SIMULIA Engineering Analysis & Simulation Survey

Thank you for taking the time to complete this short survey. Respondents who take part in the survey by Friday, June 18, 2010, will receive a summary of the findings and will be entered in a drawing to win one (1) $100 Amazon gift card.

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* 1. Please fill out these questions.

Your Name:

Your E-mail:

Your Title:

Your Organization:

Your Phone:

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* 2. Your Street Address

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* 3. Your City

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* 4. Your State and Zip Code

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* 5. What is your company size?

Between 51 and 100 employees

Between 101 and 500 employees

Between 501 and 1000 employees

Over 1000 employees

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* 6. What is your role in your company?

Designer

Engineer

Analysis Specialist

Manager of Design

Manager of Analysis

Other (please specify)

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* 7. What part of the product development process has the most influence on delivering your products on time and on budget?

Concept designs that meet manufacturing requirements

Selecting the right materials

Physical testing

Design analysis results in sync with current design

Availability of analysis expertise in your organization

All of the above

Other (please specify)

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* 8. Which 3D Design software is primarily used by your company?

Autodesk

CATIA

Pro/Engineer

SolidWorks

None

Other (please specify)

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* 9. What is the primary Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software used by your company?

Abaqus

ANSYS

CATIA Analysis

LS-Dyna

Nastran

SolidWorks Simulation (formerly Cosmos)

None

Other (please specify)

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* 10. Which type of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software is used by your company?

Acusim

CFdesign

Fluent

STAR-CCM+

None

Other (please specify)

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* 11. What types of analysis are performed by your company? (Select all that apply.)

Durability and fatique

Electromagnetism

Fluid dynamics

Kinematics

Noise and vibration

Structural/linear stress

Structural/nonlinear stress

Thermal/heat transfer

Not sure

Other (please specify)

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* 12. Which job function is primarily responsible for performing Design Analysis in your company?

Analysis Specialists

Designers

Mechanical Engineers

Sub-contractors

Other (please specify)

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* 13. How would you best describe your Design Analysis process?

No design analysis is performed, physical testing only performed.

Design analysis is used for troubleshooting only when issues arise.

Design Analysis is used only after the final CAD design is complete.

Design Analysis is used as a stand-alone process handled by specialists.

Design Analysis is used during the design process, both as a stand-alone activity and integrated with our CAD tools.

Design Analysis is performed using only CAD integrated tools.

Other (please specify)

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* 14. If your organization is using CAD Integrated Analysis tools, what are the most-valued features? (Select all that apply.)

Ease of use

Analysis results stored with CAD model

Templates developed by specialists that guide design analysis

Access to advanced analysis capabilities (e.g., nonlinear or thermal analysis)

Expert technical support from the software vendor

Other (please specify)

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* 15. If Design Analysis is an integral part of your development process, what benefits has your company experienced?

Reduced time to final design sign off

Reduced number of physical tests

Reduction in material costs

Reduced number of warranty issues

No benefits have been quantified

Not applicable

Other (please specify)

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* 16. If you do not consider Design Analysis to be an integral part of your development process, what are the reasons? (Select all that apply.)

Design analysis is considered too difficult.

Specialists do not trust the CAD integrated analysis technology.

The cost of design analysis software and training.

No internal champions to drive required process changes.

Other (please specify)

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* 17. How are simulation data and results circulated in your company? (Select all that apply.)

Shared network folders and files

Reports are circulated via email

Results are stored with the CAD Model

Secure database supported by collaboration and visualization tools

They are not shared

Other (please specify)

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* 18. Is your company considering CAD Integrated Analysis tools?

Yes.

No, we already have a solution in place.

No, we do not plan to evaluate these tools.

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* 19. Is your company investigating Simulation Data Management solutions?

Yes.

No, we already have a solution in place.

No, we do not plan to evaluate tools.