OVERVIEW | CAPABILITIES

Altair HyperWorks Process Manager enables rapid development and deployment of process automation applications in the CAE domain. Process Manager is a programmable personal workflow manager that guides users through standard work processes.

• Standardise CAE processes

• Minimise CAE analysis set-up time

• Rerun previously-conducted CAE processes

• Provide integration with CAD, PDM systems, databases, intranets, and job submission systems

• Streamline CAE activities

• Establish and distribute "Best Practice" processes corporate wide

Benefits

Best Practices
A CAE task involves a series of steps that an analyst performs:

• Import design geometry

• Build CAE model

• Set up loads and boundary conditions

• Run analyses

• Interrogate results

• Recommend a better design

Companies invest time to develop CAE methods that provide the best results. These best practices can be captured using Process Manager and distributed throughout an organisation. Process Manager lets companies implement standard CAE procedures for a variety of CAE problems.

Process Automation & Guidance
Process Manager delivers productivity gains and quality improvements through:

• Standard process flow

• Reduced manual input

• Checks for input validity

• Reduced duplicate data entry

• Faster and effective training

• Maximised resource usage

• CAD/PDM/Systems integration

• e-Services integration

• ISO integration

Systems Integration
An effective CAE process needs the most up-to-date data which is typically stored in a variety of databases and PDM systems, as well as access to corporate computing services. Process Manager lets engineers access data and services through re-usable software modules.