LMS Virtual.Lab Designer Structures provides a solution for general FE pre-processing and post-processing using industry-standard FE solvers, such as ELFINI, Nastran, ANSYS and others. It enables designers and analysts to simulate the structural characteristics and performance of components and subsystems, all in one single session and within a fully geometry-associative environment. LMS Virtual.Lab Designer Structures is integrated in the CATIA V5 environment and is completely complementary to CATIA GPS, FMS, GAS, etc. Its simulation capability complements the functionality scope that is currently covered by the CATIA V5 CAD-based simulation environment, and extends it further with dedicated mesh-based simulation functionalities, interfaces and drivers, etc. When using these mesh modification extensions, the associative link with CAD geometry is consequently retained, which contributes significantly to the efficiency of design efforts.
With the Mesh Based Design tools of LMS Virtual.Lab Designer Structures, designers and analysts are able to modify or extend existing meshes from CATIA CAE, or even import and manipulate orphan meshes. With the same ease, users can define loads and restraints directly on the geometry or mesh, or reuse loads and restraints that are already defined.
LMS Virtual.Lab Designer Structures offers the capability to intuitively define and automatically drive external FE solvers from within the CATIA environment, without requiring expert users to set up and run specific ANSYS or Nastran jobs. Among its comprehensive post-processing solutions, LMS Virtual.Lab Designer Structures is capable of indicating extreme values or hot spots, or displaying results in dedicated 2-dimensional graphs.
