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The document discusses various capabilities across different domains like structures, fluids, electronics, optics etc. It also covers topics like materials, design tools, additive manufacturing etc.

The document discusses capabilities across various domains like structures, fluids, electronics, optics, systems modeling etc. It also covers topics like multiphysics, optimization, HPC etc.

The document discusses modeling techniques like geometric idealization, topology optimization, vibrations, nonlinear dynamics, explicit dynamics etc.

CONTENT

STRUCTURES
Geometric Idealization......................... 3 Fluid-Structure Interacton.................. 15 Embedded Control Software Additive Science............................. 33
Modeling Capabilities.......................... 3 Electro-Thermal Interaction................ 15 Development...................................... 24
Materials.............................................. 4 Other Coupled Interactions................ 15 Man-Machine Interface Software........ 25 OPTICAL
Composite Materials............................ 4 Ease of Use and Productivity.............. 15 General Solver Capabilities............. 34
Sructural Solver Capabilities................ 5 VRXPERIENCE Photometry..................................... 34
Topology Optimization......................... 5 ELECTRONICS Human Vision..................................... 25 Human Vision.................................. 34
Multi Analysis...................................... 5 Low Frequency Electromagnetics....... 16 Headlamp Simulation......................... 25 Wavelength Range........................... 34
Vibrations............................................ 6 Magnetic Transient............................. 16 Optical System Simulation................. 25 Optical Design................................ 35
Nonlinear Transient Dynamics.............. 6 Advanced Magnetic Modeling............. 16 Context Simulation............................. 26 Optical Sensors............................... 35
Explicit Dynamics................................. 7 High Frequency Electromagnetics...... 17 Render Engine.................................... 26 Head-Up Display............................. 35
Durability............................................. 7 Power and Signal Integrity Board VR...................................................... 26 Manufacturing Variation.................. 35
Wave Hydrodynamics........................... 8 Simulation Capabilities...................... 19 Solver................................................. 26 HPC - SPEOS................................... 35
Thermal................................................ 8 RLCG Parasitic Extraction................... 20 Acoustics & Sound Quality................. 26 Simulation Preparation................... 36
Additional Physics................................ 8 Electronics Cooling............................. 20 Post Processing............................... 36
Optimization........................................ 9 HPC for Electronics............................. 21 GEOMETRY...................................... 27 Optimization................................... 36
Miscellaneous and Usability................. 9
HPC - Structures.................................. 9 SYSTEMS MODELING - DESIGN TOOLS MATERIALS
ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS Structural........................................... 28 Materials Data Management............ 37
FLUIDS System Modeling for Fluid................................................... 28 Materials Data Analysis................... 38
General Solver Capabilities................ 10 Power Electronics............................... 21 Thermal.............................................. 28 Workflow Management.................... 38
Single Phase Non-Reacting Flows....... 10 System Modeling for RF/Microwave.... 21 Electromagnetics................................ 29 Integration with CAD, CAE, PLM....... 38
Heat Transfer...................................... 11 System Modeling for SI/PI.................. 22 Multiphysics....................................... 29 Restricted Substances &
Particles Flows (Multiphase).............. 11 Design & Concept Modeling............... 29 Product Analytics............................ 38
Free Surface Flows (Multiphase)........ 11 MULTIPHYSICS Manufacturing.................................... 29 Materials Selection &
Related Tools.................................. 39
Dispersed Multiphase Flows Platform Technologies........................ 22 3D Printing......................................... 30
Reference Data Library.................... 40
(Multiphase)...................................... 12 Electro-Thermal Interaction................ 22 Reverse Engineering.......................... 30
Services.......................................... 41
Reacting Flows................................... 12 Miscellaneous.................................... 22 Interfaces and Add-Ons...................... 30
Teaching Resources......................... 41
Turbomachinery................................. 13
In-Flight Icing.................................... 13 SYSTEMS & ADDITIVE SOLUTIONS
Optimization...................................... 14 EMBEDDED SOFTWARE Additive Prep.................................. 31
High Rheology Material...................... 14 System Simulation, Validation Topology and Lattice Optimization.. 31
HPC - Fluids........................................ 14 and Digital Twins................................ 23 Geometry and STL File Handling...... 31
Pre and Post Processing..................... 14 Functional Safety Analysis.................. 23 Workbench Additive........................ 32
Multiphysics....................................... 15 Model-based Systems Engineering..... 24 Additive Print................................. 33 © 2019 ANSYS, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
MECHANICAL MECHANICAL MECHANICAL AUTODYN LS-DYNA AIM
STRUCTURES ENTERPRISE PREMIUM PRO

Geometric Idealization
Spring • • • ▲ • •
Mass • • • • • •
Damper • • • •
Spar • • •
Beam • • • • •
Pipe/Elbow • • •
Shell - Thin • • • • • •
Layered Shell - Thin (Composite) • • • •
Shell - Thick (Solid Shell) • • •
Layered Shell - Thick (Solid Shell) (Composite) • •
2D Plane / Axisymmetric • • • • •
3D Solids • • • • • •
Layered 3D Solids (Composite) • •
Infinite Domain • • • • •
2.5D • •
Reinforced • • • •
ROM •
Substructuring / Matrix •

Modeling Capabilities
Contact - Linear • • • • • •
Contact - Nonlinear • • • • • •
Joints • • • • • •
Spot Welds • • • • •
Element Birth and Death • •
Gasket Elements •
Rezoning and Adaptive Remeshing • • •

3 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
MECHANICAL MECHANICAL MECHANICAL AUTODYN LS-DYNA AIM
STRUCTURES ENTERPRISE PREMIUM PRO

Materials
Basic Linear Materials • • • • • •
(Linear, Anisotropic,Temperature Dependent)
Basic Nonlinear Materials
(Hyper, Plasticity, Rate Independent, • • ▲ • • ▲
Isotropic, Concrete)
Advanced Nonlinear Materials
(Rate dependent, Anisotropic, Damage Models, • • •
Geomechanics Materials, Multiphysics)
Field Dependent • •
Reactive Materials • •
Fracture Mechanics and Crack Growth •
Material Designer •
Granta Materials Data for Simulation ▫7 ▫7 ▫7

