modeFRONTIER powerful integration environment allows the exploitation of a wide range of software and an easy management of the entire product development process as well as state-of–the-art optimization algorithms and a complete set of post-processing and data visualization tools.

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modeFRONTIER integration and process automation systematic analysis leads to:

Integration and Process Automation

modeFRONTIER workflow execution mechanism guarantees the formalization and management of the logic behind the engineering process, while its powerful integration capabilities allow product engineers and designers to integrate and drive various CAE tools.modeFRONTIER assists in embedding its optimization technology easily in everyday work, performing both multiple repetitive and concurrent simulations, by providing a seamless integration with third-party solvers: all dependencies are considered and inputs and outputs included in the CAE parametric model are automatically defined. The user is then enabled to choose the most meaningful parameters (Introspection) to exploit in the optimization strategy as the simulation process is captured in a workflow.

The powerful workflow transfers data automatically from one simulation to the next, updating all parameters values according to the optimization algorithms and extracting the relevant outputs. Key in this regard are the ability of the platform in process automation and the wide variety of integration nodes built to cater for any CAD, CAE, FEM and generic application software.

"A designer must be able to trade [modeling/simulation/analysis] accuracy for cost during [engineering] design."

Jaroslaw Sobieski, NASA Langley Research Center

3 Reduce analysis by running automatically multiple repetitive simulations

3 Reduce cost of simulation by executing concurrent evaluations

3 Exploit IT resources with remote computation distribution

3 Increase process efficiency with a wide range of direct nodes

3 Reduce project setup time with one single interface for different solvers

modeFRONTIER workflow

modeFRONTIERDistributionNetwork

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modeFRONTIER offers over 40 direct integration nodes, including all the most popular CAE solvers, where communication is guaranteed by API or by automatic exchange of files. Other tools are available to easily connect to any other software as the tool displays a wizard style for building a bridge between modeFRONTIER and commercial or in-house codes.

The platform integration system is enhanced by enabling exploitation of the IT infrastructure: modeFRONTIER can run software regardless of whether or not it is installed locally or links together with all CAE tools in a reliable chain-tool.

The GRID The total project turnaroundtime and cost can be reduced by running parallel executions available with modeFRONTIER Grid Tool. This advanced support tool is able to control application remote executions, making software integration and remote computations distribution easy and effective, with transparent load balancing.

EasyDriver EasyDriver allows users to interface with any parametric software, handling input and output defined rules and making them available as a ready-to-use plugin for further projects. Efficient workflows can therefore be reused thus reducing efforts and time.

Integration nodes Application Nodes

Script Nodes

CAD Nodes

CAE Nodes

Network Nodes

A collection ofDirect Integration

Nodes

Upload model into system

Startintrospection

Chooseparametersfor workflow creation

Add constraints and objectives

Runproject

DesignEvaluation

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