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Rich MooreRich MooreVP Business VP Business DevelopmentDevelopment

Rich MooreRich MooreVP Business VP Business DevelopmentDevelopment

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DevelopmentDevelopmentDevelopmentDevelopment

SpaceClaim—Built by Geometry Experts for CAE Experts

Founders Prior Experience

Mike Payne Chairman

• PTC and SolidWorks Founder• CTO of Dassault Systèmes

D DDanny DeanVP of R&D

• Lead Developer Pro/ENGINEER

Developed Fantastic User Experience1. SpaceClaim is easy to learn and use with short learning

curve—simplified user interfacep2. Intelligence at your finger tips—Heuristics3. Interactive Automation—Repair and Prepare and Conversion

SpaceClaim – CAE-A Partnership

• A partnership for Geometry Modeling– Innovative partnership with ANSYS, Inc. – Smart geometry modeling leading to increased

productivity for ANSYS Inc customersproductivity for ANSYS, Inc. customers– Integrated ANSYS Workbench-hosted geometry

solution– Strategic partnership with ANSYS for customer

success

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SpaceClaim Direct Modeler is Integrated with Workbench

• SpaceClaim enables

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ANSYS SpaceClaim– rapid pre-processing and

repair of dirty geometry

ANSYS SpaceClaim Direct Modeler

– manipulation of “dumb” CAD models

• Geometry• Parameters• Named Selections• Material Properties• Topology


• Parameters• Parameters

– parameterization without native CAD

ANSYSANSYS– extraction of analysis data

such as fluid domain

ANSYS Workbench

ANSYS Workbench

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Embraced by Top Companies Around the World

ANSYS SpaceClaim Direct Modeler

1. Dirty Geometry and Model Prep2. Beams and Shells3 GAMBIT U3. GAMBIT Users4.4. ANSOFT IntegrationANSOFT Integration55 Concept ModelingConcept Modeling5.5. Concept ModelingConcept Modeling


SpaceClaim Helps Clean Up Dirty Geometry

• Up to 50% faster model prep and revision• No delays waiting for CAD specialists• Spend more time analyzing and innovating • Optimize designs before returning to detailed CAD

“With SpaceClaim, we no longer get hung up in i d l f l i I f t S Cl ipreparing models for analysis. In fact, SpaceClaim

is already saving us anywhere from 25 to 50 percent in valuable time.”

-Shane McGoldrick, PE,

SpaceClaim Provides Automated Features for Users

• Dedicated tools to repair flawed CAD geometries• Push-button automatic tools dedicated to simulation

– Volume Extract and Enclosures– Create volumes for CFD

Si lif d ll f t i l t f t– Simplify rounds, small features, irrelevant features– Merge faces to simplify meshing– Extract mid-surfaces to create shell elements– Extract extrusions to create beam elementsExtract extrusions to create beam elements– Isolate relevant sections of large models, assemblies– Set up symmetry conditions

• Industry-leading direct modeling to edit and optimize the designy g g p g

SpaceClaim Helps Users

This modification took about 6 hours in SpaceClaim, but it would have taken weeks in Pro/ENGINEER.

– EngineerEngineerLarge Defense Contractor

“I’ve gained back at least 50% of my time with SpaceClaim and able to focus on analysis and delivering the optimal design changes to new concepts or existing machinery. Pre-processing is no longer the limiting factor”Pre processing is no longer the limiting factor

Pierre NgankeuSenior Mechanical EngineerEmhart Glass Research CenterEmhart Glass Research Center

SpaceClaim for Concept Modeling

• SpaceClaim is easy to learn and use with short learning curvelearning curve

– Precise, powerful, and easy-to-use modeling, without the complexity of traditional history-based MCAD

• History-free modeling• History-free modeling– Flexible and interactive tools support fast design creation and editing

• Intelligence at your finger tips– Application analyzes geometry and context, anticipates user actions and gestures– Powerful geometric inference engine that works independently of where the model was created

• Superior interoperabilitySuperior interoperability– Imported CAD data can be edited and combined as easily as native data

SpaceClaim Enables Design Optimization

ANSYS SpaceClaim Direct

SpaceClaim significantly SpaceClaim Direct

Modelerstreamlines the procedure for making model changes, effectively improving overall efficiency and



• Parameters• Parameters

improving overall efficiency and resulting in a workflow that is clearly better than our previous data

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• Geometry• Parameters

ANSYS Workbench

• Geometry• Parameters

exchange methodology. The tool helps us find optimal solutions while meeting cross-discipline objectives.

Parameters• Named Selections• Material Properties• Topology

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Parameters• Named Selections• Material Properties• Topology

DM Mesh MechHiroshi Mizuide, Branch Manager,Hi ki E E C ti DM Mesh MechDM Mesh MechHioki E.E. Corporation.

ANSYS SpaceClaim Direct Modelerfor customers who…

• Need Beams and ShellsNeed Beams and Shells• Use GAMBIT• Uses ANSOFT products• Is not a skilled CAD user but needs to modify geometryIs not a skilled CAD user but needs to modify geometry• Does not have the native CAD system installed and licensed

locally• Has very complex models that need defeaturingy p g• Does not always receive native CAD files• Wants to build conceptual models

– Be liberated from the CAD group!


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