Discover Better Designs, Faster

By David L. Vaughn, global vice president of Marketing at CD-adapco

To design better products, engineers need to be able to quickly predict the outcome of design changes on the real-world performance of the product. To be most effective, these predictions should be delivered early and often, providing a constant stream of data that influences the product from the very earliest point in the design process. In short, the ongoing challenge in engineering is to discover better designs, faster.

Engineering Across Disciplines

Multidisciplinary engineering simulation provides the most reliable flow of information into the design process, while providing comprehensive predictions that are usually more accurate and always less expensive than the experimental testing. Deployed effectively, simulation can be used to improve a product or design by providing a stream of engineering data to drive the design through multiple design iterations. In addition, engineering simulation opens the door to intelligent and automated design exploration and optimization. Ultimately, the implementation of this Multidisciplinary Design eXploration (MDX) process results in higher quality and more robust products that exceed customer expectations.

Innovative Solutions Backed by Experts

CD-adapco is an engineering simulation company with a unique vision for MDX. Our flagship product, STAR-CCM+, along with our other multidisciplinary engineering simulation technologies, predict the real-world performance of products accurately and robustly. They can be used to explore and evaluate product performance throughout a range of design configurations and operating scenarios. They provide timely solutions by employing efficient algorithms and automated and repeatable CFD and CAE processes that are optimized for modern parallel and cloud computing.

Our solutions are backed by a staff of engineering simulation experts located around the globe. The company provides unprecedented support through our designated support engineer format, along with the Steve portal that provides online resources 24/7.

CD-adapco is synonymous with innovation. Indeed, we pioneered much of the software technology that makes engineering simulation possible, and we also led the market in offering innovative licensing options to make MDX affordable. The Power Session license revolutionized the industry by offering unlimited parallel computing access for a fixed price. We then brought engineering simulation to “the cloud” with our Power-on-Demand licensing, which gives users a “pay-as-you-go” option. Now, Power Tokens complement the MDX vision by enabling affordable licensing for design exploration.

About CD-adapco

CD-adapco is an engineering simulation company with a unique vision for Multidisciplinary Design eXploration (MDX). Our purpose is to facilitate innovation and to lower product development costs through the application of multidisciplinary engineering simulation and design space exploration. Put simply, our mission is to allow our customers to “discover better designs, faster.”