SimManager
Simulation Data Management

SimManager is an easily deployable and highly configurable web-based simulation and test data management system addressing all phases from project initiation through product launch and beyond.

SimManager addresses some of the critical simulation process issues encountered by analysis organizations, helping drive increased simulation throughput and efficiency.

• Capture local disparate data in a central, searchable environment
• Author and Manage repeatable simulation work activities
• Assemble models and load cases from one to thousands of simulations
• Launch simulation to the High Performance Computing (HPC) environment
• Sort through terabytes of data to get the most meaningful design insight automatically
• Report and Compare virtual-to-virtual or virtual-to-physical test results in an automatically generated company specific reports
• Trace the entire simulation pedigree from model to report

SimManager

Your simulation knowledge — organised, governed, and ready. SimManager turns your organisation's simulation activity into a structured, searchable, auditable asset that outlasts any individual engineer.

SimManager is MSC Software’s enterprise simulation data and process management platform. It connects your simulation tools, engineers, models, results and reports into a single governed environment — replacing scattered files, ad-hoc naming conventions and institutional memory stored only in people’s heads.

Whether you run ten simulations a week or ten thousand, SimManager ensures that every analysis is traceable, repeatable, and findable — today and five years from now.

• Centralised simulation model and results repository
• Full version control and audit trail
• Process templates and automated workflows
• Role-based access and governance
• Integration with all major CAE solvers
• Web-based — accessible from any location

Key Facts

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Five Problems SimManager Solves

Connects your Digital Twin data pipeline from model to live asset

Enforces structured, repeatable simulation processes across the team

Links simulation artefacts to MBSE system models and requirements

Makes handing a simulation case to a colleague fast and error-free

Guarantees the same quality result regardless of who runs the analysis

Supporting Digital Twins

From virtual prototype to live connected asset — SimManager is the data backbone.

A Digital Twin is only as good as the simulation models underpinning it. As a physical asset evolves — through manufacturing variations, operational wear, or design changes — the corresponding simulation models must evolve with it. SimManager provides the governed repository that makes this possible.

When sensor data flows in from the physical asset, SimManager can trigger model updates, re-analyses, or comparison workflows automatically. Every model state is versioned and traceable, so you always know which simulation corresponds to which physical configuration.

A wind turbine blade is monitored continuously. Strain gauge data shows a deviation from the predicted stress field. SimManager triggers a re-analysis with the updated boundary conditions, compares results with the baseline, flags the delta to the responsible engineer — all automatically, with full audit trail.

SimManager + Digital Twin

• Version-controlled simulation models aligned to physical asset state
• Automated re-analysis triggered by sensor data or design changes
• Full traceability from physical measurement to simulation result
• Side-by-side comparison of predicted vs. observed behaviour
• Supports twin validation workflows for regulatory acceptance
• Integration with IoT platforms and PLM systems via open APIs
• Searchable history of every model variant ever run on the asset

Structuring Your Simulation Process

Replace ad-hoc workflows with governed, repeatable process templates.

Process Templates in Practice

• Define the mandatory steps for a modal analysis, a fatigue assessment, or a crash simulation
• Specify which solver, which version, which post-processing script must be used
• Lock down input parameters so engineers can’t deviate from agreed methodology
• Require sign-off at defined gates before the next step can begin
• Auto-generate standard report sections from results data
• Capture lessons-learned notes directly in the process record

Most engineering organisations run simulations in silos: every engineer has their own folder structure, their own naming convention, their own idea of which analysis steps are mandatory. The result is inconsistency, rework, and risk.

SimManager replaces this with process templates : a defined, enforced sequence of steps that every simulation of a given type must follow. The template specifies inputs, tools, parameters, review gates, and outputs — and SimManager enforces it.

This turns your best engineers' knowledge into an institutional asset that every team member benefits from, every time they run an analysis.

Your lead FEA engineer has spent years developing the optimal mesh strategy, load case definitions, and result interpretation method for landing gear analysis. SimManager encodes this as a template. Now every junior engineer follows the same proven process — without needing to ask.

MBSE Support for Platform Development

Linking simulation evidence directly to system requirements and architecture.

Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) demands that every system requirement is substantiated by evidence — and in complex engineering programmes, much of that evidence comes from simulation. SimManager bridges the gap between the systems model (typically in SysML or similar) and the simulation artefacts that verify it.

SimManager stores simulation models, inputs, results and reports in a structured hierarchy that mirrors the system breakdown structure of your platform. This means you can navigate from a system requirement directly to the simulation that verifies it — and back.

