Summary A major obstacle in performing real- world engineering simulations is how to retain the geometric fidelity of your product without unduly affecting simu- lation throughput. As model complexity increases, engineers may spend a majority of their time performing man- ual and repetitive tasks, such as: • Cleaning and defeaturing dirty or incomplete computer-aided design (CAD) geometry • Combining CAD models originating from various sources using multiple tools • Preparing scripts to handle updating of design variants www.siemens.com/plm/simcenter Benefits • Easily integrate with existing design processes by importing geometry from most leading CAD and PLM software • Drive design modifications from the CAD or STAR-CCM+ environment with direct geometry transfer and bi-direc- tional associativity • Easily create, modify and prepare geometry using the STAR-CCM+ inte- grated CAD modeler • Combine CAD originating from vari- ous sources in a single STAR-CCM+ model • Save engineering time with automatic geometry cleanup using surface wrapping STAR-CCM+ geometry handling Facilitate design processes by straightforwardly creating, modifying and preparing geometry From geometry to solution: thermal simulation of an LED light bulb. Eliminating these bottlenecks is critical so that engineers can spend their valu- able time doing what they do best: innovating. STAR-CCM+ offers the solution STAR-CCM+ software helps you maxi- mize your productivity with robust and automated workflows that ensure complex geometries are ready to mesh in record time. The single integrated user interface facilitates geometry handling, including: • Geometry creation: Efficiently create complex models using components from various sources, including exter- nal CAD packages as well as the STAR-CCM+ integrated CAD modeler, 3D-CAD • Geometry preparation: Easily clean up geometry with tools, including auto- matic defeaturing in 3D-CAD, manual surface repair and surface wrapping • Design exploration: Seamlessly parameterize and automate design changes enabled by the single inte- grated user interface and repeatable CAD-to-solution processes in STAR-CCM+
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SummaryA major obstacle in performing real-world engineering simulations is how to retain the geometric fidelity of your product without unduly affecting simu-lation throughput. As model complexity increases, engineers may spend a majority of their time performing man-ual and repetitive tasks, such as:
• Cleaning and defeaturing dirty or incomplete computer-aided design (CAD) geometry
• Combining CAD models originating from various sources using multiple tools
• Preparing scripts to handle updating of design variants
www.siemens.com/plm/simcenter
Benefits• Easily integrate with existing design
processes by importing geometry from most leading CAD and PLM software
• Drive design modifications from the CAD or STAR-CCM+ environment with direct geometry transfer and bi-direc-tional associativity
• Easily create, modify and prepare geometry using the STAR-CCM+ inte-grated CAD modeler
• Combine CAD originating from vari-ous sources in a single STAR-CCM+ model
• Save engineering time with automatic geometry cleanup using surface wrapping
STAR-CCM+ geometry handling
Facilitate design processes by straightforwardly creating, modifying and preparing geometry
From geometry to solution: thermal simulation of an LED light bulb.
Eliminating these bottlenecks is critical so that engineers can spend their valu-able time doing what they do best: innovating.
STAR-CCM+ offers the solutionSTAR-CCM+ software helps you maxi-mize your productivity with robust and automated workflows that ensure complex geometries are ready to mesh in record time. The single integrated user interface facilitates geometry handling, including:
• Geometry creation: Efficiently create complex models using components from various sources, including exter-nal CAD packages as well as the STAR-CCM+ integrated CAD modeler, 3D-CAD
• Geometry preparation: Easily clean up geometry with tools, including auto-matic defeaturing in 3D-CAD, manual surface repair and surface wrapping
• Design exploration: Seamlessly parameterize and automate design changes enabled by the single inte-grated user interface and repeatable CAD-to-solution processes in STAR-CCM+
SIMCENTER
Geometry modification in STAR-CCM+ of the front wing of a race car.
3D scan to CFD on a street luge. (Courtesy: Creaform)
Surface-wrapped model of complex offshore-platform geometry.
Surface-wrapped model of a car engine bay. (Courtesy: Hyundai Motor Company)
Thermal control module design using STAR-CCM+.
Geometry creation• CAD-Exchange: Import native and
neutral formats using the Windows® operating system or Linux operating system, including files from CATIA® V5 software, NX™ software, Parasolid® software, PTC® Creo® software, Autodesk® Inventor® software; and standard CAD exchange formats, such as Initial Graphics Exchange Specification (IGES), Standard for the Exchange of Product model data (STEP), STereoLithography (STL) and German Automotive Industry Association – surface data interface (VDA-FS)
• CAD-Clients:
> Direct geometry, reference data and coordinate system transfer and updates from CAD to STAR-CCM+ without intermediate CAD files
> Bi-directional connectivity to CAD/product lifecycle management (PLM) tools with access to, and modification of, design parameters in STAR-CCM+
> Remote execution for transfer of files on Windows and Linux from STAR-CCM+ to your CAD machine and vice versa
• 3D-CAD: Parametric, feature-based solid and surface modeling tool
> Create, modify and defeature native and imported CAD models
> Combine imported models with components created in 3D-CAD