Ansys SimAI
Accelerate design with AI-driven simulation, predicting performance 10-100x faster.
Executive Summary
Ansys SimAI is a physics-agnostic, cloud-native SaaS platform that combines the predictive accuracy of Ansys simulation with the speed of generative AI. It empowers engineers and designers, including non-experts, to accelerate research and development, shorten product development cycles, and explore more design variations. By leveraging historical simulation data, SimAI trains AI models to predict new physical fields and performance metrics within minutes, democratizing simulation through intuitive interfaces.
Use Cases
- Accelerating design processes for projects requiring extensive computational power.
- Optimizing mixing applications in pharmaceutical, chemical, and material processing industries.
- Predicting performance for aerodynamics, heat exchanges, and structural analysis.
- Conducting electronic studies and optimizing electrical components.
- Simulating highly nonlinear, transient structural simulations like automobile crashes.
- Developing hemodynamic prediction models based on medical imaging data.
Features
Visibility
- Refined UI/UX: An intuitive graphical user interface accessible via a web browser for easy interaction and result visualization.
- Advanced Post-Processing: Enhanced capabilities for analyzing and interpreting simulation results.
- Detailed Model Evaluation Reports: Comprehensive reports to validate the accuracy and performance of trained AI models.
Intelligence
- AI-Driven Performance Prediction: Predicts design performance metrics and physical fields rapidly using trained AI models.
- Physics-Agnostic Modeling: Supports a wide range of studies across various physical domains without requiring specific physics expertise.
- Generative Design Exploration: Enables expansive design exploration by using the shape of a design as input and generating new design variations.
- Continuous Model Enhancement: Users can continuously upload new solver results to enhance the AI model's performance in specific design spaces.
Support
- PySimAI SDK: A robust Python Software Development Kit (SDK) for developers to integrate SimAI into automated processes and custom scripts.
- Ansys Learning Hub Integration: Connects to trusted resources like the Ansys Learning Hub for support and knowledge.
- User Guides and Examples: Provides comprehensive user guides and examples for both the graphical interface and the PySimAI SDK.
Technical Specifications
- Architecture
- Cloud-native SaaS, Deep Learning Neural Networks, Implicit Neural Representation
- Deployment
- Cloud/SaaS
- Authentication
- Standard enterprise authentication (inferred)
- API Available
- Yes
- MCP Server
- No
AI/ML Stack
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Generative AI
Integrations
- Ansys Products
- CAD Systems
- HPC
Security & Compliance
Encryption: TLS in transit (inferred), AES-256 at rest (inferred)
Pricing
- Model
- Custom enterprise subscription (inferred)
- Starting Price
- Contact sales
- Target Customer
- Mid-market to Enterprise
- Contract Type
- Annual, Multi-year discounts (inferred)
- Free Trial
- Yes, Custom demo (inferred) (credit card required)
About Ansys
Ansys, Inc. is an American multinational company headquartered in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, and a global leader in engineering simulation software. It develops and markets CAE/multiphysics engineering simulation and 3D design software, enabling innovators across various industries to accelerate product development and optimize performance. Ansys is in the process of being acquired by Synopsys, with the acquisition announced in January 2024.