• Link simulation runs to specific system requirements or verification events
• Track verification status across the full system hierarchy
• Identify which requirements still lack simulation evidence at a glance
• Maintain a complete V&V (Verification & Validation) record for certification
• Integrate with SysML tools (Cameo, Rhapsody) via APIs
• Support concurrent development across multiple subsystem teams

Why MBSE needs SimManager

• Without traceability, simulation evidence is scattered in emails and shared drives — invisible to the systems model
• SimManager creates the explicit link: Requirement Analysis Result Status
• When a requirement changes, SimManager identifies all affected simulations automatically
• Platform variants (e.g. short-body vs. long-body aircraft) can share common simulation baselines with branched variants
• Configuration management at the simulation level matches the rigour of the systems engineering process

An aerospace platform has 4,000 structural requirements. SimManager provides a live dashboard showing verification coverage: green (verified by simulation), amber (analysis in progress), red (no evidence yet) — across every subsystem, every variant, every revision.

Seamless Colleague Handover

When an engineer leaves or moves on, the work stays — fully understood, fully ready to continue.

What handover looks like with SimManager

• Every model, input deck, result file and post-processing script is stored centrally — not on a personal laptop
• Every decision made during the analysis is captured in context: why this mesh, why this load case, why this boundary condition
• The incoming engineer opens the case in a browser and sees the full history, current status, and next steps
• Process templates show exactly which steps are complete and which remain
• Linked documentation — drawings, test reports, specifications — is attached to the simulation record
• All previous results are accessible for comparison, so regression is immediately visible

In most organisations, when an engineer leaves a project — whether through reassignment, resignation, or simply a holiday — the institutional knowledge locked in their head and their local file system represents a serious risk.

SimManager eliminates this risk by treating the simulation case itself as the primary artefact, not the engineer. Every action taken in the analysis is recorded. Every file is versioned centrally. Every assumption is documented in context.

A new engineer can pick up a complex FEA case on day one and be productive — not because they have years of experience on that specific project, but because SimManager has captured the project’s knowledge systematically.

The lead analyst on a critical fatigue assessment is unexpectedly reassigned. Her replacement opens SimManager, sees the complete case history, which load spectra were applied, which hotspots were flagged in the last review, and what the outstanding action items are. He continues from exactly where she left off — same day.

Consistent Simulation Quality — Whoever Does the Work

Your quality standard shouldn't depend on which engineer happens to be available.

In most engineering teams, simulation quality varies significantly between analysts. Senior engineers produce results that are reliable, well-documented, and correctly interpreted. Juniors, working without guardrails, may make small methodological errors that have large downstream consequences.

SimManager closes this gap through a combination of process enforcement, peer review gates, and automated quality checks — so the quality of a simulation result reflects the organisation’s standard, not the individual’s skill level.

• Mandatory peer review steps built into every process template
• Automatic comparison against reference results and acceptance criteria
• Solver version pinning — reproducible results guaranteed
• Checklist enforcement before a case can be marked complete
• Deviation flagging when results fall outside historical norms
• Role-based approval workflows — a junior cannot sign off a safety-critical analysis alone
• Complete audit trail for internal QA and external certification audits

Quality governance features

• Process templates — define once, enforce forever
• Acceptance criteria — SimManager flags results that fail to meet defined limits automatically
• Reference baselines — every new result is compared to the validated reference model
• Immutable records — once approved, a result cannot be silently overwritten
• Review history — who reviewed, when, and what they said
• Certification packages — one-click export of all evidence required for regulatory submission

A customer audit requires proof that every structural simulation used in a certification submission was performed according to the approved methodology. SimManager produces a complete, timestamped, signed-off evidence package in minutes — what previously took days of manual document assembly.

SimManager works with every tool in your simulation stack — not just MSC Software.

Open REST API enables integration with custom in-house tools, IoT data pipelines, and CI/CD systems for automated simulation workflows.

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Frequently Asked Questions

SimManager is MSC Software's enterprise simulation data and process management platform. It connects simulation tools, engineers, models, results and reports into a single governed environment, replacing scattered files and ad-hoc naming conventions.

SimManager can be deployed on-premise or in the cloud, and is accessed through a web browser without requiring local installation.

Yes — SimManager supports traceability requirements including DO-178C, ISO 9001 and AS9100.

Yes — because every model, result and decision is stored in a governed, versioned repository rather than personal folders, a colleague can pick up a simulation case without depending on the original engineer's memory.

SimManager integrates with all major CAE solvers, including MSC Nastran, Adams, Marc, Apex, Cradle and Simufact, plus custom tools via its API.