Composite Materials
Material Definitions • • • •
Layers Definitions • ▲ • •
Interface Plies •
Advanced Modeling Features •
Variable Material Data •
Solid Extrusion •
Lay-up Mapping •
Draping •
Lay-up exchange interfaces •
Advanced Failure Criteria Library •
First-ply Failure • •
Last-Ply failure •
Delamination • • •
Composite Cure Simulation ▫9

4 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
MECHANICAL MECHANICAL MECHANICAL AUTODYN LS-DYNA AIM
STRUCTURES ENTERPRISE PREMIUM PRO

Structural Solver Capabilities


Linear Static • • • •
Nonlinear Static • • • •
Pre-Stress effects, Linear perturbation • • • ▲ ▲
Nonlinear Geometry • • • • • •
Buckling - Linear Eigenvalue • • •
Buckling - Nonlinear Post Buckling Behavior • • • • •
Buckling - Nonlinear Post Buckling Behavior • •
- Arc Length
Steady State Analysis Applied to a •
Transient Condition
Advanced Wave Loading •

Topology Optimization
Structural optimization • • • •
Modal optimization • • • •
Thermal Loads • • •
Inertial Loads • • •
Optimized Design Validation • • • •
Manufacturing Constraints • • • ▲
Stress Constraints • • • •
Symmetry • • • •
Lattice Optimization ▫8
Overhang/Additive constraints ▫8

Multi Analysis
Submodeling • • •
Data Mapping • • • •
Multiphysics Data Mapping • •
Initial State • • • •
Advanced Multi-Stage 2D to 3D Analysis • •

5 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
MECHANICAL MECHANICAL MECHANICAL AUTODYN LS-DYNA AIM
STRUCTURES ENTERPRISE PREMIUM PRO

Vibrations
Modal • • • •
Modal - Pre-Stressed • • • •
Modal - Damped/Unsymmetric • •
Transient - Mode-Superposition • •
Harmonic - Mode-Superposition • •
Harmonic - Full • •
Spectrum • •
Random Vibration • • •
Mistuning • •
Rotordynamics • •
Modal Acoustic •
Harmonic Acoustic •

Nonlinear Transient Dynamics


Rigid Body Mechanisms • •
Rigid Body Dynamics with CMS l Components •
for Flexible Bodies
Full Transient • • • •
CMS with Substructuring •

6 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
MECHANICAL MECHANICAL MECHANICAL AUTODYN LS-DYNA AIM
STRUCTURES ENTERPRISE PREMIUM PRO

Explicit Dynamics
FE (Lagrange) Solver • • •
Euler Solvers ▲ •
Meshless Solvers •
Implicit-Explicit Deformations • • •
Implicit-Explicit Material States • •
Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) • •
Mass Scaling • • •
Natural Fragmentation • •
Erosion Based on Multiple Criteria • • •
De-Zoning • •
Part Activation and Deactivation •
(Multi Stage Analysis)
Remapping in Space •
Remapping Solution Methods •

Durability
Stress-Life (SN) • • • •
Strain-Life (EN) • • • •
Dang Van ▫1 ▫1 ▫1
Safety Factor • • • •
Adhesive Bond ▫1 ▫1 ▫1
Crack Growth Linear Fracture Mechanics ▫1 ▫1 ▫1
Seam Weld ▫1 ▫1 ▫1
Spot Weld ▫1 ▫1 ▫1
Thermo-Mechanical Fatigue ▫1 ▫1 ▫1
Vibration Fatigue ▫1 ▫1 ▫1
Virtual Strain Gauge Correlation ▫1 ▫1 ▫1
Python Scripting Customization ▫1 ▫1 ▫1

7 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
MECHANICAL MECHANICAL MECHANICAL AUTODYN LS-DYNA AIM
STRUCTURES ENTERPRISE PREMIUM PRO

Wave Hydrodynamics
Diffraction and Radiation •
Frequency & Time Domain Motions Analysis •
Moorings, Joints & Tethers •
Load Transfer to Structural Analysis •

Thermal
Steady State Thermal • • • •
Transient Thermal • • • •
Conduction • • • • • •
Convection • • • •
Radiation to Space • • • •
Radiation - Surface to Surface • • •
Phase Change • • • • •
Thermal Analysis of Layered Shells and Solids • •

Additional Physics
1-D Thermal-flow • • •
1-D Coupled-field Circuits •
1-D Electromechanical Transducer •
MEMS ROM •
Piezoelectric •
Piezoresistive •
Electroelastic •
Electromagnetic • ▲
Vibro-acoustics •
Electro-Migration •
Diffusion-Pore-Fluid •
Diffusion-Thermal Structural-Electric •
Structural-Thermal-Electric-Magnetic • ▲
1-Way Fluid-Structure Interaction ▫ 2

2
▫ •
2

2-Way Fluid-Structure Interaction ▫ 2

8 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
MECHANICAL MECHANICAL MECHANICAL AUTODYN LS-DYNA AIM
STRUCTURES ENTERPRISE PREMIUM PRO

Optimization
DesignXplorer Included • • • ▫3 ▫3 •
Parameters • • • • • •
Design Point Studies • • • • • •
Correlation Analysis • • • • •
Design of Experiments • • • • •
Sensitivity Analysis • • • • •
Goal Driven Optimization • • • • •
Six Sigma Analysis • • • • •

Miscellaneous and Usability


ANSYS SpaceClaim • ▫4 ▫4 ▫4 ▫4 •
ANSYS Customization Suite (ACS) • ▫5 ▫5 ▫5 ▫5 •
Support ACT Extensions • • • • • •
Command Snippet Support • • • •
Batch run capability • • • • • •
External Code Interfaces • • • •
CDB and 3rd Party FE Model Import • • •

HPC - Structures
Default Number of Cores 4 (DMP + SMP) 4 (DMP + SMP) 4 (DMP + SMP) 1 1 4 (DMP + SMP) 1 = ANSYS nCode DesignLife Products
MAPDL MAPDL 2 = ANSYS Fluent
4 for Explicit 3 = ANSYS DesignXplorer
4 for RBD MAPDL 4 = ANSYS SpaceClaim
4 for AQWA 5 = ANSYS Customization Suite (ACS)
6 = ANSYS HPC, ANSYS HPC Pack or
Parallel Solving on Local PC • • • • • •
ANSYS HPC Workgroup
Parallel Solving on Cluster • • • • • 7 = ANSYS Granta Materials Data
for Simulation
GPU Acceleration ▫6
▫6
▫6
8 = ANSYS Additive Suite
MAPDL - Yes 9 = ANSYS Composite Cure Simulation
Explicit - No
RBD - No DMP = Distributed-memory parallel
Aqwa - No
SMP = Shared-memory parallel
Parallel Solving Over Cloud Launched MAPDL - Yes MAPDL = Mechanical APDL
from Desktop Explicit - No Explicit = Autodyn
RBD - No RBD = Rigid Body Dynamics
Aqwa - No Aqwa = Aqwa

