New direct integration block: Simcenter 3D
Available in: 
pSeven v2026.03
Starting with version 2026.03, pSeven Desktop features a new direct integration block with Simcenter 3D. This block provides an easier way to automate workflows and facilitates design space exploration studies on simulation projects created in Simcenter 3D Pre/Post — a module of the Siemens NX platform. It helps to prepare and analyze finite element modeling tasks, including structural strength analysis, deformation calculation and multiphysics problems.
The block provides:
- Automatic processing of a Simcenter 3D project model into the block's parameter tree.
- Parameterization of simulation models (design variables, material properties, mesh element thickness, loads, boundary conditions, solver settings).
- Extraction and processing of simulation results, including deformed geometry and displacement fields, into the pSeven Desktop for subsequent analysis or DSE/optimization.
To configure the block, specify the path to the .sim simulation file. All associated project files (.fem, .prt) must be in the same directory, or the project can be prepared as a .zip archive. Select the tree nodes corresponding to the input and output model parameters that should be linked to the block's ports. If necessary, specify the path to the Simcenter 3D installation directory.
The block is available only on Windows and requires Simcenter 3D with a valid license.
Simcenter 3D is an integrated environment in which users can perform all of their CAE pre- and post-processing. Unrivaled geometry manipulation tools helps to intuitively defeature and abstract computer-aided design (CAD) geometry from any source. Comprehensive meshing and modeling tools support multiple simulation applications and give the unique capability to associate analysis model to design data. This helps to speed the tedious modeling process and keep analysis models in sync with the latest design.