Available Components

The following table provides an overview of the components described in this guide. The components available to you may differ based on your Isight license.

Component	Type	Description
Abaqus	Application	Allows Isight to exchange data with Abaqus and to control the execution of Abaqus analyses.
AdamsCar	Application	Allows you to extract and to modify parameters from AdamsCar to use in Isight.
Adams_Chassis	Application	Allows you to extract and to modify parameters from Adams_Chassis to use in Isight.
ANSA	Application	Exposes all the ANSA model's optimization design variables for use in Isight.
Ansys	Application	Allows you to extract and to modify parameters from Ansys to use in Isight.
ANSYS Workbench	Application	Allows you to extract and to modify parameters from ANSYS Workbench to use in Isight. In addition, you can use the component to perform various types of analyses.
Approximation	Application	Provides a means of creating an analysis component based on the data generated previously by an external tool and saved in a data file.
Calculator	Application	Allows you to easily define calculations to compute values of parameters.
CATIA V5	Application	Allows you to extract and to modify parameters from CATIA V5 to use in Isight.
COM	Application	Provides direct access to execute functions defined in Microsoft COM objects registered to the Windows operating system.
Data Exchanger	Application	Allows you to move data between Isight parameters and text files easily and efficiently.
Data Matching	Application	Calibrates simulation models by analyzing any variety of different measures between the target and simulation data generated in Isight.
Database	Application	Allows you to retrieve data from an existing relational database and to use the data inside an Isight model.
Dymola	Application	Allows you to use the Dymola component to interact with Dymola models. You can use the Dymola component to map parameters and control the Dymola model execution.
DOE	Process	Allows you to use Design of Experiment (DOE) techniques to intelligently sample the design space to improve your design.
Excel	Application	Allows you to map parameters and execute macros using information from an Excel worksheet.
Exploration	Process	Allows you to use various strategies to explore the design space defined by the simulation process flow.
Fast Parser	Application	Allows an Isight model to use file parsing programs. You can use this component to convert models created in iSIGHT to Isight.
Femap	Application	Allows you to extract and to modify parameters from Femap to use in Isight.
GT-POWER	Application	Allows you to extract and to modify parameters from GT-POWER to use in Isight.
iSIGHT	Application	Allows you to execute previously created iSIGHT description files in your Isight model.
iSIGHT File Parser	Application	Allows an Isight model to use file parsing programs (FDL) created using the iSIGHT Advanced Parser. You can use this component to convert iSIGHT description files into Isight models.
Loop	Process	Allows you to repeatedly execute subflows based on various logical conditions.
LS-DYNA	Application	Allows you to extract and to modify parameters from LS-DYNA to use in Isight.
Madymo	Application	Allows you to extract and to modify parameters from Madymo to use in Isight.
Mail	Application	Sends e-mail messages containing parameter information. You can use the Mail component to send status or completion notifications for long-running jobs.
Mathcad	Application	Allows you to extract Mathcad parameters and to execute a Mathcad worksheet.
MATLAB	Application	Sends data to MATLAB, executes commands and scripts, and retrieves data from MATLAB.
Monte Carlo	Process	Uses Monte Carlo simulations to assess the reliability of your design against randomness.
MSCAdams	Application	Allows you to exchange data with Adams/View and to execute an Adams/View model.
MSCPatran	Application	Allows you to extract and to modify parameters from MSCPatran to use in Isight.
Nastran	Application	Allows you to extract and to modify parameters from Nastran to use in Isight.
NEiNastran	Application	Allows you to extract and to modify parameters from NEiNastran to use in Isight.
Noise Analysis	Process	Allows a finite element analyst to assess the accuracy and robustness of a model and its suitability for automated design studies in Isight. It is most useful when using the Abaqus component or other FEA subflows.
NXNastran	Application	Allows you to extract and to modify parameters from NXNastran to use in Isight.
Optimization	Process	Provides access to numerous optimization techniques to improve your design.
OS Command	Application	Executes a command to your operating system, typically to run an executable analysis code.
PAM-CRASH	Application	Allows you to extract and to modify parameters from PAM-CRASH to use in Isight.
Pause	Application	Provides a mechanism for inserting predefined pauses within a simulation process flow and optionally performing various interactive activities during the pause.
Reference	Application	References internal models and submodels for use in your current model. It provides a means for collaboration by referencing models that have been published to a SIMULIA Execution Engine Library. It is also the primary means of enabling Federation (Business-to-Business) capabilities in the SIMULIA Execution Engine environment, allowing you to select a model that resides at a partner organization (which has a SIMULIA Execution Engine) and insert a reference to it within your own simulation process flow.
Script	Application	Executes Java code in your model. It is used to perform calculations that are too complex for the Calculator component, such as those involving loops or conditional statements.
SDI	Process	Uses Stochastic Design Improvement (SDI), which is a Monte Carlo simulation-based iterative procedure, to improve a design.
Simcode	Application	An OS Command component surrounded by two Data Exchanger components. You can use it to modify input files to a simulation code, run the simulation code, and read values out of the output files from the simulation code.
Six Sigma	Process	Uses a probabilistic analysis process to measure the quality of a design given uncertainty or randomness (stochastic properties) of a product or process.
SolidWorks	Application	Allows you to extract parameters from Solidworks to use in Isight and to execute a Solidworks simulation.
Taguchi Robust Design	Process	Improves the quality of a product or process by not only striving to achieve performance targets but also by minimizing performance variation.
Target Solver	Process	Allows you to modify input values in an attempt to reach specified output values. This is especially useful for solving a system of equations made up of parameters from the subflow.
Task	Process	Always executes a subflow once, unlike other process components that can execute a subflow numerous times. It also allows you to create a Task Plan to execute a sequence of process components on the subflow. For more information about using the Task Plan, see Working with Task Plans in the Isight User’s Guide.
XML Parser	Application	Allows you to parse XML string and XML files.
Word	Application	Allows you to populate Word document files (.doc, .docx) with the values of Isight parameters.