The demand for simulation is growing in almost all industries and in all regions. This generates sufficient momentum for the organic growth in CAE industry. Even during the last global recession (2008-2009), most CAE companies reported about a two-digit increase in CAE software business. How to ride this wave to get a larger market share? Major CAE software players choose different approaches. Essentially, they bet on the ecosystem (CAD-CAE-PLM), or bet on disciplines (multi-physics, or multi-discipline, structural-mechanical-CFD-electrical-magnetic). When the $413 million acquisition of Abaqus by Dassault Systems was announced in May 2005, it marked the new era in CAE industry:… Read More
According to the Global Software Top 100 (2011 edition), 6 CAD/CAE/PLM software companies are among the top 100. They are Dassault Systèmes, Autodesk, PTC, Siemens (UGS), Mentor Graphics and ANSYS. Dassault and Siemens have the complete ecosystem: CAD-CAM-CAE-PLM. Autodesk and PTC reply more on CAD. Mentor Graphics has a limited presence beyond in the electronics industry. ANSYS is an interesting company focusing only CAE. Compared with the rank of the previous year (2010), all these 6 companies climbed some potions varying from 1 to 4. This indicates the demands for CAD/CAE/PLM are getting stronger. The following table illustrates the ranking of these 6… Read More
CAE Watch is the information hub for CAE professionals. From respected industry experts of finite element analysis (FEA), computational fluid dynamics (CFD), product lifecycle management (PLM), we will bring you the in-depth analysis on the computer aided engineering (CAE) industry. We are frustrated with the numerous CAD/CAM/CAE/PLM/PDM magazines, which have articles similar to marketing materials: lack of depth. Such articles may mislead the CAE professionals, although they provide the updates on the industry. We are also frustrated with the market research reports produced by some research firms. Unfortunately, a lot of these researchers even cannot ask a proper question, and… Read More