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    aPriori Technologies

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AaPriori provides design and sourcing Insights to unlock and identify new opportunities for reducing product cost and carbon footprint, optimizing manufacturing and supply chain risk, and improving design engineering and sourcing teams’ productivity. Their automated Insights Platform is used to reduce time to market, meet sustainability targets, and accelerate revenue growth. What are Manufacturing Insights? aPriori’s Manufacturing Insights Platform simulates each step of the…N/A

    Simcenter STAR-CCM+

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/ASimcenter, from Siemens, is a suite of simulation tools and software. STAR-CCM+ is a multiphysics computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to study how products operate under real-world conditions.N/A
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    aPriori TechnologiesSimcenter STAR-CCM+
    Editions & Modules
    aP Pro
    Custom
    aP Design
    Custom
    aP Generate
    Custom
    aP Analytics
    Custom
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    aPriori TechnologiesSimcenter STAR-CCM+
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    aPriori Technologies
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    User Ratings
    aPriori TechnologiesSimcenter STAR-CCM+
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (12 ratings)
    9.5
    (14 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    9.5
    (8 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    aPriori TechnologiesSimcenter STAR-CCM+
    Likelihood to Recommend
    aPriori Technologies
    From my experience aPriori is a classical algorithm in data mining. It is used for mining frequent itemsets and relevant association rules. Also, it is devised to operate on a database containing a lot of transactions, for instance, items brought by customers in a store. Whereas aPriori requires high computation if the itemsets are very large and the minimum support is kept very low and the entire database needs to be scanned.
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    Siemens AG
    A case where you are interested in modeling various physics such as
    Aerodynamics,
    Hydrodynamics, Heat Transfer & Thermal Management, Multiphase Flow, Fluid-Structure
    Interaction (FSI), Combustion & Reacting Flows, Aeroacoustics, Electrochemistry, and Electromagnetics. STARCCM+ is recommended. But if your interest is complex Structural dynamics, durability, or Motion analysis, etc. better to go with other tools.
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    Pros
    aPriori Technologies
    • Sheet Metal-Process Group, Transfer Die is at the Best, which gives detailed operation setup for the Parts as well as shows the number of parts in the Sheet i.e nested Loop thereby reducing the Scrap as well (Scrap Management)
    • Forging-Steel: Very good for for medium and complex medium Hot Forging type parts. Machine overhead data is very detailed where facts are used for the negotiation i.e Electricity Rate, Power, Labour Rate, Maintenance rate, etc.
    • Surface Treatment / Other Secondary Process such as powder coating, wet coat, electro plating: These all work well. We can also use masking options the treatment, In the event of of any leak tests or X-Ray inspections, we can add the process which will then account the pre/post operation time for the treatments
    • 2-Model Machining: Machines and routing combinations are huge and can be used to determine the most economic way to produce these parts. We can also override to find the supplier methodology and cost. It gives very detailed information on the feed rate, speed rate, and power capacity.
    • Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerating (GD&T) can be added on the GCD's which will help detect the super finishing process, which is another advantage. In the current 2016 R2 SP, aPriori can detect it from the CAD Models
    • Design to Cost feature, provides the design engineers as well as cost engineers to understand the which feature take most cycle time and whether changing that feature reduces the complexity in machining thereby cycle time can be reduced
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    Siemens AG
    • Meshing is very easy to do in STAR CCM+
    • Post-processing results is also very intuitive, making extracting results very enjoyable and easy to use.
    • The Advanced rendering options that are available in STAR CCM+ can really help make very well-generated videos that can make the simulation easy to visualize, share with non-technical engineers, and showcase the study done.
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    Cons
    aPriori Technologies
    • Customization of the cost logic is tricky.
    • Full products costing & process involved in the proprietary parts are less or not available for costing
    • Sheet metal logics for costing may be improved.
    • Focus on Electronics Cost models
    • Electronics - Component Costings
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    Siemens AG
    • Maybe a little bit on the automation side and if you want to script something, if you want to automate procedures, that happens through every simulation round that you have. That part could be a little bit cumbersome right now, depending on the operating system that you use.
    • Introducing the software on other platforms like Mac OSS.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    aPriori Technologies
    • Not to Lose the Position of Product Cost Management Importance
    • Make Costing Simple and Ease
    • Traceablitlity of Previous Costed
    • Helps Design Engineers to actually look for the Which Feature contributes for the Most Cycle Time and help Design Engineers to re-design the CAD Model and look for the changes in the Cycle Time and the Machining parameters
    • Interactive Cost Insight
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    Siemens AG
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    Usability
    aPriori Technologies
    I'm fairly happy with the product. My company appreciates the ability to customize the software, as well as manage our own data points for costs, machines, and materials. The coding aspect is not too difficult as well, though there are some issues with the availability of some information that could be improved.
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    Siemens AG
    Great single window GUI
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    Support Rating
    aPriori Technologies
    Overall, I'm generally satisfied with the response and results that I get from aPriori support. They are intuitive, and try to understand what it is I'm trying to do, or how the problem is affecting me or my organization. They also are very available across the globe, as my team is located in multiple regions.
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    Siemens AG
    STAR CCM+ technical support was very quick to respond when a ticket was raised for issues. For support in setting up a test case for the Lagrangian particle tracking technique, a support assist agent was assigned immediately, and after having a detailed discussion, my problem was understood by them, and a suitable test case was shared, which I was able to understand and use to build my case.
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    Implementation Rating
    aPriori Technologies
    aPriori team helped a lot for the implementation, as they were on remote and helping for the file run and implementing the same on remote. aPriori team extrended full support for the implementation resolving the bottleneck and bugs if any during installing the software's also, they provide professional services in order to resolve some technical issue
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    Siemens AG
    It is super easy when it comes to implementing it.
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    Alternatives Considered
    aPriori Technologies
    aPriori is covering a lot of different processes instead of being an expert in only one. It can read geometric [information] directly from the CAD file so there's no need for manual entry or the risk of a mistake that comes with that. It provides data in a lot of different regions around the world this keeping the data up to date.
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    Siemens AG
    Competitive tools, both Fluent and STARCCM+, but the user interface and ease of learning, along with everything in a single interface, and a wide variety of proven physics capabilities, along with good scalability and automation, made the choice easy for me. Also, the user guide and tutorials available to explore various kinds of Physics capability, and A single license for access to all physics, also made it easy.
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    Return on Investment
    aPriori Technologies
    • It improved our business model and strategies.
    • Provided get analytics for future view.
    • The main negative impact is that it is costly, a waste of time to hold a vast number of candidate sets with many frequent itemsets, low minimum support, or large itemsets.
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    Siemens AG
    • Time saved in creating a inhouse code, tens and tens of hours.
    • Time saved in experimental setup, tens of hours.
    • Does add some time in testing to confirm star is doing what you think it's doing, but an overall net gain in productivity.
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    aPriori Technologies Screenshots

    Screenshot of aP ProScreenshot of aP DesignScreenshot of aP GenerateScreenshot of aP AnalyticsScreenshot of aP Workspace

    Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Screenshots

    Screenshot of Multiphysics Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulationScreenshot of Car aerodynamics CFD simulationScreenshot of Integrated Design Exploration and OptimizationScreenshot of Fully integrated CFD based topology optimizationScreenshot of Multiphysics CFD - Electric Motor CoolingScreenshot of Multiphase Flows