Software

Core

AniForm Core is a parallelised and implicit finite element solver with automatic step sizing, enabling accurate and fast 3D simulations with anisotropic materials, such as fibre reinforced composites, woven fabrics and unidirectional pre-pregs. AniForm PrePost enables you to set up a simulation and to view the simulation results.

Key features

More on key features can be found here.

Supported operating systems

Windows

Windows 10, version 1809 (October 2018 update) or higher.
Windows Server 2019 LTSC (version 1809) or higher.
Might run on older 64-bit platforms (not on 32-bit), but these have not been tested.

Linux

Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS
Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS
Debian 11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 8.6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Service Pack 4

Hardware advice

Example A (excellent configuration):
          1x Intel Xeon W-3265 Processor, 192GB ECC memory.
          More about Intel Xeon W Processors can be found at the Intel website.
          6x ECC Samsung M393A4K40CB2-CVF – Memory DDR4 - 32 GB - DIMM 288-PIN - 2933 MHz
          Use ECC memory.
          Use an SSD disk to store the data on for the running simulation(s).

Example B (good configuration):
          1x Intel Xeon Gold 6144 Processor, 64GB ECC memory.
          Processor selection determined by available budget, e.g. Intel Xeon Gold 6134 or 6136.
          More about Intel Xeon Scalable Processors can be found at the Intel website.
          Use an SSD disk to store the data on for the running simulation(s).
          Use the ECC memory type.
          Expand memory further to 128GB or 256GB when your budget allows.