Revolutionize Your Structural Design & Verification Process With SDC Verifier

 

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Streamline Compliance & Elevate Structural Engineering with SDC Verifier

Discover how SDC Verifier empowers engineers to streamline design, ensure compliance, and accelerate decision-making with its all-in-one solution for modeling, FEA analysis, industry-standard verification, and automated reporting. As an addon to Simcenter Femap and Simcenter 3D, it automatically verifies FEA models against multiple industry standards, offering predefined checks for fatigue, stiffener and plate buckling, beam members, joints, and welds—making it an indispensable tool for structural engineering professionals across industries.

SDC for Femap or Simcenter 3D is a powerful structural verification solution engineered to to seamlessly integrate within the environment. It empowers engineers to effortlessly verify designs against industry-specific standards, optimize for cost and material efficiency, and automate reporting – all without leaving their familiar workspace.

Key User Benefits

  • Accelerated Verification: Automate fatigue, buckling, weld, bolt, and custom design checks with a comprehensive standards library.
  • Time-Saving Efficiency: Work directly with your Femap .modfem or Simcenter 3D .fem models, eliminating redundant model creation or transfers.
  • Optimized Designs: Identify cost-saving optimization opportunities based on cross-sections, weld types, yield stresses, and plate thicknesses.
  • Effortless Reporting: Generate detailed, customizable reports with a single click – suitable for PLM/SPDM systems.
  • Advanced Automation: Harness advanced project automation capabilities using the open API.

Value of Using SDC Verifier

Enhanced Efficiency

Reduce design cycles by automating routine tasks like load combination calculations and code checks. With SDC Verifier, you can focus on creativity and innovation rather than manual processes.

Unmatched Accuracy

Leverage the trusted Simcenter NASTRAN solver to achieve precise analysis results. Automatically verify designs against 40+ global standards or your custom criteria for confidence in every calculation.

Streamlined Reporting

Generate comprehensive, customizable reports in just a few clicks. SDC Verifier’s template-based reporting system ensures consistency, saves time, and simplifies project communication.

Seamless Integration

SDC Verifier works independently or integrates effortlessly with Ansys, Femap, and Simcenter 3D. Whether you're starting from scratch or importing existing FEA models, SDC Verifier adapts to your workflow.

Drastically Reduced Design Cycles

Complete projects faster without compromising quality.

Ensure Code Compliance

Meet safety and regulatory standards effortlessly.

Boost Innovation

Automate repetitive tasks, freeing engineers to explore creative solutions.

SDC Verifier Features

SDC Verifier's Unique Recognition Tools

Joints & Connections Finder:  recognizes the different types of connections (1D, 2DY and 2DZ, 3D, etc.) used to determine buckling length, define weld classification and find the connections for Joint Check.

Beam Member Finder: recognizes beam members (buckling) lengths for three directions. Buckling length is calculated between the joints and does not depend on the model mesh.

Weld Finder: recognizes welds and automatically transforms stresses from element local direction to weld direction (X – parallel, Y – perpendicular to the weld), required by fatigue standards (FEM, Eurocode, etc.).

Panel Finder: automatically recognizes sections (frames, longitudinals, decks, curved/inclined sections) and buckling plates with the dimensions (length, width, and orientation) used by plate buckling Standards (ABS, DNV, EN 1993-1-5).

Pre-Processing
Analyze various load combinations, including wave loads, snow loads, wind loads, governing loads, and buoyancy. This allows engineers to model and evaluate potential situations comprehensively before running structural checks.

Post-Processing

    • Peak Finder: Identifies peak zones in output results, displaying them with specialized plots and summary tables. This feature works for FEA results like stresses, forces, and displacements, as well as SDC Verifier checks such as Fatigue and Beam Buckling.
    • Governing Load Tool: Extracts critical loads from extensive load combinations, enabling engineers to focus on essential scenarios and significantly reduce calculation time.
    • Results exceeding limits are highlighted in red on user-defined selections for easy identification.

SDC Verifier's Reporting

Report Designer
Simplifies the creation of structured reports, with options to preview, export to Word, modify, and regenerate after changes.

Presentation Designer
Generates PowerPoint presentations directly within SDC Verifier, streamlining the process of sharing results.

SDC Verifier's Enterprise Features

Optimization Tool
Helps determine the best design decisions by evaluating various combinations of design inputs to optimize structures for specific usage conditions.

SDC API
Automates check processes and interactions with SDC Verifier using a C#-based script. Ideal for automating repetitive tasks like running multiple reports overnight, saving time and reducing manual effort.

Flexible licensing options allow users to access SDC Verifier through a free trial, purchase, or short-term rental to suit project needs.

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