PITTSBURGH, PA, Mar 20, 2025 – Ansys has announced it will offer advanced data processing and visualization capabilities powered by integrations with NVIDIA Omniverse within select products, starting with Fluent and AVxcelerate Sensors. The integration will simplify simulation tasks by automating data preparation and supporting high-fidelity models for better analysis. This minimizes the need for experts to explain results to decision-makers, stakeholders, and potential customers.
Preparing large datasets for simulation involves ensuring they are accurate, compatible, and flexible. This often requires using multiple software tools to define parameters for a single simulation model. After setting up the model, additional tools and expertise are needed to create visual representations.
By leveraging Omniverse technologies, Ansys software facilitates interoperability, scalability, and modularity of 3D scene data within a rich, open ecosystem. Integrating Omniverse technologies with Ansys products will enable customers to prepare simulation data, useful for AVxcelerate Sensors applications. Ansys users render immersive, photorealistic models within the Ansys interface, supporting real-time collaboration and improving communication of results. Moreover, PyAnsys, a family of Python packages that enable users to interact with Ansys products, automatically formats simulation data, so simulation practitioners and developers can customize and automate simulations inside their applications built on NVIDIA Omniverse.
For example, Astec Industries, a manufacturer of specialized equipment for asphalt road buildings, aggregate processing, and concrete production, uses Ansys to design and optimize asphalt drum dryers and hydrogen burners.
“The integration of Omniverse technologies within Fluent allows us to visualize complex physics simulations that give us and our customers intuitive insight into how our equipment operates in stunning detail,” said Dr. Andrew Hobbs, director of advanced technologies at Astec Industries. “Simulating environments inside our equipment where physical observation is impossible not only enhances our perspective of how our products will operate in the real world, but it allows us to optimize our designs for performance and efficiency, delivering innovative equipment and a competitive advantage to our customers.”
“Modern digital engineering increasingly relies on technology compatibility to design intuitive, efficient, and innovative products,” said Shane Emswiler, senior vice president of products at Ansys. “By continuing to deepen our collaboration with NVIDIA, we’re empowering our customers to bring their simulations to life and obtain insights that could’ve otherwise not been possible to obtain. To do that easily in the familiar Ansys interface can significantly improve project timelines and get products to market faster.”
“Combining the power of Omniverse’s visualization capabilities with the predictive accuracy of Ansys products creates a powerful digital engineering environment that will expand access to simulation insight,” said Rev Lebaredian, vice president of Omniverse and simulation at NVIDIA.
Source: Ansys
About Ansys
Ansys, founded in 1970, specializes in engineering simulation software. It offers a comprehensive suite of tools for structural analysis, fluid dynamics, electromagnetic field simulation, and more, enabling industries to design and test products virtually. Ansys software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries by using the predictive power of simulation. Serving sectors such as aerospace and defense, automotive, energy, industrial equipment, materials and chemicals, consumer products, healthcare, and construction, Ansys supports innovation across diverse fields. As of 2023, the company reported annual revenues exceeding $2.3 billion and employed over 6,200 people worldwide. Headquartered in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, Ansys continues to advance engineering simulation technologies, empowering organizations to enhance product development processes.
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA Corp. is an American tech company headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. Renowned for designing and manufacturing graphics processing units (GPUs), NVIDIA’s innovations have significantly impacted various sectors. The company’s products and services cater to industries such as gaming, where its GPUs enhance visual experiences; artificial intelligence (AI), providing high-performance computing solutions; automotive, contributing to autonomous vehicle technologies; and robotics, offering advanced AI perception and simulation tools. Over its more than three decades in business, NVIDIA has experienced substantial growth. In the fiscal quarter ending January 2025, the company reported record revenue of $39.3 billion and a net income of $22.1 billion. NVIDIA’s headquarters, designed to facilitate a flat organizational structure, emphasizes information flow and harmony between leadership and employees.