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SHIPFLOW 7.1 Hydrodynamics CFD Software SHIPFLOW is a leading computational fluid dynamics (CFD) suite developed by FLOWTECH International AB for ship hydrodynamics design, hull optimization, resistance prediction, propulsion analysis, and seakeeping (motions in waves). It’s optimized for naval architects, with automated grid generation, specialized solvers for hull geometries, and tools for full-scale simulations. Version 7.1 is a minor update within the SHIPFLOW 7 series, focusing on enhancements to accuracy, speed, and robustness—particularly in the MOTIONS module for wave simulations and RANS solver for high block coefficient ships. Key Features in SHIPFLOW 7.1: MOTIONS 7 Rework: Improved accuracy and speed for seakeeping simulations on ships, yachts, multi-hulls, semi-submersibles, and floating structures. Supports parametric roll predictions and automatic HTML reports. RANS Solver...

ESI BM-Stamp 2025 (Body Manufacturing-Stamp 2025.0) is a state-of-the-art stamping simulation software developed by ESI Group, a leader in virtual prototyping and simulation solutions. Launched on February 27, 2025, it is tailored for the automotive industry to predict and optimize sheet metal forming processes, enabling manufacturers to validate designs virtually, minimize physical prototypes, and achieve higher precision in production. Built on over 25 years of proven PAM-STAMP solver technology, BM-Stamp 2025 simplifies complex simulations for engineers without deep finite element analysis (FEA) or meshing expertise, focusing on key processes like line/transfer die, hot forming, and progressive die operations. It addresses challenges with advanced materials such as high-strength steel and aluminum, helping reduce costs, production time, and defects. Key Features Intuitive...

Meteodyn WT 6.9 is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software developed by Meteodyn, designed for wind resource assessment and wind farm development. It simulates wind flow, evaluates annual energy production (AEP), and optimizes turbine layouts for both onshore and offshore wind projects. Tailored for complex terrains (e.g., mountainous or forested areas), it employs the K-L turbulence model to solve Navier-Stokes equations, delivering high-accuracy simulations. As part of the Meteodyn Universe suite (up to version 1.9 or later as of September 2025), version 6.9 introduces enhanced stability methods, multi-mast tools, and wake effect modeling, improving efficiency and precision in wind farm design. It supports Windows 8 through Windows 10/11. Key Features Stability Method: Integrates atmospheric boundary layer thermal stability modeling, incorporating...

DYNAFORM 7.2.2 is the latest build (e.g., Build 2024.12.03) of ETA’s sheet metal forming simulation software based on the LS-DYNA solver, tailored for die design and evaluation. It covers the entire die system process, from blank engineering to structural analysis. Compared to version 7.1, it significantly improves speed, precision, and efficiency, introducing innovations like hot forming and drop testing. Ideal for automotive, aerospace, and manufacturing industries, this version enhances the Sigform solver with adaptive meshing, multi-stage stamping, gravity loading, springback compensation, and press tonnage prediction, helping users reduce production time, minimize errors, and boost profitability. Key Modules and Features Blank Size Engineering (BSE): Estimates blank size with support for 1-up, 2-up, mirrored, and multiple blank nesting configurations to maximize material...

What is Simpack 2025? Simpack 2025 is the latest release of SIMULIA Simpack, a comprehensive multibody system simulation (MBS) software from Dassault Systèmes, designed for modeling, analyzing, and optimizing complex mechanical and mechatronic systems. Released in June 2024, it excels in simulating non-linear dynamics, flexible bodies, and high-frequency transients, making it ideal for industries like automotive, rail, wind energy, power transmission, and marine. Simpack 2025 builds on its renowned solver speed and robustness, incorporating advanced mathematical techniques for accurate, real-time simulations without code generation. It’s particularly suited for virtual prototyping of systems like rail vehicles, wind turbines, drivelines, and engines, enabling prediction of motion, forces, stresses, and acoustic behaviors. As part of the SIMULIA portfolio, Simpack 2025 integrates seamlessly with...

