Cognitive Design Systems launches optimisation software

Cognitive Design Systems, Toulouse, France, has announced the launch of its design optimisation software Cognitive Design. The software is intended to support engineers in achieving the highest levels of part performance and seamless manufacturability, regardless of complexity.

The challenges of modern design engineers

Traditional CAD design processes may be hindered by a repetitive and disjointed workflow, explains the company, wherein each design iteration requires multiple reviews and adjustments, leading to time-consuming and costly back-and-forths. Furthermore, the separation of tools for design optimisation and manufacturability creates silos, complicating the workflow and introducing potential errors during manual data transfers.

As design engineers look to push the boundaries of performance, the complexity of designs increases; this can pose a problem when trying to balance it against manufacturability. Engineers often find themselves acting as project managers, coordinating inputs from various stakeholders, each with different requirements and feedback. This process not only adds complexity but also increases the risk of errors and delays in the design optimisation process.

Addressing challenges

Cognitive Design looks to address these challenges by providing a unified platform that integrates design optimisation with manufacturability, streamlining the entire workflow and reducing the need for manual adjustments.

The software is designed to adapt to users’ needs and expectations regardless of experience level, allowing engineers to more easily create high-performance, manufacturable parts. It also allows users to effectively identify geometric optimisation opportunities and easily implement them using simulation-driven parametric design, allowing for easier, optimised lightweighting.

Precise modifications are enabled by advanced features such as variable TPMS infill, lattice infill, offset, shell, and ribbing. Cognitive Design also enhances the performance of topologically optimised designs by allowing engineers to modify the entire part geometry or focus on specific regions.

The Cognitive Design software aims to identify and prevent potential manufacturing flaws such as wall deformation and feature distortion during the design stage by using advanced manufacturing analysis tools. The software’s manufacturing-driven design approach focuses on maximum design feasibility — regardless of complexity — by enabling precise adjustments to geometry, offset and ribbing thickness, thermal concentration, holes, and powder removal parameters. Its proprietary geometric engine allows for the refinement of geometry to ensure manufacturability, thus reducing design iterations.

Leveraging an algorithmic design approach when building customised workflows, Cognitive Design allowing engineers to generate a variety models with its implicit engine. The software also offers a wide range of preset workflows, such as Lightweighting, Simulation Driven Design, and AM Morpher, eliminating the need for computational design skills.

A free trial of Cognitive Design is currently available to those interested via the company site.

www.cognitive-design-systems.com

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