Ansys Sherlock Reviews & Product Details

Sherlock is life saving tool for Hardware Designers like me to simulate the mechanical aspects of PCB and components assembly. It has many features which I like most are Components level DFMEA(Design Failure Mode Analysis), Mechanical stress Simulation like shock and vibration, Thermal defeating. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I will not say it as limitation, but it has limited components library and to add new component we need to request to Sherlock support. If the design is big then it takes time for simulation, but ofcourse it is expected. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ease of use. Ability to quickly import ECAD files. Only software I know that does Solder Joint Reliability Predictions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Would like additional functionality - i.e. improved mesh, orthotropic material input for components. However, believe it is on ANSYS near-term roadmap to incorporate & improve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

User Interface is very well structured and easy to use. It can execute complex simulations with comfort and quality of result is very good. It is one of the best software's that I have came across. It offers a full development in computer aided engineering. It is user friendly and I feel confident while analysing my complex problem simulations. The spectrum of Colors offered is very distinctive and unique. It makes the work more fun and stress free.It adds to better understanding of engineering aspects and reduce the errors. When I create a modelling simulation, I need not to go to and fro to make sure things are correct, it takes care of all the required things and all parts, assemblies and models are imported easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Simulation capability can be further improved by including wide range of materials. It needs to have all the required material based on industry be it austenitic steels or any other material related to different industry. It can further develop tutorials for a new user so that it can reach to maximum mechanical design engineers and become a part of their daily chores. Also, it should reach various other business by developing its own capabilities in a way that it suits almost all of them! Also the focus should be on making it available to university graduates so that they can benefit from it and learn the engineering aspects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

THis is very good software, it is easy to use as well as provide easy of work. Ansys Sherlock automated design analysis provides fast and accurate life predictions for electronic hardware at the component, board and system levels in early design stages. Sherlock bypasses the ‘test-fail-fix-repeat’ cycle by empowering designers to accurately model silicon–metal layers, semiconductor packaging, printed circuit boards (PCBs) and assemblies to predict failure risks due to thermal, mechanical and manufacturing stressors--all before prototype. Ansys Sherlock automated design analysis provides fast and accurate life predictions for electronic hardware at the component, board and system levels in early design stages. Sherlock bypasses the ‘test-fail-fix-repeat’ cycle by empowering designers to accurately model silicon–metal layers, semiconductor packaging, printed circuit boards (PCBs) and assemblies to predict failure risks due to thermal, mechanical and manufacturing stressors--all before prototype. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

for bigger problems one need to have support for servers from ansys. Ansys Sherlock automated design analysis provides fast and accurate life predictions for electronic hardware at the component, board and system levels in early design stages. Sherlock bypasses the ‘test-fail-fix-repeat’ cycle by empowering designers to accurately model silicon–metal layers, semiconductor packaging, printed circuit boards (PCBs) and assemblies to predict failure risks due to thermal, mechanical and manufacturing stressors--all before prototype. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ansys Sherlock automated design analysis software is the only Reliability Physics/Physics of Failure (PoF)-based electronics design analysis software that provides:

*Fast and accurate life predictions for electronic hardware at the component, board and system levels in early design stages.

*A unique, powerful capability of Sherlock is its revolutionary ability to rapidly convert electronic CAD (ECAD) files into CFD and FEA models with accurate geometries and material properties. Through its powerful parsing engine Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not encountered with any major issues as such. Going good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

User-friendly, reliability, Virtual running for faster processing, accuracy, comprehensiveness and many many more Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It works well for stand alone, but integration ability has room for improvements.

This is requiring higher configuration system which is understandable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ansys Sherlock provides the foolproof method to accurately predicts the failure which saves lots of downtimes and helps to save money on electronics hardware such as component, board, other appliances from breakdown. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The downside which I feel for Ansys Sherlock is the integration of this Software with other PLM software.

As CAD is moving at lightning pace towards PLM, so we need integration with Simens Teamcenter, Oneplm, Enovia, and Windchill like software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ansys Sherlock allows comprehensive reliability assessment of power converters considering mechanical, thermal, and electrical failure modes due to effetcs like power cycling, humidity, temperature, shocks and vibrations etc.. The tool enables easy interfacing with standard PCB software and thus going from PCB to reliability assessment to identify some key concerns takes almost no time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Adding some more help and tutorial section to navigate the interface better and use all of the features would be of great help for first-time users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

# The best feature that i like in Sherlock that it can easly model a detailed CCA with all of its mechanical properties that came from Xpedition (or Mentor) for FEA uses.

# The software is specialized with assessing the reliability of your CCA and present the most weakest points in your electronic card.

# The ability to change something in the CCA like moving/adding or removing some parts, adding optional mount points or changing the properties of the stuckup and see how it affects on the reliability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The model meshing abilities for FEA is not very well developed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ease of use, very unique interface, great database of electronic components to find properties Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Help is not intetactive to guide you through the process Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.