If you can move simulation forward and have it used effectively, you can make better informed decisions and accelerate the design process.

I don’t care if you want to call this democratisation, designer orientated simulation. There are huge benefits to be obtained by pushing simulation forward in the design process. But for use cases like linear stress/stiffness, natural frequency, heat loss calcs, it is possible to allow simulation to be used by those who don’t know their newton Raphson from their Rik’s. If you are looking at making high temperature creep rupture lifing predictions, granted, this isn’t a simulation suitable for a novice. In certain mature simulation domains, it is possible to put simulation capability into the hands of someone whose primary job function isn’t to look at different coloured squares for their living. a comprehension of the numerical methods which simulation toolīut not every simulation is business critical, sometimes we need a quick answer “Does design option A look better than option B?”.an understanding of the physics that underpin the problem.Sure, if a critical decision is dependent on the results of a simulation, you want an engineer overseeing the simulation process who has a knowledge of: These days you don’t need a PhD to run a simulation code.

With each new version released, code vendors are packaging up more and more complex capabilities so that it can be deployed by users to work out of the box on a wide range of use cases.

Almost all commercial codes now have a user friendly GUI.

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