Best Simulation Software - Page 3

Compare the Top Simulation Software as of July 2025 - Page 3

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    Autodesk CFD
    Autodesk CFD is a computational fluid dynamics simulation software that engineers and analysts use to intelligently predict how liquids and gases will perform. Autodesk CFD helps to minimize the need for physical prototypes while providing deeper insight into fluid flow design performance. Autodesk CFD provides engineers with a range of powerful tools for system design optimization. Fluid flow and free surface movement. Thermal management for electronics cooling. BIM integration for occupant comfort of HVAC in AEC and MEP. The Application Programming Interface (API) and scripting functions expand the base capabilities of Autodesk CFD through the Decision Center’s customization and automation of common tasks. In addition, the Decision Center automates system design comparisons to speed up design-based decision making.
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    Ansys Motor-CAD
    Ansys Motor-CAD is a dedicated electric machine design tool for fast multiphysics simulation across the full torque-speed operating range. Motor-CAD enables design engineers to evaluate motor topologies and concepts across the full operating range, to produce designs that are optimized for performance, efficiency and size. Motor-CAD software’s four integrated modules—EMag, Therm, Lab, Mech—enable multiphysics calculations to be performed quickly and iteratively, so users can get from concept to final design in less time. Fast calculations and streamlined data input processes leave time for Motor-CAD users to explore more motor topologies and fully assess the impact of advanced loss effects in the initial stages of an electromechanical design. The release includes powerful new features for design optimization, multi-physics analysis and system modelling for electric motors. Fast multiphysics simulation across a full torque-speed operating range.
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    Predator Virtual CNC

    Predator Virtual CNC

    Predator Software

    Predator Virtual CNC software is designed to simulate and verify operation of your CNC machines on your PC. By simulating the machining process offline, you save money, lost time, scrapped parts, broken tools and machine crashes while improving safety and overall productivity. Predator Virtual CNC™ supports all standard vertical, horizontal and complex machine configurations with 2 to 5 axis. User definable machine tool configurations with our flexible reverse post processors allows standard VMCs and HMCs to be supported. Standard milling, turning and drilling cycles are all supported. Advanced cycles include subs, macros, variables, trig and logic codes are all supported. Predator Virtual CNC is optimized for 3-axis surface machining and can support huge files without running out of memory. Processing speeds can be up to 3,000 blocks per second, while retaining the accuracy that you require. Complete 3+2 support is also available within Predator Virtual CNC 5 Axis.
    Starting Price: $3,000
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    Ansys VRXPERIENCE Driving Simulator
    Discover an open, scalable and modular virtual driving simulator that enables testing against a variety of objectives and performance requirements. Ansys VRXPERIENCE Driving Simulator Powered by SCANeR™ enables you to assemble scenarios, test software, consider vehicle dynamics and experience sensors within a virtual driving environment. It enables a fully virtual driving lab for analyzing performance results. VRXPERIENCE Driving Simulator offers an immersive simulated test-drive experience set within a representative world. Perform exhaustive safety assessments to drive millions of virtual miles in days and accelerate development by 1,000x compared to physical road-testing. As passenger automobiles become more digitalized and more autonomous, they require a wide range of advanced technologies that include sensors, such as cameras, radar and lidars, as well as embedded software supporting automated control systems.
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    AdSimulo

    AdSimulo

    AdSimulo

    AdSimulo is a revolutionary lift traffic analysis and simulation application for architects, lift (elevator) designers and consultants. Based on the latest simulation algorithms, AdSimulo provides accurate lift passenger traffic predictions for a wide range of building types. But it is not only an intelligent traffic analyzer… with our unique Expert System it can quickly analyze thousands of hours of simulations to provide the optimal lift design solution for your needs. AdSimulo delivers its output in the form of comprehensive, automatically-generated reports, lift design BIM files (IFC format), and even a complete lift passenger traffic visualization. AdSimulo ensures to follows all the latest compliance standards, and is available as a cloud-based solution immediately. Some projects because of their complexity, scale or special features may require expert review and input, we offer a solution certificate services.
    Starting Price: $250
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    OpenFOAM

