About the role

The Durability Performance Engineer role allows you to:

• Provide product engineers powerful and intuitive tools needed to perform sophisticated structural simulations, powered by market leader Abaqus technology, during the design process
• Fatigue simulation to predict accurate fatigue lives and ensure complex engineering products are designed for durability: avoid late re-design, minimize physical tests, reduce warranty costs, extend life in service
• Experience efficient what-if scenarios through seamless associativity with geometry
• Offers multistep structural scenarios for product performance and quality testing during the product design process
• Accelerate structural performance simulation with unique automated model creation for large assemblies
• Enables high-performance results visualization, particularly for very large models
• Include embedded compute up to 8 cores

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R2025x FD03

Functional Value

• Enhance vehicle safety workflows with the availability of integrated section output definition and results visualization
  Improve line fastener robustness involving multi-part overlapping scenarios with the availability of enhanced proximity detection techniques

• Enhance modeling of heat transfer effects in thermal engineering applications with the addition of cavity radiation definition
  Improve modelling efficiency and re-use with support for defining appropriate element types as part of the model definition
   

User Experience Value

• Expedient model diagnostic information loading and display for efficient results analysis and model troubleshooting

• Easily review the mesh quality matrix of selective meshes with the enhanced Quality Report

• Efficiently assess the load carrying capacity of idealized bolted joints featuring multi-layer definitions

R2025x FD02

Functional Value

• Experience improved usability and efficiency for managing existing mesh with support for persistency of mesh editing operations when model changes are made

• Easily generate high quality mesh with the ability to enable elements optimization from within the Mesh Part Manager

• Flexibly and effectively use native applications and monitor simulations during execution with the new local interactive solve mode

User Experience Value

• Increase confidence in the produced mesh quality with quality plot display showing the criterion selected by the user with the relevant range of legend values

R2025x FD01

Functional Value

• Efficiently specify and apply spatially varying loads and pre-defined fields with the use of analytical expressions

• Simulate the performance of large assemblies with an efficient user experience for defining bonding between components

• Improve the computational accuracy and efficiency of generalized polyhedral volumes with high-quality hex/hex-dominated meshes using a midpoint subdivision algorithm

• Define and re-use contact conditions between components across simulations by defining contact as part of the model setup with the ability to refine the definitions during the scenario setup

• Easily and reliably identify the intensity of stress change required to achieve a target design life with the Factor of Strength (FOS) functionality in the durability case

User Experience Value

• Efficiently assess fidelity of a FE model with the enhanced and extended Model Checker options

• Easily review the mesh quality matrix of selective meshes with the enhanced Quality Report

R2025x GA

Functional Value

• Efficiently create models of formed components using CATIA quick formability feature to initialize shell section thickness

• Create high fidelity FE models including triangle/tet meshes with improved meshing capabilities by adding the mesh type as a user parameter

• Easily produce high-quality surface and volume mesh connections with the new functionality to merge nodes between a 2D and 3D mesh and to make the condensation persistent

• Extend the applicability of line fastener constructs by adding new wedge element options

• Build large assemblies of symmetric components efficiently with the ability to mirror a half symmetry FEM including connections

User Experience Value

• Efficiently create simulation models using new geometric defeaturing and idealization commands with the addition of the new Geometry Idealization Essentials application

• Perform cloud-computed simulations during the design process with a new dedicated Computer center in Asia

R2024x FD04

User Experience Value

• Easily and efficiently create Virtual Strain Gauges using CATIA model definition such as imposed points and model axis systems

• Flexibly define Virtual Strain Gauges by specifying each length, width and tolerance at individual sensor position

• Easily review simulation data size and delete them efficiently to optimize data storage in 3DEXPERIENCE

R2024x FD03

User Experience Value

• Accelerate and simplify access to the relevant output information with the new option to define unique default output requests

• Shorten durability case analysis time with an option to analyze only selected part of a model in durability case at the scenario level

R2024x FD02

Functional Value

• Increase efficiency of modeling assemblies and identifying intersecting entities with the new visibility and filtering options of interference checker results

User Experience Value

• Improve usability and efficiency of scenario definition by cutting, copying and pasting scenario features of the model tree
• Experience improved usability and efficiency for managing complex assemblies with an improved way to create and edit Display groups with a refreshed dialog.
• Easily and reliably identify and correct disconnected mesh parts in an assembly based on the realized connections in the model definition to simulate complex assemblies more efficiently

R2024x FD01

Functional Value

• Build large assemblies that involve symmetric components with the new planar-symmetric FEM generation functionality
• Extend applicability of axisymmetric simulations with thermal simulations and physical pre-tension bolt loading

