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  • Webinar Highlights: Agentic Engineering: Escaping AI Pilot Purgatory

    As part of SimScale’s Engineering Leaders Webinar Series in collaboration with engineering.com, SimScale and Accenture brought together two expert perspectives to unpack the state of Engineering AI heading into 2026. Featuring David Heiny, Co-founder and CEO of SimScale, and Vlad Ladichev, Industrial AI Lead at Accenture, the session tackled the question on every engineering leader’s…

  • Guide to Nonlinear Material Models

    Your linear FEA results say the bracket is fine. The prototype just cracked in testing. What went wrong? Chances are, the part entered the plastic range. While your linear model flagged the high stress, it couldn’t tell you what happens next. Does the part redistribute load and survive? Does it deform permanently but still function?…

  • GTC 2026 — What We Announced, What We Saw, and What’s Next

    With the worlds of engineering simulation, AI and accelerated computing converging ever further, GTC has become a big event in our calendar. With over 30,000 attendees, 1,000 sessions, and of course the keynote from Jensen Huang that declared AI “essential infrastructure, comparable to electricity,” GTC 2026 made one thing unmistakably clear: the agentic and physical…

  • Induction Heating Simulation for Magnetic Pulse Welding

    This induction heating simulation walks through how to evaluate the electromagnetic efficiency of a magnetic pulse welding system — from setting up the transient electromagnetic solver in SimScale, to running conductivity and air gap parametric sweeps, to coupling the results thermally to verify safe operating temperatures. The case study covers a real MPW model: aluminum…

  • Agentic AI in Engineering

    AI in engineering is graduating from chatbot to colleague. Autonomous AI agents; systems that reason, act, and execute multi-step workflows with minimal oversight are arriving in engineering simulation. For the engineering community, 2026 is the inflection point: the year to stop experimenting with AI and start integrating it.AI agent interacting with the SimScale simulation environmentWhat…

  • Electric Motor Design

    As the world races toward Net Zero, engineers face an urgent challenge: design electric motors that are more efficient, more powerful, and more durable than ever before. From electric vehicles (EVs) and robotics to industrial machinery and HVAC systems, electric motors power critical infrastructure—and consume over 40% of global electricity. The solution? Advanced electric motor…

  • Webinar Highlights – Democratizing Advanced Nonlinear Simulation with Marc and AI

    Nonlinear structural analysis shouldn’t be a technical niche that bottlenecks your product development. When we first introduced Hexagon’s Marc solver on SimScale in early 2025, it was a milestone for accessible nonlinear FEA. Since then, the integration has matured rapidly — new material models including viscoplasticity, automatic contact detection for large assemblies, and a wave…

  • Shaping a Sustainable Future: Introducing SimScale’s New Sustainability Site

    At SimScale, we are committed to building and solidifying a culture of responsibility and sustainability. Every year, we dedicate ourselves to various ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) initiatives that allow us to integrate today’s best market practices directly into our operations. Until now, our progress was shared through occasional blog posts, social media updates, and…

  • RFQ Response Automation – Speed is Survival

    The RFQ/RFP (request for quotation/proposal) is a core, existential process for many hardware engineering organizations. It is where work is won and lost, balance sheets are dictated and company growth potential is determined. It used to be the case that proposals were gathered (in a leisurely manner) and then a selection made according to the…

  • Webinar Highlights – SimScale Autumn 2025 Product Updates

    At SimScale, our mission has always been to make simulation accessible, scalable, and faster for engineering teams everywhere. By eliminating hardware constraints and complex installations, we empower you to explore thousands of design decisions in seconds. This Autumn, we are excited to release a suite of new features focused on automation, solver robustness, and expanded…

  • AI Tools for Mechanical Engineers: Transforming Your Workflow

    AI tools have already had a huge impact on the software engineering industry, with headlines like Google’s CEO reporting that 25% of the companies new code is written by AI (and that was some time ago)…. But are we experiencing the same in mechanical engineering? Our State of Engineering AI survey suggests that only 3%…

  • Cold Plate Cooling Design

    Cold plate cooling has moved from an overlooked detail to a core design driver because today’s systems operate hotter, denser and faster than those of previous generations. “The moment you push performance limits, heat becomes the enemy that never sleeps.” Alexander Fischer Co-founder & Product Manager, SimScale Electric vehicles depend on compact thermal architectures that…