9 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
CHEMKIN
FLUENT CFX POLYFLOW FORTE FENSAP-ICE AIM
FLUIDS ENTERPRISE

General Solver Capabilities


Comprehensive Inlet and Outlet Conditions • • • • • • •
Steady-State Flow • • • • • • •
Transient Flow • • • • • • •
2D and 3D Flow • ▲ • ▲ • ▲ ▲
Reduced Order Models (ROM) • •
Time Dependent Boundary Conditions • • • • • ▲ •
Customizable Materials Library • • • • • • •
Fan Model • • •
Periodic domains • • • • • • •
Flow-Driven Solid Motion (6DOF) • • •
Pressure-Based Coupled Solver • • • • • • •
Density-Based Coupled Solver • •
Dynamic/Moving-Deforming Mesh • • • • • •
Overset Mesh •
Immersed-Solid/MST Method for Moving Parts • • •
Automatic On-the-Fly Mesh Generation • • •
with Dynamic Refinement
Dynamic Solution-Adaptive Mesh Refinement • • • ▲ •
Polyhedral Unstructured Solution-Adaptive •
Mesh Refinement

Single Phase, Non-Reacting Flows


Incompressible Flow • • • • •
Compressible Flow • • • • • •
Porous Media • • •
Non-Newtonian Viscosity • • •
Turbulence - Isotropic • • • • • • •
Turbulence - Anisotropic (RSM) • •
Turbulence - Unsteady (LES/SAS/DES) • • •
Turbulence - Laminar/Turbulent Transition • • • • •
Flow Pathlines (Massless) • • • •
Fan Model • • •
Acoustics (Source Export) • • •
Acoustics (Noise Prediction) • ▲

10 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
CHEMKIN
FLUENT CFX POLYFLOW FORTE FENSAP-ICE AIM
FLUIDS ENTERPRISE

Heat Transfer
Natural Convection • • • • •
Conduction & Conjugate Heat Transfer • • • • •
Shell Conduction (Including Multi-Layer Model) •
Internal Radiation - Participating Media • • • • •
Internal Radiation - Transparent Media • • •
External Radiation • • • •
Solar Radiation & Load • •
Simplified Heat Exchanger Model •
Non-equilibrium Thermal Model •
Prorous Media •

Particles Flows (Multiphase)


Coupled Discrete Phase Modeling • • • • ▲ •
Including Thin Wall Films
Macroscopic Particle Model • ▲
Inert Particle Tracking (with Mass) • • ▲
Liquid Droplet (Incl. Evaporation) • • • • •
Combusting Particles • • • •
Multicomponent Droplets • • • • •
Discrete Element Model (DEM) •
Break-Up And Coalescence • • • • •
Erosion • •

Free Surface Flows (Multiphase)


Implicit VOF • • •
Explicit VOF • • •
Coupled Level Set/VOF • • •
VOF to DPM Spray Model •
Open Channel Flow And Wave • •
Surface Tension • • • •
Phase Change • • • •
Cavitation • • • •
Cavitation Where Multiple Fluids •
and Non-Condensing Gases Are Present

11 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
CHEMKIN
FLUENT CFX POLYFLOW FORTE FENSAP-ICE AIM
FLUIDS ENTERPRISE

Dispersed Multiphase Flows (Multiphase)


Mixture Fraction • •
Eulerian Model including Thin Wall Films • • • •
Boiling Model • • • •
Surface Tension • • • •
Phase Change • • • • •
Drag And Lift • • • • •
Wall Lubrication • • • •
Heat And Mass Transfer • • • • •
Population Balance • • • •
Reactions Between Phases • • • •
Granular Model for Dense Bed of Solids • •
Dense Particulate Coupling (DDPM) • •

Reacting Flows
Species Transport • • • • •
Non-Premixed Combustion • • • •
Premixed Combustion • • • •
Partially Premixed Combustion • • • •
Composition PDF Transport • •
Finite Rate Chemistry • • • • •
Pollutants and Soot Modeling • • • •
Sparse Chemistry Solver with Dynamic Cell • • •
Clustering and Dynamic Adaptive Chemistry
Ability to Use Model Fuel Library Mechanisms • • •
Flame-Speed from Fuel-Component Library • • •
DPIK Spark-Ignition Model • •
Flame-Propagation Using Level-Set Method • •
(G-Equation)
Internal Combustion Engine Specific Solution • • • •
0-D/1-D/2-D Reactor Models and •
Reactor Networks
Plasma Reactions •
Comprehensive Surface-Kinetics • •
Chemical and Phase Equilibrium • •
Flamelet Table Generation • •
Flamespeed and Ignition Table Generation •
Reaction Sensitivity, Uncertainty and •
Path Analysis
Surrogate Blend Optimizer •
Mechanism Reduction •

12 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
CHEMKIN
FLUENT CFX POLYFLOW FORTE FENSAP-ICE AIM
FLUIDS ENTERPRISE

Turbomachinery
MRF/Frozen-Rotor • •
Sliding-Mesh/Stage • •
Transient Blade Row •
Pitch Change •
Time Transformation •
Fourier Transformation •
Harmonic Analysis •
Blade Flutter Analysis •
Forced Response Analysis •
Flank Milled Blades •

In-Flight Icing
Simulation of standard droplets, SLD, and • •
ice crystals
Inclusion of vapor / humidity effects on icing • •
Icing environments of Appendices C, O (SLD), • •
and D (Ice Crystals)
Various pre-defined droplet size distributions • •
Simulation of rime, glaze, and mixed icing • •
Single - and multi-shot icing simulations with • •
mesh deformation for prediction of ice
accretion and aerodynamic performance
degradation
Single- and multi-shot icing simulations with •
automatic re-meshing for prediction of ice
accretion and aerodynamic performance
degradation
Conjugate Heat Transfer (CHT) for anti- and •
de-icing simulations
Icing of rotating components of all types: ▲
rotors, propellers, and engines (fan, guide
vanes, and any number of compressor rows)

