Sep 23, 2014 2 min read

CANONSBURG – Ansys Inc. said Tuesday it has entered into an agreement with Modelon, a global expert in solutions for model-based systems and control design, to revolutionize product development by reducing late-stage integration failures, decreasing product development costs and speeding time to market.

Southpointe-based Ansys, a leader in simulation software for engineering and product design, said combining Modelon’s systems behavioral modeling tools and solutions, with Ansys’ system simulation platform and breadth in 3-D multiphysics and embedded software enables users to explore product designs from the complete system all the way down through detailed designs.

“This multidisciplinary, integrated approach will help companies arrive at better designs earlier, reduce their reliance on costly physical prototyping and virtually eliminate system integration failures,” Ansys said in a news release.

Model-based design has traditionally focused on a single systems modeling language. But Ansys said it has expanded that definition to include electronics, mechanical and embedded software engineering. It will incorporate Modelica, a broadly accepted and open standard for the behavioral modeling of mechanical, thermal and thermofluid systems, with Ansys’ existing IEEE-backed VHDL-AMS modeling technology for electrical systems and its SCADET technology for embedded software.

“This agreement with Modelon breaks down the remaining barriers to full virtual system prototyping,” said Walid Abu-Hadba, chief product officer at Ansys. “Ansys users will be able to fully explore how their product will behave – not at the component level, but as a complete system. This quantum leap forward will pay amazing dividends for customers in the future by enabling them to create more innovative products faster than ever.”