{"id":66192,"date":"2025-06-12T07:20:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T11:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/?p=66192"},"modified":"2026-03-26T06:45:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:45:43","slug":"c-tpa-masterclass-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/c-tpa-masterclass-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Component-based Transfer Path Analysis masterclass in Hefei China: 140 customers excited to learn about cutting-edge technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plm.sw.siemens.com\/en-US\/simcenter\/simulation-test\/transfer-path-analysis\/component-based-tpa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Component-based Transfer Path Analysis (C-TPA)<\/a> masterclass, sometimes you have the feeling that something big is starting\u2026 This story begins in Hefei, a city most non-Chinese people wouldn&#8217;t know, despite having almost the same population as smaller European countries like Austria or Belgium. Located halfway between Shanghai and Wuhan, Hefei is part of the new face of modern China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-94bc23d7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0517-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66216\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0517-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0517-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0517-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0517-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0517-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0517-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0503-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66215\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0503-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0503-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0503-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0503-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0503-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0503-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Transform Engineering Conference<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>But this isn&#8217;t the story I want to share in this blog. Instead, I want to tell you about our Component-based Transfer Path Masterclass, which was part of our Transform Engineering Conference. The event brought together 1200+ visitors, 20+ exhibitors, and featured 5 parallel sessions. The first day was dedicated to plenary sessions, while the second day showcased customer presentations. Then came the real excitement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-94bc23d7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0454-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66217\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0454-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0454-1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0454-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0454-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0454-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0454-1-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0451-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66218\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0451-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0451-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0451-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0451-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0451-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0451-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Component-based Transfer Path Analysis Masterclass<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our local Chinese team and I organized a C-TPA masterclass for over 140 customers. The demand was so high that we had to turn away additional participants, as we couldn&#8217;t accommodate more than 120 supervised seats plus some additional ones in the back of the conference room. By &#8220;supervised seats,&#8221; I mean hands-on training with direct guidance from our team. Additional attendees could observe from two rows at the back of the room, though without direct supervision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls muted src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/Video.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The afternoon program comprised four sessions covering various aspects of component characterizations and virtual prototyping, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Component characterization<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In-situ TPA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mount stiffness characterization<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NVH prediction and auralization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/China_handson-1024x240.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66231\" style=\"width:800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/China_handson-1024x240.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/China_handson-600x140.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/China_handson-768x180.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/China_handson-900x211.png 900w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/China_handson.png 1534w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This is where we witnessed our customers&#8217; true motivation and spirit. Their curiosity and eagerness to embrace cutting-edge technology for improving future vehicles was inspiring. The attendees, primarily from the automotive industry, included representatives from China&#8217;s seven largest Automotive OEMs, each sending multiple engineers. One of the highlights was seeing at maximum 140 engineers collaboratively working on virtual instrumentation, in-situ TPA, and virtual prototype assemblies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seeing such enthusiasm and willingness to adopt our new technology in vehicle development makes me eager for my next visit. I look forward to discussing how we can help each of you develop leading-edge products for the automotive industry and your customers.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0485-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66219\" style=\"width:800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0485-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0485-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0485-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0485-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0485-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0485-900x675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Interested in our <a href=\"https:\/\/plm.sw.siemens.com\/en-US\/simcenter\/physical-testing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Simcenter testing solutions<\/a> related to C-TPA and virtual prototyping? Don&#8217;t get left behind &#8211; reach out to us. We&#8217;re here to help you adopt these technologies and address your challenges, front-loading NVH development and reducing time to market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, I want to congratulate the Chinese team for making this remarkable event possible, especially my colleagues involved in the masterclass, thumbs up!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_2025-06-03_105011_366-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66220\" style=\"width:800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_2025-06-03_105011_366-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_2025-06-03_105011_366-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_2025-06-03_105011_366-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_2025-06-03_105011_366-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_2025-06-03_105011_366-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_2025-06-03_105011_366-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>To learn more about C-TPA, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.sw.siemens.com\/en-US\/white-paper-virtual-prototyping-to-predict-system-nvh-performance-using-component-tpa-transfer-path-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this white paper<\/a> or see the blogs listed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Siemens held its largest component-based transfer path analysis (C-TPA) masterclasses recently in Hefei China, to teach engineers how to create modular and reliable NVH component models.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89090,"featured_media":66219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spanish_translation":"","french_translation":"","german_translation":"","italian_translation":"","polish_translation":"","japanese_translation":"","chinese_translation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[63521,63520,63893,698,658,1823,1890],"industry":[125,89],"product":[588],"coauthors":[63582],"class_list":["post-66192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event","tag-c-tpa","tag-component-based-transfer-path-analysis","tag-masterclass","tag-nvh-testing","tag-physical-testing","tag-simcenter","tag-simcenter-testlab","industry-aerospace-defense","industry-automotive-transportation","product-simcenter-testlab"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/IMG_0485-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89090"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66192"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66475,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66192\/revisions\/66475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66192"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=66192"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=66192"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=66192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}