    OpenFOAM

    OpenFOAM

    OpenFOAM is the free, open-source CFD software developed primarily by OpenCFD Ltd since 2004. It has a large user base across most areas of engineering and science, from both commercial and academic organizations. OpenFOAM has an extensive range of features to solve anything from complex fluid flows involving chemical reactions, turbulence and heat transfer, to acoustics, solid mechanics and electromagnetics. OpenFOAM is professionally released every six months to include customer-sponsored developments and contributions from the community. It is independently tested by ESI-OpenCFD's application specialists, development partners and selected customers, and supported by ESI's worldwide infrastructure, values and commitment. Quality assurance is based on rigorous testing. The process of code evaluation, verification and validation includes several hundred daily unit tests, a medium-sized test battery run on a weekly basis, and a large industry-based test battery-run.
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    ReliaSoft

    ReliaSoft

    Hottinger Brüel & Kjær (HBK)

    ReliaSoft software provides a powerful range of reliability software solutions to facilitate a comprehensive set of reliability engineering modeling and analysis techniques. We are the leading reliability solution provider for product test, design, maintenance strategy and optimization. Our products support a wide range of reliability and maintainability analysis techniques, such as life data analysis, accelerated life testing, system modelling and RAM analysis, reliability growth, FRACAS, FMEA and RCM analysis to meet and improve reliability of your products, processes and optimize maintenance planning.
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    20-sim

    20-sim

    20-sim

    20-sim is a modeling and simulation software package for mechatronic systems. With 20-sim you can enter models graphically, similar to drawing an engineering scheme. With these models, you can simulate and analyze the behavior of multi-domain dynamic systems and create control systems. You can even generate C-code and run this code on hardware for rapid prototyping and HIL-simulation. 20-sim provides you with features that allow you to create models very quickly and intuitively. You can create models using equations, block diagrams, physics blocks and bond graphs. Various features help you to build your models, simulate them and analyze their performance. Models are built in the 20-sim editor. This editor contains a large model library with building blocks to help you to construct models. The model library contains many components such as block diagrams and bond graphs.
    Starting Price: €108 one-time payment
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    Collimator

    Collimator

    Collimator

    Collimator is a modeling and simulation platform for hybrid dynamical systems. We allow engineers to design and test complex, mission critical systems in a way that is reliable, secure, fast and intuitive. Our customers are electrical, mechanical and control systems engineers who are using Collimator to increase productivity, improve performance and collaborate more effectively. They do this using our out of the box features including an intuitive block diagram graphical editor, Python blocks to develop custom algorithms, Jupyter notebooks to parametrize and optimize their systems, high performance computing in the cloud and role based access controls.
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    Flaneer

    Flaneer

    Flaneer

    Say goodbye to latency due to software updates. You’ll stop losing time and use it to focus on your core mission. With Flaneer, you can change your graphics or computing power to suit your needs. ‍ You can modify your configuration yourself directly in the dedicated administration area of your virtual machine. By using Flaneer, you can say stop to E-waste while reducing your ecological impact. Keep using your old devices to stream state of the art machines! We’ve all had that moment when we thought our computer was going to take off for another planet. Protecting your information is our top priority. We store your data in secure servers, audited by 3rd party security firms, and the most sensitive data is encrypted. When a new employee joins a team, the first days are dedicated to installing the project and its dependencies. With Flaneer, you eliminate this waste of time and get a work environment ready at once.
    Starting Price: €47.50 per month
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    Ansys Twin Builder
    An analytics-driven, simulation-based digital twin is a connected, virtual replica of an in-service physical asset — in the form of an integrated multidomain system simulation —that mirrors the life and experience of the asset. Hybrid digital twins enable system design and optimization and predictive maintenance, and they optimize industrial asset management. By implementing Ansys Twin Builder, you can improve top-line revenue, manage bottom-line costs and both gain and retain a competitive advantage. Ansys Twin Builder enables you to quickly create a digital twin–a connected replica of an in-service asset. This allows for enhanced lifecycle management and true predictive maintenance, saving costs to help maintain a competitive advantage.
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    Ansys Optics
    Modeling light propagation and its impact is crucial for measuring product performance and human comfort, perception and safety. Ansys Optics uniquely simulates a system’s optical performance and evaluates the final illumination effect, predicts and validates the impact of lighting and material variations on appearance and perceived quality all in real conditions. Visualize your product before it exists to deliver the ultimate virtual customer experience. Let Ansys Optics & optical simulation software lead you to the best solution, no matter the style of your project. The software easily solves complex optical problems and refines visual appearance for perceived quality. Significantly elevate final product quality with true-to-life visual experiences and combine design and engineering processes into a single, connected workflow. Prepare and appraise virtual prototypes of a cockpit HMI in a real-time, immersive environment.
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    Ansys Maxwell
    Ansys Maxwell is an EM field solver for electric machines, transformers, wireless charging, permanent magnet latches, actuators and other electr mechanical devices. It solves static, frequency-domain and time-varying magnetic and electric fields. Maxwell also offers specialized design interfaces for electric machines and power converters. With Maxwell, you can precisely characterize the nonlinear, transient motion of electromechanical components and their effects on the drive circuit and control system design. By leveraging Maxwell’s advanced electromagnetic field solvers and seamlessly linking them to the integrated circuit and systems simulation technology, you can understand the performance of electromechanical systems long before building a prototype in hardware. Maxwell offers a trusted simulation of low-frequency electromagnetic fields in industrial components.
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    Luminary Cloud

