PTC has announced the availability of cloud-native simulation as part of its Onshapeproduct development platform. Onshape Simulation enables designers and engineers to perform FEA in a fast and simple way, supporting them to make informed design decisions with structural analysis throughout the product development process.

According to PTC, Onshape is the only CAD and product data management (PDM) tool to offer simulation interwoven with the core design and assembly environment, which helps reduce the time, effort and workflows required to set up and calculate structural analysis.

“This is the first time that CAD, PDM and simulation have all been unified in one cloud-native environment,” says Greg Brown, vice president of Onshape Product Management.
“It’san extremely efficient way for designers to simulate full assemblies, helping them make important time, material and quality decisions earlier in the design process.”

With Onshape Simulation, designers receive accurate mechanical guidance, such as strength and rigidity, without ever leaving the design environment. The CAD model and the simulation model are the same definition, which simplifies the assembly set-up for simulation.

Notably, Onshape uses the existing assembly mates in the definition of the part-to-part interactions, eliminating the need to de-feature, simplify or set up connections for models before running simulations. Users can also explore design variations quickly by simultaneously designing and analysing assemblies with no pre-processing or meshing required. Simulation results automatically refresh when users make changes to Onshape models.

As part of an Onshape document, simulations are version-controlled with built-in PDM – including simulations for all design variations – allowing instant sharing with other users for simple collaboration and decision making.
For further information www.onshape.com