Dassault Systemes Snatches Up FE-Design, Gets into the Optimization Craze
FE-DESIGN GmbH, a German company with a product line named after a famous Italian opera, is going to become part of Dassault Systemes (DS), a French 3D software giant.
Today, in a transaction of undisclosed amount, DS acquired the Germany software maker known for its optimization packages: TOSCA Fluid and TOSCA Structure. DS already has a robust collection of simulation products, marketed under the SIMULIA brand. By acquiring FE-DESIGN, DS is boosting its current simulation offerings with the optimization technology in FE-DESIGN’s TOSCA products. Continue reading
DARPA’s FANG Challenge Showcases New Set of Design Tools
As DARPA gets ready to kick off the first of three FANG (Fast, Adaptable, Next-Generation Ground Vehicle) Challenges next month, the engineering community at large is closer to being able to test drive META, a new set of design tools that promise to fundamentally change the process of complex systems design. Continue reading
A New Way to Reduce Weight with NX 8.5
The diet industry and the computer-aided engineering (CAE) segment are heading for a head-on collision, at least in their terminologies. They both share a similar objective too: Like Jenny Craig and WeightWatchers, CAE software programs are now on a quest to help you lose weight. To be precise, more and more of these software are introducing ways to help you shave off materials, or excess weight, from your design. (For more, see “The Twin Forces of Optimization & Inspiration” in December 2012 issue, now available online.) Continue reading
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SolidThinking Inspire 9.0: Weight Loss Made Easy
With this punchy title, I may be courting hundreds of unsolicited emails and comments from weight-loss schemes that have nothing to do with the topic of this post, but it seems like an appropriate description. I’ve been subjecting a good number of my 3D designs to a rigorous weight reduction regimen in SolidThinking Inspire 9.0 (now in beta) from Altair Engineering. Their weight loss occurred within a few minutes; the results ranged from 35% to 50% (which is more than what I can say about my own attempt to slim down). Continue reading
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