What drives us

Artificial intelligence (AI) is fundamentally changing the way we live and work. Particularly in areas where the level of digitalization is already high, AI is a key to enormous leaps in efficiency; numerical simulations and engineering processes are ready to be put to use. CADFEM has brought PI Probaligence on board as a partner with outstanding solutions and expertise to provide customers with targeted support as they move into the world of AI.

The German CADFEM Conference is back: We are looking forward to finally meeting you in person again on April 10-11, 2024 at the Darmstadt Science and Congress Center. Secure your ticket now for the largest event for Simulation and Digital Engineering in Central Europe!

After two years of planning and two years of construction, the time had come. At the beginning of May 2022, we were allowed to move into our new company headquarters.

18 Bavarian municipalities and intermunicipal associations are developing “digital twins” for data-based optimization of decision-making. The Bayerische Staatsministerium für Digitales is supporting these municipalities as they implement their digital planning models. The sponsors have chosen the joint offer of Virtual City Systems, CADFEM and Creative Climate Cities for the qualification program of the employees from the municipalities.

NEWS (2023) - ATZ worldwide is the trade magazine for technology-oriented management in the automotive industry. The nrecently publisued issue 2/2023 contains an article about a successful joint engineering project form KTM and CADFEM.

EVENT (2023) - CADFEM Germany has the honour to present in the brake.tech section.of the 14th International Munich Chassis Symposium chassis.tech plus.

The CADFEM Group is a leading provider for simulation-based engineering. Our expertise and know-how extend to almost every industry and application in the world of simulation. Our business approach is: Think globally but act locally using the collective strengths of small and medium sized companies.

The pulse of the times - Batteries supply wristwatches and other wearables with energy. This energy, however, is actually already available right where you are. This is where the mission of a Swiss start-up begins: Mithras Technology AG develops systems that convert human body heat into electrical energy. Simulations with Ansys provide valuable information for this.

Climeworks is not only a technical adventure to tackle climate change, but also a human adventure that Nathalie Casas, Head of Technology at Climeworks, shared with cofounders Christoph Gebald and Jan Wurzbacher, and Markus Dutly, CEO of CADFEM (Suisse) AG. Climeworks has had a special relationship with CADFEM since its creation.

Cranes, refrigerators, electronics, aircraft systems, excavators ... few companies are as diversified as the Liebherr Group. One constant is found in many plants, divisions, countries: Liebherr engineers simulate with Ansys and CADFEM.

CADFEM Group Solution Partner inuTech GmbH develops and markets the Diffpack Product Line for Numerical modeling and solution of Partial Differential Equations (PDEs). Diffpack supports the needs for flexibility, insight and control of an permanently increasing user community. In cases where a standard end user application cannot help - Diffpack can. Diffpack makes it possible to fill in the gaps in functionality of standard products in a cost efficient way.

MEMBERSHIP NEWS (2022) - CADFEM Group joined Automotive Solution Center for Simulation - asc(s - by January 2022.

MEMBERSHIP NEWS (2022) - CADFEM Group joined ASAM - Association for Standardization of Automation and Measurement Systems by January 2022.

In 1941, Konrad Zuse invented his computer (the Z3) in Germany and Eckert and Killby invented their computer in the USA. Professor Stiefel of ETHZ in Zurich was able to solve differential equations using a follow-up model, the Z4. I was born in 1944.

At the end of the fifties, the development of the finite element method (FEM) started behind closed doors at Daimler-Benz. This inaugurated an exciting era which is well worth illuminating even more than 60 years later, for Dr. Alfred Zimmer’s ideas revolutionized Daimler-Benz’s design process.

The TechNet Alliance was founded in 1998 by ANSYS Channel Partners and has developed into a worldwide network of experts in the field of Simulation Based Engineering (SBE) - formerly known as CAE (Computer Aided Engineering). In addition to companies offering services in this area, simulation experts from industry as well as globally recognized professors are members of the network.

Between 1959 and 1964, John Swanson studied engineering at Cornell University. He then began his professional career at Westinghouse Astronuclear Labs in Pittsburgh. Alongside his job, he worked on his PhD in Applied Mechanics between 1964 and 1966, at the University of Pittsburgh.

FEM simulations play their part in the production development process by assisting the user at an early stage to assess whether the essential requirements have been met and to ensure that they are fulfilled.