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Featured Published July 27, 2026

Why Simulation Engineers Are Switching to Cloud-Native Tools

Desktop CAE bolts AI on the side of a fixed tool. Cloud-native weaves it through the data, compute, and workflow. Here is why simulation engineers are switching.

Alex Graham Senior Product Marketing Manager

Last updated August 25, 2026

Featured Published July 24, 2026

Webinar highlights: how the fastest robotics teams validate designs with AI-native simulation

Robotics teams are under the same pressure as everyone else building hardware right now: less time to prove a design

Alex Graham Senior Product Marketing Manager

Last updated August 25, 2026

Featured Published June 16, 2026

Webinar highlights: SimScale summer 2026 product updates

At SimScale, our mission is to empower engineering teams everywhere to innovate faster by exploring thousands of engineering decisions in

Alex Graham Senior Product Marketing Manager

Last updated August 25, 2026

Featured Published June 12, 2026

Multi-agent workflows: key takeaways from Design & Simulation Week 2026

What happens when a design review agent and a simulation agent can actually coordinate across platforms? That’s what Jon Wilde,

Alex Graham Senior Product Marketing Manager

Last updated September 11, 2026

Featured Published June 20, 2025

Engineer the Irreplaceable — Why This Idea Matters So Much to Me

One of the great privileges of the last 10 years at SimScale has been listening to — and learning from

David Heiny SimScale Co-founder and CEO

Last updated September 16, 2025

Latest Articles

simulation-driven design enhanced with the use of AI and cloud-native simulation

AI Simulation: The Convergence of AI and Engineering Simulation

AI simulation combines machine learning with CFD and FEA to predict results in seconds. Learn how Physics AI models are trained, validated, and used in design.

Steve Lainé September 16, 2026

Automotive & Transportation, Electronics & High Tech, Manufacturing, Product

conjugate heat transfer best practices in SimScale

How to run a conjugate heat transfer (CHT) simulation

A step-by-step guide to running a conjugate heat transfer simulation: global settings, materials, boundary conditions, meshing and convergence checks.

Alexander Fischer September 13, 2026

CFD, Thermal Simulation

Onshape CFD simulation: how to run CFD and FEA on Onshape models

Onshape has no built-in CFD. Here is how to run fluid, thermal, and FEA simulation on your Onshape models in the browser with SimScale, step by step.

Guillermo Giraldo September 11, 2026

CFD, FEA, Product

Finite element analysis software: online, desktop, and open-source compared

Compare finite element analysis software: online, desktop, open-source. Cost, accuracy, how cloud FEA works, plus a 997,000-node model solved in 15 min.

Guillermo Leturio Barea September 9, 2026

FEA

Heat Sink Design: How to Test Multiple Geometries with Ease

Size a heat sink with the thermal resistance equation, then test 50 fin geometries in parallel with cloud CFD. A practical heat sink design guide.

Alex Graham September 7, 2026

CFD, Thermal Simulation

Lawson wind comfort criteria: LDDC, 2001, and the original compared

Full threshold tables for the general Lawson, Lawson LDDC and Lawson 2001 wind comfort criteria, plus which variant applies to your site and why.

Peter Selmeczy September 4, 2026

AEC, CFD

How to design a data center cooling system for ASHRAE 90.4

ASHRAE 90.4-2025 explained: MLC and ELC limits, TC 9.9 temperature classes A1-A4 and H1, and how to verify data center cooling compliance with CFD before you build.

Peter Selmeczy September 1, 2026

AEC, CFD

What Is ISO 7730? The Thermal Comfort Standard Explained

ISO 7730 sets the PMV and PPD method for thermal comfort. Its scope, the clause structure, what changed in the 2025 edition, and how it differs from ASHRAE 55.

Jon Wilde September 1, 2026

AEC, CFD

What Is ASHRAE 55? Basics of Thermal Comfort

ASHRAE 55-2023 sets the thermal comfort criteria for indoor spaces. Learn the six factors, the comfort zone, PMV and PPD limits, and how to prove compliance.

Jon Wilde August 30, 2026

AEC, CFD