Components and system design

Every developer knows the situation: calculations often need to be repeated across different configurations. It would therefore be ideal to have a tool that provides the required functionality, offers flexible calculation options, and automatically evaluates different parameter sets. Ideally, it should also support both component-level design and the development of complex systems.

TechCalc is exactly such a modular and expandable tool. It enables analytical and numerical calculations in multiple ways and offers easily extensible visualization and documentation frameworks. Automated report generation and a built-in parameter-history feature supports traceability. Thanks to the large amount of Python features, TechCalc can easily connect to other tools and systems when needed.

The result is a faster, more efficient, and significantly more reliable development process in everyday work.

The system designer

If several individual components (“knowledge containers”) are available, they can be interconnected, enabling efficient system design and significantly reducing development time. By visualizing the dependencies between parameters and equations (see image), the system clearly indicates which definitions are still missing, guiding the user step-by-step through the design process.

Model switching

When dimensioning complex systems, multiple models with varying levels of detail are often used. An initial estimation may rely on a simple model that helps identify meaningful parameter ranges, while later design stages use more detailed models to describe the system with greater precision. In TechCalc, users can easily switch between these models, allowing the level of complexity to evolve naturally with the design process.

Python console | scripts

The integrated Python console allows you to execute everything from simple expressions to complex calculations. It also supports the use of functions from external libraries. All scripts can be stored in an internal database for later reuse-saving time and reducing the risk of errors.

Digitization in system design

TechCalc also supports fully digital product development. Different model hierarchies can be applied throughout the entire engineering workflow – from initial concept design and detailed calculations to prototype testing and operational monitoring of the finished product (for example, via OPC UA). This end-to-end consistency over the product life cycle is a key element of the increasingly important digital thread.

TechCalc is fully network- capable and can be effortlessly connected or integrated with other tools, such as DesignSpace.
Learn more about the DesignSpace and the interaction with TechCalc in the following article: Using reactive links to propagate changes across engineering models

On the pulse of time

• Holistic design process with integration of all relevant tools (e.g. requirements tools, CAD, FE, optimization)
• Fast, efficient and error-free system design
• Fully or semi-automatic interconnection of systems
• Topology-open system design
• Optimization of partial and complete systems
• Ensuring data consistency between the tools used
• Evaluation of systems in compliance with defined boundary conditions