    Luminary Cloud

    Luminary Cloud

    Luminary Cloud is the world’s first modern computer-aided engineering SaaS platform that provides engineers insights in minutes, allowing for quick simulation, analysis, and iteration that were once impossible. Experience the magic of running simulations in minutes on the most advanced GPUs in the cloud. Securely store, access, and analyze all your raw simulation data to discover insights and optimize engineering designs. Run experiments faster for better product design and quality while reducing the chance of defects. Accelerate time to market by optimizing engineering efficiency and dramatically lower hardware, prototyping, and physical testing costs. Empower your team to create their best designs with faster insights and results, with the most accessible simulation platform. Run fast simulations at any scale, collaborate around the world with project sharing, and start analyzing results instantly.
    Starting Price: $5 per credit
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    Availability Workbench
    Powerful simulation software for improving asset performance. Maintenance and spares optimization, availability studies, reliability-centered maintenance, life cycle cost evaluations, and accelerated life testing all in one integrated suite. Connect directly to your SAP or MAXIMO system and analyze your data. Identify critical equipment, and automatically build failure models using Weibull analysis. Optimize your maintenance plans using simulation and reduce costs. Predict system availability and optimize your design. Simulation of multiple-product capacity with target cost penalties. Model system dependencies with RBDs or fault trees. Build in operational rules for accurate performance simulation. Determine the most effective spare holding policy. Predict life cycle costs and analyze your test data for stressed failures in the ALT module. Identify plant performance trends in the process reliability module.
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    WaveFarer
    WaveFarer is a high-fidelity radar simulator that accounts for multipath and scattering from structures and vehicles in the immediate environment of a radar system as well as key atmospheric and scattering effects for frequencies up to and beyond 100 GHz. Applications include simulation of automotive drive scenarios, indoor sensors, and far-field radar cross section (RCS). WaveFarer’s features enable fast and accurate analysis of scenarios with radars in close proximity to structures, targets, and other features in a simulated environment. WaveFarer is designed to support all applications relevant to the simulation and analysis of a radar system. For automotive radar, this includes evaluating radar sensor placement and target returns within a simulated drive scenario environment. For surveillance radar applications, this includes analysis of target radar cross section (RCS) and the impact of materials on results.
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    ENCY Tuner

    ENCY Tuner

    ENCY Software

    ENCY Tuner is shop-floor NC-code simulation software designed to fine-tune, validate, and optimize G-code for CNC machines and industrial robots. It enables operators and programmers to simulate the machining process, edit NC-code, and re-engineer legacy code for modern equipment, ensuring precise and error-free production. Highlights: - State-of-the-art G-code machining simulation - Flexible NC code editing - NC program reengineering - Support for CNC machines and robots - Detection of Collisions and Errors - Virtual Setup and Tool Management - Wide selection of postprocessors and interpreters - Capability for direct installation in CNC controllers With ENCY Tuner, users achieve error-free machining, streamline code adjustments, and efficiently validate production-ready NC-code directly on the shop floor.
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    Tecplot RS

    Tecplot RS

    Tecplot

    Tecplot RS is an integrated visualization and analysis software tailored for oil and gas reservoir engineers. It facilitates the management and interpretation of reservoir simulation data through comprehensive XY plots, 2D cross-sections, and 3D grid visualizations. The platform supports data import from various simulation sources, enabling users to efficiently organize results, validate reservoir models, and effectively communicate findings across teams. Recent updates, such as the 2023 R1 release, have introduced features enhancing the assessment of history match quality by allowing the creation of selection sets based on deviation bands. Additionally, the software now supports the visualization of negative values in stamp plots, aiding in the analysis of fluid behavior trends within reservoirs. With a user-friendly interface, Tecplot RS ensures a short learning curve, complemented by full technical support and free online training.
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    ImSym

