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SDC for Simcenter 3D

Works directly with native .fem models
Verifies against 50+ global engineering standards
No need to rebuild or export models
Tools for automatic detection of welds, joints, beams, plates
Rapid reporting and design optimization

Built on the SDC Verifier platform. Also available for Femap and Ansys.

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What You’ll Achieve with SDC Verifier

Use Your FEM Models As-Is

Skip model rebuilding and tool switching — verification runs directly inside Simcenter 3D.

Robust Structural Integrity Checks

Validate strength, fatigue, buckling, welds, and bolts under realistic load cases.

Standard Compliance, Automated

Apply 50+ industry codes — from Eurocode to DNV — without manual scripts or spreadsheets available in engineering standards library.

Reliable Results Across Iterations

Every update, every load case — calculated the same way, every time.

Trusted by Certification Bodies

Used in approved designs for offshore, marine, civil, and heavy equipment projects.

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How SDC for Simcenter 3D Works

Quick Installation and Launch

Install SDC for Simcenter 3D in minutes and run it directly inside your Simcenter environment. No exports, no extra setups.

How to Get Started

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Built-in Load Application Tools

Apply Tank, Buoyancy, Wind, Wave and Current loads for accurate calculations of structure response and the separate or combined load effect in real situations.

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Automatic Recognition of Structural Elements

Automatically detect beams, plates, welds, stiffeners, and joints with just a few clicks in Recognition Tools — ready for verification and reporting.

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Checks Against 45+ Design Codes

Run automated buckling, fatigue, strength, bolt, and weld checks inside your Simcenter 3D workflow. No manual scripting required.

Browse Supported Standards

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Optimization Based on Code Results

Fine-tune plate thickness, cross-section, weld type, or yield strength to meet design requirements with fewer iterations in Optimization module.

Discover Optimization Options

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Structured Reporting for Review & Compliance

Template-driven reports in SDC for Simcenter 3D with plots, tables, and all check results. Regenerate updated reports instantly when the model changes.

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Make your structural verification faster, smarter, and fully integrated.
No switching tools. No rebuilding models.

Additional Benefits of Using SDC Verifier

Up to 80%

Less time spent on manual checks and report prep

Built for Simcenter 3D

Works natively with .fem models — no exports, no workarounds

Extension with Many Capabilities

Analysis, code checks, optimization, and reporting in one interface

Validated by real engineering teams and classification bodies
Direct access to engineers, not just helpdesk tickets
New standards and capabilities added with every release

Pre- & Post-processing tools

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Governing loads

Governing loads tool extracts the critical loads out of a large group of load combinations. Save time focusing on important situations instead of checking each and every.

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Peak Finder

Peak Finder finds all peak zones based on output results and presents them using a special plot and a summary table. The peaks for any simple FEA results as stresses, strains or displacements can be found, but also all available results from the SDC Verifier checks (Fatigue, Beam Buckling, etc.)

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Moment & Shear Force

Integrate grid-point forces along a reference line to build longitudinal moment and shear diagrams. Set origin and CSYS, extract relevant min/max across load sets, and export plots/tables for audits and sanity checks.

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Freebody

Freebody – calculates a balanced set of forces/moments on a chosen part of a model. It is possible to retrieve internal/external loads to be used for substructure modeling or find contact/connector forces by manipulating with a custom selection of nodes/elements.

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Rainflow counting

Turn irregular load/time histories into cycle matrices for fatigue. Peak–valley filtering, hysteresis gate, and binning included. Supports Half-Cycle and Four-Point approaches. Export counts directly into your fatigue damage workflow.

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Compression-only supports

Model one-way restraints that carry compression and release tension. The tool auto-creates dependency loads and iterates load sets so tensile reactions go ~0. Use for bearing pads/contact substitutes and to stabilize local checks.

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More tools

Explore the rest of the toolkit for quick checks, visualization, and clean documentation across models. Also available: Mass & COG Table, Thickness Plot, Weld Summation, Effective Plate Width, Stress Gradient, Interpolation and more.

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Case Success

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Cosimtec Pte Ltd

Singapore | Industry: Offshore Engineering

With SDC Verifier, we streamlined tedious tasks like code checks and report preparation, saving over 70% on report generation. The Free Edge tool ensured a fully connected mesh, and automated workflows reduced project time by 20–30%, even with 8 complex load cases and over 650,000 elements. — Mihir Jha, Director Cosimtec Pte Ltd

70%

Time saved on report generation

60%

Faster buckling checks

30%

Reduction in total project time

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Bluewater Energy Services B.V.

Netherlands | Industry: Offshore Oil & Gas

Using ANSYS Workbench and SDC Verifier, we handled over 300 load combinations, verified both beam and shell elements, and ensured structural integrity of one of the heaviest modules on board. It was critical for lifetime extension under DNV rules.

300+ load combinations for ULS, blast, heel & fatigue

Verified P20 module under DNV-OS-C101/C102 and RP-C201

Combined shell and beam modeling using ANSYS + SDC Verifier

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Allseas

Switzerland | Industry: Offshore Construction

22 models. 22 load conditions. 4000+ pages of code-check reports generated in 2 days. Weeks, if not months, saved.

4000+

pages of reporting auto-generated with SDC Verifier

2

days to process yield and buckling checks across 22 FEM models

Analysis performed on the largest construction vessel in the world

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AKKA Technologies

France | Industry: Engineering Consultancy

SDC saves a lot of time on buckling analysis, and reduces errors compared to .xls checks, — Stéphanie Lechat, Team Leader, AKKA

Automated plate detection with Panel Finder

Significant time savings over manual spreadsheet checks

Reduced error rate in plate buckling verification

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RABLE

Netherlands | Industry: Solar Tech & Engineering

With SDC Verifier, we engineered lightweight frames for weak industrial roofs — cutting weight by up to 50% while ensuring safety and compliance.

Optimized structural layouts across 6 frame configurations

Combined beam + plate models for local + global analysis

Up to 25 kg/m² weight reduction vs. conventional systems

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IGN Ingenieurgemeinschaft Nord

Germany | Industry: Offshore Energy

An essential tool for any project requiring detailed strength assessments. SDC Verifier cut our fatigue and weld verification time significantly, — Hilmar Jackwerth, Structural Engineer

Verified to DIN EN 1993-1-1, DNV RP-C201, and NORSOK N-004

Member, plate, and weld checks completed in one automated workflow

50% faster strength verification vs. manual calculations

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