User Experience Value

• Streamline simulation workflows based on Assembly of Meshes with automated Abstraction Shape creation
• Investigate multiple material options in fatigue life predictions through material definition override in durability

R2023x FD04

Functional Value

• Reduce modeling time and enhance simulation quality with improvements to the mesh interference checker

Reduce modeling time and enhance simulation quality with improvements to the mesh interference checker

R2023x FD03

Functional Value

• Maximize mesh data reuse and automate connection realization aided by the connection rules in Assembly of Mesh simulation models

User Experience Value

• Improve mesh quality in surface meshes and partition hex mesh regions with enhanced manual mesh editing tools

Improve mesh quality in surface meshes and partition hex mesh regions with enhanced manual mesh editing tools

Maximize mesh data reuse and automate connection realization aided by the connection rules in Assembly of Mesh simulation models

R2023x FD02

User Experience Value

Diagnose and fix modeling issues quickly and efficiently with the new simulation job diagnostics

Diagnose and fix modeling issues quickly and efficiently with the new simulation job diagnostics

R2023x FD01 

Functional Value

• Predict behavior and failure of adhesives with inclusion of cohesive element modelling
• Predict product life with high accuracy by performing durability assessments on coupled thermal-structural analysis

User Experience Value

• Modify simulation settings quickly and efficiently by editing scenario features directly through the improved assistant panel

Modify simulation settings quickly and efficiently by editing scenario features directly through the improved assistant panel

Predict behavior and failure of adhesives with inclusion of cohesive element modelling

R2022x FD04

Functional Value

• Enhanced coupling connection capturing specified number of node rings around holes
• New factor of safety output for virtual bolts allowing a quick check if the bolt has failed or not
• Stress Linearization capability to extract membrane and bending stresses as requested by various industrial standards
• Durability cases are now supported in Parametric Design Study Essentials workflows

New Stress Linearization capability in Physics Results Explorer to extract membrane and bending stresses as requested by various industrial standards

New factor of safety output for virtual bolts allowing a quick check if the bolt has failed or not

Enhanced coupling connection capturing specified number of node rings around holes

Durability cases are now supported in Parametric Design Study Essentials workflows

R2022x FD03

Functional Value

• New app introduced: Parametric Design Study Essentials - single objective study identifying the best design in an intuitive environment
• Virtual Pin can now be defined on surface geometry removing an existing limitation
• New option for selective flipping of face normals when defining TIE constraints, acoustics couplings or a fluid cavity on a shell-like model, avoiding any specific geometry modification requirement

User Experience Value

• Visibility improvement by adding legends to colored mesh visualization (mesh quality and orientation, etc.)
• User Experience improvements in the Property & Abstraction manager to allow multiple properties selections e.g. to change material behaviors or thicknesses, vastly reducing number of clicks needed
• Durability - Results sensors automatically created for efficient performance assessment
• Structural simulations performed using this role (on cloud) can now be monitored from the Simulation Manager app, a web-based app available from any device

Meshing - Visibility improvement by adding legends to colored mesh visualization (mesh quality, orientation, etc.)

Structural simulations performed using this role (on cloud) can now be monitored from the Simulation Manager app, a web-based app available from any device

New option for selective flipping of face normals when defining a cyclic symmetry or a fluid cavity on a shell-like model, avoiding any specific geometry modification requirement

R2022x FD02

Functional Value

• New dedicated dialog box for virtual bolts results accelerating access to relevant outputs (force, moment, etc.)
• Integration of Physics Simulation objects to the 3DMarkup app to create persistent annotations and slides based on such data, useful for collaboration and design change process
• Durability - Support for new "General" structural analysis step type

User Experience Value

• Supporting SOLIDWORKS custom materials in simulation domain improving efficiency and re-use
• Upgraded TET filler mesher algorithm improving mesh quality and robustness

Integration of Physics Simulation objects to the 3DMarkup app to create persistent annotations and slides based on such data, useful for collaboration and design change process

Durability - Support for new "General" structural analysis step type

New dedicated dialog box for virtual bolts results accelerating access to relevant outputs (force, moment, etc.)

