SANTA ANA, Calif., Oct. 20, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MSC.Software (Nasdaq:MSCS), the leading global provider of enterprise simulation solutions, including simulation software and services, today announced the R3 release of FluidConnection. This ground-breaking CFD pre-processor extends the company's SimEnterprise offerings that together allow analysts, designers, and suppliers to simulate more collaboratively across the extended engineering enterprise by enabling simulation methods and procedures to be captured, automated and reused across design teams.
FluidConnection R3 significantly improves the efficiency of product development processes involving CFD. FluidConnection's Abstract Modelling data templates are fully geometry independent and therefore ideally suited for re-use and to capture CFD simulation best practices. In combination with comprehensive automatic mesh generation based on native CAD models, Abstract Models enable reliable automated simulation processes that don't require users to be CFD specialists. Using FluidConnection, companies can create repeatable simulation processes delivering timely and comparable results for decision making. Analysts are relieved from non-value adding tasks like geometry translation and mesh creation; they can now focus on other high-value product validation requirements during product development. The results are better simulation productivity and shorter development cycles.
The integration of FluidConnection R3 with SimManager makes the benefits of process capture and automation available to CFD applications and empowers an organization to manage entire CFD simulation processes, resources, and information across an engineering enterprise. Additionally, all simulation data (models, results, files) is captured, stored, organized and protected.
"FluidConnection's integration with SimManager is our first step to give CFD users access to the advanced capabilities of MSC.Software's SimEnterprise," said Glenn Wienkoop, President, MSC.Software. "Like in other CAE disciplines, CFD simulation processes and resources can now be systematically managed and repetitive, manually intensive tasks can be conducted automatically. Auditable simulation processes enable continuous improvement of simulation methods and procedures, resulting in less rework, less correction and confidence to use simulation in place of physical prototypes and tests, which ultimately leads to accelerated development cycles and reduced cost."
CFD productivity gains through simulation processes based on FluidConnection R3 are now also available for Fluent users. In addition to supporting Fluent(r) case files, the automatic mesh creation in FluidConnection has been extended to specifically address e.g. skewness requirements of the Fluent(r) solver. FluidConnection R3 also features enhanced AcuSolve(tm) capabilities by redefining all relevant attributes to align with ACUSIM's AcuSolve V1.7 command reference manual.
"The Abstract Modelling simulation templates available within FluidConnection represent a radically new approach offering several key advantages," explained Reza Sadeghi, Chief Technology Officer of MSC.Software. "The possibility to define a simulation template completely independent of a specific shape or geometry makes these templates truly re-usable and an ideal container for any company's simulation know-how. Abstract Modelling templates combined with FluidConnection's automatic mesh generation that does not require geometry translations guarantee most reliable CFD simulation processes from CAD to solver input."
The company is hosting a webinar entitled "Simulate CFD More Efficiently -- The Efficient use of CFD for Accelerated Product Development" on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 10 AM Pacific time. This webinar will introduce FluidConnection and demonstrate how businesses can accelerate their product development cycles through more efficient CFD simulations. The webinar will feature an example of how a FluidConnection user accelerated the development process through reliable CFD results. This webinar is part of an ongoing MD series featuring multidiscipline simulation in action. To sign up, please visit: http://www.mscsoftware.com/events/md_form.cfm.
About MSC.Software Corporation
MSC.Software (Nasdaq:MSCS) is the global leader of enterprise simulation solutions, that help companies make money, save time and reduce costs associated with designing and testing manufactured products. MSC.Software works with thousands of companies in hundreds of industries to develop better products faster by utilizing information technology, software, services and systems. MSC.Software employs 1100 people in 23 countries. For additional information about MSC.Software's products and services, please visit www.mscsoftware.com.
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