Self Guided Training Guide,
“Technology for Synthesized Design using Creo Simulate” by James A Holst, PE
$89 per hardcopy. Available through Amazon.com
This training guide is for the general purpose simulation software ‘Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC) Creo Simulate’. This guide is intended for use by the Mechanical Design Engineer who wants to incorporate Synthesized Design or Mechanical Simulation into the design process. This guide is intended to go through some of the basic fundamentals including how it works and its use as a design tool in the real world environment. The guide will not only cover ‘pushing buttons’ but will also cover some of the techniques used in simulation along with ‘why’ and ‘when’ things are done. This is a ‘Hands-on’, ‘Step-by-Step’ training guide with a series of example problems to cover the main fundamental concepts of simulation. This guide assumes the reader has a working knowledge of the basic Creo Parametric modeling application and should have access to both Creo Parametric and Simulate to work through the examples.
Topics Covered Include;
Statics, Stress, Modal, Thermal, Vibration, Assemblies, Bolted Joints, Welded Joints, Thin-Walled Parts, Slender Parts, including Accuracy and Convergence issues.
The author, James Holst, is a registered Mechanical Engineer in the state of California and has been performing computer simulations of mechanical systems since the late 1970’s mostly in the areas of stress, vibration, thermal and flow analysis. He has also provided simulation training classes to industry since the mid 1980’s. He has used many different computer based simulation codes over the years from ‘home grown’ programs to commercially available applications integrated into CAD systems. He has spent time working in many different industries including; Military, Nuclear, Semiconductor, Electronics, Marine, Rail Road, Automotive, Biomedical, Seismic and Consumer Products. Much of his experience as an engineer, analyst and trainer has been incorporated into this guide to give the user an experience applicable to the real world.
Combined Instructor Led/Self Guided – Introduction to Design Simulation using Creo Simulate.
$3000 plus $100 per participant plus instructor travel expenses.
This price includes:
Hardcopy of “Technology for Synthesized Design using Creo Simulate” step-by-step study guide, lecture notes and electronic media with training models for each participant.
Five 4-hour sessions of on-site instructor training/consulting time for each class. The participants will be expected to spend 6-8 hours between each session working through the training examples.
Instructor Led – Introduction to Design Simulation using Creo Simulate.
$6000 plus $100 per participant plus instructor travel expenses.
This price includes:
Hardcopy of “Technology for Synthesized Design using Creo Simulate” step-by-step study guide, lecture notes and electronic media with training models for each participant.
5-days (40 hours) of on-site instructor training/consulting time for each class. Approximately 2-3 hours per day will be used for lecture and demos while the participants working through the training examples will use the remaining time.
The Introduction class utilizes the step-by-step training guide “Technology for Synthesized Design using Creo Simulate” to cover the “HOW-TO” use Creo Simulate. The class has been augmented with five lectures to emphasize the “WHY and WHEN” things are done. The lectures also cover more advanced topics not covered in depth in the training guide. The lecture time is also used to answer specific questions related to your companies application.
Lecture Topics:
- Introduction to FEA
- Analysis, Design Studies and Results (with Sensitivity and Optimization)
- Modeling (Materials, Loads, Constraints, Geometry and Meshing)
- Idealizations (Shells, Beams, Springs, Masses, Fasteners and Links)
- Design Simulation Strategy and Interpretation
The material and tutorial will present a background on FEA, accuracy convergence methods, creating models (solid, shell, beam), assemblies, application of loads and constraints, running analyses (static, modal and thermal), sensitivity studies, optimization of structures, reviewing and documenting results. By the end of this course the participants should have knowledge of FEA, knowledge of Creo Simulate software and some modeling experience.