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Embraer Solution to Integrate SimManager

with Pre-processors and Solver 2013 Users Conference

Presented By: Edgard Sousa Junior

May 14, 2013

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• Introduction

• Embraer Solution for Engineering Data Management

– Deployment sequence

– Solver Integration

– Pre-processors Integration

– Next Steps

• Conclusion

Agenda

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• Previous Scenario

– In-house Job Scheduler (JobBatch)

– Shared network directory (Drive G:\)

• Lack of traceability;

• Data loss and security issues;

• Rework and difficulty in reproducing the results

of previous reports.

– In-house SDM solution (EAD – Engineering

Analysis Data)

• Embraer decides to use a commercial

solution for SPDM.

Introduction

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Embraer Solution for Engineering

Data Management

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• Deployment sequence

– Capability 1: CAE Content Management - MSC SimManager 2010

– Capability 2: Tool Management - MSC SimManager 2012

• Solver Integration

– Example of the configuration of the Nastran Integration

• Pre-processors Integration

– Example of the configuration of a pre-processor

• Next Steps

Embraer Solution for Engineering Data Management

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Deployment sequence

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Deployment sequence

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Suggested by MSC

Adopted by Embraer

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• Not integrated with solver, neither pre and post-processor

• A family of commercial aircraft was chosen

• MSC SimManager 2010

• Some customizations were developed by MSC

• These customizations became part of the next versions

• Comparing to EAD (in-house solution)

– powerful search tool

– traceability among files

– better user management

Capability 1: CAE Content Management

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• MSC SimManager 2012

• Central point of data storage

– No need of extracting the data from SimManager and copying it

elsewhere in order to use it, ensuring the data integrity.

• Transition of JobBatch to PBS, from Altair

– submission of Nastran jobs

– scripts to launch the pre-processors

Capability 2: Tool Management

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Solver Integration

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Configuration and Example

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• Runtime of Nastran jobs

– some minutes

– several hours

• Nastran Queue Policies

– Short duration jobs: high priority

– Long duration jobs: low priority

– Huge jobs: run only after the COB

• Two Queues

– Nastran Jobs (PAS)

– Pre-processors scripts (QSUB)

Solver Integration

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• The Configuration of the Nastran Integration:

– Application

– Object Types

– Application Contexts

– Application Parameters

– Queues

Solver Integration

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Configuration of the Nastran Integration

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Application

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Configuration of the Nastran Integration

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Application Context

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Configuration of the Nastran Integration

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Application Parameter

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Configuration of the Nastran Integration

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Queues

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Example of a Nastran running

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Pre-processors Integration

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Configuration and Example

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• SimManager functionality “ToPreprocessor”

• The configuration of “ToPreprocessor”:

– Application

– Object Types

– Application Contexts

– Application Parameters

– Scripts used to run the pre-processors

Pre-processors Integration

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Configuration of “ToPreprocessor”

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Application

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Configuration of “ToPreprocessor”

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Object Types

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Configuration of “ToPreprocessor”

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Application Contexts

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Configuration of “ToPreprocessor”

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Application Parameters

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Configuration of “ToPreprocessor”

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Scripts used to run the pre-processors

LaunchHM.bat

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Configuration of “ToPreprocessor”

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Scripts used to run

the pre-processors

LaunchHM.vbs

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Configuration of “ToPreprocessor”

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Scripts used to run

the pre-processors

LaunchHM.vbs

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Configuration of “ToPreprocessor”

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Scripts used to run

the pre-processors

LaunchHM.vbs

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Example of the configuration of a pre-processor

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Next Steps Deployment sequence

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• Embraer use KBE in its aircraft development process. One

example of Embraer KBE Application is WSDS

(Wing Structural Design System).

• Embraer aims at deploying

this KBE application in

SimManager, to allow the

engineers to run WSDS

and manage all the data

generated by it inside

SimManager.

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Conclusion

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• Adoption of SPDM, in order to ensure the competitiveness

• These systems must be fully integrated with the engineers work

environment and tools, otherwise resulting in:

– data inconsistency,

– lack of traceability,

– security issues and data loss,

– rework and sometimes making it difficult to reproduce the results of

previous engineering reports.

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• SPDM systems are very complex engineering processes

• Each engineering company has its own way of working

– All companies have the same tools available for their work, but…

– It is the particular way each one uses them that makes the difference

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• Due to this complexity, it is impossible for SPDM systems to

have standard configuration procedures, which would work

“out-of-the-box” for every company that adopts them.

• A lot of energy is consumed and the huge amount of work

needed to configure a SPDM system must not go unnoticed

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