ANSYS Engineering Knowledge Manager

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Simulation Use

The use of simulation in small to large companies is The use of simulation in small to large companies is continually growing. As the use of simulation grows so does the amount of data generated.

Effectively managing and tracking the vast quantity of data generated by all of the simulation software can help to reducegenerated by all of the simulation software can help to reduce a company's development costs and improve the overall time to market.

NUMBER OF SIMULATIONS

DATA & COMPLEXITY

SIMULATION COSTS

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1960 1960 20202020

Simulation Data Issues

Large volumes of data are generated by designers and Large volumes of data are generated by designers and engineers who use engineering simulation software to solve complex systems.

— It is more efficient that they spend their time solving difficult technical problems rather than archiving and searching for data.

Simulation data tends to be widely distributed across anSimulation data tends to be widely distributed across an organization

— Ranging from storage on an individual desktop, to networked file servers and other remote devicesservers and other remote devices.

Simulation workflows often involve team members located in different geographic locations who hand off data to each other as part of a design or analysis process.

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What is EKM?

ANSYS Engineering Knowledge Manager (EKM) is a ANSYS Engineering Knowledge Manager (EKM) is a comprehensive solution for simulation-based process and data management challenges.

ANSYS EKM provides solutions and benefits to all levels.— From the individual engineer interested in spending less time handling

data and more time focusing on true engineering efforts to the entiredata and more time focusing on true engineering efforts to the entire organization looking for increased productivity in all aspects of its simulation activities.

It addresses the many critical issues associated with It addresses the many critical issues associated with simulation data including:

— backup and archival— traceability and audit trail— process automation— collaboration and capture of engineering expertise

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EKM Competitive Benefits

Unlike Product Data Management (PDM) or Product Lifecycle Unlike Product Data Management (PDM) or Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software, the ANSYS EKM solution is dedicated to focusing on the simulation portion of engineering efforts.

— Simulation data and processes are too specific, cannot use PDM approach to see this as just another data.

— Using a PDM system to manage simulation data typically will involve extensive and expensive customization.

• How much customization are you willing to take on?y g— EKM is complementary and does not conflict with PLM strategy.

ANSYS is #1 in simulation knows simulation data and ANSYS is #1 in simulation, knows simulation data and processes, and is best suited to address this problem

— ANSYS EKM comes integrated with ANSYS Suite OOTB and many

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other CAE applications.

Data Management

ANSYS EKM software provides a centralized ANSYS EKM software provides a centralized repository where data and processes can be stored and managed.

Simulation information in the form of metadata, or properties, is automatically extracted and created by ANSYS EKMextracted and created by ANSYS EKM software

— Reviewing metadata is an effective way to assess th k tt ib t f i l ti ith t h i tthe key attributes of a simulation without having to open and explore a file.

— Metadata associated with a file, in addition to its contents can be sed to retrie e sim lation filescontents, can be used to retrieve simulation files from a vast repository based on simple keywords and advanced search criteria.

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EKM Tools

Reports can be generated that compare simulations identify Reports can be generated that compare simulations, identify differences and list simulation “intent” as tables and charts in easy-to-read formats such as PDF, HTML, XLS and XML.

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EKM Workbench Project

In addition to the Simulation Report EKM allows access to In addition to the Simulation Report, EKM allows access to the parameters of a Workbench Project.

A new Design Point can be analyzed directly from within EKMg y y

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EKM Tools

Workflow management tools enable users to track the stages Workflow management tools enable users to track the stages of a file or project folder by signoff processes that are based on electronic reviews.

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EKM Global Collaboration

Even with separate repositories distributed around the globe Even with separate repositories distributed around the globe, users can search and retrieve data across all sources.

• Connect to multiple EKM data sources.

• Access data on all da a o athrough single search.

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New at 15.0

EKM Mobile EKM Mobile— EKM Mobile is a new way to access an EKM repository and to control

jobs from a mobile phone.

Two new folders have been added to My Home to facilitate data management:

— My Applications is a built-in folder where you can store customMy Applications is a built in folder where you can store custom applications, workflows and job templates that you create.

— My Extraction Monitors is a built-in folder that you can use to monitor and control the extraction of metadata and simulation details from files.and control the extraction of metadata and simulation details from files. Each time that data extraction occurs in EKM, a job monitor object is added to this folder.

