Hexagon, SimScale Now Offer Cloud-Native Nonlinear Structural Analysis Capabilities

SimScale, an AI-native cloud platform for engineering simulation, along with Hexagon’s Design and Engineering, have made available the Marc nonlinear finite element analysis (FEA) solver technology on the SimScale platform. Building on a its ongoing strategic partnership, engineers and design teams can now leverage the advanced nonlinear capabilities of Marc, directly from their web browser to enable scalable product development.

Beginning now, customers will have access to the Marc nonlinear solver in the SimScale environment.

Nonlinear Simulation, Democratized

With SimScale’s cloud-native integration of Marc, users can perform complex FEA simulations—including large deformations, arbitrary contact, self-contact, as well as plasticity and hyperelasticity—earlier in the design process and without needing on-premises software or infrastructure.

Key capabilities include:

• Fast Nonlinear Analysis
• Accessibility and Collaboration: Powered by SimScale’s cloud platform, users can access Marc’s capabilities anywhere, manage and share simulation data, and collaborate in real time.
• AI-Powered & Automated Workflows: Benefit from SimScale’s integrated AI for streamlined setup, instant result prediction, and agentic workflow automation.
• Scalability & Flexibility: High-performance computing (HPC) provisioning ensures scalability and rapid simulation turnaround.
• Multiphysics Coverage: Perform structural, thermal, electrical, and magnetic analyses—on a single, unified platform.

“Integrating Hexagon’s Marc technology with SimScale’s cloud-native environment is a game-changer for advanced simulation. Now, every engineer has access to best-in-class nonlinear FEA on demand, accelerating innovation while removing traditional technology barriers,” says Richard Szöke-Schuller, product manager at SimScale.

“This partnership is about more than bringing Marc to the cloud, it is about transforming the way engineers engage with simulation tools,” says Hugues Jeancolas, vice president of Products at Hexagon’s Design and Engineering. “With SimScale’s intuitive interface and agentic AI, users who are new to simulation can focus on solving engineering challenges rather than learning how to operate the tools. It is a leap forward in democratisation, agility and productivity.”

Nonlinear analysis enabled by the Marc technology is now available to all 700,000 SimScale Community users for limited free, non-commercial testing. Sign up for an account to start simulating with Marc.

For more information, SimScale and Hexagon will be hosting a joint webinar July 29, 2025. Click here to register.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.