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2 CAE solutions completed by CEI and Customers Darin McKinnis VP Sales and Marketing Tokyo, Japan October 2007

3 CEI s Worldwide Network Sharc Numeco SeaStars TADC CAD-IT LEAP

4 CEI s Major Accounts

5 Development Contracts

6 Customer Examples Interfaces CAD reading Advanced reader Alternative User Interfaces Replacement EnSight user interface (UI) Complete CFD workflow with Harpoon and EnSight CFD consulting project Apex MSC.Software licenses APEX for SimXpert Optimization interfaces with Red Cedar

7 Interfaces CAE EnSight Case CAD

8 One Viewer for all Sources Abaqus RADIOSS ANSYS, CFX, FLUENT NX Nastran

9 CAD Models cad.ensight.com for pricing see:

10 CAD Models Features: CAD Reading Splined camera paths Pointed cameras Textures 3D Arrows Multiple Viewports Multiple Lights Export to ray-tracing Sound effects Python scripting VR Displays Uses: Fly thru Add contex to a CAE model Animate a CAD assembly Compare CAD to CAE model VR and PowerWalls

11 CAD Models CATIA V5 CATIA V4 IGES Parasolid Pro/E SolidWorks STEP Unigraphics ACIS Inventor.iv WaveFront.obj Stereolithography.stl cad.ensight.com

12 Advanced Data Readers Example: Exodus reader XML formatted file, creates a secondary partlist in EnSight Several capabilities are possible: creation of variables activation of variables parts cases next... queries See source code: $CEI_HOME/ensight82/user_defined_gui/snl_DART_partlist.py $CEI_HOME/ensight82/src/readers/exodus_gold/libuserd.c

13 Advanced Data Readers See source code: $CEI_HOME/ensight82/user_defined_gui/snl_DART_partlist.py $CEI_HOME/ensight82/src/readers/exodus_gold/libuserd.c

14 Alternative User Interfaces

15 Replacement EnSight User Interface Goals: Mix results from any solver seamlessly Provide design tool Not limited to post-processing Features added to EnSight: Displaced and nondisplaced geom Picking by element type Query for n or e based on variable value interface swapping

16 Complete CFD Workflow Goal: parametric studies optimize the mixing process. Tools: Enthought Harpoon AcuSolve EnSight Python isight Advantages Ease of simulation setup Increased automation Reduced chance for error Stabilizes software release schedule Allows for replacing embedded components Easy-to-use geometry builder reduces or eliminates dependence on CAD specialists, and eliminates errors due to imprecise CAD models. Templates empower more CAE production

17 Replacement EnSight User Interface Embed graphics in PyQt window Mouse/key interaction Default: Ensight Can use filtered events See source code example: cd ensight82/unsupported/ user_gui_examples/ qt_ensight_gui/ ensight8 qtguipy qmainwin.py p myexample.enc

18 CFD Consulting Projects For a large power generation company: A $15M reduction in cost was achieved on each $40M installation. For a small but exclusive automotive manufacturer: Reproduced all Wind Tunnel problems of a new car. New design process provides more design iterations prior to any clay or wind tunnel models. CD-Adapco General Electric Combustion Science McLaren F-1 Fluent Star-CD CFX AcuSolve Harpoon Gambit ICEM-CFD ProStar ProAM Lead consulting engineer: Kevin Colburn

19 Apex Software Components for Developers

20 APEX Inside EnVideo from CEI Harpoon from Sharc EnVe from CEI Fluent s FloWizard Reveal from CEI MSC s SimXpert EnSight from CEI Heeds from Red Cedar

21 What is Apex? Software components Cross-platform Engineering data and results High-performance rendering Animation High-quality output Parallel rendering and VR Distributed-aware

22 APEX & Languages Easily use your preferred language

23 Why use Apex? Concentrate on the application Isolation from shifting graphics technologies Reduce time-to-market Features / Performance Pixel shaders, Image formats, VR, Batch graphics Distributed aware Emerging computing platforms

24 Apex Components CvfUtils Cross-platform & Basic types CvfCore data, font engine, I/O CvfPRS Widgets, Input CvfRender Rendering CvfQt Qt 3 / Qt 4 (Trolltech) integration CvfCr Chromium (cluster rendering) integration CvfScn HDF5 Scenario I/O API CAD Reading from Spatial Interop Many plug-in API s More to come...

25 Apex Future Automatic support of multi-gpu/cpu systems Server-side functionality(isosurface, clip, compute) Automated building of GUI dialogs Volume rendering ActiveX viewer Meshing components

26 APEX Inside EnVideo from CEI EnVe from CEI Reveal from CEI EnSight from CEI

27 APEX Inside Harpoon Harpoon is a mesh generation program from Sharc (UK) Harpoon is most commonly used with CFD packages such as: Fluent Star-CD CFX, Acusim, etc. Harpoon v3 released Q and adds graphics utilities from Apex allowing for better platform support. Harpoon can be run in batch and we hope to offer it within Apex for use by other customers soon. Harpoon from Sharc

28 APEX Inside FloWizard Fluent s FloWizard wraps the Fluent CFD program in a wizard-driven GUI. Target audience is non-cfd experts who can do routine CFD work if it is automated. Includes: CAD import Meshing Preprocessing Solving Visualization FloWizard from Fluent

29 APEX Inside SimXpert SimXpert is from MSC.Software and replaces Patran For years MSC.Software customers have been buying EnSight for post-processing results from: Dytran Marc Nastran SimXpert includes: CAD import Meshing Preprocessing Solving SimXpert from MSC.Software

30 Apex Inside Red Cedar s Heeds for Optimization CAD CAE Process Meshing Pre Solve Read Data Post-Processing Heeds Portal Window Optimize

31 Tutorials

33 Feature Requests 2 3 1

34 CEIVIZ 08 Conference Sept 23-25, 2008, Baltimore, MD International User Conference & Sales Meeting NCSU Astrophysics Prof. J. Blondin CEI s international partners at CEIViz 06

35 EnSight Forum Darin McKinnis VP Sales and Marketing Tokyo, Japan October 2007

Integration of Multi-disciplinary Visualization Platform with a Decision Support System for MD Nastran

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