Training Classes
See below for training descriptions, please note that onsite training is also available at special rates. Please email support@exa.com or contact your regional representative to find out more.
Classes currently offered are:
PowerFLOW Basic Training
This introductory course is intended for new users of PowerFLOW who have already begun to use PowerCASE and PowerVIZ. It will equip a beginner with enough information to use PowerFLOW for routine simulations for any application, although a simplified external aerodynamics flow around a passenger vehicle is used to convey concepts.
Main objectives:
- Understand basic PowerFLOW concepts
- Know how to use PowerFLOW
- Case setup
- Simulation
- Post-processing
2.5-Day Class Schedule
Day 1
- Some Terms and Definitions
- Physics Overview
- Simulation Process and Basic Concepts
- Basic Geometry Requirements and Preparation (PowerPREP)
- Visualizing Results (PowerVIZ)
- Additional Tools (ExaRITOOLS, and PowerEXPORT)
Day 2
- Setting Up a Case (PowerCASE)
- Submitting and Monitoring a Simulation Job (ExaQSUB)
- Tutorial External Aerodynamics (Standard Tunnel Template)
Day 3
- Internal flow tutorial
- Open ended morning tutorial session
- Bring your own geometry or choose existing models
PowerCLAY Basic Training
This introductory course is intended for new users who have already begun to use PowerCLAY. It is intended to equip a beginner with enough information to use PowerCLAY to perform basic morphing procedures. It is a 2-day course covering the topics listed below.
This course covers the basics of the software in terms of using the interface, understanding the basic functionality and becoming familiar with the various available features. It is not intended on its own to create experts in utilizing PowerCLAY to its full potential, but rather people familiar with the breadth of functionality out of users who are new to the program.
This course combined with provides the foundation for the Advanced PowerCLAY course.
Topics Covered
- Basic PowerCLAY GUI Operations
- Introduction to the Volume Feature
- The Feature Catalog
- Basic Control of the Volume Feature Lattice
- The Five Step Process for Creating a Volume Feature
- Sketch Planes
- The Surface Feature
- Sample Surface Feature
- The Rigid Body Transform Feature
- The Node Feature
- Measuring
- Advanced Control of the Volume Feature
- Part Creation
- Volume Features Generated by Constraints
- Advanced Surface Feature Functionality
- Advanced Volume Features
- Model Sets
Advanced PowerCLAY Training
The pre-requisites for this course are the PowerCLAY Basic Training course and several projects experience using PowerCLAY in a production environment.
The advanced course is tailored to the specific modeling needs of the student. If possible, the course is based entirely on challenging applications recently encountered by the students, which Exa instructors will use to create an entirely new set of modeling solutions to illustrate the advanced techniques.
The students will finish the course having learned formalized approaches to solving their critical modeling problems as well as improved PowerCLAY technique with the feature GUI's and a better understanding of working with and sculpting free-form shapes.
