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Development partnerships
  siemens     The cooperation with Siemens PLM Software delivers to the Industry highly efficient solutions for interfacing Teamcenter® software and ANSA CAE pre-processor, scaling up the benefits of simulation data management.
Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the
Siemens Industry Automation Division, is a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services with 5.5 million licensed seats and 51,000 customers worldwide. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Siemens PLM Software’s open enterprise solutions enable a world where organizations and their partners collaborate through Global Innovation Networks to deliver world-class products and services. For more information on Siemens PLM Software products and services, visit:
www.siemens.com/plm.
Read more about this partnership
Read about the Integration of Teamcenter Simulation Process Management with ANSA
  abaqus     This cooperation is one of the enablers for the high quality of pre- & post-processing solutions for Abaqus/Standard and Abaqus/Explicit offered by BETA CAE Systems SA.
The coupling of ANSA and µETA with
Isight into efficient optimization cycles is another successful solution deriving from this cooperation.
A tighter integration of ANSA into Isight optimization cycles can be achieved with the ANSA component, an add-on to Isight, available by SIMULIA. For more information: components.simulia.com
SIMULIA is the Dassault Systèmes brand that delivers a scalable portfolio of Realistic Simulation solutions including the Abaqus product suite for Unified Finite Element Analysis, multiphysics solutions for insight into challenging engineering problems, and lifecycle management solutions for managing simulation data, processes, and intellectual property. By building on established technology, respected quality, and superior customer service, SIMULIA makes realistic simulation an integral business practice that improves product performance, reduces physical prototypes, and drives innovation. Headquartered in Providence, RI, USA, with R&D centers in Providence and in Suresnes, France, SIMULIA provides sales, services, and support through a global network of regional offices and distributors.
www.simulia.com
      Livermore Software Technology Corporation (LSTC), founded in 1987, develops LS-DYNA®, LS-PrePost®, and LS-OPT® for use in various industries, including Automobile Design, Aerospace, Manufacturing and Bioengineering. LS-DYNA® is a general-purpose transient dynamic finite element program capable of simulating complex real world problems. Its is focused on one code methodology that includes Implicit, Explicit, SMP and MPP solvers.
BETA CAE Systems S.A. enjoys the cooperation and support of LSTC for the development of state-of-the-art pre- and post-processing solutions for LSTC's LS-DYNA®.
One of the recent fruits of this co-operation was the direct coupling of LS-OPT® with ANSA.
Read more on this ....
www.lstc.com

FE-DESIGN GmbH is a leading solution partner for engineering services and software products in the fields of simulation, automation and optimization. FE-DESIGN develops and distributes the structural optimization software TOSCA Structure with modules for topology, shape and bead optimization and TOSCA Fluid a modular built-on software system for a non-parametric topology optimization of guided fluid-flows.
BETA CAE Systems S.A. in co-operation with FE-DESIGN GmbH bring to the market the graphical user interface
TOSCA ANSA™ environment for the optimization software TOSCA Structure.
The new TOSCA ANSA environment is a highly automated tool for the effective set-up of advanced optimization tasks for topology, shape and bead optimization scenarios with
TOSCA Structure. It is based on the technology of the leading pre-processor ANSA and benefits from its functionality.
Combined together, TOSCA ANSA environment and TOSCA Structure 7.0, they compose a powerful optimization suite of high productivity. Due to the approved openness of ANSA and TOSCA this solution enables a seamless integration into existing simulation processes that ensures an effortless step towards optimization.
TOSCA ANSA environment is distributed worldwide by FE-DESIGN and its distribution channel.
The functionality of TOSCA ANSA environment is also an integral part of any standard ANSA license and is available for all ANSA users from version 13.0.1.
Press Release:
TOSCA ANSA™ environment – a new powerful graphical user interface for the leading optimization software TOSCA Structure. (103KB)
www.fe-design.com

