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Engineering records (CAD, simulation runs, design guidelines, RFQ history) captured as a knowledge base that the SimScale Engineering AI agent uses to explain a past design decision

Tribal knowledge in engineering: how to capture 40 years of design decisions before they walk out the door

Tribal knowledge is the know-how in engineers' heads. Learn how to capture design rationale, simulation history and RFQ data as context for AI agents.

Peter Selmeczy November 2, 2026
Engineering AI, Product

Text to CAD for manufacturing: have AI write your CAD tools, then simulate the design

Text to CAD still misses constraints and design intent. See how AI-written Onshape FeatureScript tools and the SimScale agent take a prompt to a tested design.

Peter Selmeczy October 30, 2026
Engineering AI, Product
Isometric illustration of engineers crowding the lower of five ascending platforms, with only a few reaching the glowing blue top platform: the AI pilot gap

What 1,000 engineers at Agentic Unlocks told us about AI

Only 1 in 20 engineering teams are scaling AI. See what the Agentic Unlocks audience told us, and how practitioners moved past the pilot.

Alex Graham October 23, 2026
Engineering AI
CFD showing LED heat dissipation

LED Heat Dissipation: An Optimization Guide for Engineers

Learn the key aspects of optimizing lighting design to improve LED heat dissipation performance and maintain a lower junction temperature.

Alexander Fischer October 23, 2026
Electronics & High Tech, Thermal Simulation
heat sink, electronics cooling and heat dissipation

Electronics Enclosure Cooling: Heat Dissipation and Thermal Management Guide

How to keep an electronics enclosure cool: heat load calculation, passive vs active cooling methods, NEMA/IP constraints, and three simulation examples.

Peter Selmeczy October 22, 2026
Electronics & High Tech, Thermal Simulation
thermal management simulation results

Thermal management for electronics: cooling methods and simulation

Thermal management keeps electronics below their temperature limits. Compare cooling methods, fan curves and CHT simulation, with worked examples.

Nur Ozturk October 19, 2026
Electronics & High Tech, Thermal Simulation

Heat pump simulation software: system models vs 3D CFD

Heat pump simulation software models seasonal performance but assumes ambient air at the coil. See where 3D CFD fits and how to set up a siting study.

Kanchan Garg October 16, 2026
AEC, CFD, Energy, Thermal Simulation
Stirred tank simulation setup showing the liquid volume, MRF rotating zone around the impeller, wall baffles, slip wall at the liquid surface, rotating shaft wall and probe points

Mixing tank simulation: how to set up a stirred tank CFD model in 8 steps

Set up a stirred tank CFD model in 8 steps, from the rotating zone and mesh to power number and blend time checks, with multiphase and jet-mixed tanks.

Alexander Fischer October 14, 2026
CFD, Machinery & Industrial Equipment
Drop test simulation setup showing initial velocity, gravity, gap, physical contact and a fixed support under the floor block

Drop test simulation: how to set up a virtual drop test in 8 steps

Set up a drop test simulation in 8 steps: drop height, contact, materials, mesh and time step, plus the drop test standards behind each case.

Jon Wilde October 13, 2026
Consumer Products, FEA

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