Simcenter
Simulation and testing solutions
Simcenter 3D is a flexible, open, and scalable portfolio of the best predictive simulation and testing applications that support you at every stage of your digital journey. Simcenter is an important component within Siemens’ Xcelerator portfolio.
Becoming a Simcenter customer is not just about acquiring world-class software and services; it also opens the door to unparalleled technical expertise.
SIMCENTER X
Simcenter X is a cloud-based engineering solution, suitable for simulating, testing and optimizing your products. Use the power of the cloud to accelerate innovation while reducing prototyping costs.
SIMCENTER 3D
Simcenter operates within the NX environment, allowing you to achieve unprecedented speed and flexibility in preparing your models for calculations.
Simcenter can assist you with challenges in:
• Sustainability
• Additive manufacturing
• Électromagnetism
• Materials (composites, fibers, …)
• Heat flux
• Security
• Motion
• Acoustics
• Structures
• Dynamics
SIMULATION DE FLUX
Fluid dynamics are essential in our daily lives! Both the wind that turns a windmill and the operation of a respiratory device rely on CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) analysis.
Simcenter simulation solutions integrate extensive flow analysis capabilities that help you visualize and optimize the flow characteristics of concepts to create sustainable products with better performance.
The Simcenter portfolio includes different levels to address your CFD challenge. There is the renowned FloEFD solution (integrated into NX & Solid Edge + third-party CAD software), as well as Simcenter 3D for fluid dynamics simulation and the famous STAR-CCM+. Our CFD solutions can be deployed in numerous industries such as aerospace, automotive, HVAC, electronics, household and consumer products, as well as in the processing and manufacturing industry.
Feel free to contact us to discuss your project so we can provide further advice.
ASCOUSTIC ANALYSIS
Are your competitors gaining ground by using sound quality as a distinctive factor? Are stricter sound standards influencing the sale of your products? Do you want to spend less time predicting sound fields?
In the past, parametric analysis and design refinement were not feasible due to costs and limited time. Acoustic analysis is now achievable with Simcenter 3D. Both interior and exterior analysis help you make informed decisions early in the design phase so you can optimize your product’s acoustic performance.
Thanks to Simcenter 3D’s uniform and scalable modelling environment combined with efficient solvers and easy-to-interpret visualization capabilities, you can quickly gain insights into your product’s acoustic performance.
PRE / POST
An analyst often spends a lot of time preparing models for simulation.
That’s why Simcenter provides advanced meshing, framework conditions, and solver interfaces for superior quality analyses. Additionally, it offers an intuitive high-level geometry base that enables geometry operations and model associativity for multi-CAD data, thanks to NX’s Synchronous Technology.
With Simcenter, everything takes less time compared to other modelling tools. You can also save a lot of time by using your own models throughout the simulation process.
Industrial Machinery Performance Engineering
ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES WITH SIMCENTER
SIMCENTER 1D
LMS Imagine.Lab, a solution for the mechanical industry, is a complementary application to reduce complexity.
The application provides access to a more flexible, innovative system to design a robust concept related to thermodynamics and fluid dynamics.
COMPOSITE ANALYSIS
Making products lighter yet stronger? Using composites to create prototypes is often unaffordable. Therefore, simulation plays a crucial role in the design and manufacturing of new products using laminated composite materials.
Simcenter 3D is a leader in composite analysis, thanks to the continuous development of material models and element types. The entire process is accelerated by Simcenter 3D through seamless integration with design, precise solvers, and extensive post-processing capabilities.
Modeling composites in Fibersim and performing analyzes in NX Nastran and LMS Samcef solvers are tasks you can easily accomplish in Simcenter 3D.
Additionally, with the Simcenter 3D environment, you can efficiently design analysis models for external solvers such as Abaqus, Ansys, and MSC Nastran.
MOTION ANALYSIS
Understanding complex mechanical systems, such as photocopiers or aircraft wing flaps, is currently done using kinematics.
However, this does not account for essential information, such as moving parts that define the size of engines.
In addition to kinematics, NX CAM/Simcenter also offers motion analysis, which allows for an accurate kinetic model. The integrated RecurDyn motion solver and robust post-processing functions enable the analysis of a wide range of product behaviors.
