A Networking Architecture for a Multi-User FEA Pre-Processor

Current computer-aided engineering applications (CAx) only allow a single user to create/manipulate geometry and prepare the model/assembly for analysis at a given time. These engineering applications do not support multiple users to make changes to the model/assembly simultaneously. Though there ar...

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Published in:Computer-aided design and applications 2013-01, Vol.10 (3), p.527-540
Main Authors: Weerakoon, Prasad, Wu, James, Bright, Tim, Teng, Chia-Chi, Red, Ed, Jensen, Greg, Merkley, Karl
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
CAx
collaborative architecture
ipc
multi user architectures
named pipes
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Summary:Current computer-aided engineering applications (CAx) only allow a single user to create/manipulate geometry and prepare the model/assembly for analysis at a given time. These engineering applications do not support multiple users to make changes to the model/assembly simultaneously. Though there are some collaborative tools embedded within these applications, they are limited to simple interactions such as screen sharing, conference calling, instant messaging, etc. In the Product Development (PD) cycle, a considerable amount of time is spent in preparing the model/assembly for Finite Element Analysis (FEA). This paper discusses the architectural considerations that were taken into account to allow multiple users to work on the same model in CUBIT (a commercial FEA mesh generation software).
ISSN:1686-4360
1686-4360
DOI:10.3722/cadaps.2013.527-540