Introduction to SimXpert Training Course (SMX101)

SMX101 is the introductory course for new SimXpert users. Students will master the basic skills required to use SimXpert to solve practical engineering problems. SMX101 emphasizes practical skills development through comprehensive, hands-on laboratory sessions. Students will learn to build analysis models using SimXpert in each of the four major workspaces (Structures, Motion, Thermal and Crash) as well as an introduction to templates.

Course Objectives

• Understand the basic capabilities of SimXpert

  • Determine potential applications of SimXpert in your work environment
• Increase your ability to explore on your own when you get back to work
• Navigate in and use the general features of SimXpert including:
  • CAD interoperability
  • Workspace applications and functions
  • Basic templates functions

Who Should Attend:

• New SimXpert users
• Designers
• Engineering Analysts
• University lecturers and students

Course Content:

• Overview
  • Introduction to SimXpert
  • Workshop 1 “Cantilevered Plate”
• MSC SimXpert Graphical User Interface and Files
  • GUI Overview
  • Workshop 2 “A Brief Sightseeing Tour”
• Geometry Modeling
  • Units
  • CAD Access
  • CAD Interoperability
  • Workshop 3 “CATIA Associativity”
  • Visualisation
  • Basic Geometry Creation
  • Feature Suppression
  • Workshop 4 “CAD Cleanup and Automesh”
• Meshing
  • Overview
  • Meshing Curves
  • Meshing Surfaces
  • Mesh Modification – Holes and Cutouts
  • Workshop 5 “Linear Static Analysis of a Plate with a Hole”
  • Meshing Solids
  • Mesh Size
  • Mesh Control Points
  • Sweep Meshing
  • Verification
  • Mesh Quality
  • Mesh Enhancement
  • Workshop 6 “ Quality Checking and Enhancement” Morphing
  • Workshop 7 “Domain and Shape Morphing”
• Structures Workspace
  • Connections
  • Workshop 8 “Basic Connections”
  • Bolt Modelling
  • Workshop 9 “Contact Analysis Using 3D Bolts”
• Motion Workspace
  • Simple Motion
  • Contact
  • Falling Motion
  • Connections
  • Motions
  • Forces
  • Four Bar Linkage
  • Workshop 10 “Piston and Cylinder Assembly”
  • Integration with the Structures Workspace
  • Workshop 11 “Flexible Body Analysis of a Four Bar Linkage”
• Thermal Workspace
  • Thermal Simulation Overview
  • Materials
  • Loads and Boundary Conditions
  • Conduction
  • Workshop 12 “PCB with Component Heating via Heat Flux Load”
  • Convection
  • Thermal Transient
  • Workshop 13 “Transient Thermal Analysis of A Block of Ice Cream”
  • Radiation
  • Workshop 14 “Hex8 Mesh With Heat Flux, Ambient Convection, and Ambient Radiation”
• Crash Workspace
  • Overview
  • Analysis of a Car Hood – Slam Test
  • Workshop 15 “Crushing of a Thin Square Tube”
• Templates
  • Introduction
  • Recording a Macro
  • Workshop 16 “Macro Recording and Editing”
  • Template Concepts
  • Template Builder
  • Workshop 17 “Running a Basic Template”
  • Workshop 18 “Building a Basic Template”
• Customization
  • Custom Menus
  • Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Mouse Customisation
  • Window Options
  • Workshop 19 “Customizing SimXpert”

Prerequisites:

• A basic knowledge of statics and strength of materials is recommended
• An understanding of the finite element method is useful

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