Design for Six-Sigma and other statistical product development methods are becoming a necessity in today’s business climate. The Workbench based products developed by ANSYS Inc. deliver a toolset that allows users to quickly conduct probablistic evaluations of their mechanical systems in a timely and useful manner. With the addition of the CADOE SeriesXpansion technology, these tools offer a way to use statistical methods early in the design process.

This seminar will provide a technical overview of the methods available in ANSYS as well as information on how to effectively use it on real world problems. The discussion will cover:

• CAD-Analysis associativety
• Driving geometric parameters from the Workbench
• Simple parametric and “what if” studies
• Using APDL for probalistics in the Workbench
• Design of Experiments
• Optimization
• Using the SeriesXpansion Technology
• Lessons Learned
• Future Plans

Managers and Engineers interested in using simulation to understand how geometry, load, material and other parameters effect performance should attend.