We have released version 4.1.2 of our Upfront modeling and optimization software CAESES® and CAESES® Free. A short summary of the most important changes and improvements can be found below. All details about new features, changes and bug fixes can…


We have released version 4.1.2 of our Upfront modeling and optimization software CAESES® and CAESES® Free. A short summary of the most important changes and improvements can be found below. All details about new features, changes and bug fixes can…

Today, Flow Science, Inc. and FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS have announced a partnership. Optimization is an integral part of any design process that incorporates simulation. Flow Science and FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS have partnered to offer FLOW-3D users a push-button solution that allows for…

The recording of our joint webinar with Flow Science is now available and can be downloaded from their webinar resources page. The video shows how to couple FLOW-3D Cast and CAESES® for the automation of the design work flow.

Last week at the SMM 2016 in Hamburg, Germany, FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS had finished two design challenges for the CFD-based optimization of ship hulls. Challenge 1: Ship Optimization on an iPad In the first challenge, participants could modify the parametric…

The face of ship design is changing. The vastly increasing complexity of European built ships and maritime structures as well as the growing number of rules and regulations call for novel concepts of product design and testing. To address this…

Maric, one of the leading companies in Chinese shipping industry and also a new user of CAESES®, organized a seminar about “Hull form optimization using CAESES®” in Shanghai. Jiangnan shipyard, Hudong shipyard, SDARI, Wuhan University of technology and several other…

After a successful workshop organized together in June/July 2016, SimScale and FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS join forces to provide engineering professionals and designers with two powerful tools that are changing the world of product design. FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS’ product CAESES® Free has been…

FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS will be present at the Europe-Korea Conference on Science and Technology 2016. One of the founders of FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS, Dr. Stefan Harries, will give a presentation about “Simulation‐driven Design for Maritime Assets” on the 29th of July. More…

Much of the commentary regarding hull form optimization found in industry journals and proceedings focuses on process and methodology rather than outcome. The recent paper presented by HydroComp, Inc. (Durham NH USA) and FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS at the 15th Conference on…

The two recordings of our webinar series with SimScale are now available in our video section. In these two videos, the combination “CAESES® Free and the SimScale platform” gets presented. An axial fan is modified and it is shown how…