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Collaborative Knowledge Management
CONFIDENCE BY DESIGN
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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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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
S
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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