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Collaborative Knowledge Management

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Motivation for EKM

Brief Discussion on EKM

Agenda

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Motivation for EKM

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1960 2020

SIMULATION COSTS

NUMBER OF SIMULATIONS

DATA & COMPLEXITY

TECHNOLOGY DRIVES SYSTEMS SIMULATION

& ROBUST DESIGN

Component | Subsystem | System

Network Speed Computer Speed Hardware Parallel Computing

Trends

Multiphysics (Mutli-scale), Robust Design & Systems approach will require new tools for managing this IP

Traditional Growth – Linear Robust Design & Parametric Studies – Exponential

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Mega

Bytes

Kilo

Bytes

Tera/Peta

Search Model Build Runs Archival Results/Reports

Test - Co-relation

CAE Data - Simple View

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Questions (1/2)

Where do you store your simulation data today? Local storage

Shared drives

Dedicated System

Are you able to retrieve and reuse previous simulation assets in a reasonable amount of time?

How do you manage the following assets? Performance Attributes Specs/Requirements/Documents

Simulation materials

Meshing/Analysis Rules/Specs

Relevant test data for co-relation

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Questions (2/2)

What are the collaboration mechanisms between teams or departments?

Multiphysics

Do you allow remote access for your analyst and consultant staff? Remote centers

How many of you use Workbench? - What % of your ANSYS simulations are performed using Workbench?

< 10%

10-50%

> 50%

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Notable Industry Surveys

Source: CPDA(2007) 150 companies

Surveyed (Heavy CAE Users)

Key Surveys

• How do you manage the results generated by your CAE simulations?

• How do you capture the simulation expertise of your engineers?

75 % of Engineering Knowledge & Data is loosely managed

Top Challenges of Understanding Product Behavior

Multiphysics effects, Increased Complexity, Many Variants

Source: Aberdeen Group;

April 2011

Source : Customer feedback

How Engineers Spend their time

Significant amount of time spent on Menial tasks - Searching , manual exchange, rework . etc.

Need for collaboration, traceability and better management of CAE data

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• Where is the existing data?

• How to Search, Retrieve, Compare, Reuse, Share?

• How to leverage previous decisions and lessons learnt?

• Distributed Data/Team Challenges

• Diverse needs

IP KNOWLEDGE BASE

Quality & Traceability

Summary - Key Challenges

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• Change Management (for CAE)?

• Role based needs

• Lifecycle

• How to capture best practices?

• How to leverage the IT investments? (HPC)

• Remote Access & Security

• Disaster recovery Backup & Archival

Summary - Key Challenges

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Click to edit Master text styles Democratize Simulation

Process Automation

Enable Best Practices

Focus on Engineering

Complete Systems

Simulated Environments

Multiphysics

Fluids Dynamics

Structural Mechanics

Explicit Dynamics

Low-Frequency Electromagnetics

High-Frequency Electromagnetics

Thermal Mechanics

Acoustics

Span Organizational and Geographic Silos

Share Engineering Insights

Better Decisions Faster

Simulate Anywhere

ANSYS Strategy

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Brief EKM Discussion

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ANSYS EKM Solution Business Initiatives (Current)

• Knowledge Management– Retain & Re-

use Simulation

• Collaboration – Integrate Teams (Local &

Distributed)

• Best Practices Capture - Human Capital

Challenges, Simulation Consistency

• CAE Compliance - IP Protection

• Business Initiatives (Road Map Focus)

• Collaborative Multiphysics

• Systems Engineering

• HPC and Remote Simulation (Cloud)

• Library Data Management

• Infrastructure

• Regression Validation

KNOWLEDGE

INFORMATION

DATA

Collecting

Organizing

Summarizing

Analyzing

Synthesizing

Decision Making

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Strategic Intent:

• Get the right CAE data to the right people at the right time

Scalable Solution

Individual

Team/Workgroup

Distributed Teams

Single User Access Individual Repository

Client Server Architecture Single Repository

Client Server Architecture Distributed Repositories

Capabilities • Ease of Use

• Meta Data Extraction

• Data Search and Retrieval

• Multi-Location Collaboration

• Results Visualization

• Design Comparisons

• Workbench Integration

EKM Solution

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• Simple Look and feel & easy to use (Web Interface)

• Easy Project Folder Creation as per user requirements

• Support for Project and Content Management

ANSYS EKM Solution

Ease of Use

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ANSYS EKM Advantages: • OOTB (Out of the box) capability (ANSYS and NON-ANSYS) • Best in class automated meta data extraction & advanced search • Detailed reports, comparison (automated)

Meta Data Extraction

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(Large file > 50MB) boundary conditions, solver settings, material data, etc..

Simulation Meta-Data (Small file <10KB)

EKM Database

Upload Download

ANSYS EKM Advantages:

Geometry 1010010010100010 010010101010100.. Results 0100100010100010 010010101000011..

