ESI Visual-Environment 18.0

ESI Group, pioneer and world-leading solution provider in Virtual Prototyping for manufacturing industries, announces the launch of Visual-Environment 18.0. ESI`s multi-domain simulation platform hosts most of ESI`s Virtual Prototyping solutions, and is open to third party technologies. ESI`s platform enables industrial users to automate all their Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) processes from Computer-Aided Design (CAD), through pre- and post-processing, modeling, simulation and visualization, to reporting in any CAE domain; all in a unified environment.

Highlights of this version include:

- Use of an HDR image for Image-Based Lighting to render the model (also known as HDR Reflection). The HDR image can also be used as a background environment.
- Support for 3DXML CAD loading in Visual-Mesh and also an enhanced alternative Mesh Assembly process for better user experience.
- A simplified interface with maximum 3D Model window area in Visual-Viewer.
- USTART input generation in Visual-SDK Batch.
- Support for VPS 2022 in Visual-Crash PAM. Position Child and CRS easily, capturing the deformation and stresses induced during this operation.
- An improved Scan to Mesh morphing capability with a single scan in Visual-Assembly apart from a Joints Manager for creating Spot Welds and Connectors.
- 1D connection for chaining between Weld and Assembly for Sysweld in Visual-Weld.
- Improved simulation settings in (Visual)BM-Stamp to provide the same accuracy as with PAM-STAMP.
- Enhancements within the foundry-oriented workflows of Visual-Cast.
- In Visual-CFD, Cavitation modeling support for turbomachinery, in addition, to support for the latest release, OpenFOAM 2112. In Visual-Viewer for CFD, support for import of Ensight format results coming from various CFD solvers.
- A bias extension wizard in Visual-FORM and in Visual-RTM, support for simulating Compression-RTM process using shell modeling. In Visual-SMC, support for heated compression simulation.
- Support of new keywords in Visual-Crash DYNA.



Visual-Environment is a single integrated user environment that caters to the engineering simulation needs across major industries. It includes a comprehensive modeling tool to generate quality meshes on complex geometries for various engineering domains ranging across.

Visual-Environment's interactive post-processing module caters to the requirements of the CAE community through its multi-page / multi-plot environment. In addition, Visual-Environment's software development toolkit (SDK), allows you to customize and extend this open architecture through process templates and macros.

Visual-Environment incorporates the finest engineering knowledge and best practices with a process-oriented approach suited to the needs of a shop-floor user or a software savvy user alike. Visual-Mesh, Visual-Viewer and Visual-Process Executive are common modules, usually available as a part of all the solutions in Visual-Environment.

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Founded in 1973, ESI Group envisions a world where Industry commits to bold outcomes, addressing high stakes concerns - environmental impact, safety & comfort for consumers and workers, adaptable and sustainable business models. ESI provides reliable and customized solutions anchored on predictive physics modeling and virtual prototyping expertise to allow industries to make the right decisions at the right time, while managing their complexity. Acting principally in automotive & land transportation, aerospace, defense & naval, energy and heavy industry, ESI is present in more than 20 countries, employs 1200 people around the world and reported 2020 sales of €132.6 million. ESI is headquartered in France and is listed on compartment B of Euronext Paris.

Product: ESI Visual-Environment
Version: 18.0
Supported Architectures: x64
Website Home Page : www.esi-group.com
Languages Supported: english
System Requirements: Windows *
Size: 5.2 Gb