One platform for computational mechanics

Static analysis of 2D models (plane stress or plane strain), 3D solids, and plates and shells; dynamic analysis through time; modal analysis for natural frequencies and mode shapes; response spectrum analysis for ground shaking; heat transfer, steady or in time, and the thermal stress it causes; phase-field fracture, including thermal and dynamic fracture, with the mesh refined where the crack grows; topology optimization, which finds the stiffest layout for the material you allow; and metamaterial design, which designs a repeating unit cell for the highest bulk modulus.

You import a mesh, not a geometry: the app does not generate meshes. Build the model in your usual mesh generator, give its volumes, faces and edges named groups, and save it as a SALOME .med file or a Gmsh .msh file. The elements must be first-order triangles (a 2D model) or tetrahedra (a 3D model). The groups arrive with the mesh, and materials, supports and loads are assigned to them.

We solve verification problems in the app and compare each with its published answer: NAFEMS benchmarks and closed-form solutions from Lamé, Euler–Bernoulli, Timoshenko and Navier. The same problems ship in the app as sample projects, with the target written in each description, so you can run them yourself and check.

No. Studies solve on your own computer, and your geometry, meshes, settings and results are not sent to us. Activating and checking your licence sends only your licence and a device identifier, and once activated the app keeps working offline for up to two weeks between check-ins. The privacy policy has the details.

A Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or later) or a Windows PC, Docker Desktop, which the app uses to run the solver, and an internet connection to activate your licence and download the solver, about 0.8 GB. The app comes as one installer; the solver is downloaded from inside the app once your licence is active.

Request access with a short form. We read every request ourselves and set up a 15-minute call to understand your problem; your licence key follows by email, with the app ready to download. Early access is free through the Founders Program, and founders get a discount on their licence when pricing launches.