Development of CAD-to-CAE Model Preparation Technology

Abstract:

This paper explains and demonstrates how to reduce time for preparation of 3-dimensional (3D) geometrical Computer-Aided-Engineering (CAE) model from 3D Computer-Aided-Design (CAD) data. In generally, CAE model preparation is labor intensive and takes long time. Main part of preparation work is simplification of 3D-CAD data to decrease mesh scale and without impacting the solution accuracy. The purpose of this study is to create automatic CAE model preparation technology for reduction of preparation time. In this study, automatic model preparation method is developed by using of geometrical and topological information of 3D-CAD data. Benchmark test is performed to proof the efficiency of the method.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 459)
• Pages: 325-329
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.459.325
• Online since: October 2013
• Authors: Tetsuyuki Kubota*, Peter Chow
• Keywords: CAD, CAE, CFD, HPC, Numerical Simulation, Simplification

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