13 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
CHEMKIN
FLUENT CFX POLYFLOW FORTE FENSAP-ICE AIM
FLUIDS ENTERPRISE

Optimization
Parameters • • • • •
Design Point Studies • • • • •
Correlation Analysis • • • •
Design of Experiments • • • •
Sensitivity Analysis • • • • •
Goal Driven Optimization • • • •
Six Sigma Analysis • • • •
Adjoint Solver for Shape Optimization •
Adjoint Solver Supports Rotating Reference •
Frames & Conjugate Heat Transfer
Multi-Objective-Constrained Optimization •
Mesh Morphing (RBF Morph) ▫

High Rheology Material


Viscoelasticity •
Specialty Extrusion Models • ▲
Specialty Blow Molding Models • ▲
Specialty Fiber Spinning Models •

HPC – Fluids
Parallel Solving on Local PC Option • • • • • • •
Parallel Solving Over Network Option • • • • • •
Parallel Solving Over Cloud •
Launched from Desktop
GPU Support • •

Pre and Post Processing


Photo Realistic Rendering • • • • • Option •
SpaceClaim Direct Modeler • • • • • • •
Compare Multiple Runs, Datasets, Physics, • • • • • Option •
Graphs in a Single Window

14 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
CHEMKIN
FLUENT CFX POLYFLOW FORTE FENSAP-ICE AIM
FLUIDS ENTERPRISE

Multiphysics
Advanced, Automated Data Exchange • • • • •
Accurate Data Interpolation Between • • • •
Dissimilar Meshes
Drag-n-Drop Multiphysics • • •
Direct Coupling Between Physics • • •
Collaborative Workflows • • •
Fully Managed Co-Simulation • •
Flexible Solver Coupling Options • • •

Fluid-Structure Interaction
Force Induced Motion/Deformation ▫ ▫ • •
Fluid Thermal Deformation ▫ ▫ •

Electro-Thermal Interaction
Convection Cooled Electronics • •
Conduction Cooled Electronics • •
High Frequency Thermal Management • •
Electromechanical Thermal Management • •

Other Coupled Interactions


Aero-Vibro Acoustics •
Acoustics-Structural • •
Fluid Magnetohydrodynamics • •

Ease of Use and Productivity


Support ACT Extensions •
Mosaic-Enabled Meshing Technology •
Task-Based Workflow - Watertight Geometries •
Task-Based Workflow - Fault Tolerant (Beta) •
Directly Enter Expressions • • •

15 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
Q3D
MAXWELL HFSS SIwave ICEPAK AIM
ELECTRONICS EXTRACTOR

Low Frequency Electromagnetics


Electrostatics • •
AC Conduction • •
DC Conduction • •
Magnetostatics • •
Adaptive Field Mesh • • • • •
AC Harmonic Magnetic • •
Electric Transient •

Magnetic Transient
Translational Motion •
Fully Automatic Symmetrical Mesh Generation •
Rotational Motion •
Non-Cylindrical Motion •
Advanced Embedded Circuit Coupling •
Circuit Coupling with Adaptive Time Stepping •
Direct and Iterative Matrix Solvers •

Advanced Magnetic Modeling


Vector Hysteresis Modeling •
Hysteresis Modeling for Anisotropic Material •
Frequency Dependent Reduced Order Models •
Equivalent Model Extraction •
(Linear-Motion, Rotational-Motion, No-Motion)
Functional Magnetization Direction •
Magnetization/De-magnetization Modeling •
Manufacturing Dependent Core l Loss Models •
Noise - Vibration Modeling ▫
Temperature De-magnetization Modeling •
Core Loss computation • •
Lamination Modeling •
Magnetostriction and Magnetoelastic Modeling •
Hardware in the Loop modeling •
Integrated Motor Synthesis and Design Kit •
Integrated Planar Magnetics •
Synthesis and Design Kit

16 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
Q3D
MAXWELL HFSS SIwave ICEPAK AIM
ELECTRONICS EXTRACTOR

High Frequency Electromagnetics


Fully Automated Adaptive Mesh Refinement •
Multi-Frequency Broadband Adaptive Meshing •
Frequency Domain Finite Element •
(FEM) Analysis
Frequency Domain Integral Equation •
(MoM) Analysis
Time Domain FEM Analysis •
FEM Eigenmode Analysis •
MoM Characteristic Mode Analysis •
Physical Optics (PO) Analysis ▫
Shooting and Bouncing Ray+ (SBR+) Analysis ▫
Physical Theory of Diffraction (PTD) for SBR ▫
Uniform Theory of Diffraction (UTD) for SBR ▫
Visual Ray Tracing for SBR+ Analysis ▫
Domain Decomposition Method (DDM) •
for Frequency Domain FEM Analysis
Hybrid Finite Element/Integral Equation Analysis •
UI Coupled Finite Element and/or IE •
with SBR+ Analysis
Modal Wave Port Excitation •
Terminal Wave Port Excitations •
Lumped, Voltage and Current Excitations •
Circuit Port Excitations
Parametric Antenna Excitations for SBR+ •
Floquet Excitations •
Incident Wave Excitation •
Magnetic Ferrite Bias Excitation •
Perfect Electric and Magnetic Boundary •
Finite Conductivity Boundary •
Lumped RLC Boundary •
Symmetry Boundary •
Continued on next page

17 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
Q3D
MAXWELL HFSS SIwave ICEPAK AIM
ELECTRONICS EXTRACTOR

High Frequency Electromagnetics (continued)


Periodic Boundary •
Frequency Dependant Materials •
Higher and Mixed Order Elements •
Curvilinear Element Mesh Correction •
S,Y,Z Matrix Results •
E, H, J, P Field Results •
Direct and Iterative Matrix Solvers •
Antenna Parameter Calculation •
Infinite and Finite Antenna Array Calculations •
Radar Cross Section Calculation •
FSS, EBG and Metamaterial Calculation •
Specific Absorption Rate Calculation •
EMI/EMC Calculation •
System Level EMI and RFI Analysis •
Accelerated doppler processing (ADP) for •
near field radar
Auto-fast and advanced user solution setups •
Linear Circuit Analysis with EM Dynamic Link •
Integrated Antenna Synthesis and Design Kit •
3D Component Libraries with •
User Controled Parametrics
3D Component with Encryption Creation •
3D Component with Encryption Utilization •
EMI Layout Rules Scanner •

