East Lansing, MI (June 21, 2012) - Red Cedar Technology announced today that CD-adapco has agreed to embed HEEDS design optimization technology into the upcoming release (V7.04) of its market-leading STAR-CCM+ CFD software. The new process automation and optimization capabilities will be packaged as modules named Optimate and Optimate+.Optimate allows engineering designers to easily set up, execute, and post-process design exploration studies such as parameter sweeps and/or DOEs. Optimate+ adds the capability to perform automated design optimization studies using the SHERPA algorithm from Red Cedar, providing the required efficiency for optimization with complex CFD simulations. In addition to DOE methods and the SHERPA algorithm, the Optimate add-ons also tap in to Red Cedar’s post-processing methods, which allow users to easily analyze and explore results of design studies.
“The Optimate solution sets a new standard for CFD design exploration,” said Bob Ryan, CEO of Red Cedar Technology. “CFD optimization is now simple, efficient, and cost-effective.”
Following their pattern of innovative CAE software licensing, CD-adapco announced a new Power Token licensing scheme along with the Optimate solution. Power Tokens give the ultimate flexibility to engineers allowing them to maximize their hardware and software configurations for any given situation in the most cost-effective manner. These Power Tokens can be used to “mix and match” the number of simultaneous simulations AND the number of parallel processes within each simulation.
“Software licensing costs have historically been the most prohibitive bottleneck in implementing simulation driven design in many engineering organizations,” said CD-adapco Senior VP Bill Clark. “CD-adapco prides itself on our history of working together with our customers to define innovation not only in engineering simulation technology, but also CAE licensing models. We believe the Optimate solution with Power Tokens provides unprecedented access to cost-effective simulation driven design using advanced CFD methods.”
The Optimate solution along with Power Token licensing will be available with the release of STAR-CCM+ v7.04 in June 2012. A recorded product introduction webinar, which includes a demonstration of Optimate, is available from the CD-adapco website.