      BETA CAE Systems S.A. enjoys the cooperation and support of Fraunhofer-Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI) for the integration of SCAI's FEMUNZIP into µETA post-processor. FEMUNZIP enables the de- compression of simulation results files that were previously compressed by SCAI's FEMZIP.
FEMZIP is a specialized tool for the compression of LS-DYNA™ (FEMZIP-L) and PAM-CRASH™ (FEMZIP-P) results. It reads and reconstructs the native data formats.
More information on FEMZIP
The Fraunhofer-Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI) engages in computer simulations in product and process development and is a strong partner in industry. SCAI designs and optimizes industrial applications and does calculations on high-performance computers.
More information about Fraunhofer-Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI)
      Humanetics Innovative Solutions produces a wide variety of products including regulated and non-regulated crash test dummies, ranging in size from new-born infants to large adult human surrogates. Humanetics has developed a large suite of highly detailed and validated finite element crash dummy models to compliment physical product testing. These models are available in most commonly used crash codes: LS-DYNA, PAM-CRASH, RADIOSS and ABAQUS.
In April of 2010, Denton ATD and First Technology Safety Systems (FTSS) became subsidiaries of Humanetics Innovative Solutions.
BETA CAE Systems S.A. in a joined effort with Humanetics Innovative Solutions work for the flawless support of its finite element crash dummy models by ANSA pre-processor.
www.humaneticsatd.com
      As as result of this development partnership with Magna Powertrain, dated back in year 2006, BETA CAE Systems S.A. included the support of Magna's FEMFAT in its efficient pre- and post-processing tools within ANSA & µETA package.
Magna Powertrain is a premier supplier for the global automotive industry with full capabilities in powertrain design, development, testing and manufacturing. Magna's FEMFAT (Finite Element Method / FATigue) software performs fatigue analyses in combination with widely used finite element programs.

www.femfat.com
      BETA CAE Systems S.A. is a member of ANSYS Enhanced Solution Partner (ESP) program. This long lasting co-operation with ANSYS, Inc. and its subsidiaries worldwide, targets to the development of high quality pre- and post-processing solutions for its products: ANSYS®Structural™, ANSYS® CFX® and FLUENT®.
ANSYS, Inc., founded in 1970, develops and globally markets engineering simulation software and technologies widely used by engineers and designers across a broad spectrum of industries. The Company focuses on the development of open and flexible solutions that enable users to analyze designs directly on the desktop, providing a common platform for fast, efficient and cost-conscious product development, from design concept to final-stage testing and validation.

www.ansys.com
  cd-adapco     BETA CAE Systems S.A., in co-operation with CD-adapco, brings to the users of its products an interface to the state-of-the-art ANSA shell and volume meshing power.
CD-adapco is a leading global CAE enterprise providing a full spectrum of computationally-based engineering solutions. Its core products are the technology-leading CFD packages, STAR-CD and STAR-CCM+. However, the scope of its activities extends beyond CFD software development to encompass a wide range of CAE engineering services.
www.cd-adapco.com
 

    The co-operation with Free Field Technologies S.A. not only enhances ANSA with ACTRAN format output but also powers ACTRAN users with a highly automated procedure, comprised of ANSA functions, for the generation of high quality ACTRAN models.
Free Field Technologies S.A. develops and supports the ACTRAN finite element software for acoustic modelling and provides a range of services in the field of acoustic design. Free Field Technologies is also involved in multiple research programs in acoustics, aero-acoustics, vibro-acoustics, high-performance computing etc.

www.fft.be
      Safe Technology is a technical leader in the design and development of fatigue analysis software, specialising in fatigue from FEA. Safe Technology is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of durability analysis software to bring to the market new capabilities and levels of accuracy for both routine and sophisticated applications.
BETA CAE Systems S.A., with the co-operation of Safe Technology develops modeling solutions for
Verity® in fe-safe™.
Integrated Verity® weld definition tool for ANSA users
www.safetechnology.com
      BETA CAE Systems S.A., with the co-operation of INTES Ingenieurgesellschaft für technische Software mbH, powers ANSA with numerous pre-processing features that support modeling for PERMAS. It also powers µETA with the inclusion of PERMAS results into the suite of supported results formats.
INTES provides high level finite element technology for a broad application spectrum. The business activities include the development of PERMAS that is an advanced Finite Element Software System offering a complete range of physical models at the highest possible performance, quality and reliability. Solutions for statics, dynamics, heat transfer, fluid-structure acoustics and optimization are available on many different hardware platforms.