    ImSym

    Synopsys

    Visualize images with precise, quantitative data. Streamline your development process. Deliver your next great imaging product to market faster. Provides an end-to-end model of an imaging system, including lenses, sensors, and image and signal processors (ISPs) before manufacturing. Helps design teams collaborate more efficiently. Ensures confidence that products will work right when built. Automate ImSym processes with a Python interface. Customize ISP capabilities using Python scripted routines. Provides an intuitive, integrated, collaborative workflow for an exceptional user experience. Delivers accurate results powered by industry-proven CODE V and LightTools. ImSym integrates multiple features to simulate an imaging system object using an input graphics file. ImSym’s accuracy is powered by CODE V and LightTools, the most trusted imaging and illumination optics design solutions in the industry.
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    Sentaurus Process
    Sentaurus Process is an advanced 1D, 2D and 3D process simulator for developing and optimizing silicon semiconductor process technologies. It is a new-generation process simulator for addressing the challenges found in current and future process technologies. Equipped with a set of advanced process models, which include default parameters calibrated with data from equipment vendors, Sentaurus Process provides a predictive framework for simulating a broad range of technologies from nanoscale CMOS to large-scale high-voltage power devices. Sentaurus Process is part of a comprehensive suite of core TCAD products for multi-dimensional process, device, and system simulations, embedded into a powerful user interface. Fast prototyping, development, and optimization of a broad range of technologies with comprehensive physics-based process modeling capabilities. Enhance device performance by optimization of thermal and mechanical stress in process structures with stress history.
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    DWSIM

    DWSIM

    DWSIM

    DWSIM is a free and open source CAPE-OPEN compliant chemical process simulator that operates across multiple platforms, including Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, and iOS. It features an intuitive graphical user interface and offers capabilities previously exclusive to commercial simulators. DWSIM supports both steady-state and dynamic simulations, utilizing a parallel modular solver for efficient modeling. It includes advanced property packages. The simulator provides a comprehensive suite of unit operations, including mixers, splitters, separators, pumps, compressors, expanders, heaters, coolers, valves, pipe segments, shortcut columns, heat exchangers, various reactors, distillation and absorption columns, solids separators, cake filters, spreadsheets, Python scripts, and flowsheet unit operations. It also provides an Excel Add-In for performing thermodynamic calculations within spreadsheets and an automation API for creating, loading, modifying, running, and saving flowsheets.
    Starting Price: Free
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    Urbiverse

    Urbiverse

    Urbiverse

    Urbiverse helps you make smarter strategic decisions about urban mobility and logistics with AI‑driven simulations, synthetic data solutions, real‑time what‑if analysis, and optimized fleet sizing and infrastructure planning. It enables operators to forecast demand based on historical data, events, seasonal trends and real‑time analytics; simulate scenarios to determine the impact of new ride‑sharing, bike‑sharing, cargo‑bike or fleet‑size programs on traffic, user satisfaction, environmental goals, profitability and costs; evaluate financial implications under various tender conditions; optimize fleet distribution, operations management and micromobility parking; and combine real‑time and historical data to allocate resources efficiently across different vehicle types, empowering mobility operators and planners to move from guesswork to data‑driven decisions. Urbiverse processes millions of trips, supports infrastructure planning, and empowers urban fleet planners to test scenarios.
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    Simio

    Simio

    Simio

    Simio is a simulation, production planning and scheduling software designed from the ground up to support the object modeling paradigm. Simio aims to deliver rapid risk analysis and cost reduction capabilities to organizations of all sizes and industries. Simio is available in five editions to suit the unique needs of businesses: Personal, Design, Team, Enterprise, and Portal editions. Simio Academic Edition is also available to students and faculty.
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    PSCAD