SIMCENTER 3D
In combination with the NX Nastran solver and countless extensions (NX CAE, LMS Virtual.Lab, NX Nastran, and LMS Samtech), Simcenter 3D is the latest generation of 3D CAE solution based on the NX platform.
The NX Nastran solver is one of the leading solvers in the world and is fully integrated into Simcenter 3D. It is a finite element solver (FE) for stress, vibrations, buckling, structural analysis, heat calculations, and acoustic and aeroelastic analyses.
THERMAL ANALYSIS
Maintaining the thermal management of a product within a given range to ensure optimal performance?
To achieve this, heat must be added or removed passively or actively controlled. NX CAM software includes extensive and state-of-the-art thermal simulation capabilities, allowing you to better understand your product’s thermal characteristics and then adapt the thermal management solution to achieve optimal performance.
MULTIPHYSICS
Structural dynamics, heat transfer, flow, nonlinear material behavior, and motion are some of the crucial physics involved in simulation. How will they interact with other physical domains, for example, in aircraft engine engineering?
Multiphysics simulation is fully streamlined with Simcenter, making external data transfers unnecessary. This allows you to spend more time on simulation under conditions that closely approximate reality.
ENGINEERING OPTIMISATION – DESIGN SPACE EXPLORATION
How can I use less material while still meeting the same requirements?
Simcenter offers optimization capabilities that can help you answer this question by systematically searching for the best design that meets specified criteria. This allows you to dramatically reduce elements such as the weight of certain components or optimize a combination of parameters to improve your product.
Many companies already trust this innovative technology to maintain and enhance their competitive edge.
ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES WITH SIMCENTER
SIMCENTER 1D
LMS Imagine.Lab, a solution for the mechanical industry, is a complementary application to...
LMS Imagine.Lab, a solution for the mechanical industry, is a complementary application to reduce complexity.
The application provides access to a more flexible, innovative system to design a robust concept related to thermodynamics and fluid dynamics.
SIMCENTER 3D
In combination with the NX Nastran solver and countless extensions (NX CAE, LMS Virtual.Lab, NX Nastran, and LMS Samtech), Simcenter 3D is the latest generation of...
In combination with the NX Nastran solver and countless extensions (NX CAE, LMS Virtual.Lab, NX Nastran, and LMS Samtech), Simcenter 3D is the latest generation of 3D CAE solution based on the NX platform.
The NX Nastran solver is one of the leading solvers in the world and is fully integrated into Simcenter 3D. It is a finite element solver (FE) for stress, vibrations, buckling, structural analysis, heat calculations, and acoustic and aeroelastic analyses.
COMPOSITE ANALYSIS
Making products lighter yet stronger? Using composites to create prototypes is often unaffordable. Therefore, simulation plays a crucial role in the design and manufacturing...
Making products lighter yet stronger? Using composites to create prototypes is often unaffordable. Therefore, simulation plays a crucial role in the design and manufacturing of new products using laminated composite materials.
Simcenter 3D is a leader in composite analysis, thanks to the continuous development of material models and element types. The entire process is accelerated by Simcenter 3D through seamless integration with design, precise solvers, and extensive post-processing capabilities.
Modeling composites in Fibersim and performing analyzes in NX Nastran and LMS Samcef solvers are tasks you can easily accomplish in Simcenter 3D.
Additionally, with the Simcenter 3D environment, you can efficiently design analysis models for external solvers such as Abaqus, Ansys, and MSC Nastran.
MOTION ANALYSIS
Understanding complex mechanical systems, such as photocopiers or aircraft wing flaps, is currently done using kinematics...
Understanding complex mechanical systems, such as photocopiers or aircraft wing flaps, is currently done using kinematics.
However, this does not account for essential information, such as moving parts that define the size of engines.
In addition to kinematics, NX CAM/Simcenter also offers motion analysis, which allows for an accurate kinetic model. The integrated RecurDyn motion solver and robust post-processing functions enable the analysis of a wide range of product behaviors.