www.intes.de
      ADINA R&D,Inc. that develops the entire ADINA program system, the was founded in 1986. The ADINA System offers a one-system program for comprehensive analyses of structures, fluids, and fluid flows with structural interactions.
ADINA R&D,Inc. and BETA CAE Systems SA co-operate in order to meet common customers requirements for ADINA Structural pre- and post-processing solutions.

www.adina.com
  noesis logo     In co-operation with Noesis Solutions, BETA CAE Systems SA offers solutions for the coupling of ANSA, OPTIMUS and µETA into efficient optimization cycles.
Noesis Solutions was spun out of the CAE division of LMS International and is a software provider for the Process Integration and Multi-Disciplinary Design Optimization (PIDO) market . NOESIS' OPTIMUS is a multi-disciplinary program that leverages your current CAD/CAE systems. OPTIMUS automates simulation tasks across multiple engineering disciplines and helps explore the design space using Design of Experiments (DOE) and Response Surface Modeling (RSM) techniques.

www.noesissolutions.com
      ESTECO is a strategic supplier of integration, simulation and optimization technology as well as consulting services to engineers and researchers in the automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, petrochemical and life science industry. We are one of the front runners in multi-disciplinary and multi-objective design optimization technology, offering a world-class product: modeFRONTIER. modeFRONTIER is a multidisciplinary and multi-objective optimization and design environment, written to allow easy coupling to almost any computer aided engineering (CAE) tool whether commercial or in-house. 
In co-operation with ESTECO, BETA CAE Systems SA offers solutions for the coupling of ANSA, modeFRONTIER™ and µETA into efficient optimization cycles.
modeFRONTIER™ - µETA Direct Node
modeFRONTIER™ - ANSA Direct Node
Multi-objective optimization with modeFRONTIER interfaces for ANSA and µETA Post
www.esteco.com
      BETA CAE Systems SA with the co-operation of CFDnetwork® Engineering bring the full power of ANSA pre-processing to CFturbo® users.
CFDnetwork® Engineering is an Engineering Company mainly focused on CFD - Computational Fluid Dynamics - Consulting and Software Development. It develops CFturbo® which is an affordable, high-quality, user-friendly turbomachinery design software package.

www.cfdnetwork.de
      The co-operation with Metacomp Technologies allows CFD++ users to exploit the sophisticated CFD pre-processing features of ANSA through an ANSA to CFD++ interface.
Metacomp Technologies is at the forefront of cutting edge technology in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Computational Aero-Acoustics, Mesh Generation and Electrostatic Paint Deposition, with its products in widespread global use. CFD++ is based on unified grid, unified physics and unified computing methodology in an advanced numerical discretization and solution framework.

www.metacomptech.com
      BETA CAE Systems SA and Altair Engineering, Inc continue working in consent so that ANSA & mETA package is a high quality and efficiency pre- & post- processing solution for RADIOSS - Finite Element Solver, as it is for numerous other solver codes.
Altair empowers client innovation and decision-making through technology that optimizes the analysis, management and visualization of business and engineering information.
RADIOSS - Finite Element Solver is a component of Altair's Hyperworks products suite, that is an enterprise simulation solution for rapid design exploration and decision-making.

www.altair.com
      VISTAGY, Inc. is a leading global provider of engineering software and consulting services that optimize product development processes by enhancing the functionality of commercial 3D CAD systems. The company's customers include over 200 of the world's leading manufacturers in the aerospace, automotive, transportation interiors and wind energy industries.
BETA CAE Systems SA and VISTAGY work closely for interfacing VISTAGY's
FiberSIM® composites engineering software and ANSA.
Read more:
The FiberSIM® Analysis Interface for ANSA
www.vistagy.com
  thermoanalytics     ThermoAnalytics, Inc. is a leading developer of thermal, fluid-flow, and infrared modeling software. ThermoAnalytics software is used throughout a wide range of industries, including defense, automotive, aerospace, architecture, electronics, and manufacturing.
ThermoAnalytics and BETA CAE Systems work closely in order to deliver high quality pre-processing features for RadTherm® and MuSES® within ANSA.
www.thermoanalytics.com
       
Sponsorships
BETA CAE Systems S.A. is proud to sponsor and support the hard and ambitious efforts of engineering students teams.

