and Actuators Collisions Moving interference detection. and more Load data for FEA boundary conditions Automatic load transfer from DDM to SE Simulation Load types Load values Load directions API (custom programming) Reverse-Engineering Cam profiles Motor & Actuators Input requirements based on defined trajectories AVI Video Output Page 5

6 Prerequisite to FEA Stresses resulting from dynamic motion loads are difficult to calculate. DDM accounts for gravity, mass, inertia, friction, etc. Peak loads do not always equal peak stress Must look at stresses throughout the entire range of motion Page 6

7 New v10 capability Transfer dynamic motion loads directly into a Solid Edge Simulation study Step 1: Define Static Study (SE Sim) Step 2: Define Load Faces (DDM) Step 3: Run Simulation and Add Loads (DDM) Page 7

8 Benefits Problem X Time and money associated with on-the-floor fixes and preproduction changes X Time and money associated with physical testing X Field failures X Quality concerns Dynamic Designer Solution Identify problems early in the design cycle Reduce and/or eliminate physical testing Early problem detection Produce better quality products, faster, and gain a competitive advantage Page 8

9 Sample Animations Page 9

10 Demonstration Design Objectives: Check for interferences Determine rotary motor input profile Determine required input motor torque Determine bearing loads Transfer force loads for part to SE Simulation (FEA) Slider Mechanism Page 10

11 Highlights 100% Embedded in Solid Edge Easy to Use Automatic SE assembly constraint mapping SE design changes automatically update motion model Transfer force loads easily and automatically to Solid Edge Simulation FEA Application Program Interface (API) for customized programming Accurate calculations done using industry-proven MSC.ADAMS solver Attractive price bundle with SE Premium and/or SE Simulation Page 11

12 Licensing Options Node-Locked: Uses a file key based off of ID of a designated computer. License can be revoked from one computer and moved to another USB Dongle: Uses a USB hardware dongle. Dongle can be moved from one computer to another Network/Floating: Uses a Sentinel License Manager to link client computers to a server computer. License is checked-out when DDM is started and checked back in when closed 12 Month Lease: Same as node-locked but with expiration date Page 12

13 Information Phone (outside U.S.) Website Page 13

14 Thank You! Please don t forget to complete the attendee survey and rate this session Page 14