Engineering.com’s roundup of recent simulation news.
Altair releases HyperWorks 2024
Earlier this month Altair released HyperWorks 2024, the latest version of its design and simulation platform. In a statement announcing the new release, Altair said it offers improvements in artificial intelligence (AI) tools, simulation-driven design and optimization, and business, mechanical and electronics system design.
Ansys adds two new products in 2024 R2
Ansys 2024 R2 is the latest release from simulation provider Ansys, and the company says its updated portfolio will allow users to “move beyond the limits of single-physics simulation.” The new release introduces Ansys TwinAI for developing AI-powered digital twins and Ansys HFSS-IC for analyzing the electromagnetic fields of integrated circuits, among updates to existing Ansys software.
Cadence claims strong Q2 performance
Cadence Design Systems reported what president and CEO Anirudh Devgan called “strong results” for the second quarter of 2024. The company reported revenue of $1.061 billion for the quarter, compared to $977 million in Q2 2023. In a press release, Devgan attributed the results to “robust demand for our cutting-edge technologies from AI, hyperscale, and automotive customers.”
SDC Verifier 2024 R1.1 adds Stitch tool, license-based updates
SDC Verifier 2024 R1.1 delivers significant enhancements to the user experience, according to the eponymous developer SDC Verifier, which released the new version earlier this month. SDC Verifier 2024 R1.1 introduces changes based on its license tiers, including removing license-level restrictions on geometry commands and fine-tuning results calculations for each license tier. The release also introduces a new Stitch command for merging surfaces or solids alongside additional workflow and reliability updates.
Nvidia and Siemens integrate OpenUSD with Simcenter
Nvidia and Siemens announced that they will continue to bring OpenUSD to industrial workloads. At the SIGGRAPH 2024 conference, Nvidia revealed that OpenUSD pipelines will be integrated with Siemens’ Simcenter portfolio to enable “high-fidelity, real-time, photorealistic visualization of complex simulation data.”
