Sculptor enabled optimization of the high speed train design resulting in reduced drag, reduced emissions and improved efficiencies with an 85 % time savings and a 92% cost savings to the customer as compared to other methods. Sculptor demo by optimal solutions software youtube. The current system of design, develop, prototype, test, analysis, and then repeat the process can often take months of time and be very expensive. Jul 31, 2009 watch a model get deformed quickly and easily using sculptor by optimal solutions software. Design tool vendors ease licensing restrictions and aim for scalability to meet surge in demand from workathome engineers. Watch a model get deformed quickly and easily using sculptor by optimal solutions software. Drag optimization of the e1 electric racecar enginsoft. Monica schnitger delves into the appification of cfd with a look at. Altair adds sculptor from optimal solutions software to the hyperworks enabled community. By specifying key design parameters, the software allows hundreds of designs to be generated in a matter of minutesa radical improvement over the companys previous process, in which this phase of the project took months. Optimization of diamond djet very light jet facilitated.
Sculptor s revolutionary technology gives engineers the tools theyve needed to mold design shapes for optimal. Fort worth, tx 25 aug 2015 pointwise and optimal solutions will present a webinar entitled automotive design optimization using pointwise, sculptor, and openfoam on 15 september at 10 a. Optimal system solutions software development software. See optimal solutions softwares revenue, employees, and funding info on owler, the worlds largest communitybased business insights platform. Just as auguste rodin, sculptor of the famous thinker bronze, used clay to form his design directly onto the figure, so too the computeraided design engineers of today who use the sculptor technology to mold their creations into the. Mark landon, optimal solutions software, mechanical engineering department, department member. Sculptors revolutionary technology gives engineers the tools theyve needed to mold design shapes for optimal. We offer our expertise at every interval of the development process from creating the concept to supporting the finished product. Optimal solutions software, llc, with the use of its unique sculptor realtime cfd design deformation technology, teamed up with ansys, inc. Optimal solutions software oss has been developing a software program called sculptor, which provides capabilities to perform shape deformation and optimization in cfd design. Provo, ut, its realtime cfd design deformation technology, and ansys, inc. Altair adds sculptor from optimal solutions software to.
President optimal solutions software, llc 2825 west, 1700 north. Altair adds sculptor from optimal solutions software to the. About optimal solutions optimal solutions, llc, a cfd software design company has developed an interactive cfd design software program called sculptor that provides capabilities to perform shape deformation and optimization in cfd designin real time. The sculptor family of products has been used by our customers in a wide variety of applications, illustrating the power and benefit of freeform morphing and simulation driven design without cumbersome and expensive remeshing. Using the optimizer to determine which configurations should be tested, sculptor took 15 minutes to generate 36 designs, which were then automatically sent to the cfd code and analyzed. The optimal solutions management team is comprised of some of the most experienced cfdbased shape optimization personnel in the business. Optimal solutions software announces the release of sculptor version 3. Automated computational fluid dynamics design with shape. The main goal of phase ii is to validate the phase i prototype and develop an integrated design and analysis tool for assessing large damage and blends for compressor ibrs on gas turbine engines and o. Nat002 optimal solutions software, llc modeling of integrally bladed rotor ibr blends. An automated design and analysis tool for assessing large damage and blends for compressor integrally bladed rotors on gas turbine engines and other blade systems due to foreign object damage fod has been developed using optimal solutions sculptor software. This major offering to the cfd industry answers the question of how to improve cfd designsin the most costeffective, timely manner. Sculptor is an interactive multiresolution docking and visualization program for lowresolution density maps and atomic structures.
To obtain further information about optimal solutions software, please contact. Pointwise, sculptor and openfoam webinar to feature automotive design optimization. Aerodynamic optimization of a highspeed train ora research. Any company or industry that designs components with fluid flow, heat and mass transfer, and chemically reacting flows, including combustion, would benefit by using sculptor. Sculptor is developed by optimal solutions software llc, based in. Cut costs, improve designs, and reduce time to market. Using optimal solutions software, design engineers are able to reduce the need for costly physical testing and prototyping. Altair expands the cfd tools offering of its rapidly growing partner program. Working closely with their customers to identify features and improvements they have made sculptor easier to use and more powerful than ever. Software performs complex design analysis nasa spinoff. Mark landon is chief technical officer at optimal solutions software, llc. If you are interested in testing the software or want to know more then please get in touch and will be in contact to arrange a trial license. By specifying key design parameters, the software allows hundreds of designs to be generated in a matter of minutesa radical. Oss is in idaho falls, idaho, and offers sculptor, which contains in marks words the worlds best morphing, shape deformation, shape optimization, tools for cae based design.
