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My colleague, Will Hastings, and I recently attended SIMULIA Day. SIMULIA is the Dassault Systèmés (DS) brand for simulation and analysis solutions (computer aided engineering (CAE)). What was particularly interesting about this product update and overview of product test and analysis solutions, was how comprehensive far-reaching this technology has become for all PLM providers and their users.
Today, CAE represents a $5B market, and the scope of the technology reaches well beyond just product test for discrete industries like automotive, aerospace, and manufactured products. Currently, the applications and solutions in this market cover around 42 percent for structures and solids testing, 28 percent for fluids, 13 percent for electromagnetics, electronics, & electrical, and around 17 percent for other (Multiphysics, 3D systems, thermal, and other advanced simulation). Today, we are seeing advanced Multi-physics solutions being applied to industries like oil & gas, geophysics, CPG, food & beverage, human physiology research, human genome research, materials science, and even additive manufacturing.
But I believe the real message I took away from this analyst briefing was that today virtual simulation is at the heart of the digital transformation taking place across all industries today. Not only is industry undergoing a digital transformation, but it is digital acceleration with virtual simulation technology representing one of the key accelerators that is connecting the virtual and physical worlds. Furthermore, with nearly all industries focusing on optimization, virtual simulation tools are providing companies with the ability to simulate, analyze, and optimize products, processes, and production systems.
DS’s SIMULIA solution portfolio currently addresses around 77 percent of the simulation market. The current multi-physics spectrum of simulation applications includes:
At this briefing DS focused on five areas that the SIMULIA platform was addressing: Additive Manufacturing, Virtual Human Modeling, Systems Engineering, Immersive Virtuality, Information Intelligence. The recent advancements in simulation for additive manufacturing was eye opening. DS’s approach to AM was a five step process the started with assessing a 3D Experience marketplace for AM applications and products, simulation for materials engineering, function-based generative design for AM that produces functional designs specific to AM , process definition and production planning, and a global production system. Clearly, DS is positioned to meet the quickly growing move to AM as a part of mainstream manufacturing processes.
The other very interesting area was Virtual Human Modeling, where SIMULIA solutions were addressing many aspects of simulating human physiology, as well as a range of medical devices. Given the mechatronic design of many complex medical devices in the market today, a systems design, model-based approach to simulation is essential. The SIMULIA simulation portfolio addresses the need for this type of product testing. On the human physiology side, there are a number of internal body areas that SIMULIA is focusing on in terms of simulation: brain function, eyes and vision, cardiovascular, skin & aging, 3D printed body parts, and orthopedics. SIMULIA also addresses the human body interaction with the external world in terms of ergonomics, and interaction with machines.
Dassault’s living heart project is one of more interesting and applicable instances of virtual human modeling. A virtual model of a living human heart is developed based on actual cat scans or MRIs of a patient’s heart and is converted into a virtual 3D model. This model is then converted into a holographic projection that can be used by the heart surgeon to dissect and examine details of the heart physiology to plan actual surgical procedures.
Clearly, realistic virtual simulation technology is becoming an integral element of many industries, as well as medicine, business, and society at large. It will be interesting to watch the relentless progression of this technology so essential to the digital transformation.
Today, CAE represents a $5B market, and the scope of the technology reaches well beyond just product test for discrete industries like automotive, aerospace, and manufactured products. Currently, the applications and solutions in this market cover around 42 percent for structures and solids testing, 28 percent for fluids, 13 percent for electromagnetics, electronics, & electrical, and around 17 percent for other (Multiphysics, 3D systems, thermal, and other advanced simulation). Today, we are seeing advanced Multi-physics solutions being applied to industries like oil & gas, geophysics, CPG, food & beverage, human physiology research, human genome research, materials science, and even additive manufacturing.
But I believe the real message I took away from this analyst briefing was that today virtual simulation is at the heart of the digital transformation taking place across all industries today. Not only is industry undergoing a digital transformation, but it is digital acceleration with virtual simulation technology representing one of the key accelerators that is connecting the virtual and physical worlds. Furthermore, with nearly all industries focusing on optimization, virtual simulation tools are providing companies with the ability to simulate, analyze, and optimize products, processes, and production systems.
DS’s SIMULIA solution portfolio currently addresses around 77 percent of the simulation market. The current multi-physics spectrum of simulation applications includes:
- Structures/Solids (FEA, Stress, etc.)
- Chemical
- Bio/Pharma
- Geophysics
- Thermodynamics
- Fluids (CFD)
- Electromagnetics
- Control Systems
At this briefing DS focused on five areas that the SIMULIA platform was addressing: Additive Manufacturing, Virtual Human Modeling, Systems Engineering, Immersive Virtuality, Information Intelligence. The recent advancements in simulation for additive manufacturing was eye opening. DS’s approach to AM was a five step process the started with assessing a 3D Experience marketplace for AM applications and products, simulation for materials engineering, function-based generative design for AM that produces functional designs specific to AM , process definition and production planning, and a global production system. Clearly, DS is positioned to meet the quickly growing move to AM as a part of mainstream manufacturing processes.
The other very interesting area was Virtual Human Modeling, where SIMULIA solutions were addressing many aspects of simulating human physiology, as well as a range of medical devices. Given the mechatronic design of many complex medical devices in the market today, a systems design, model-based approach to simulation is essential. The SIMULIA simulation portfolio addresses the need for this type of product testing. On the human physiology side, there are a number of internal body areas that SIMULIA is focusing on in terms of simulation: brain function, eyes and vision, cardiovascular, skin & aging, 3D printed body parts, and orthopedics. SIMULIA also addresses the human body interaction with the external world in terms of ergonomics, and interaction with machines.
Dassault’s living heart project is one of more interesting and applicable instances of virtual human modeling. A virtual model of a living human heart is developed based on actual cat scans or MRIs of a patient’s heart and is converted into a virtual 3D model. This model is then converted into a holographic projection that can be used by the heart surgeon to dissect and examine details of the heart physiology to plan actual surgical procedures.
Clearly, realistic virtual simulation technology is becoming an integral element of many industries, as well as medicine, business, and society at large. It will be interesting to watch the relentless progression of this technology so essential to the digital transformation.