Design Study Automation

Design Study Automation is an essential part of the Autodesk Simulation CFD process. The tools contained in the Design Study Automation suite improve operational efficiency and facilitate simulation-based decision making:

• To create or update a design from CAD, launch the Design Study Manager.
• To define a complete design study before launching from CAD, open the Design Study Builder.
• To save and reuse settings, use a Template.
• To automatically assign a setting to a CAD entity, create a Rule.
• To run the complete design study, use the Solver Manager.
• Track the performance of running scenarios with the Solution Monitor.
• To compare analysis results from multiple designs, use the Decision Center.

To build additional automation and customization, use the Application Programming Interface (API) or Scripting.

The Design Study

Lo studio di progettazione è l'elemento chiave dell'automazione degli studi di progettazione. È una struttura gerarchica che consente di organizzare il processo di Autodesk Simulation CFD in tre livelli fondamentali:

Studio di progettazione

• Ogni volta che si utilizza Autodesk Simulation CFD, si opera all'interno di uno studio di progettazione.
• Nella forma più semplice, lo studio di progettazione contiene una sola analisi.
• Lo studio di progettazione è un file system che organizza più variabili fondamentali per il processo di progettazione.
• Il nome dello studio di progettazione viene visualizzato solo sulla barra superiore dell'interfaccia utente.
• Lo studio di progettazione è la struttura per la definizione e il confronto di progetti a più livelli.
• Gli studi di progettazione contengono progetti e scenari.

Progetto

• Ogni modello geometrico univoco è un progetto.
• Utilizzare i progetti per comprendere gli effetti delle modifiche alla geometria apportate nel sistema CAD.
• Creare un nuovo progetto per ogni variazione geometrica nel sistema CAD.
• Ogni progetto può presentare uno o più scenari che fanno riferimento ad esso.

Scenario

• Uno scenario è una singola analisi all'interno di un progetto.
• Tutti gli scenari in un progetto fanno riferimento alla stessa geometria.
• Per comprendere gli effetti derivanti dall'uso di diverse impostazioni, quali le condizioni al contorno o i materiali, creare un nuovo scenario per ogni impostazione.

Basic Design Study Process

These are the basic steps for launching, setting up, and evaluating results from one or more scenarios. This summary of the steps needed to run a scenario demonstrate the manual approach of running an analysis. Tools such as Templates, Rules, and the Design Study Builder automate many of the steps presented here:

1. Launch from CAD

There are two primary ways to transfer the model from the CAD system:

Design Study Manager

The Design Study Manager is an interactive tool for coordinating your CAD models and Design Studies. You can use it to manage Design Studies, Designs, and Scenarios. The Design Study Manager communicates model changes made in CAD to the open Design Study in Autodesk Simulation CFD

For more about the Design Study Manager

For an example of creating a new design study

Design Study Builder

With the Design Study Builder, you can define a design study in the CAD system before transferring the model into Autodesk Simulation CFD. CAD Entity Groups link model entities to CFD model settings.

For more about the Design Study Manager

For an example of creating a new design study

2. Manage Designs and Scenarios with the Design Study Bar

The Design Study bar is a fully interactive tree-based tool for defining, reviewing, and modifying the CFD model. It lists all designs and corresponding scenarios. You can clone scenarios and designs to investigate the effects of settingss and geometric changes, respectively.

For an example showing use of the Design Study Bar

For more about the Design Study bar

3. Compare and Assess Results with the Decision Center

Use the Decision Center to organize the data and to make smart design decisions. Compare results from your designs and scenarios using graphical output, tables, and plots.

For more about results visualization

For more about the Decision Center

4. Collaborate with the Autodesk® Simulation CFD Viewer

Use the Autodesk® Simulation CFD Viewer to view results remotely and to share simulation results with others in the design supply chain.

For more about the Autodesk® Simulation CFD Viewer

Using Automation Tools Together

In many cases, the most efficient approach is to use Automation tools together. For example:

Rules and Templates:

• Use a Rule to apply a heat generation to a chip that is used multiple times in an electronic module.
• In a Template, add heat generation boundary conditions that are assigned on other component.
• With this combination, the rule automates the heat load on the multiple instances of the chip, and the template includes heat loads for other components.

Templates and Design Study Builder:

• Define a Template for a simulation type that is often run.
• In the Design Study Builder, import this Template as the basis of the design study.

Design Study Builder and Rules:

• In the Design Study Builder, assign settings that are grouped in the CAD model, and may be unique from one study to the next. Use a Rule to apply a setting to an often-used CAD entity.
• After setting up the scenarios in a study, run them with the Solution Manager.
• Observe the progress of all running scenarios with the Solution Monitor.