18 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
Q3D
MAXWELL HFSS SIwave ICEPAK AIM
ELECTRONICS EXTRACTOR

Power and Signal Integrity


Board Simulation Capabilities
Electronics Desktop 3D Layout GUI • • •
ECAD Translation (Altium, Cadence, Mentor, • •
Pulsonix, & Zuken)
MCAD (.sat) Generation from ECAD • •
Lead Frame Editor • •
DC Voltage, Current and Power Analysis •
for PKG/PCB
DC Joule Heating with ANSYS Icepak • • •
Passive Excitation Plane Resonance Analysis •
Driven Excitation Plane Resonance Analysis •
Automated Decoupling Analysis •
Capacitor Loop Inductance Analysis •
AC SYZ Analysis - PI, SI, & EMI •
Dynamically Linked Electromagnetic Field Solvers •
Chip, Package, PCB Analysis (CPM) • •
Near-Field EMI Analysis •
Far-Field EMI Analysis •
Characteristic Impedance (Zo) l PKG/PCB Scan •
Full PCB/PKG Cross-talk Scanning •
EMI Layout Rules Scanner  • •
Electromigration Analysis • •
TDR Analysis • • •
Transient IBIS Circuit Analysis • •
SerDes IBIS-AMI Circuit Analysis •
Macro-Modeling (Network Data Explorer) •
Steady State AC (LNA) Analysis •
Virtual Compliance - DDRx, GDDRx, & LPDDRx •
Synopsys HSPICE Integration •
Cadence PSPICE Support •
Electromagnetically Circuit Driven Field Solvers • •

19 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
Q3D
MAXWELL HFSS SIwave ICEPAK AIM
ELECTRONICS EXTRACTOR

RLCG Parasitic Extraction


DCRL, ACRL & CG Solver •
IC Packaging RLCG IBIS Extraction •
for Signals & Power
Touchpanel RLCG Unit Cell Extraction •
Adaptive Meshing for Accurate Extraction •
Bus Bar RLCG Extraction •
Power Inverter & Converter Component Extraction •
Specialized Thin Plane Solver for •
Touchpanel Extraction
3D Component Library • •
Reduced RLCG Matrix Operations •
SPICE equivalent Modeling Export •
DCRL & ACRL Joule Heating Analysis with Icepak •
Macro-Modeling (Network Data Explorer) • •
2D Transmission Line Modeling Toolkit •
2D Cable Modeling Toolkit •

Electronics Cooling
Multi-Mode Heat Transfer •
Steady-State and Transient •
CFD Analysis •
Turbulent Heat Transfer •
Multiple-Fluid Analysis •
Species Transport •
Solar Loading •
Reduced Order Flow and Thermal •
Network Modeling •
Joule Heating Analysis ▫ ▫ ▫ ▫ •
Thermo-electric Cooler Modeling •
Thermostat Modeling •
Package Characterization •
Data Center Modeling •

20 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
Q3D
MAXWELL HFSS SIwave ICEPAK AIM
ELECTRONICS EXTRACTOR

HPC for Electronics


GPU Support ▫ ▫
HPC Accelerated Frequency Sweeps • •
HPC Distributed Hybrid Solving •
HPC Enabled Domain Decomposition Method • •
HPC Time Decomposition Method •
HPC Enabled Multi-port Excitation Acceleration •
HPC Acceleration for DCRL, ACRL and CG •
HPC Enabled Parallel Processing • • • •

SYSTEMS MODELING -
ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS
System Modeling for Power Electronics
Circuit Simulation • • • • •
Block Diagram Simulation • • • • •
State Machine Simulation • • • • •
VHDL-AMS Simulation • • • • •
Integrated Graphical Modeling Environment • • • • •
Power Electronics Component Libraries • • • • •
Reduced Order Modeling • • • • •
Power Electronic Device and • • • • •
Module Characterization
Co-Simulation with MathWorks Simulink • • • • •

System Modeling for RF/Microwave


Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) System Solver ▫
Electromagnetic Interference System Solver ▫
RF Link Budget Analysis ▫
RF Co-Site and Antenna Coexistence Analysis ▫
Automated Diagnostics for Rapid Root-Cause Analysis ▫
RF Component Library ▫
Wireless Propagation Models ▫
Multi-Fidelity Parametric Radio Models ▫
Antenna-to-Antenna Coupling Models ▫

21 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
Q3D
MAXWELL HFSS SIwave ICEPAK AIM
ELECTRONICS EXTRACTOR

System Modeling for SI/PI


SerDes Channel Modeling - IBIS-AMI, ▫ •
QuickEye and VerifEye
Multi-Drop & Parallel Bus Modeling - IBIS, ▫ •
HSPICE, Spectre, PSPICE, and Nexxim Transient
Network Data Exploration • • •
TDR Analysis ▫ •
Steady State AC (LNA) Analysis ▫ •
Virtual Compliance - DDRx, GDDRx, & LPDDRx ▫ •

MULTIPHYSICS
Platform Technologies
Advanced, Automated Data Exchange • • • •
Accurate Data Interpolation Between • • • •
Dissimilar Meshes • • • •
Drag-n-Drop Multiphysics • • • •
Direct Coupling Between Physics • • • •
Collaborative Workflows • • • •
Fully Managed Co-Simulation • • • •
Flexible Solver Coupling Options • • • •

Electro-Thermal Interaction
Convection Cooled Electronics • •
Conduction Cooled Electronics • •
High Frequency Thermal Management • • •
Electromechanical Thermal Management • • •

Miscellaneous
Integrated Windows HPC Support • • • • •
Integrated IBM Spectrum LSF Support • • • • •
Customizable 3rd Party Scheduler Support • • • • •
Support ACT Extensions ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲

22 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
SYSTEMS & TWIN medini ARCHITECT SCADE SCADE VRXPERIENCE VRXPERIENCE VRXPERIENCE
Perceived VRXPERIENCE
EMBEDDED SOFTWARE BUILDER ANALYZE SUITE DISPLAY AV / ADAS HMI Quality Sound

System Simulation, Validation


and Digital Twins
Integrated Graphical Modeling Environment •
Standard Modeling Languages •
and Exchange Formats
Multi-Domain Systems Modeler •
Extensive 0D Application-Specific Libraries •
3rd Party (1D) Tool Integrations •
3D ROM •
Embedded Software Integration •
Multi-Domain System Simulation •
Rapid HMI Prototyping •
System Optimization •
XIL Integration •
IIoT Connectivity •
Digital Twin Runtime Deployment •

