Simulation and analysis software vendor
ALGOR, Inc. and start-up 3D design vendor
SpaceClaim this week announced a
marketing partnership. The deal calls for ALGOR to make available a free
time-limited copy of SpaceClaim Professional to all its customers, while
SpaceClaim will offer its users a free time-limited copy of ALGOR
DesignCheck.
The statement from ALGOR and SpaceClaim says the deal provides “thousands
of users with a complete design-to-analysis solution and a unique
computer-aided engineering (CAE) workflow. Users can control the CAE
workflow regardless of the native CAD environment, reducing the amount of
time that it takes to iterate through multiple CAE scenarios, which leads to
better-performing designs and reduced project costs.” The two companies call
the deal a “technology partnership” but we see no evidence of joint
development or other aspects one would normally consider part of a
technology partnership. This deal is about finding new customers for each
other’s products.
From SpaceClaim, two workflow examples of the joint use of ALGOR and
SpaceClaim
SpaceClaim users who try ALGOR DesignCheck can upgrade to other ALGOR
simulation capabilities including static stress and Mechanical Event
Simulation (MES) with linear and nonlinear material models; linear dynamics;
fatigue; CFD including steady-state and transient heat transfer, steady and
unsteady fluid flow and mass transfer; electrostatics; full multiphysics;
and piping. ALGOR says all its products provide direct CAD/CAE data exchange
and full associativity with SpaceClaim.
