SimOffice - Engineering Simulation for the People-Ready Business

Advanced Engineering Analysis
MSC Software enables companies of any size to reap the many benefits of early, accurate design validation using computer simulation. MSC Software's SimOffice is a powerful, yet easy-to-use simulation application that enables engineers to verify designs and reduce physical prototypes and testing. Specifically developed for engineers who design, analyze, and test complex mechanical parts and systems, SimOffice delivers fast, reliable simulation capabilities in the Microsoft Windows desktop environment.

SimOffice interfaces with the tools engineers already employ such as CAD systems, Microsoft Excel, and other productivity applications. As the world's first Microsoft Vista-ready simulation software, SimOffice also provides built-in connectivity to Microsoft SharePoint and Groove for information management and real-time collaboration. Based on the world's most widely-used multidiscipline solver technology - MD Nastran - SimOffice is ideal for organizations needing scalable, easy-to-use, and accurate simulation software.

Accelerates Time-to-Market - The multi-CAD and associative modeling capabilities of SimOffice enable engineers to hone in quickly on the best design direction with faster, more accurate design data earlier in the product development process.

Cuts Development and Testing Costs - Connectivity with Microsoft productivity tools allows engineers to efficiently gain valuable insight into product performance characteristics, eliminate expensive physical prototypes, and capture and re-use knowledge with automated simulation procedures.

Uses Real-World Results to Improve Quality - SimOffice leverages the proven reliability of MD Nastran to deliver accurate, real-world results - reducing design flaws, warranty costs, and field failures.

Enables Collaboration Throughout the Supply Chain - With real-time collaboration capabilities and built-in compatibility with SimManager and SimEnterprise, product performance information can be easily shared with all simulation stakeholders to enable extended enterprise collaboration.

Benefits

-State-of-the-art, Windows-native modeling environment
-Embedded MD Nastran solver technology
-Interoperability with MD Patran, CAD systems, and finite element analysis products
-Seamless integration with Microsoft productivity and collaboration solutions
-High performance compute capability for larger analyses

Applications

-Aerospace studies for airplane interiors, applying
pressures, and forces and vibration studies
-Lowering costs for shaker table tests as well as
materials in rail vehicle design
-Reduce thermal expansion problems for the
semiconductor industry
-Design verification and reduction in physical
prototyping to support time-to-market in the
motorcycle industry
-Identifying shear stress in dental implants