    PSCAD

    Manitoba Hydro International

    As power systems evolve, the need for accurate, intuitive simulation tools becomes more and more important. With PSCAD you can build, simulate, and model your systems with ease, providing limitless possibilities in power system simulation. Included is a comprehensive library of system models ranging from simple passive elements and control functions to electric machines and other complex devices. PSCAD has benefited from over 40 years of continuous research and development. We are inspired by the ideas and feedback from our global user base. This philosophy has helped establish PSCAD as the most popular power system transient simulation package available today. Software maintenance is the most cost-effective way to protect, support, and maintain your investment. With it, you gain the greatest value from your software.
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    aPriori

    aPriori

    aPriori

    aPriori, the leading Manufacturing Insights Platform, delivers strategic insights for manufacturers to continuously decide how to design a product and where to manufacture it. aPriori combines Product Cost Management, Design for Manufacturing and Sustainability, and Supplier Collaboration capabilities. The platform includes more that 450 manufacturing process simulation and more than 80 regional economic models, to yield insights that accelerate time to market by 20% while achieving hundreds of millions of dollars in cost savings and decreased CO2 footprint. aPriori Manufacturing Insights Platform connects Design Engineers, Cost Experts, Sourcing/Procurement teams, and Supply Chain to collaborate, review real time insights to improve products, and optimize cost, carbon footprint and manufacturability to stay aligned with Corporate priorities and KPIs. More than 300 manufacturing companies in the world have chosen the aPriori Product Design & Manufacture Optimization platform.
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    Twinn Witness

    Twinn Witness

    Royal HaskoningDHV

    Twinn Witness is a predictive simulation software developed by Royal HaskoningDHV that enables organizations to create dynamic virtual models of existing and planned facilities and operations. By experimenting with various 'what-if' scenarios, users can uncover in-depth business insights and validate decisions in a risk-free environment. The software offers both 2D and immersive 3D simulation models, facilitating improved communication and understanding of processes and data interrelationships. User-friendly, flexible, and powerful, Twinn Witness provides detailed insights into capital expenditures, continuous improvement, and operational enhancements before investments are made, thereby improving performance, reducing costs, and building robust business cases for sustainable growth and increased return on investment.
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    VABS

    VABS

    AnalySwift

    VABS is a popular general-purpose cross-sectional analysis tool for quickly and easily computing beam properties and recovering 3D fields of composite beams, including helicopter and wind turbine blades. It is the only tool capable of rigorously decoupling an original 3D slender solid with complex microstructure into a simple engineering beam model. AnalySwift’s roots are in the aerospace industry, where its tools have been used for composite beams (helicopter rotor blades, propellers, high aspect ratio wings, wing section design), plates/shells, and 3D structures. Used for several years in the wind turbine industry, VABS delivers rapid, rigorous results when modeling wind turbine blades. SwiftComp provides additional solutions for plates/shells, and 3D structures manufactured from composites. As the automobile industry adopts a higher use of composites, opportunities increase to leverage SwiftComp and VABS to model a wide variety of structures, including beams, plates, shells, etc.
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    PowerFLOW

    PowerFLOW

    Dassault Systèmes

    By leveraging our unique, inherently transient Lattice Boltzmann-based physics PowerFLOW CFD solution performs simulations that accurately predict real world conditions. Using the PowerFLOW suite, engineers evaluate product performance early in the design process prior to any prototype being built — when the impact of change is most significant for design and budgets. PowerFLOW imports fully complex model geometry and accurately and efficiently performs aerodynamic, aeroacoustic and thermal management simulations. Automated domain discretization and turbulence modeling with wall treatment eliminates the need for manual volume meshing and boundary layer meshing. Confidently run PowerFLOW simulations using large number of compute cores on common High Performance Computing (HPC) platforms.
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    Mimic

    Mimic

    Emerson

    Dynamic simulation with Mimic Simulation Software provides accurate and real-time simulation of plant behaviors. Made for users with process automation experience, not simulation experts, Mimic automatically integrates with DeltaV or other offline control systems. Use the exact same operator graphics and controls to test configurations and train new or inexperienced operators. Mimic™ Simulation Software provides accurate and real-time simulation of plant behaviors. Made for the end-user or integrator with process automation experience, not simulation experts, Mimic integrates easily and automatically with your off-line control system. Use the same operator graphics and controls to train operators and test configuration.
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    Fieldscale

    Fieldscale

    Fieldscale

    36% decrease in power consumption of the end product, with an optimized sensor design. Acceleration in their R&D efforts by being able to test hundreds of different sensor components and design variations simultaneously. Ability to identify design flaws in a matter of hours instead of weeks, and thus reducing the time-to-market for new products. Its cutting-edge algorithms are integrated within a simple, intuitive user environment to support the effortless design of great touch screen products. Fieldscale solvers expand the boundaries of electric simulation as we know them today, enabling very complex simulations. With thousands or even millions of analyses and different scenarios and get the results the same day. Fieldscale finally enables the possibility for you to realize optimal design easier and faster than your competitors.