3DEXPERIENCE STRUCTURAL

Major 3D CAD Import
Import 3D CAD of most major filetypes

Full Native CAD Associativity
Save native CAD data to the 3D EXPERIENCE cloud platform, directly from your SOLIDWORKS, CATIA, Inventor, or Creo CAD interface

Parametric Design Study
Create an automated review process for alternate designs by defining the variable CAD parameters and an FEA analysis with objectives and constraints

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User Assistant
Follow an interactive wizard to set up, run, and review results of simulations.

Physics Methods Reuse
Customize the User Assistant to streamline the setup and solving of complex simulations

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Data Access & Management
Access the latest product design information from a single, centralized, secure location on the cloud

Engineering Collaboration
Collaborate in real-time, exchange ideas, and manage tasks across disciplines on the cloud

Lightweight Results Review
Review and share simulation results in the cloud with non-sim team members

Abaqus Implicit Static Analysis
Solve static problems of deformable parts and assemblies.

Abaqus Implicit Dynamic Analysis
Solve nonlinear transient and quasi-static problems such as snap fits

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Abaqus Explicit Dynamic Analysis
Solve nonlinear dynamic problems such as drop tests and impact.

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fe-safe Durability Analysis
Solve linear and nonlinear fatigue analysis with stress-based and strain-based fatigue methods allowing high-cycle and low-cycle fatigue analysis.

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Linear Analysis
Run static, thermal (steady-state), frequency, and buckling studies with frictionless contact interactions and small sliding.

Advanced Linear Analysis
Run modal transient and modal harmonic studies.

Nonlinear Analysis
Run nonlinear static, thermal (transient), visco/creep studies and axisymmetric idealization of 3D models.

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Advanced Nonlinear & Multiphysics Analysis
Study explicit dynamic, post-buckling, random vibrations, complex frequencies (with possible preloading effects), piezoelectric response, coupled thermal-electrochemical stress, structural acoustics, smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH), and unstable collapse of nonlinear structures.

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Sequential Multi-Step Simulations
Set up automatic sequential loading in one simulation.

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Step Restart
Begin an entirely new simulation based on a completed analysis.

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Abaqus General Contact
Automatically set up component contact for the whole assembly at once.

Small & Finite Sliding Contact 
Accurate contact modeling up to and including large relative displacements.

Durability Analysis
Run realistic fatigue loading defined by any number of structural events from elastic or elastic-plastic structural analysis; multiple load events can be used to replicate entire test schedules, including inter-event transitions and manufacturing effects.

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Additive Manufacturing Analysis 
Use structural FEA to minimize print time and material usage and maximize post-print dimensional accuracy.

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User Subroutines
Link Abaqus user subroutines to 3D EXPERIENCE STRUCTURAL analyses to provide complex, user-defined definitions.

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Connections
Set up modeling of multiple components in an assembly.

Comprehensive Meshing Capabilities
Create high-quality meshes for solids, shells, and beams.

Rule-Based Meshing
Set meshing size and specifications (holes, fillets) for automatic high-quality mesh creation.

Model Assembly Design
Apply automated modeling to rapidly set up a simulation model mesh on a complex assembly.

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Geometry Preparation & Simplification
Automatically remove undesired geometry (holes, fillets, logos), extract mid-surface, and partition geometry for hex meshing.

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Substructures & Submodels
Improve simulation speed while retaining solution accuracy with targeted analytical simplifications.

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Keyword Editing
Edit or add Abaqus keywords to a 3D EXPERIENCE STRUCTURAL analysis.

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Nonlinear Materials
Explore a wide range of materials including the following properties: hyper-elasticity, plastic or permanent deformation, creep deformation, viscoelasticity, and more.

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Advanced Material Properties
Time, temperature, and rate dependencies, damage/fracture, and more.

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Fatigue Materials
Use database of fatigue materials with high-quality stress- and strain-based data for over 350 common materials.

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Material Calibration
Use test data to calibrate model behavior.

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Composite Materials
Perform detailed simulation of composite structures for stiffness, strength, manufacturability, and damage tolerance, while optimizing weight and performance.

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Basic Post-Processing Tools
Generate reports, contour/vector/iso-surface plots.

Advanced Post-Processing Tools
Create XV plots (field, history), path plots, view cuts.

Material Rendering
Create stunning visuals coupling material rendering with simulation results.

High-Performance Visualization
Accelerate the visualization of results, even on large models.

Remote Web Visualization
Review cloud-computed analyses through the web browser.

Animation Export
Save transient results in video format.

Side-by-Side Comparison
Configure multiple view layouts to show different orientations, results, or analysis cases.

Report Generator
Automatically create PLM-managed reports including results images and FE model details.

Local and Cloud Computing
Run simulations on your local computer or in the cloud.

High Performance Computing (HPC)
Expand the computing capacity of your local computer and on the cloud.

Embedded Compute Cores
Access up to this many compute cores (either cloud or local) without additional purchase.

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Compute Tokens
Permanent access to local or cloud Abaqus solving, up to a fixed limit of parallelized CPU cores.

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Compute Credits
Consumption-based access to local or cloud Abaqus solving, at a rate based upon solve duration and a number of CPU cores used.

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