• Large files put in repository

• Meta-data copied to database

• Meta-data information can be configured

• User defined meta-data can be added

User’s Machine

Meta Data Extraction

• Simulation properties and other metadata are automatically extracted from files when added, and users can customize these.

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• Finding data quickly – Intelligent Search and Retrieve

• Non-ANSYS file format also supported

ANSYS EKM Advantages Data Search and Retrieval

All standard solvers input and results files supported - ANSYS - ABAQUS - NASTRAN - ANSYS FLUENT - ANSYS POLYFLOW - ANSOFT DESIGNER - HFSS - ------------------

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Visualization (CAD & CAE) ANSYS EKM Advantages:

• Observational data mining,

• Interactive 3d visualization and

simulation data analysis

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Integration with Workbench Workbench Integration

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• What if studies (Design Point & Optimization)

• Solutions Run Locally Or On Compute Clusters

• Batch Process Execution

ANSYS EKM Advantages:

Remote Execution

Amplify Engineering

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ANSYS EKM Advantages: Reports and Design Comparison

Quickly Compare Results from Different Designs • Tabular • Graphical

Comparison

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ANSYS EKM Advantages

• Easy Check in Check out

• Lock

• Access Control

• Groups, users

• Revision Control

• Branching

• Define Phase Permissions

• Approval Steps

Access and Revision Control

Lifecycle Management

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Multi-Site Access to CAE data

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Process Management & Workflow

• Pre defined templates to generate CAE result reports.

• Manage simulation sequences

• Configure templates as a web-based input form.

Amplify Engineering

Process Management

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Summary

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Questions (1/3)

What are your archival policies or needs?

Do you archive design and simulation data together?

In what format would you prefer the CAE data to be archived?

Input decks

Raw result data

Processed result data (Light weight)

ASCII format

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Questions (2/3)

How often must you retrieve simulation data from archived data?

What challenges do you encounter in dealing with large data sets generated by simulation?

What are your regulatory compliance or internal compliance needs for CAE data?

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Questions (3/3)

Do you have a standard work practices/templates that you use for mature simulations? If so, would you like to convert them into vertical application

templates?

Do you use compute cluster/RSM/queuing systems for running simulations? - What % of your simulations are executed on remote hardware and clusters? < 10%

10-50%

> 50%

What do you do for DOE/MDO runs? Are results stored on the cluster or another dedicated location?

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PLM Integration via PROSTEP OpenPDM

Transfer files from PDM/PLM systems to EKM

Attributes are transferred with files

Can check revision status from EKM

Transfer files back to source PDM/PLM from EKM

ANSYS EKM

EKM Datalink

Windchill

Teamcenter

Enn

ovia

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Summary

Thick Clients

Mobile Clients

Thin Clients

User Experience

Application Integration

LAN, WAN, Cloud Resource

Upload Download Search

Organize

Capabilities Infrastructure & Deployment

Simulation Data Repository

Execution & Visualization

SIMULATION IP KNOWLEDGE BASE

QUALITY & TRACEABILITY

Specifically designed with scale, scope and purpose of CAE

OOTB Integration & Easy Extension

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Plug-and-play

Web Browser (IE,

Firefox, etc.)

Firewall

Desktop Application

(ANSYS Workbench, etc.) File Server (http, ftp)

Relational Database (Derby, MySQL, Oracle, DB2, etc.)

Compute Cluster

Application Server (Tomcat, Jboss , etc.)

Content Management Repository (Jackrabbit)

ANSYS EKM

Stores

metadata

IT scalability

Single user Workgroup Global deployment

Executes simulations

and extracts data using a batch system such as

RSM, LSF, SGE

Repository of all stored files and applications

EKM Solution – IT Scalability

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Customer Opinion(s)

“We chose ANSYS EKM because our engineers in multiple locations frequently need to collaborate in real time. The tool’s

data management capabilities make it straightforward for our engineers to organize and track multiple versions of files that are created during a typical design and analysis cycle.”

Dr. Martin Lehmann Head, Simulation Filter Elements MANN+HUMMEL

Re-using historical data via EKM shaves time and uncertainty from the simulation process.

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Value Drivers

Broadly Recognized

Evolving

Nascent – Emerging

Incremental Significant Transformational

Impact on Design Success

Challenge to Adopt

Lowest Moderate Highest

Multiphysics Simulation

Systems Simulation

Stochastic Simulation Complexity

Analysis

CAD Integration

Optimization Simulation Data Management

Analytics

Error Estimation and Control

Advanced Materials Modeling

Adapt Gaming

Technology

MEMS/Nano Simulation Multisensory

Feedback

Sou

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NA

FEM

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APPLICATION CLASSES WITH GREATEST VALUE

National Agency for Finite Element Methods and Standards

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Adoption of New technology

INNOVATORS EARLY ADOPTERS

EARLY MAJORITY

LATE MAJORITY LAGGARDS

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