OptiLayer 15 is a major version of OptiLayer Thin Film Software, a powerful tool for the design, optimization, evaluation, and post-production characterization of optical multilayer coatings. Developed by OptiLayer GmbH since 1993, it excels in solving complex thin-film problems across spectral and angular ranges, supporting materials like dielectrics, metals, ITO, and mixtures. Version 15 was released on October 8, 2021, with the latest hot-fix update (15.12g) on September 17, 2022. This version emphasizes robust manufacturing optimization, color analysis, and integration with monitoring techniques to boost yields and reduce errors in production. OptiLayer 15 is modular, with core components for design and analysis, and it’s user-friendly for beginners while powerful for experts in optics, photonics, and laser applications. It’s widely used...

What is Ansys Zemax OpticStudio 2025 R2? Ansys Zemax OpticStudio 2025 R2 is the latest iteration of the industry’s leading optical, illumination, and laser system design software, now fully integrated into the Ansys ecosystem. Released as part of the Ansys 2025 R2 suite on July 31, 2025, it empowers engineers to model, analyze, and optimize complex optical systems with unparalleled accuracy and speed. OpticStudio supports sequential and non-sequential ray tracing, tolerancing, and multiphysics simulations, making it essential for industries like automotive (e.g., ADAS lighting), aerospace, consumer electronics, and photonics. This version emphasizes AI-driven automation, enhanced multiphysics workflows via STAR (Structural-Thermal-Optical-Performance) tools, and seamless interoperability with Ansys Speos, Lumerical, and Mechanical for end-to-end system validation. Building on prior releases, 2025 R2...

What is Ansys SPEOS 2025 R2? Ansys SPEOS 2025 R2 is the latest release of Ansys SPEOS, a state-of-the-art optical simulation software focused on illumination, optics, and optical performance analysis. Integrated within the Ansys ecosystem, it enables engineers to design, simulate, and optimize light-based systems for applications in automotive lighting, aerospace, consumer electronics, and photonics. This version, part of the broader Ansys 2025 R2 suite released on July 29, 2025, emphasizes enhanced performance through cloud integration, AI assistance, and seamless interoperability with tools like Ansys Zemax OpticStudio and Ansys Lumerical. SPEOS leverages GPU acceleration and advanced ray-tracing for realistic simulations, helping reduce prototyping costs and time. SPEOS 2025 R2 introduces AI-driven workflows via Ansys Engineering Copilot, a virtual assistant that...

Overview of AVL Simulation Suite 2025 R1 AVL Simulation Suite 2025 R1 is the latest release of AVL’s comprehensive simulation platform, developed by AVL List GmbH, a global leader in powertrain engineering and mobility solutions. This suite provides multi-physics simulation tools for designing, analyzing, and optimizing electrified and conventional powertrains, including components like engines, batteries, transmissions, and full vehicles. It supports the entire development process—from early concept to virtual validation—focusing on sustainability, electrification, and efficiency. Released in early 2025, 2025 R1 emphasizes advancements in hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, enhanced combustion modeling, and workflow productivity for clean mobility solutions. As of September 25, 2025, it remains the current major release, with tools like AVL CRUISE™ M, AVL FIRE™ M, and...

Overview of COSMOlogic COSMOthermX 19 COSMOthermX 19 is a version of the COSMOthermX software from COSMOlogic (now integrated into BIOVIA COSMO by Dassault Systèmes), a predictive thermodynamics tool based on the COSMO-RS (COnductor-like Screening MOdel for Realistic Solvents) theory. It enables chemists, chemical engineers, and formulation scientists to calculate and predict fluid phase properties such as solubility, partitioning, vapor-liquid equilibria, activity coefficients, and phase diagrams for pure compounds, mixtures, and electrolytes at varying temperatures and pressures. The software uses quantum chemically derived surface charge densities for accurate, first-principles predictions without extensive experimental data, accelerating R&D in pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and materials science. Released around 2020, COSMOthermX 19 supports advanced workflows via a user-friendly GUI and command-line options. As of September 25,...

