Altair is pleased to welcome SmartUp Engineering S.r.l. to the Altair Partner Alliance (APA). As a new APA partner, SmartUp will offer JPAD Modeller®, a powerful, automation-driven tool that accelerates and simplifies preliminary aircraft design.

Headquartered in Italy, SmartUp Engineering specializes in advanced engineering services and software development for the aerospace sector. With deep roots in both academic research and real-world industrial applications, the company delivers innovative tools that improve aircraft design processes, reducing complexity.

JPAD Modeller allows engineers to automatically generate complete aircraft CAD geometries from winglets, pylons, and nacelles, to detailed movables and control surfaces in just seconds, significantly cutting down on time and manual effort during the earliest design stages. Built on a modular, XML-based architecture, the software supports customization and easy integration with Altair tools, including Altair® FlightStream™.

Altair users will now have access to a solution that streamlines early-stage design, improves collaboration across the engineering toolchain, and enables the fast exploration of multiple aircraft design variants. With its user-friendly interface and integrated geometry feasibility checks, JPAD Modeller helps teams reduce errors and optimize designs while lowering the demand for highly specialized personnel.

Some of JPAD Modeller’s key features and benefits include:

• Automated CAD generation: Create complex aircraft components in seconds from top-level design inputs.
• Modular, parametric design: Built on a flexible XML structure for fast customization and scalability.
• Seamless integration: Export models easily to external analysis tools.
• Design validation tools: Integrated geometry checks ensure early accuracy and manufacturability.
• Educational utility: A clear, intuitive UI makes JPAD Modeller ideal for university classrooms and student design programs.

“Joining the Altair Partner Alliance represents a strategic opportunity to increase the visibility of JPAD Modeller within the aerospace community and to connect with a global network of innovation-driven companies,” said Agostino De Marco, CCO and co-founder, SmartUp Engineering. “We believe Altair’s customers will benefit from faster and smarter aircraft design processes enabled by our solution.”

Founded in 2019, SmartUp Engineering serves aircraft manufacturers, research institutions, and universities seeking to enhance productivity, reduce modeling time, and focus engineering efforts on high-value design activities.

To learn more about SmartUp Engineering and JPAD Modeller, register for their introductory webinar here.