Functional Safety Analysis


Safety Concept Modelling •
Model Based Safety Analysis •
Reliability Prediction and Analysis •
Traceability and Validation Teamwork •
Integration into Engineering Environment •
Customization and Process Adaption •
ANSYS Product Integration •
Reporting and Documentation •

23 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
SYSTEMS & TWIN medini ARCHITECT SCADE SCADE VRXPERIENCE VRXPERIENCE VRXPERIENCE
Perceived VRXPERIENCE
EMBEDDED SOFTWARE BUILDER ANALYZE SUITE DISPLAY AV / ADAS HMI Quality Sound

Model-based Systems Engineering


Model-Based System Design ▲ ▲
Functional Decomposition ▲ ▲
Architecture Decomposition • •
Allocation of Functions to Components • •
Model Checks • •
Model Diff/Merge • •
System / Software Bi-Directional Sync • •
Model Sharing and IP Protection • •
Model-Based Interface Control • •
Document Production
Configurable for Industry Standards • •
(IMA, AUTOSAR, Etc.)
Product Configuration for Automotive Developers • •

Embedded Control Software Development


Data Flow and State Machine Design •
and Simulation Capabilities
Extensive Set of Libraries Delivered •
as Design Examples
Simulation Capabilities •
Record and Playback Scenarios •
Plant Model Co-Simulation Including FMI •
Coverage Analysis For Requirements Based Tests •
Formal Verification •
Timing And Stack Optimization •
Worst Case Execution Time Estimates On Target •
Verification of Stack Space Requirements •
Certified Code Generation for DO-178C, •
EN 50128, ISO 26262, IEC 61508
Certification Kits For DO-178C, EN50128, •
ISO 26262, IEC 61508

24 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
SYSTEMS & TWIN medini ARCHITECT SCADE SCADE VRXPERIENCE VRXPERIENCE VRXPERIENCE
Perceived VRXPERIENCE
EMBEDDED SOFTWARE BUILDER ANALYZE SUITE DISPLAY AV / ADAS HMI Quality Sound

Man-Machine Interface Software


Model-Based Prototyping and Specification of MMIs •
Support Of OpenGL, OpenGL SC and OpenGL ES •
Font Management •
Optimization of Graphical Specifications •
Plant Model Co-Simulation Including FMI •
Automatic Generation of iOS and •
Android Projects
Certified Code Generation For DO-178C, •
EN 50128, ISO 26262, IEC 61508
Certification Kits For DO-178C, EN50128, •
ISO 26262, IEC 61508
Testing Capabilities •

VRXPERIENCE
Human Vision
Glare Simulation •

Headlamp Simulation
Visual Measurement •
Lamp Control • ▲ ▲
IIHS Test •

Optical System Simulation


Ground-Truth sensor •
Camera Sensor • ▲ ▲
LiDAR Sensor •
Virtual Display • •
HUD •
Advanced Lighting Component

25 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
SYSTEMS & TWIN medini ARCHITECT SCADE SCADE VRXPERIENCE VRXPERIENCE VRXPERIENCE
Perceived VRXPERIENCE
EMBEDDED SOFTWARE BUILDER ANALYZE SUITE DISPLAY AV / ADAS HMI Quality Sound

Context Simulation
Basic driving scenario • ▲ ▲
Advanced driving scenario • ▫
Advanced vehicle dynamic • ▫
Environement creation • • •
Trigger & animation • •
HiL connectivity •
Virtual display&actuators interaction •

Render Engine
Real-time physics-based lighting • • •
Advanced raytraced lighting • •
Full physics GPU lighting •

VR
HMD • •
CAVE, Powerwall • •
Finger tracking •

Solver
Tolerance Variation Engine •

Acoustics & Sound Quality


Analyze, Listen & Modify •
Psychoacoustics, Automatic detection •
and separation, Play 3D sound
Engine Sound Design •
3D sound for listening room and VR •
Interactive sound for driving simulator •
Measure sound perception with listening test •
Listen to ANSYS Mechanical simulation •

26 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
SPACECLAIM
DESIGN DESIGN
GEOMETRY MODELER MODELER

Direct Modeling Technology •


Feature Based Modeling Technology •
Open Data from All Major CAD Systems • •
Export Data to Neutral File Formats • •
Modify Imported Geometry • •
Defeaturing and Simplification Tools • •
Model Repair • •
Add Parameters for Design Exploration • •
Extract Mid-Surfaces/Shells and Beams • •
Extract Volumes & Create Inner Fluid Domains • •
Extract Outer Air Enclosures • •
Shared Topology for Conformal Meshing • •
Booleans and Slicing • •
Create Weld Bodies • •
Boundary Condition Mapping • •
Scripting • •
Sketching and Editing Tools • •
3D Comparison Tools •
Repair and Edit Faceted Data •
Icepak Integration • •
Reverse Engineering Faceted Data •

27 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
DISCOVERY DISCOVERY DISCOVERY
DESIGN TOOLS ESSENTIALS STANDARD ULTIMATE

Structural
Static Structural Analysis • •
Modal Analysis • •
Pre-Stressed Modal Analysis •
Random Vibration •
Shells, Springs, Point Masses •
Spatially Varying Loads •
Nonlinear Contact & Joints •
Pre-tension Bolts & Multi-step Analsysis •
Basic Plasticity •
Large Deformation •
Fatigue Analysis •
Topology Optimization • •

Fluid
Steady-State Flow • •
Transient Flow • •
Time-dependent Fluid Conditions •
Incompressible Flow •
Compressible Flow¹ ▲ •
Non-Newtonian Fluids •
Periodic Domains •
Porous Media •
Particle Flow •

Thermal
Steady State Thermal • •
Transient Thermal • •
Time Dependent Thermal Conditions •
Conduction • •
Convection • •
Radiation to Space •

28 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
DISCOVERY DISCOVERY DISCOVERY
DESIGN TOOLS ESSENTIALS STANDARD ULTIMATE

Electromagnetics
DC Conduction • •
AC Conduction •
Electrostatics •
Magnetostatics •
AC Harmonic Magnetics •

