AI simulation gets an $8.5 million boost, GPU simulation comes to machining, and new SimApps further democratization.
Altair and Oasys team up for safety modeling
Altair and Oasys announced they’re developing an integrated solution for automotive crash safety analysis. That solution will entail “a seamless workflow” between Altair’s HyperWorks simulation platform and Oasys’s Primer software for preparing and modifying crash safety analysis models. The integrated solution will be available through Altair HyperWorks, according to Altair.
BeyondMath gets $8.5M for AI simulation
Simulation startup BeyondMath announced that it has secured $8.5 million in seed funding. The cash will support BeyondMath’s AI-based multiphysics simulation platform, which the startup claims “accelerates engineering iterations by a factor of 1,000 compared to current solutions.” The seed funding was led by UP.Partners with participation from Insight Partners and InMotion Ventures.
Noesis launches democratized SimApps
Noesis Solutions, developer of the cloud-based id8 engineering platform, launched a new feature that it calls SimApps. According to Noesis, SimApps automate recurring simulation tasks to enable “designers and engineers of all experience levels and functional expertise to perform reliable and efficient analysis of their engineering designs.”
“SimApps enable simulation-driven design and the democratization of simulation, allowing many more designers and engineers to access the value of simulation technologies with confidence and reliability,” said Georgios Papantonakis, chief product officer of Noesis Solutions, in the company’s announcement.
ModuleWorks puts GPUs to work
ModuleWorks GmbH is introducing GPU-based machining simulation in its upcoming ModuleWorks 2024.12 software release. The developer says that GPU-based simulation is up to ten times faster than CPU-based simulation, based on internal benchmarks of ModuleWorks’ toolpath simulation software using an AMD Ryzen 7 3700X CPU and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 GPU.
Esteco acquires Optimad Engineering
Engineering software developer Esteco has completed its acquisition of simulation provider Optimad Engineering. Optimad’s computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and reduced order modeling (ROM) products will complement Esteco’s suite of digital engineering software to “empower engineers and designers with the tools they need to innovate and excel,” according to Carlo Poloni, president of Esteco, in the company’s press release.