Supporting SOLIDWORKS custom materials in simulation domain improving efficiency and re-use

R2022x FD01 

Functional Value

• New camera setup feature allowing users to track any particular target and to follow the movement of a component during animations
• New Visualization Management tool for Simulation, merging Visualization & Visibility Control for improved usability
• Dedicated Property & Abstraction Manager with advanced filtering functionalities to review and edit Properties and Abstractions, especially in large models
• Enhancements in the meshing step allowing users to modify quality check parameters
• Virtual Bolt Enhancements for virtual bolts creation and detection with non-planar and non-circular holes

New camera setup feature allowing users to track any particular target and to follow the movement of a component during animations

New Visualization Management tool for Simulation, merging Visualization & Visibility Control for improved usability

Virtual Bolt Enhancements for virtual bolts creation and detection with non-planar and non-circular holes

Dedicated Property & Abstraction Manager with advanced filtering functionalities to review and edit Properties and Abstractions, especially in large models

R2022x GA 

Functional Value

• Durability solver now supports cloud compute to remove hardware barriers and enable any user in running large models on the cloud
• FEM integration in standard mass & inertia measurement tool, leveraging information available in Model Queries
• Meshing - New persistent locking options for elements and domains facilitating any remeshing action
• Modeling & Meshing -Support lap joint for the Support boundary method of line fastener reducing dramatically the time effort and effort to create the mesh in such case
• Post Processing - Ability to export sensor outputs to CSV file or document

User Experience Value

• Improved model-build user experience with a unified app for meshing and structural model creation, improving efficiency

Modeling and Meshing -Support lap joint for the Support boundary method of line fastener reducing dramatically the time effort and effort to create the mesh in such case

Improved model-build user experience with a unified app for meshing and structural model creation, improving efficiency

Modeling and Meshing - New persistent locking options for elements and domains facilitating any remeshing action

FEM integration in standard mass & inertia measurement tool, leveraging information available in Model Queries

Durability solver now supports cloud compute to remove hardware barriers and enable any user in running large models on the cloud

R2021x FD07

Functional Value

• The Automated FEM command has been enhanced to support multibody for tria & quad surface procedure so users can easily select which body to be meshed with 2D elements
• New check and fix tools for compatible line fasteners connections are improving dramatically the meshing success rate
• New Connector behaviors to reach completeness in Virtual Bolt and Point Fastener

User Experience Value

• Revamped Simulation Initialization for intuitive first steps enabling users to select up at a glance the simulation name, the analysis type, the analysis case name as well as an existing FEM
• New scroll bars and User Interface modification improve the user experience when defining material simulation model
• On-The-Fly axis system creation is now possible when dealing with scenario related features, improving dramatically the user experience
• Ability to create a new template from a plot definition and sensors has been added to the Post Processing phase for a straightforward subsequent reuse

On-The-Fly axis system creation is now possible when dealing with scenario related features, improving dramatically the user experience

The Simulation Initialization has been revamped for efficient and intuitive first steps

To improve the User experience when defining Material with Simulation Domain, the Simulation Domain editor has been enhanced with independent scroll bars and more spaces

Ability to create a new template from a plot definition and sensors has been added to the Post Processing phase for a straightforward subsequent reuse

New check and fix tools for compatible line fasteners connections are improving dramatically the meshing success rate

New Connector behaviors to reach completeness in Virtual Bolt and Point Fastener

The Automated FEM command has been enhanced to support multibody for tria & quad surface procedure so users can easily select which body (the main body, all geometries or visible geometries ) to be meshed with 2D elements

R2021x FD06

Functional Value

• Small sliding in General Contact for faster contact set up in linear cases
• Modeling - New connection options (e.g. rigid elastic in connector behavior, distributing vs. kinematic couplings in connector and virtual bolt) to improve the connection modeling flexibility
• Scenario – Support of hydrostatic pressure, regular load condition for pressure vessel simulations
• Post-Processing - Virtual Strain Gauge creation tool to define and output simulation results consistent with standard physical test measurement methods, and help determine best strain gauge locations for test

User Experience Value

• Modeling - More options (e.g. search domain) provided for the fastener creation automation using data coming from the CATIA Fastening app
• Durability - XY Plotting of Fatigue Loading Signals
• Post-Processing - New variable contour transparency for contour rendering enhancing rendering settings for results data review or communication

Small sliding in General Contact for faster contact set up in linear cases

Durability - XY Plotting of Fatigue Loading Signals

Support of hydrostatic pressure, regular load condition for pressure vessel simulations

Virtual Strain Gauge creation tool to define and output simulation results consistent with standard physical test measurement methods, and help determine best strain gauge locations for test

Ability to provide semi contour rendering capability in Post Processing phase

Deliver an example that uses the 3DEXPERIENCE Connector for SOLIDWORKS in the 3DEXPERIENCE Simulation Examples user guide.

Modeling - New connection options (e.g. rigid elastic in connector behavior, distributing vs. kinematic couplings in connector and virtual bolt) to improve the connection modeling flexibility

Modeling - More options provided for the fastener creation automation using data coming from the CATIA Fastening app