Upcoming conference will teach MODSIM strategies to empower engineers.
Dassault Systèmes has sponsored this post.
In just a week, Dassault Systèmes will be launching its 3DXPERIENCE Modeling and Simulation conference. Not only will this digital event feature a panel including yours truly, it will also be a deep dive into CATIA, SOLIDWORKS, SIMULIA and the importance of connecting engineering tools throughout the development cycle.
“Attendees will learn that modeling and simulation, or MODSIM for short, is more than just simulation-driven design. While MODSIM includes putting simulation tools into the hands of designers, it is more than just providing tools,” said Dale Berry, SIMULIA Offer Marketing Senior Director at Dassault Systèmes.
He explains, “MODSIM is about people working together. It’s about eliminating the silos that exist at many companies … not only between design and simulation departments, but extending to manufacturing, marketing, sales, the supply chain and even consumers. Eliminating these silos to foster collaboration, to share ideas, to exchange best-practices, to capture knowledge and to sustain innovation.”
While at the event, Dassault Systèmes will highlight users, industry leaders, early adopters and thought leaders that will echo the importance of bringing people, technology, processes and organizations together. They will explain that by shifting from siloed engineering tools, data streams and teams into collaborative organizations, the natural result is innovation.
For instance, Jose Garcia-Urruchi, Head of Digital Engineering Capability at Jaguar Land Rover, writes in his conference abstract that, “The continuous pursuit of cleaner cars and much shorter development timescales demands (i) a much closer integration between CAD and CAE and (ii) a greater confidence in the CAE predictions. At Jaguar Land Rover, we have invested heavily in the deployment of 3DEXPERIENCE as the backbone for Engineering as we believe that this platform will give us the close integration and confidence in simulation that we need.”
Advancing Design Concepts for Mobility Trends
As Garcia-Urruchi notes above, a good place to see the benefits of MODSIM is in the mobility space. The trends in these design spaces include green vehicles, electrification and autonomy. A major component of these trends, which will be discussed during my panel, is the movement towards lighter, stronger structures.
The lighter and stronger a vehicle’s structure is,
- The less power it uses to travel, becoming greener.
- The more batteries it can carry at a given weight, improving electrification.
- The more sensors and safety-features it can contain at a given weight, increasing autonomy.
The added challenge in this already complex design scenario is that development cycles are shrinking, forcing engineers to iterate, and eventually launch, these complex structures faster and faster.
Berry said, “Siloed processes with loosely-integrated tools will not provide the power, efficiency or reliability needed to solve these problems in a production environment. Only a data-managed, collaborative, model-based multidisciplinary approach based on tightly integrated technologies, built on a common platform, will enable organizations to adopt the digital transformation needed to reduce time and costs, drive innovation and deliver the efficient, reliable products needed to meet our global challenges today and in the future.”
Marco Ferrogalini, VP Head of Modeling and Simulations (MBSE) at Airbus agrees. In his conference abstract, he writes: “We are in a digital transformation era. New technologies are enabling new ways of working that were impossible only a few years ago. To take the maximum benefits of those new digital capabilities, a proper holistic digital transformation program shall be the way to implement them in a context of a wide company. In Airbus, we are currently running DDMS, which stands for Digital Design Manufacturing and Service, to be ready for the next aerospace industry challenges, with a clear focus on the future clean aviation. Modeling and simulation is a key pillar of our digital transformation.”
What Attendees Should Expect at the MODSIM Conference
The MODSIM conference will run on October 13th during two three-and-a-half hour windows. It will run between 13:00 and 14:30 CEST (for Europe) and EST (for the Americas). A version of the conference for the Asia Pacific region will run in late November.
It will include keynote speakers and demonstrations that will give attendees a glimpse at the strategies and processes needed to deploy and implement a MODSIM mentality into organizations.
Berry said, “For MODSIM to be a key component of a company’s digital transformation, it requires a mind-set shift within the organization. It is not just about the tools. It is about how to properly set yourself up to take full advantage of them in the right context, the right architecture and the right time.”
The event will also include live panels where attendees can interact with their peers, thought leaders and technology leaders in the MODSIM space. To attend, register here.