Pointwise, sculptor and openfoam webinar to feature. The sculptor family of products provides realtime morphing technology for a wide range of 3d models including stl, point clouds, cad data, and analysis mesh. Sculptor software from optimal solutions allows parametric shape deformations to be performed directly onto a cfd model. Jun 30, 2018 if you want to edit threedimensional model designed for you, you are looking for appropriate methods of analysis that have, or seek an environment to optimize and improvere, optimal solutions sculptor software, the powerful that all the mac anat for editing, rebuilding and upgrading your 3d design. Optimal solutions software oss llc, of provo, utah, and idaho falls, idaho, creates highly innovative engineering design improvement products to enable engineers to more reliably, creatively, and economically design new products in highvalue markets. He is the architect of sculptor, a program for morphing cad, cfd, fea, geometry and shape optimization. Altair, a global provider of technology and services empowering client innovation and decision making, today announced the addition of sculptor from optimal solutions software, a leading provider of shape optimization software technology for computational fluid dynamics cfd to its hyperworks enabled. It is the goal of every engineering group to improve their design performance. Develop tool to design blends for gas turbine engines and other blade systems develop and validate an integrated design and analysis tool to assess large damage fodcracks and to design blends for.
Optimal solutions software, llc contact info products just as auguste rodin, sculptor of the famous thinker bronze, used clay to form his design directly onto the figure, so too the computeraided design engineers of today who use the sculptor technology to mold their creations into the most creative and reliable designs available in record. Optimal solutions software competitors, revenue and. Optimal solutions software has a modeler you can bend, twist, and pinch to save significant time in model optimization. This bestinclass morphing technology has been road tested and proven robust on simulation based shape optimization, the most stringent of morphing applications. A key feature of the software optimal solutions sculptor. Optimal solutions software is a idaho fallsbased company founded in 2001. Cfd optimizes light jet in study digital engineering 247.
Easily define shape deformation control points using sculptor. Airplane wing shape morphing optimal solutions software, llc. Optimal solutions sculptors morphing technology was applied over a computational fluid dynamic cfd model of the vehicle, to define its optimal external. Sculptors morphing technology combined with the five control groups was applied over the cfd model of the train. These pido technologies help direct engineering simulations toward design candidates that outsmart competition while taking into. Fort worth, tx, usa, aug 27, 2015 pointwise and optimal solutions will present a webinar entitled automotive design optimization using pointwise, sculptor, and. Apr 24, 20 mark landon is chief technical officer at optimal solutions software, llc. Fort worth, tx, usa, aug 27, 2015 pointwise and optimal solutions will present a webinar entitled automotive design optimization using pointwise, sculptor, and openfoam on 15 september at 10 a. Optimal solutions software oss llc, of provo, utah, and idaho falls, idaho, creates highly innovative. Optimal solutions software competitors, revenue and employees.
Sculptor is used in aerospace, turbomachinery, automotive, motorsports, marine, biomedical, etc. Optimal solutions sculptor arbitrary shape deformation software needed the ability to apply an optimized shape to the original cad model to eliminate the need to rebuild the cad model prior to manufacturing. Optimus power is even multiplied with noesis solutions newest product id8 decide. Using both sculptor from optimal solutions software, llc oss. The mechanical engineering department at optimal solutions software on academia. Optimal solutions and design optimization specialist, noesis solutions, team up to show how much savings of time and effort is possible using sculptor and optimus in conjunction with your cfd code. Studies computer science, engineering, and mathematics. Presenters will be pointwises travis carrigan and mark landon from optimal solutions. Optimal solutions software, the leading supplier of 3d realtime morphing and shape optimization technology, has announced the release of sculptor version 3. Mark landon is the chief technology officer and founder of optimal solutions software. We build more than software, we craft products, services and experiences that better peoples lives.
Sculptor is developed by optimal solutions software llc, based in idaho, usa. Optimal system solutions builds customized web, mobile, and crossplatform software applications that allow you to stay one step ahead of your competition. Optimal solutions software, llc, idaho falls, idaho. We are developing sculptor as a guibased extension of the situs docking programs, to allow an interactive exploration and analysis of volumetric maps. Jul 15, 2009 altair expands the cfd tools offering of its rapidly growing partner program. Eliminate the need to remesh while conducting cfd based design optimization. The overall goal of this phase i project is to show the feasibility of using stateoftheart parameterization tools for shape changes i.
Optimal solutions software, llc, oss has developed an interactive design software program called sculptor that provides capabilities to perform shape deformation and optimization in cfd and fea designin real timethus, eliminating the numerous iterations. Seeking a more efficient engineering approach that would let it maximize the number of designs that could be tested within the project schedule, the manufacturer selected sculptor from optimal solutions software. Optimal solutions and design optimization specialist, noesis solutions, team up to show how much savings of time and effort is possible using sculptor and. This vastly reduces the need for costly remeshing and makes cfd a viable tool for design optimisation. The optimal solutions management team is comprised. The innovations proposed herein will provide important advances in the stateoftheart of automatic cfd shape deformation and optimization software. By designing sculptor software to burst to windows azure for peak compute power, optimal solutions is giving its customers the opportunity to perform analyses more quickly and costeffectively than before. Jan 07, 2010 welcome to optimal solutions software llc. Esi group and optimal solutions software partner to reduce. The sculptor family of products provides realtime morphing technology for a wide range of 3d models including stl, point clouds, cad data, and analysis mesh data. Sculptors revolutionary technology gives engineers the tools theyve needed to mold design shapes for optimal performance. Sculptor saves loads of time and money for your team.