THERMAL ANALYSIS
Maintaining the thermal management of a product within a given range to ensure optimal...
Maintaining the thermal management of a product within a given range to ensure optimal performance?
To achieve this, heat must be added or removed passively or actively controlled. NX CAM software includes extensive and state-of-the-art thermal simulation capabilities, allowing you to better understand your product’s thermal characteristics and then adapt the thermal management solution to achieve optimal performance.
MULTIPHYSICS
Structural dynamics, heat transfer, flow, nonlinear material behaviour, and motion are some of the crucial physics involved in simulation. How will they interact with other...
Structural dynamics, heat transfer, flow, nonlinear material behavior, and motion are some of the crucial physics involved in simulation. How will they interact with other physical domains, for example, in aircraft engine engineering?
Multiphysics simulation is fully streamlined with Simcenter, making external data transfers unnecessary. This allows you to spend more time on simulation under conditions that closely approximate reality.
ENGINEERING OPTIMISATION – DESIGN
SPACE EXPLORATION
How can I use less material while still meeting the same requirements?...
How can I use less material while still meeting the same requirements?
Simcenter offers optimization capabilities that can help you answer this question by systematically searching for the best design that meets specified criteria. This allows you to dramatically reduce elements such as the weight of certain components or optimize a combination of parameters to improve your product.
Many companies already trust this innovative technology to maintain and enhance their competitive edge.
SIMCENTER FEMAP
Are you looking for an efficient FEA software that is easy to use but powerful enough to solve the most challenging problems? That’s exactly what Simcenter Femap provides!
High-performance FEA modelling for the engineering department. Simcenter Femap is one of the world’s leading native Windows CAD-independent preprocessors and postprocessors for advanced finite element analysis.
SIMCENTER FEMAP
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
Simcenter Femap is a sophisticated simulation application for the manufacturing, processing, and inspection of finite element models of complex products or systems.
You can use advanced workflows in Simcenter Femap to model compositions or systems and then determine the behavior of a model when subjected to real-world conditions.
Both linear and nonlinear calculations are possible when the system can no longer be considered linear.
DYNAMIC RESPONSE
Discover the capabilities of Femap with NX Nastran for transient and frequency response, complex eigenvalues, response spectrum, and random vibrations.
Femap with NX Nastran dynamic response allows you to calculate the forced response of your product to inputs (stress or motion) that vary with time or frequency, as well as calculations involving complex eigenvalues.
FEMAP ADVANCED
Use Femap Advanced for the calculation of enhanced analyses.
The advanced software adds a series of sophisticated analysis types, including aeroelasticity for creating aerodynamic stress, super elements for model partitioning, DMAP for adapting NX Nastran solution sequences, and Distributed Memory Parallel (DMP) with which NX Nastran can find solutions using multiple processors.
SIMCENTER FEMAP
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
Simcenter Femap is a sophisticated simulation application for the manufacturing, processing, and inspection of finite element models of complex products or...
Simcenter Femap is a sophisticated simulation application for the manufacturing, processing, and inspection of finite element models of complex products or systems.
You can use advanced workflows in Simcenter Femap to model compositions or systems and then determine the behavior of a model when subjected to real-world conditions.
Both linear and nonlinear calculations are possible when the system can no longer be considered linear.
DYNAMIC RESPONSE
Discover the capabilities of Femap with NX Nastran for transient and frequency response, complex eigenvalues, response spectrum, and random...
Discover the capabilities of Femap with NX Nastran for transient and frequency response, complex eigenvalues, response spectrum, and random vibrations.
Femap with NX Nastran dynamic response allows you to calculate the forced response of your product to inputs (stress or motion) that vary with time or frequency, as well as calculations involving complex eigenvalues.
FEMAP ADVANCED
Use Femap Advanced for the calculation of enhanced analyses...
Use Femap Advanced for the calculation of enhanced analyses.
The advanced software adds a series of sophisticated analysis types, including aeroelasticity for creating aerodynamic stress, super elements for model partitioning, DMAP for adapting NX Nastran solution sequences, and Distributed Memory Parallel (DMP) with which NX Nastran can find solutions using multiple processors.
