Multi-Solver Pre/Post Processing
Streamline Your Entire Simulation Workflow with Unmatched Precision and Speed
MeshWorks’ Multi-Solver Pre/Post Processing is a cutting-edge solution designed to simplify and accelerate your finite element analysis (FEA) and simulation workflows. From CAD clean-up to model assembly, and from solver integration to advanced post-processing, this module empowers engineers to build, connect, and analyze complex system-level models in record time—while maintaining the highest levels of accuracy and efficiency.
Whether you’re designing vehicles, engines, aircraft, ships, or other systems, this module delivers robust tools and seamless compatibility with leading solvers, making it the ultimate pre- and post-processing companion.
Key Features
Built-In CAD Environment for Clean-Up & Simplification
- Optimized for Efficiency: Includes a robust CAD engine with tools for cleaning and simplifying CAD models, ensuring they are simulation-ready.
- Powerful Editing Tools: Advanced functionality for curve, surface, and solid editing to address common issues like gaps, overlaps, and irregularities.
- Broad Format Support: Import CAD files from multiple sources, including standard formats like IGES, STEP, CATIA, and NX allowing for seamless model preparation.
- Accelerated Workflow: Automate repetitive CAD tasks, enabling engineers to focus on innovation rather than manual adjustments.
Why it matters: Get your CAD models prepped and simulation-ready in a fraction of the time, eliminating the bottlenecks that delay project timelines.
Compatibility with Leading Solvers
- Seamless Integration: Directly compatible with major solvers, including LS-DYNA, Ansys, Abaqus, MSC Nastran, NX Nastran, and more.
- Ready-to-Run Models: Create solver-ready input files directly from MeshWorks, avoiding unnecessary back-and-forth with manual adjustments.
- Multi-Disciplinary Use: Effortlessly switch between solvers to handle crash, NVH and durability —all within a single platform.
Why it matters: No more jumping between platforms—MeshWorks centralizes your workflow, making it faster and easier to get results no matter which solver you use.
Advanced Model Assembly and Integration Features
- Automated Connections: Rapidly create connections like spot welds, seam welds, adhesives, bolts, and contacts with just a few clicks.
- Parametric Connectors: Optimize connector attributes, such as weld length, bolt dimensions, or spot weld pitch, to reduce costs and improve manufacturability.
- Auto-Detection: Automatically detect mating parts, gaps, and potential connection points, speeding up the assembly process.
- Include File Management: Organize large-scale models into manageable include files for better collaboration and control.
Why it matters: Save hours—or even days—on model assembly. Whether you're working on an automotive vehicle or a full-scale ship, MeshWorks delivers unmatched efficiency.
Model Building with DEP MeshWorks: Simplify and Accelerate
MeshWorks revolutionizes model building with its highly automated workflows, eliminating manual bottlenecks and significantly reducing time-to-solution. Whether you’re creating bolt connections, welds, or adhesive bonds, MeshWorks delivers unparalleled speed, precision, and flexibility.
Automatic Bolt Connection Creation
- 1D Bolt Connections: Quickly create a wide variety of bolted assembly elements, including:
- Through bolts.
- Screws.
- Detailed metric bolt models.
- Bolt connections using beams or rigid elements.
- Time Savings: Conventionally, creating 20 bolts with pre-tension sections would take approximately 3.5 hours. With MeshWorks, this task is completed in less than 30 minutes—saving engineers valuable time for more critical design tasks.
Advanced 3D Bolt Connection Workflows
- Bulk Automation: Select multiple center nodes and bolt specifications to create multiple pre-tensioned bolts in a single click.
- Customizable Details: Define bolt geometry, including size, type, washer layers, and material properties, ensuring that every detail is tailored to your requirements.
- Comprehensive Solutions: Automatically detect bolt placement locations and generate meshes, even when bolt geometry is unavailable—streamlining the entire workflow.
Seam Welds, Spot Welds, and Adhesive Bonds
- Fully Automated: Generate connections for sheet metal assemblies, cast components, and plastic parts with minimal input.
- Parametric Control: Adjust weld length, pitch, and skip weld configurations to optimize both performance and manufacturability.
- Early Development Flexibility: Create spot weld lines or adhesive bonds automatically during initial design phases, ensuring rapid model completion.
Why It Matters
MeshWorks takes the complexity out of model building, offering:
- Up to 50% time savings on connection creation and assembly tasks.
- Consistency and accuracy through automation, reducing the risk of errors.
- Flexible workflows that adapt to your specific needs, whether working on small components or large-scale system models.
Post-Processing Excellence
Comprehensive Analysis Tools
- Visualize Results: Create contour plots, animations, deformed shape plots, and X-Y graphs to analyze simulation outcomes.
- Advanced Automation: Robotic extraction of critical data like peak stress values, maximum vibration amplitudes, and hot spots.
- Flexible Reporting: Generate professional-grade reports that are customizable and easy to share with stakeholders.
Design Iteration & Optimization
- Direct Impact Analysis: Use post-processing results to inform design changes, skipping the need to return to CAD.
- Streamlined Workflow: Move from results to design adjustments seamlessly, ensuring faster iterations.
- Advanced Features: Tools like auto-parameterization and optimization recommendations help fine-tune your models for peak performance.
Why it matters: Turn your simulation insights into actionable design improvements faster than ever, cutting down development cycles and boosting innovation.
Why Choose MeshWorks for Multi-Solver Pre/Post Processing?
MeshWorks vs. Traditional Tools: What You’re Missing
MeshWorks stands out as the ultimate pre/post processing tool, delivering value that extends far beyond traditional solutions. MeshWorks is engineered to transform how engineers work—offering unmatched efficiency, innovation, and simplicity.
For users of established tools, the question isn’t just about solver compatibility. It’s about how much more your tool can do to accelerate your workflow, improve your accuracy, and enable innovation. Here’s why engineers are making the switch to MeshWorks:
- Unmatched Speed: Save up to 50% of your time compared to traditional methods.
- High-Fidelity Models: Achieve greater accuracy with features like HAZ modeling and precise connection creation.
- Ease of Use: Intuitive workflows minimize the learning curve and make it accessible for engineers of all experience levels.
- Solver Flexibility: Handle multiple solvers and disciplines in one platform, ensuring a seamless workflow for even the most complex projects.
- Cost Savings: Reduce manufacturing costs with connector optimization and time-saving automation.
Why Switching to MeshWorks Is Easier Than You Think
Transitioning to a new tool can feel daunting—especially for engineers accustomed to other tools. But with MeshWorks, the process is simple and rewarding:
- Intuitive Interface: MeshWorks’ user-friendly design ensures that even seasoned engineers can quickly adapt to the platform, minimizing downtime.
- Seamless Solver Compatibility: Continue using your preferred solvers, like LS-DYNA, Abaqus, and MSC Nastran, without any disruptions.
- All-in-One Solution: Eliminate the need for external tools by consolidating your workflow into one platform that handles CAD, model assembly, and post-processing.
- Supportive Onboarding: Our team provides tailored training and technical support to make your transition smooth and efficient.