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ESI GROUP'S NEW CFD SIMULATION SOFTWARE RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE PRODUCT
19 February 2004 - ESI Group
| Thanks to the recent acquisition of CFDRC's product division, ESI Group has enhanced its product portfolio with new virtual engineering software including CFD-CADalyzer, Computational Flow Dynamics software for design engineers, CFD-ACE+ for advanced CFD and multiphysics simulation, CFD-FASTRAN, CFD software specifically designed for the aerospace industry, and CFD-VISCART for the generation of viscous, Cartesian meshes. |
ESI Group announces that CFD-CADalyzer was the winner of Desktop Engineering readers' choice award for December. Each issue Desktop Engineering gives the readers' choice award to the product that has received the most reader interest. Thanks to the recent acquisition of CFDRC's product division, ESI Group has enhanced its product portfolio with new virtual engineering software including CFD-CADalyzer, Computational Flow Dynamics software for design engineers, CFD-ACE+ for advanced CFD and multiphysics simulation, CFD-FASTRAN, CFD software specifically designed for the aerospace industry, and CFD-VISCART for the generation of viscous, Cartesian meshes. Mike Nieburg, business development manager, ESI Group, said: "CFD-CADalyzer is a dramatically different CFD simulation package. Combining design and analysis, this product will catalyze the increased focus on "getting it right first time" at the early conceptual design phase of product development. Design engineers and analysts need not just finite element analysis, but CFD to create winning products". "From my initial work with CFD-CADalyzer, I really like it. The ability to work with my 3D modeler and then generate a mesh with CADalyzer is outstanding", said Craig Lanning, Professional Research Assistant at the Cardiovascular Flow and Imaging Research Laboratory at Denver's Children's Hospital. CFD-CADalyzer provides an enhanced decision-making tool that can be used at the early conceptual and detailed design stages of product development. The product allows parametric studies using the CAD system for geometry changes, letting designers assess the potential performance of multiple design variants. Main capabilities include modelling of 3D fluid flow and heat transfer in fluids, solids and porous media with complex geometry; laminar or turbulent flow; and compressible and incompressible fluids. Other features include automatic mesh creation and compatibility to CFD-ACE+, for advanced multiphysics simulations. CFD-CADalyzer works with ACIS- or Parasolid-based Mechanical CAD applications, such as Autodesk Inventor, Solid Edge, SolidWorks, and Unigraphics.
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About: ESI Group
ESI Group is the world leading software editor for the numerical simulation of prototype and manufacturing process engineering in applied mechanics. The key to ESI Group's success is the use of realistic material physics, providing "as good as real" virtual solutions, in order to replace the lengthy trial and error processes on real prototypes.ESI Group has developed an entire suite of coherent industry-oriented applications to realistically simulate a product's behavior during testing, to fine tune the manufacturing processes in synergy with the desired product performance, and to evaluate the environment's impact on product usage. ESI Group's product portfolio, which has been industrially validated and combined in multi-trade value chains, represents a unique collaborative, virtual engineering solution, known as the Virtual Try-Out Space (VTOS), enabling a continuous improvement on the virtual prototype. By drastically reducing costs and development lead times, VTOS solutions offer major competitive advantages by progressively eliminating the need for physical prototypes. A sustained growth Total consolidated revenue for fiscal year 2003, ending January 31st 2004, increased by 15% in real terms and 22% at constant exchange rates, compared to the previous year reaching 49 million euro. The software activity remained stable with 73% from licenses and 27% from services. The major acquisitions made in 2002 and 2003 accounted for 15% of revenue growth and took part in the strengthening of the Group's position on the American market. As in previous years, ESI Group maintained a strong international presence with 50% of turnover generated outside Europe and 79% of revenue outside. Listed on the Nouveau Marché of Euronext Paris, ESI Group employs almost 500 high-level specialists worldwide.
ESI Group and its global network of agents provide sales and technical support to customers in more than 30 countries. A key investment area: Research and Development ESI Group is making substantial R&D efforts and forms partnerships with leading academic and research laboratories in order to offer state-of-the-art solutions. ESI Group also provides high value-added services, worldwide through its subsidiaries located in Europe, Asia and Americas. Consulting projects with strategic industrial partners as well as European R&D contracts exemplify ESI Group's strong engineering knowledge and scientific expertise. |
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