optiSLang
As a consequence of ever shorter development cycles companies are increasingly using CA tools for the product development. In order to meet quality requirements of virtual prototyping, Design For Six Sigma (DFSS) and Robust Design Optimization (RDO) have been combined with SimulationX to identify and optimize design and process issues under manufacturing and environmental conditions. The optiSLang4 connection node provides a powerful interface to SimulationX for easy and efficient integration of model simulation, (multi) objective optimization, robustness studies, reliability analysis, detecting the importance of parameters or to build meta-models.
modeFRONTIER
modeFRONTIER from ESTECO srl (Italy) is a multi objective optimization and design environment with an easy coupling to SimulationX. It provides an environment which allows engineers and designers to integrate their CAE tools, such as CAD, FEM or CFD. Using a variety of state-of-the-art optimization techniques, ranging from gradient-based methods to genetic algorithms, the process or design of interest can be optimized by specifying objectives and defining variables which affect factors such as geometric shape and operating conditions. The software in effect becomes a wrapper around the CAE tool, performing the optimization by modifying the value assigned to the input variables, and monitoring the outputs.
OptiY
The software application OptiY by OptiY GmbH (Germany) is a multidisciplinary design environment providing state-of-the-art optimization strategies and state of the art probabilistic algorithms for uncertainty, reliability, robustness and sensitivity analyses, data mining and meta-modeling. Simulation models can be treated as black boxes with input and output variables making the program an open platform for various kinds of model classes. OptiY offers an integrated SimulationX interface.
