Simio Awards $9,900 Grant to Stanford University

By DE Editors

Simio, a developer of 3D object-oriented simulation software, has awarded a $9,900 grant to Stanford University, a Stanford, CA-based private research university.

Stanford is now one of more than 100 universities worldwide to join Simio’s academic program, which offers Simio’s 3D modeling software to schools at no charge. Simio Academic Edition is has no model size limits and includes discrete and continuous modeling, object library development, and 3D animation.

Students in Stanford’s Multidisciplinary Design and Analysis class will use Simio to test the use of multidisciplinary software applications in integrated decision-making processes. The university also plans to use Simio for crowd simulations in transit stations.

Students at the school will be able to model systems using intelligent objects and the software’s direct connection to Google s 3D Warehouse. The intelligent objects are built by modelers and then may be reused in multiple modeling projects. These objects can be stored in libraries and shared. Simio’s connection to Google’s 3D Warehouse gives access to a free online library of thousands of graphic objects.

For more information, visit Simio.

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