6SigmaET
Chris Aldham
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future facilities
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• future facilities created in 2004 to provide air flow consultancy
services to the Data Center industry
• Began using a combination of software tools, methodologies and
knowledge-base to provide true-to-life results.
• future facilities’ 6SigmaDC is the only suite that is developed
• specifically to address the needs of Data Centers at the macro
and micro levels
• based on years of Data Center and Electronics Cooling
expertise
• and is continually enhanced based on knowledge obtained
during various consulting projects
6SigmaET
Electronic Equipment Simulation
• 6SigmaET is a new module to directly address electronics design –
especially electronics cooling
• Built on the same architecture as 6SigmaRoom and 6SigmaRack
• To allow easy integration
• Modern state of the art user interface
• Intuitive, Easy to use
• Intelligent & Automated
• Objects
• Gridding
• Process Oriented
• Handles rotated and angled geometry
• Direct import of IDF & STL files
• Accurate, fast, efficient, robust solver
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6SigmaET
State of the Art User Interface
• Intuitive, easy to use
• Property sheets to allow changes to multiple objects
• Libraries of commonly used parts
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6SigmaET
Intelligent
• Objects
• Parametrically defined
• Know what they are; and,
• Know how to behave
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6SigmaET
Intelligent
• Temperature controlled fans & blowers
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6SigmaET
Intelligent
• Handles rotated and angled geometry
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Intelligent
• Process Oriented
• Version Tree
• Compare Results
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6SigmaET
Intelligent
• Direct IDF import
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6SigmaET
Intelligent
• Solid Obstructions of any type– cuboids, polygons & polylines
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6SigmaET
Intelligent
• Direct STL MCAD import
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6SigmaET
Automatic
• Fully Automated gridding
• Accurate, fast, efficient, robust solver
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6SigmaET
Release 6
• Power
• CSV Import and Scaling
• Non-isotropic and temperature dependent thermal conductivity
• Planar Isotropic
• Orthotropic
• More Project Export Options
• Improved Post Processing
• Export Summary and Table values
• Heat Fluxes
• Graphical compare for any projects
• Gridding
• Auto inflation on components and PCBs,
• Advanced grid control object
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6SigmaET
Release 6
• Multi-Fluid
• Pump object
• Ducting
• Cold plates
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6SigmaET
Release 6
• PCB Modelling Levels
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Simple Average Combined Layer
Average
3 - Layer Average Explicit Layers
6SigmaET
Release 6
• Detailed Components
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6SigmaET
Release 6
• STL Import
• Import multiple files,
• Split STL files into individual
objects,
• Automatic solid obstruction
creation
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6SigmaET
Release 6
• STL Import
• Import multiple files,
• Split STL files into individual
objects,
• Automatic solid obstruction
creation
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6SigmaET
Release 6
• Transients
• Environments
• Heat Dissipation, Power
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6SigmaET
Release 6
• Server Simplification
• Automatically simplify detailed model for use in 6SigmaRack
and 6SigmaRoom
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6SigmaET
Release 6
• Server Simplification
• Automatically simplify detailed model for use in 6SigmaRack
and 6SigmaRoom
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6SigmaET
Release 6
• Integration with 6SigmaRack and 6SigmaRoom
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6SigmaET
Electronic Equipment Simulation
• 6SigmaET is a new module to directly address electronics design –
especially electronics cooling
• Built on the same architecture as 6SigmaRoom and 6SigmaRack
• To allow easy integration
• Modern state of the art user interface
• Intuitive, Easy to use
• Intelligent & Automated
• Objects
• Gridding
• Process Oriented
• Handles rotated and angled geometry
• Direct import of IDF & STL files
• Accurate, fast, efficient, robust solver
© 2009 All rights reserved
For additional information contact:
Chris Aldham at chris.aldham@futurefacilities.com
© 2009 All rights reserved