The Aristotle Racing Team (art) was founded in 2006, as art-7, by a team of committed students and postgraduate students of the department of Mechanical Engineering of the school of Engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The mission of the team was to design and build a single seat racing car to compete in the Formula Student competition of 2007.
Since then, the team, with the support of its sponsors, continues its successful course . BETA CAE Systems SA is proud to be among the sponsors of this team.
http://aristotleracing.gr/

The Kaiserslautern Racing Team (KaRaT) was founded in February 2007 by committed Students to take part in the Formula Student. Our goal at KaRaT is to design and build our own racing vehicle in order to take part in the annual events. Our team is completely run by students and also offers every member of the team a unique possibility to gain experience in the engineering or economic field beyond their regular studies.
In cooperation with BETA CAE Systems SA we were able to test our designed vehicle components using a sophisticated FEM software application before actually manufacturing them. With the support of BETA CAE Systems SA the Kaiserslautern Racing Team was able to take the next step towards a successful participation in the Formula Student.
www.karat-racing.de

E-TEAM Squadra Corse is the Formula SAE team of the Universitá di Pisa, Italy.
The Universitá di Pisa has been competing in Formula SAE since 2008. Students work together in a team that counts more than forty people and is structured in several divisions. The team is a multidisciplinary and dynamic environment where students from mechanical, automotive, electrical, aerospace, and management engineering, economics and liberal arts work together. BETA CAE Systems SA is proud to sponsor this team by offering its software products and to contribute to its continuous success.
www.eteamsquadracorse.it

City Racing Team has an established history of designing and building single seat racing cars that compete internationally in the Formula Student competition, held each July at Silverstone Race Circuit UK. The Team is made up of 35 undergraduate students at the University studying automotive, mechanical and energy engineering. In 2010 City Racing Team will be entering the low carbon class of the competition as they aim to implement a flywheel hybrid powertrain!
BETA CAE Systems SA supports this innovative team by contributing its software products.
www.city-racing.com

Cambridge University Eco Racing (CUER) was founded in 2007, our raison d'être is to design, build and race solar and electric powered cars. In it's history, CUER have built the first solar car to legally drive on UK roads, and is committed to showcasing cutting edge sustainable engineering and demonstrate the incredible potential of electric vehicle technologies.
Our racing cars compete in the bi-annual World Solar Challenge, a 3000km Endurance race held in Australia. The team is completely student run, backed by an advisory board chaired by Hermann Hauser, CBE.
We are a pioneering initiative, bringing students in across all disciplines of engineering and beyond, and allow them to get involved with developing the very latest green technology. With Beta CAE Systems' support, CUER now has access to world class CFD meshing software, which will allow us to further hone our designs and push back the boundaries of what is possible with a Solar Car!
www.cuer.co.uk

The Buckeye Bullet (BB) is an alternative-fuel land-speed racer student project at The Ohio State University, consisting primarily of engineering students. The team has broken 3 world records for electric and hydrogen powered vehicles. The Buckeye Bullet does more than just break world records, the goal of the project is to push alternative fuel to the limits. This allows for a better understanding of the limiting factors of alternative fuel, aiding in the development of more efficient and "greener" vehicles.
BETA CAE Systems SA contributes to the team via powerful software, enabling the team to create high-quality grid to computationally test the aerodynamics of the vehicle. Computational testing allows the team to reduce costs and better predict flow conditions, resulting in a faster and more stable vehicle design.
www.buckeyebullet.com

joanneum racing graz

The U.A.S. Graz racing team was established in 2003. Every year a new "jr" race-car is conceived, designed and built by a team of motivated students. The main purpose every year is the participation in the international design competition Formula Student. The team members get together like a family and get the chance to gain experience across-the-board. This is the best preparation for future challenges in life. BETA CAE Systems SA is a proud Platinum Sponsor of the efforts of this team.
www.joanneum-racing.at

