PROCESS MODELING
Create, save, execute, and share repeatable engineering processes.
PHX ModelCenter allows you to graphically integrate analysis programs and automatically pass design parameters from one program to another. The sequence in which these programs are executed is data dependent, meaning that if any of the inputs to a program is changed, the program will automatically execute and refresh the output parameters. Key features include:
- Intuitive Flow Chart-Like Display. Use an intuitive drag-and-drop graphical user interface to combine engineering analysis tools with logic, looping, and branching statements to create repeatable, standards-based, flow-chart like engineering processes.
- Graphical Programming. Implement complex logic using inclusive and exclusive “If” statements, For loops, For-Each loops, and convergence loops.
- Workflow Automation. Once an engineering process is created, it can be executed automatically. Data is automatically transferred from one simulation to the next as the simulation runs—across the network if necessary. Use the flowchart view to graphically monitor execution progress as the process runs.
- Standard Processes. Save, share and reuse the engineering processes that you create across your organization.
- Hierarchical Construction. Combine existing PHX ModelCenter models and processes in a hierarchical manner to create more complex, higher level processes.
- Complements traditional data-dependent ModelCenter models. When creating a new ModelCenter model, users can choose to work in either the new process modeling mode or in the traditional data-dependency mode. Traditional data-dependent models can be embedded as sub-processes inside workflow processes.
CAE SOLVER PLUG-IN SUITE
Wrap high fidelity CAE solvers early in product development to find the best designs.
The CAE Solver Plug-In Suite available in PHX ModelCenter 9.0 allows users to wrap their favorite CAE solvers to perform multiple trade-off studies efficiently and effectively. The integration of CAE solvers into PHX ModelCenter is performed within an easy-to-use visual environment and does not require any tedious programming.
Custom interfaces are provided for a number of commercially available CAE software tools (such as Nastran®, Ansys®, ABAQUS® and LS-DYNA®). Once the CAE solver(s) are integrated into PHX ModelCenter, trade studies such as parametric evaluations, design of experiments (DOE), response surface modeling (RSM), and optimization studies can be performed to find the best design solutions. Key features include:
- Easy- to-Use Graphical Interface. Define the design parameters visually: CAE solver input/output files are parsed out graphically.
- Automatic Identification of Design Variables. Automatically identify key design variables and specify their bounds with solver-specific intelligence embedded in the graphical parser.
- Model Visualization. Visualize some FEA models in the workspace.
- Parsing API. Quickly wrap any analysis software that uses ASCII input and output files.
RSM TOOLKIT 2.0
Accelerate multi-run trade studies: Replace long running analyses with quick, accurate approximations.
The new RSMToolkit 2.0 allows users to replace long running analyses with quick running approximate models (response surface models) thus enabling faster multi-run trade studies such as optimization and Monte Carlo analysis. The user interface guides users the response surface creation process, allowing users to choose from traditional polynomial response surface models or the new and versatile Kriging models.
The new dashboard view allows users to assess the overall quality of a response surface model at a glance. Interactive graphical displays help users to visualize each of their response surface models and make a detailed assessment of their accuracy. Models generated using different algorithms (or different data sets) can be overlaid and compared side-by-side. The new model validation feature allows users to run ModelCenter to generate new data (for comparison purposes) at any point on the response surface model. Key features include:
- Kriging Models. Create accurate response surface models for nonlinear multimodalfunctions.
- Dashboard View. Quickly and easily assess the overall quality of your response surface models.
- Interactive Graphical Displays. Interactively visualize, evaluate and compare different response surface models
- Model Validation. Generate new data with PHX ModelCenter and validate your response surface models at any point in the design space.
QUICK WRAP 2.0
Quickly wrap any command line based simulation intuitively.
The Quick Wrap tool provides an intuitive point and click graphical user interface for quickly wrapping any command line based simulation. In most cases, input and output variables are specified by simply pointing and clicking on the variables in the input and output files with the mouse. Version 2.0 has been updated and enhanced to make it more robust and user friendly. Key features include:
- Enhanced Debugging. Run programs in the local folder and view run progress on the trace panel.
- Large File Support. Load, scroll and navigate through large files faster.
- Pattern Matching Engine. Gain support for various patterns for CAE input files, FORTRAN name-list, general name-value lists, and user-defined patterns.
- Easy-to-Use. Automatically highlight variables, control-click to select multiple ranges, and support for relative and absolute file paths.
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