Engineering Productivity to Drive Generative Design to More Than 16 million Users by 2030
February 1, 2019
The automotive industry represents the largest opportunity globally with US$18.5 billion in generative design software revenues forecasted for 2030, but the largest industry differs from country to country.
Siemens Updates Simcenter 3D
January 29, 2019
Siemens' latest Digital Innovation Platform features faster modeling and more accurate simulations.
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Technology Focus: Designing for Optimization & Simulation
December 18, 2018
Simulation is pervasive, with people from different departments and backgrounds discovering new ways to put it to use, in all of its varied forms.
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Renishaw Extends Paramatters Collaboration
November 26, 2018
The joint partnership is focused on optimized lightweighting and automation of metal additive manufacturing.
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Generative Design: Your AI Partner in Product Development
October 10, 2018
In this live roundtable, panelists will discuss the evolving role of the design engineer in the era of machine learning; benefits and pitfalls of working with generative design; and what humans can learn from AI-proposed solutions.
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Frustum Launches Windows OS Version of its Generate Software
October 1, 2018
Optimization software developer Frustum releases Windows desktop version of its Generate software, promises to bring interactivity to topology optimization.
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Altair Brings Flexibility to solidThinking Licensing
August 30, 2018
The company’s patented units-based licensing model is now being offered as solidThinking Units (sTUs) designed to help small- and mid-sized organizations tap into simulation more readily.
Altair Debuts Disruptive Licensing Model for solidThinking Suite
August 29, 2018
solidThinking units are a licensing model providing on-demand flexibility to access Altair's entire simulation-driven design portfolio on the desktop and in the cloud.
Generating Collaboration at GM and Adidas with Generative Design
July 1, 2018
A look at two generative design partnerships between manufacturers and technology vendors show the value of collaboration.
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Optimization Overview: solidThinking Inspire
April 1, 2018
solidThinking Inspire 2018 is a structural optimization program designed to provide a complete workflow from geometry creation and or manipulation, through FE analysis to topology optimization and geometry shape fitting of the resultant configuration.
PTC Releases Creo 5.0 CAD Solution
March 19, 2018
Launch features enhanced capabilities in additive manufacturing, topology optimization and simulation.
ParaMatters Releases Autonomous Topology Optimizer
February 21, 2018
ParaMatters' CogniCAD is a cloud-based, cognitive design platform that is capable of automatically generating additive manufacturing for high-performance, lightweighted structures within aerospace, automotive and other mission critical applications.
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Altair Debuts Inspire 2018 Software
February 2, 2018
Inspire 2018 from Altair is available through its solidThinking channel partner network and directly to its HyperWorks user community.
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Generative Design: Advice from Algorithms
January 2, 2018
Design engineers face new challenges in working with computation-driven design software.
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Topology Optimization, Part 3
October 1, 2017
How to address manufacturing constraints in optimization.
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