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New at 15.0

Data Extraction and Monitoring Data Extraction and Monitoring— It is no longer necessary for a solver/application license to be checked

out for data extraction.— Data extraction licensing has been simplified in R15. While data

extraction is in progress, an EKM User License will remain checked out for the user who started the extraction, even if the user logs out of the EKM web clientEKM web client.

— Data is now extracted asynchronously when a file is uploaded to the repository, updated using send changes, or created/synchronized if it is a remote fileis a remote file.

— When data is being extracted, a data extraction monitor object is created and displayed in the new My Extraction Monitors folder under My Homeunder My Home.

• The monitor reports the current status of the extraction (for example Running or Completed), the percentage complete, the number of files and the number of errors Options are also provided for cancelling

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files, and the number of errors. Options are also provided for cancelling data extractions and retrying failed extractions.

New at 15.0

The following data is extracted from The following data is extracted from MAPDL .inp, .dat and .out files:

— Analysis Type— Element Types— ANSYS Version Number

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EKM ROI

Lets look at a few scenarios where EKM can provide a Lets look at a few scenarios where EKM can provide a significant return on investment.

We will discuss each scenario and the EKM solutions and then will demonstrate the solution in EKM.

Scenarios will start with the basic issues and proceed to more complexcomplex.

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EKM ROI

Scenario 1: Scenario 1:— Compliance regulations require that all simulation and analysis data is

stored and cataloged.— Users complain that this process takes too long.

• Copying files to archive locations• Writing a summary and extracting the data from the analysis to generate

th t t t ith hithat summary to store with archive.

— For example: 15 Engineers each take 2 hours to summarize the data in i l ti j t Th h k 10 j ta simulation project. They each work on 10 projects per year.

— Time savings = 300 man-hours

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EKM ROI

EKM Solution: EKM Solution:— EKM provides a convenient means of uploading data directly from the

workbench interface or from right click Windows explorer extensions.— EKM extracts searchable meta data from simulation files and

generates an easily accessible simulation report.

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EKM Simulation Report

When storing analysis data EKM automatically generates a When storing analysis data EKM automatically generates a Simulation Report.

— This report contains a summary of the simulation data and settings.— Easily determine what was in a simulation without having to open the

project and tie up a license.

Report generation and meta data extraction is performed on the EKM server.

U d t d t it f thi d t t b t t d— User does not need to wait for this data to be extracted.

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EKM Demo

Storing and Retrieving DataData

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Save Project to the Repository

Automatically archives and uploads project to repository Automatically archives and uploads project to repository

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Example Report

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Automatic Updates to EKM

Once a Workbench Project has been stored in EKM if Once a Workbench Project has been stored in EKM, if changes are made the user is automatically prompted to update the Repository with those changes.

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EKM ROI

Scenario 2: Scenario 2:— Determining who performed past analyses, where the data is, and

what data/files/information was used can take many man-hours.— Sometimes analyses must be re-done because the previous analysis

cannot be located, wasting valuable resources.

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EKM ROI

EKM Solution: EKM Solution:— Searchable meta-data enables quick and accurate locating of

previously stored analyses.— Simulation report allows for the review of the analyses without having

to retrieve and open the files which ties up licenses and wastes resources.

— If an analysis does need to be updated, EKM allows for easy collaboration between users.

For example: 100’s of man-hours can be saved by quickly and accurately retrieving previous projects rather than having to redo the simulation from scratchredo the simulation from scratch.

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EKM Demo

Simple and Advanced Search OptionsSearch Options

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EKM Search Examples

There was a field failure of the latest IBR What analyses There was a field failure of the latest IBR. What analyses have been performed on it?

— A simple keyword seach for “IBR.x_t” will show all analyses that use that geometry.

The material data for P1231 is incorrect all analyses that The material data for P1231 is incorrect, all analyses that used this material prior to today will need to be updated.

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EKM Search Examples

Class 3 Error report 2010 18 says that analyses that used Class 3 Error report 2010-18 says that analyses that used TARGET169 element in a large deflection may be incorrect.

— Use advance search to locate ANSYS databases that used TARGET169 and large deflection.

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