Overview of AnyCasting 6.9.4 AnyCasting 6.9.4 is a hot fix update for AnyCasting, a professional casting simulation software developed by VSC Co., Ltd. (Any Software) for the foundry industry. This version builds on the core AnyCasting 6.9 series, focusing on defect prediction, process optimization, and analysis of molten metal behavior during casting operations. It supports a wide range of processes, including sand casting, high/low-pressure die casting, investment casting, centrifugal casting, and more, using advanced numerical methods like the Navier-Stokes equations for fluid dynamics simulation. The software is process-oriented, allowing users—even those without deep numerical expertise—to predict issues like porosity, gas entrapment, shrinkage, and segregation, thereby reducing trial-and-error in production and improving yield. Key New Features As a hot fix release,...

  Overview of Bladed V4.8 Bladed V4.8 is a major release of DNV’s (formerly DNV GL) Bladed wind turbine design and analysis software, introduced in 2016 as a transformative update to enhance functionality, user experience, and computational efficiency for wind turbine manufacturers, certification agencies, design consultants, and research organizations. This version builds on Bladed’s legacy as the industry-standard tool for onshore and offshore wind turbine modeling, validated against real-world data from diverse turbines. It supports comprehensive aeroelastic simulations, structural dynamics, and certification workflows, enabling users to optimize designs, reduce loads, and ensure compliance with standards like IEC 61400. At the time of release, Bladed was already the primary simulation tool for about half of global utility-scale wind turbines, and V4.8...

in 2014, UK-based PDM Analysis launched its SCORG product, which specializes in helical gear profile analysis, thermodynamic calculations, and CFD rotor structure mesh generation. By integrating 3D and 1D simulation software, it enables engineers to efficiently perform fluid dynamics and thermodynamic analyses for screw machinery, facilitating rapid performance optimization. The rotor features a spiral gear configuration with unique contours that allow male and female rotors to mesh, creating a sealed space between rotor and housing. The flow field in twin-screw systems comprises three distinct zones: a stationary low-pressure area, a deformation compression zone, and a stationary high-pressure area. Fluid flows from the suction zone through the compression zone to the discharge zone, with leakage occurring through inter-screw gaps (rotor clearance,...

CONVERGE CFD is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software focused on combustion simulation, internal combustion engines and multiphase flow. Its core strengths are autonomous meshing technology, efficient chemical reaction models and complex geometry processing capabilities. ‌ Core functions ‌ Autonomous grid adjustment ‌: automatically optimize the grid density according to the flow field changes, improve the calculation efficiency and accuracy. ‌ ‌ Combustion model ‌: Built-in combustion mechanism of various fuels, supporting turbulence, flame propagation and other complex phenomena simulation. ‌ Multiphase flow processing ‌: Suitable for gas/liquid/solid mixed flow scenarios, such as fuel mixing optimization in piston bowl design. application scenarios Mainly used in automotive engine design (optimizing combustion chamber shape, injection strategy), aerospace field (engine combustion chamber stability...

AVEVA Predictive Analytics 2025 (version updated in May 2025) is an AI-powered predictive maintenance software solution from AVEVA, designed to enhance asset reliability and minimize unplanned downtime in industrial environments. It leverages advanced pattern recognition, machine learning, and data mining to analyze near-real-time sensor data against historical equipment profiles, providing early warnings of deviations—days, weeks, or months before failure. Targeted at asset-intensive sectors like oil and gas, power generation, chemicals, mining, and manufacturing, the software supports predictive maintenance (PdM) programs by forecasting time-to-failure, diagnosing faults, and recommending prescriptive actions, ultimately reducing maintenance costs and improving operational efficiency. This release emphasizes scalability for monitoring single assets or thousands across global sites, with seamless integration into the AVEVA PI System for enterprise-wide...

AnyLogistix 3.4 is the latest version of the supply chain design, optimization, and simulation software, released on July 24, 2025. Developed by The AnyLogic Company, it builds on the AnyLogic simulation engine (updated to version 8.8.4 in this release) and focuses on advanced analytics for logistics, inventory management, transportation, and overall supply chain performance. It’s available in free (Personal Learning Edition for non-commercial use) and professional editions, with cross-platform support for Windows, macOS, and Linux (including server options for multi-user collaboration). Key Features and Updates in AnyLogistix 3.4 This release emphasizes realistic delivery planning and user productivity enhancements, particularly for last-mile logistics challenges like route optimization and service level improvements. Last-Mile Optimization Experiment: A new experiment type that enables order-level...