{"id":27921,"date":"2015-10-29T20:27:09","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T20:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.padtinc.com\/2015\/10\/29\/7-reasons-why-ansys-aim-will-change-the-way-simulation-is-done\/"},"modified":"2022-07-21T09:12:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T16:12:51","slug":"7-reasons-why-ansys-aim-will-change-the-way-simulation-is-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.padtinc.com\/2015\/10\/29\/7-reasons-why-ansys-aim-will-change-the-way-simulation-is-done\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Reasons why ANSYS AIM Will Change the Way Simulation is Done"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ANSYS-AIM-Icon1\" <\/picture>When ANSYS, Inc. released their ANSYS AIM product they didn\u2019t just introduce a better way to do simulation, they introduced a tool that will change the way we all do simulation.\u00a0 A bold statement, but after PADT has used the tool here, and worked with customers who are using it, we feel confident that this is a software package will drive that level of change. \u00a0 It enables\u00a0the type of change that will drive down schedule time and cost for product development, and allow companies to use simulation more effectively to drive their product development towards better performance and robustness.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Time for a Productivity Increase<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"AIM-7-old-model\" <\/picture><\/a>If you have been doing simulation as long as I have (29 years for me) you have heard it before. And sometimes it was true.\u00a0 GUI\u2019s on solvers was the first big change I saw. Then came robust 3D tetrahedral meshing, which we coasted on for a while until fully associative and parametric CAD connections made another giant step forward in productivity and simulation accuracy. Then more recently, robust CFD meshing of dirty geometry. And of course HPC improvements on the solver side.<\/p>\n

That was then.\u00a0 Right now everyone is happily working away in their tool of choice, simulating their physics of choice.\u00a0 ANSYS Mechanical for structural, ANSYS Fluent for fluids, and maybe ANSYS HFSS for electromagnetics. Insert your tool of choice, it doesn\u2019t really matter. They are all best-in-breed advanced tools for doing a certain type of physical simulation.\u00a0 Most users are actually pretty happy. But if you talk to their managers or methods engineers, you find less happiness. Why? They want more engineers to have access to these great tools and they also want people to be working together more with less specialization.<\/p>\n

Putting it all Together in One Place<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"AIM-7-valve2-multiphysics\" <\/picture><\/a>ANSYS AIM is, among many other things, an answer to this need.\u00a0 Instead of one new way of doing something or a new breakthrough feature, it is more of a product that puts everything together to deliver a step change in productivity. It is built on top of these same world class best-in-bread solvers. But from the ground up it is an environment that enables productivity, processes, ease-of-use, collaboration, and automation. All in one tool, with one interface.<\/p>\n

Changing the Way Simulation is Done<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Before we list where we see things changing, let\u2019s repeat that list of what AIM brings to the table, because those key deliverables in the software are what are driving the change:<\/p>\n