Reimagining Engineering Design with Enhanced Collaboration and AI-Augmented Simulation

For manufacturers large and small, physics-based simulations have become an integral part of the design and engineering process. Numerical simulation enables engineers to model complex systems, optimize designs, and validate performance before building physical prototypes. Yet as products become more sophisticated and development cycles shrink, traditional approaches are straining under the weight of larger models, multidisciplinary workflows, and escalating compute demands. The very simulation-based approaches once seen as critical to productivity are now creating bottlenecks.

At the same time, breakthroughs in AI, access to elastic cloud-scale compute, and new platforms for collaborative engineering are redefining what’s possible. Engineers and designers are no longer limited to incremental improvements; they now have the tools to explore vast design spaces, evaluate design alternatives in near real-time, and predict product performance with unprecedented accuracy. This convergence of physics, data, and AI signals the beginning of a new era in product development — one that will fundamentally change how products are conceived, tested, and brought to market.

This white paper explores how Altair One®, a revolutionary cloud gateway for collaborative engineering, can help designers, engineers, and data scientists overcome these challenges.