Last year, FieldView jumped into Altair's bed, and now got a baby named AcuFieldView in the latest AcuSolve package. Recently, FLOW 3D was married happily with EnSight (CEI), and will get EnSight 10 integrated into FLOW 3D in a few months (this fall). It seems most CFD software vendors now are aware of the importance of post-processing capabilities. ...
Although there are quite a few mesh-free (mesh-less) FEA and CFD codes, meshing is still one of the most important tasks for most CAE users. The importance of generating high quality mesh can never be overemphasized. But how to define a high quality, or more preciously good, mesh? Reading the output of mesh quality report in ...
If you happened to touch a real punch card in your university time, you probably will be surprised to find out most CAE software companies are touting "easy of use" for their software. CAE software is still not a mass product for the time being. The required knowledge and input from the user makes it almost ...
Like in any other industries, partnership is not new among CAE players, big or small. Technical partnership usually creates a win-win situation; at least, this is the major intention of forming the partnership. The two parties involved usually are not balanced: a big shark in the CAE or PLM market, and an almost unheard (for the ...
Cloud computing now is one of the fastest growing sectors in IT industry. How this will affect CAE industry? Actually, cloud computing is not new for CAE industry, especially for CFD users. 15 or 20 years ago, when you accessed supercomputers in the computing center from home or office through dial-up modems (do you what is ...