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News Release from: ESI Group | Subject: PAM-OPT software
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 23 January 2002
Automating design and manufacturing
optimization
A new program automates the time-consuming trial and error process of design and manufacturing optimization and can be used with any analysis or simulation software programs
ESI Group has announced the availability of PAM-OPT, its new optimization solution PAM-OPT automates the costly time-consuming trial and error process of design and manufacturing optimization
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 13 Jun 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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In a conventional approach engineers iteratively use simulation or analysis software to check the performance of a design; then proceed to analyze the results, make decisions, modify the model and re-check the new design until an optimal solution is reached.
PAM-OPT automates this loop, handling the decision making on design changes and the job submissions processing on a network of computers.
By leveraging available corporate resources PAM-OPT helps engineers design better products with a reduced time-to-market.
Fully integrated into the Virtual Try-Out Space, PAM-OPT is well adapted to highly non-linear outputs encountered with ESI Group's simulation packages.
PAM-OPT's outstanding optimization technology can also be easily used with any analysis or simulation software programs to solve complex multi-criteria and multi-disciplinary optimization problems.
As an example, in the automotive industry PAM-OPT helps safety engineers optimize safety restraint systems, which is a complex task involving many constraints, by simultaneously tuning design parameters of airbags, seatbelts, knee bolsters and the steering column.
PAM-OPT allows engineers find solutions that could not be explored manually, and does not require advanced optimization skills.
Based on an innovative proprietary technology, PAM-OPT's optimization process cannot diverge and always obtains fast results, as it requires only a limited number of solver calls.
An advanced post-processing graphical interface helps users analyze with ease the global optimization results, and display intermediate output through multiple data modes.
* Solver pseudo-chaotic outputs commonly found in fast dynamic simulation are easily handled.
* Various methods are used for design exploration and robustness, such as diagnostic, discrete, Monte-Carlo, Response Surface Method (RSM), and sensitivity.
* Powerful graphical user interface for fast data input.
* Simulation or analysis software data can be processed without programming.
PAM-OPT is available on UNIX versions from Compaq, HP, IBM, SGI, and SUN.
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