Multiphysics
Thermal-Stress • •
Fluid-Structure Interaction •
Fluid-Solid Thermal (Conjugate Heat Transfer) •
Thermal-Electric • •
Thermal-Electric-Stress • •
Thermal-Electromagnetic •
Thermal-Electromagnetic-Stress •

Design & Concept Modeling


Concept Modeling or Detail Design • • •
Part/Assembly Creation or Import • • •
Large Assembly Importing • • •
2-D Drawings, BOM, Exploded Views • • •
Geometric Parameterization • • •
Sheet Metal Design • • •

Manufacturing
Repair & Defeature Tools • • •
Sheet Metal Editing and Unfolding • • •

29 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
DISCOVERY DISCOVERY DISCOVERY
DESIGN TOOLS ESSENTIALS STANDARD ULTIMATE

3-D Printing²
Import, Repair, Edit Faceted Data • • •
Shelling and Infills • • •
Thickness Eetection • • •

Reverse Engineering
Autosurface of Scanned Data • • •
Build Solid/Surfaces on Scanned Data • • •

Interfaces and Add-ons


Algoryx Momentum³ • • •
Keyshot Rendering³ • • •

(1) Discovery Live supports mildly compressible


fluid flow up to ~Mach 0.3

(2) Included with Discovery Standard and Ultimate

(3) Add-on Module"

30 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
ADDITIVE ADDITIVE ADDITIVE MECHANICAL
ADDITIVE SOLUTIONS PREP PRINT SUITE* ENTERPRISE

Additive Prep
Define Build Envelope • • •
Multiple Parts • • •
Optimize Part Orientation based upon • • •
Distortion Tendency, Build Time, & Supports
Support Regions Detection • • •
Control of Support Parameters • • •
Multiple Support Types • • •
Angled Supports • • •
Perforations, Tooth Patterns, Intrusion, Sizing • • •
and distribution of support walls
Automatic Support Generation • • •
Export of STL and SpaceClaim files • • •

Topology and Lattice Optimization


Structural Optimization •
Modal Optimization •
Thermal Loads •
Inertial Loads •
Optimized Design Validation •
Manufacturing Constraints •
Stress Constraints •
Symmetry •
Lattice Optimization • ▫
Overhang/Additive Constraints • ▫

Geometry and STL File Handling


SpaceClaim Direct Modeler • • •

31 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
ADDITIVE ADDITIVE ADDITIVE MECHANICAL
ADDITIVE SOLUTIONS PREP PRINT SUITE* ENTERPRISE

Workbench Additive
Nonlinear and Temperature Dependent •
Material Properties
Thermo-Mechanical Coupled Strain Solution •
Native Mechanical Environment •
Stress-Based Automatically Generated Supports •
Part Distortion & Residual Stress (As-Built) •
Part Distortion & Residual Stress After •
Support Removal
Blade Crash Detection ▲
Identification of High Strain (Crack) Locations •
Layer by Layer Stress & Distortion Visualizations •
Option to Output Only the Last Layer of the •
Build or Every Nth Layer
User-Defined Step Option as 1st or •
Last Sequence Step
Layered Tetrahedral Meshing •
Post Build Heat Treatment •

32 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
ADDITIVE ADDITIVE ADDITIVE MECHANICAL
ADDITIVE SOLUTIONS PREP PRINT SUITE* ENTERPRISE

Additive Print
Nonlinear and Temperature Dependent • •
Material Properties
Uniform Assumed Isotropic Strain • •
Scan Pattern Based Anisotropic Strain • •
Thermal Ratcheting Based Anisotropic Strain • •
Desktop & Cloud Stand-Alone Environments • •
Stress-Based Automatically Generated Supports • •
Part Distortion & Residual Stress (As-Built) • •
Part Distortion & Residual Stress After • •
Support Removal
Distortion Compensation • •
Blade Crash Detection • •
Identification Of High Strain (Crack) Locations • •
Layer by Layer Stress, Distortion & • •
Blade Crash Visualizations
Build File Readers for Multiple AM Machines • •
Auto Queue Multiple Successive Simulations • •
Input Strain Hardening Factor • •
User Defined Support Import • •
Subvoxel Material Density Assignment • •

Additive Science
Meltpool Dimensions •
Detailed Thermal History ▲
% Porosity •
Sensor Measurement Predictions ▲

* Additive Suite requires a


Mechanical Enterprise license

33 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
SPEOS HUD SPEOS Far
SPEOS Premium SPEOS SPEOS Optical SPEOS Optical SPEOS Optical
SPEOS Pro Design & Analysis Infrared
OPTICAL PrepPost Package Enterprise Part Design Sensor Test Add-Ons Extension
Design Optimizer

General Solver Capabilities


Monte-Carlo Forward Ray Tracing • • •
Monte-Carlo Backward Ray Tracing • •
Deterministic Simulation ▲ • •
Spectral Propagation • • •
Polarisation propagation • • •
Dispersion • • •
Surface Diffusion • • •
Volumic Diffusion • • •
Virtual BSDF •

Photometry
Intensity • • •
Illuminance • • •
3D Illuminance • • •
Luminance ▲ • •
3D Energy Density • •
360° View - Observer • •
360° View - Immersive • •

Human Vision
Dynamic Adaptation •
Glare Simulation •
High Dynamic Range Screen support •

Wavelength Range
Visible (360nm - 830nm) • • •
UV (50nm-360 nm) • •
Near IR (830nm - 2.5µm) • •
Far Infra-Red (2.5µm - 100μm) •

34 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
SPEOS HUD SPEOS Far
SPEOS Premium SPEOS SPEOS Optical SPEOS Optical SPEOS Optical
SPEOS Pro Design & Analysis Infrared
OPTICAL PrepPost Package Enterprise Part Design Sensor Test Add-Ons Extension
Design Optimizer

Optical Design
Parabolic Surface • • •
TIR Lens • • •
Projection Lens • • •
Optical Lens •
Optical Surface •
Light Guide •
Sharp Cut-Off Reflector •
Poly-Ellipsoidal Surface •
Micro Optical Stripes •

Optical Sensors
Field Of View •
Camera Sensor •
LiDAR Sensor •
Camera Sensor Post Processing •

Head-up Display
HUD Optical Analysis •
HUD Optical Design •
HUD Visualisation •

Manufacturing Variation
Target Specification
Tolerance Study

HPC - SPEOS
Default Number of Cores 4 4 4
Parallel Solving on Local PC • • •
Parallel Solving on Cluster • • •

