Increase & parallelize weight reduction trade-off studies of generated design alternatives with high quality shapes respecting structural & thermal KPI targets
The Function Driven Generative Designer role workflow starts with the capture of functional specifications such as geometrical context, targeted performance and constraints. Concept shapes are then generated automatically to obtain an exact geometric representation that can easily be structurally validated.
From a baseline design study, it is easy to create, visualize and compare different alternatives and their resulting KPIs to perform a tradeoff and select the best concept.
A wide range of Manufacturing constraints, such as Additive Manufacturing printing direction or constraints related to more conventional processes such as milling, casting and forging can drive the design throughout the entire workflow
As the workflow converges towards a Detailed Design, the Design Engineer has various sets of capabilities to assist with the detailed modeling of the part or the assembly, which can still easily be structurally validated before being finalized.
Benefits
Compare and assess different configurations against KPIs to select the best lightweight concept
Workflow assistant to guide the user in every step of the process
Automatic generation of a functional concept CAD
Best-in-class detailed modeling
Validate easily the structural behavior of the lightweight design with comprehensive sets of loading and boundary conditions
Embedded Compute up to 4 cores
Highlights
Workflow assistant to guide the user in every step of the process
Design space creation from any CAD data, native or imported, edited using de-featuring and other intuitive direct modeling capabilities.
Clearly identified Functional regions remaining the same throughout the design exploration
Comprehensive sets of loading and boundary conditions to precisely specify what the targeted design shall withstand.
Extensive Optimization setup capabilities, including frequency, displacement or stress constraints as well as manufacturing constraints
Additive manufacturing support strategy exploration, thanks to overhang analysis and self-supported structures proposed for a given printing direction.
Automatic generation of a functional concept CAD
Alternatives creation from a baseline study, to explore different approaches, and then compare and assess their resulting mass and other Key Performance Indicators to select the best concept.
No need to re-define the simulation scenario: the initial setup is reused automatically on any generated shape, from concept to final, to structurally validate it.
Organic modeling tools as well as prismatic modeling tools such as the Milling Assistant interact to finalize the part or the assembly detailed design.
