Chapter 1: Introduction to EKM

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## Chapter 1: Introduction to EKM

The use of simulation tools has grown significantly across all major industries. In the early days of computer-aided engineering, simulation tools were used by highly-specialized research scientists trying to troubleshoot design flaws. As simulation tools matured, significant improvements were made in their ease-of-use; companies are now able to use these tools very early in the design process. It is not unusual to have multiple teams of engineers in different geographical locations using tools to run thousands of simulations each year to study and optimize the design of products. Parallel to this, the exponential increase in the power of computing resources has resulted in a proportional increase in the size and complexity of problems that are now being solved by simulation tools. File sizes of multiple gigabytes and data growth of multiple terabytes per year is becoming common.

These developments introduced a new set of engineering challenges. "How do you effectively manage simulation data?", "How do you enhance collaboration between various teams and individuals involved in simulation?", and "How do you enable complex analyses to be performed easily by non-experts?" ANSYS Engineering Knowledge Manager (EKM) has been developed to meet these challenges.

Topics covered in this chapter:

- What is EKM?
- How Does EKM Work?
- New and Improved Features in Release 18

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