35 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
SPEOS HUD SPEOS Far
SPEOS Premium SPEOS SPEOS Optical SPEOS Optical SPEOS Optical
SPEOS Pro Design & Analysis Infrared
OPTICAL PrepPost Package Enterprise Part Design Sensor Test Add-Ons Extension
Design Optimizer

Simulation Preparation
Source Group • • •
Geometry Group • • •
3D Textures • • •
Polarisation Plate • •
Fluorescent Converter • •
Sky • •
Thermic Source •
Earth Atmosphere model □

Post Processing
Virtual Lighting Controller • •
Photometric Numerical Certification • • •
Colorimetric Analysis • • •
Spectral Analysis • •
Light Expert • • •
Layer by Source • •
Layer by Face • •
Layer by Sequence • •
Stray Light Analysis • •
Layer by Polarisation • •
Visibility & Legibility •
Night Vision Goggle •

Optimization
Parameters • • •
Design of Experiment • • •
Design Optimisation •
ANSYS Design Xplorer (2) • • •
optiSLang (2) □ □ □

Notes:
(1) Not available for ANSYS SPEOS
(2) Only for ANSYS SPEOS

36 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
ANSYS Online
GRANTA MI CES Selector CES EduPack
MATERIALS Mechanical Subscription

Materials Data Management


GRANTA MI database - create 'gold source' •
system to store all of your materials information
Support for specialist materials data types: •
Single point, multi-value, ranges,
functional, equations
Store meta-data and context for materials:
Documents, images, multimedia, hyperlinks
Traceability for all materials data •
Access control •
Version control •
Large file storage •
(via link to Binary Large Object stores)
Multiple unit system support • • •
Admin UI to setup and configure your •
materials database
Template data structures for key materials use •
cases: Metals, Composites, AM,
Restricted Substances
Toolbox for import, export, manipulation •
of materials data
Web app for fast upload of materials data •
Browse materials data • • •
Edit and update materials data • ▲ ▲
Search and query materials data • • •
Represent property data in interactive charts, • • •
where relevant
Comparison tables and comparison charts • • •
Generate reports on selected materials records •
Export data, e.g., to CAE, Excel • • •
Personalize system homepages and user profiles •
Configure web app UI for specific user groups •

37 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
ANSYS Online
GRANTA MI CES Selector CES EduPack
MATERIALS Mechanical Subscription

Materials Data Analysis


Interactive plotting of data: scatter, contour, •
error bar, surface, plotyy, semilogx,
semilogy, loglog
Curve fitting •
Cross-table comparisons of materials data •
Scripting Toolkit for Python and MATLAB •

Workflow Management
Design and develop workflows •
Execute workflows - processes, •
approvals, notifications

Integration with CAD, CAE, PLM


MI:Materials Gateway embedded app in CAE: •
ANSYS, Altair, HyperMesh, NX
MI:Materials Gateway embedded app in CAD: •
Creo, NX, Catia
MI:Materials Gateway embedded app in PLM: •
Windchill, Teamcenter
MI:Enterprise Connect data synchronization •
for PLM: Teamcenter, 3DEXPERIENCE
Where used? reporting capability for PLM ▲

Restricted Substances
Data structures to support restricted substance •
analytics: store specs, materials, legislations,
substances, BoMs
Report on restricted substance compliance •
for materials
Build and edit Bills of Materials within •
a web app
At-a-glance restricted substance compliance •
for a BoM
Run restricted substance reports across •
multiple BoMs
Integrate restricted substance reporting with ▲
PLM, CAD

38 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
ANSYS Online
GRANTA MI CES Selector CES EduPack
MATERIALS Mechanical Subscription

Materials Selection & Related Tools


CES database - encyclopedia of materials • •
property data on your PC/laptop
Interactive 'Ashby charts' of materials • •
property space
Systematic materials selection methodology • •
Filter materials based on property profile • • •
Filter materials based on links to other • • •
materials / processes / objects
Materials substitution & equivalency - • • •
'Find Similar'
Performance Index Finder • •
Engineering Solver - convert engineering •
requirements to materials properties
Hybrid Synthesizer - predict properties of • •
hybrid materials
Part Cost Estimator • •
Selection reports & export of charts • •
for presentations
Eco Audit for a product or conceptual design • •
Edit a CES database (CES Constructor) •

39 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
ANSYS Online
GRANTA MI CES Selector CES EduPack
MATERIALS Mechanical Subscription

Reference Data Library


MaterialUniverse - Granta generic data • • •
for selection
ASM Medical Materials Database • •
ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessels Code • •
CMH-17 composites data • • •
Coatings Data Module • •
Composites Design (AGATE & NCAMP •
project data)
Composites QED (AGATE & NCAMP •
project data)
ecoinvent Key Materials Indicators • •
ESDU MMDH aerospace alloys • •
Firehole Composites • •
Global Powder Metallurgy • •
Granta Materials Data for Simulation •
Human Biological Materials •
JAHM Curve Data • •
M-Base Plastics • • •
MI-21 Metals & Consumables • •
MMPDS aerospace alloys • • •
NCS colors database •
NIMS Creep & Fatigue data •
Product Risk Database •
Pantone colors •
Prospector Plastics • •
Prospector Plastics and UL Yellow Cards • •
RAL Colorsets •
Senvol Database (Additive Manufacturing) • •
Sheet Steels • •
StahlDat SX (European Steels Register) • •
SteelSpec (UK Steels) • •

40 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)
ANSYS Online
GRANTA MI CES Selector CES EduPack
MATERIALS Mechanical Subscription

Services
GRANTA MI Getting Started Services •
GRANTA MI Implementation Services •
Data Migration Services •
Product training / workshops • • •
Product support • • •
MDMC Consortium membership •
EMIT Consortium membership •
AutoMatIC Consortium membership •

Teaching Resources
CES EduPack Level 1-3 teaching databases •
The Elements teaching database •
Materials Science & Engineering •
teaching database
Bioengineering Teaching Database •
Architecture Teaching Database •
Sustainability teaching database •
Lecture units •
Student exercises •
Videos •
Micro-projects •
White papers •
Case studies •
Active learning toolkits •
Data booklets •
Sample project files •
Phase Diagram Tool •

41 • = Fully Support ▲ = Limited Capability ▫ = Requires more than 1 product (see table)

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