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Stuba Green Team is a student racing team representing Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava and Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, where the team has its headquarters. The team was founded in 2009 as a student initiative.
The teams's goal is to develop, design and manufacture a racing car and to participate on Formula Student Electric competitions in Europe. We want to take the challenge to compete with other student racing teams from all over the world.
BETA CAE Systems SA is pleased to sponsor this promising student team.
www.sgteam.eu

The Department of Vehicles of the School of Technology Applications of the Alexander Technological Educational Institute (ATEI) of Thessaloniki was founded in 1991 and it is the only school of highest education level in Greece on the subject. The student racing team of the department is a recently formed team, targeting design and develop a racing car and to compete, on international level, on student races. BETA CAE Systems SA is pleased to support and sponsor one more ambitious student project.
www.vt.teithe.gr

       
Communities
     

BETA CAE Systems S.A. is a member of JT Open program community run by Siemens PLM Software. JT Open is an influential community of users, software vendors, and interested parties spanning the PLM value chain who, through an open distribution of the JT technology under a level playing field business model, are able to exchange 3D data for the purposes of visualization, collaboration and data sharing.
www.jtopen.com
Within the framework of this community, BETA CAE Systems develops and offers the " JT to ANSA translator" powered by the JT Open Toolkit API.

BETA CAE Systems SA is a member of NAFEMS.
NAFEMS is a vendor neutral, not-for-profit membership association of more than 800 companies from all over the world. The scope of activities spans the original finite element methods, through CFD to Optimization. As new application areas and techniques constantly evolve, NAFEMS becomes involved to create awareness and deliver appropriate education and training.

www.nafems.org
      BETA CAE Systems SA is a member of FEA Information.
FEA Information Inc. is a privately owned company maintaining a community for the promotion of technical engineering information through web sites and monthly free e-mail magazine. FEA Information activities include, web sites dedicated to specific applications, the LS-DYNA AVI Library, publication web site and a free monthly newsletter by e-mail. Participants to this effort are industry leaders in software & hardware solutions. For more information, visit:
www.feainformation.com

Technology partnerships
  nvidia logo   NVIDIA awakened the world to the power of computer graphics when it invented the GPU in 1999. Since then, it has consistently set new standards in visual computing with breathtaking, interactive graphics available on devices ranging from tablets and portable media players to notebooks and workstations. NVIDIA's expertise in programmable GPUs has led to breakthroughs in parallel processing which make supercomputing inexpensive and widely accessible. The company holds more than 1,100 U.S. patents, including ones covering designs and insights fundamental to modern computing. NVIDIA and BETA CAE Systems join their efforts for delivering high performance experience to the CAE world.
www.nvidia.com
  amd firepro logo   Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is an innovative technology company dedicated to collaborating with customers and technology partners to ignite the next generation of computing and graphics solutions at work, home, and play. ATI is a brand that covers all AMD graphic technologies. The close relationship between AMD and BETA CAE Systems aligns engineering efforts and ensures maximum performance of the Beta CAE systems family of applications on the ATI FirePro™ cards. This results in the timely qualification of new hardware and drivers that ensure full compatibility while providing an optimal user experience with Beta CAE systems software.
www.amd.com/FirePro
    BETA CAE Systems SA is a member of the Red Hat ISV Partner Program as a Red Hat Ready Partner.
Red Hat is the recognized leader in enterprise solutions that take full advantage of the quality and performance provided by the open source model. BETA CAE Systems SA supports
Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems.
RED HAT® and the SHADOWMAN® logo are registered trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. in the United States and other Countries, used with permission.

www.redhat.com
 
  BETA CAE Systems SA is a Ready Technology Partner of Novell. As a Novell PartnerNet member. BETA CAE Systems software products are supported on Novell's SUSE® LINUX ENTERPRISE and SUSE® LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER.
Novell is a worldwide leading provider of enterprise-class software and services.

www.novell.com
    Member of the HP AllianceONE Partner Program
    Member of the IBM Partner World for Developers
 
  Member of the Sun Microsystems iForce Partner Program
 

BETA CAE Systems S.A. established more unofficial alliances with hardware and software vendors in order to ensure the faster enhancement of its software products and their quality.