開催挨拶
日本SGI株式会社
執行役員 第二営業本部 本部長 酒井 宏幸
Introduction of SFE CONCEPT ~Realization of Up-Front CAE~
SFE CONCEPTのご紹介
~アップフロントCAEの実現~
SFE GmbH
Vice President Asia-Pacific, Werner Pohl, Ph.D.

The presentation describes with many practical applications the outcome of an initiative of German Automotive industry in the nineties, implemented by SFE in Berlin, Germany, a small but well-renowned engineering company with a 25 years history. The idea of upfront CAE - fulfilling Product Performance Targets prior to Detailed Design using CAD - is fulfilled through the revolutionary software capabilities of SFE CONCEPT™. Shell-beam-type structures are modelled fully parametric with all realistic detail like beads, holes, ribs and maybe assembled with packaging or volumetric parts for ready-to-run simulation and even optimization in a closed automated loop without user intervention. CAD aiming at manufacturing may then start its detailed design work starting from an evaluated geometry, where attribute targets like Noise, Vibration, Stiffness, Crash, Fluid-Flow and other are already met. Current development trends like step-wise integration of CAD with CAE are actively pursued in close cooperation with customers. The software represents a breakthrough in Development Time Cycle Shortening (TTM) at higher quality and opens up a new level of re-usability of work done for future developments. SFE CONCEPT™ meanwhile is used also outside automotive by an increasing number of well-known companies worldwide.
(抄訳)
SFE(ドイツ・ベルリン)が開発した、SFE CONCEPT™はアップフロントCAEを実現する革新的なソフトウェアです。SFE CONCEPT™が持つ、その強力かつ独特なパラメトリックモデリング機能により、従来プロセスにおけるCADを使った詳細な形状定義の前段階において、柔軟かつダイナミックに要求性能の検討を行うことが可能になります。またモデル化された各部品をライブラリ化することにより、次世代の設計にも再利用でき、初期設計工程の期間短縮に大きく貢献します。SFE CONCEPT™はドイツの自動車・鉄道・造船業界を始め、世界中の有名企業で導入されています。