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Bring Your Own CAD Model: Hands on with the SimScale AI Agent

Engineering AI, explained

Engineering AI is an agent inside the SimScale platform that sets up, runs and reports on simulations from a plain-language

Alex Graham September 30, 2026
Engineering AI
Work alongside the Engineering AI agent

What’s new in SimScale: autumn 2026

The Engineering AI agent is now free on every plan. Plus Marc thermo-mechanical, circuit coupling, and CAD repair. Register for the 8 October walkthrough.

Alex Graham September 29, 2026
Engineering AI, Product
Pedestrian wind comfort simulation of Central London around the 20 Fenchurch Street building using NEN 8100 comfort criteria

NEN 8100: the Dutch wind comfort and wind danger criteria explained

NEN 8100 grades a site by how often the hourly mean wind exceeds 5 m/s. Full comfort and danger tables, the calculation behind them, and where the standard applies.

Guillermo Giraldo September 25, 2026
AEC, CFD

ASCE 7-22: What the Standard Requires for Wind Loads, and Where CFD Fits

What ASCE 7 is, what changed in ASCE 7-22 for wind, which procedure applies to your building, and where CFD fits alongside code and wind tunnel testing.

Guillermo Giraldo September 23, 2026
AEC, CFD
The SimScale agent proposing, running, and interpreting a simulation live inside an Onshape model

SimScale’s Engineering AI is live inside Onshape

The gap between CAD and simulation has always been a tricky one for engineering teams to negotiate. Designers and engineers

Alex Graham September 22, 2026
Engineering AI, Product
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CFD Ventilation Simulation for HVAC Systems and Buildings

Run CFD ventilation simulation to cut pressure drop, map CO2 and airflow, and evidence ASHRAE 55, ISO 7730 and CIBSE compliance from your browser.

Peter Selmeczy September 21, 2026
AEC, CFD
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
Engineering AI, Physics AI, 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
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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

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