Coreform LLC, a three-time Inc. 5000 award winner, announces its receipt of a competitive grant from the Department of Energy. With this grant, Coreform will combine two prior projects to allow for isogeometric analysis within the Multiphysics Object-Oriented Simulation Environment (MOOSE) that can run on graphics processing units, or GPUs. Coreform has used previous grants to develop IGA for use with MOOSE and to integrate the MFEM library with their IGA technology. 

The DOE’s Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and Simulation program developed MOOSE as an open-source framework for simulation, which is now used by researchers across the globe to drive innovative, safe nuclear energy designs. Coreform’s isogeometric analysis technology will significantly improve the accessibility of the MOOSE suite by radically improving the product testing and development workflow. Specifically, this project will allow engineers to use a computer-aided design (CAD) model directly in simulation. The other prong of the project will allow these IGA simulations to run on GPU, which will significantly speed up the processing time.

The work funded by this grant will dramatically increase the accessibility, effectiveness, and usability of government-funded nuclear simulation codes and promote the development of safe, clean nuclear energy. This new technology will make it much easier for nuclear energy engineers to access the advanced nuclear science embedded in MOOSE. It will also allow the developers of MOOSE to take advantage of GPU technology for more efficient computation. The mission of the Energy Department is to ensure America’s security and prosperity by addressing its energy, environmental, and nuclear challenges through transformative science and technology solutions. Learn more at energy.gov.

Coreform LLC, a three-time Inc. 5000 award winner, announces its receipt of a competitive grant from the Department of Energy. With this grant, Coreform will combine two prior projects to allow for isogeometric analysis within the Multiphysics Object-Oriented Simulation Environment (MOOSE) that can run on graphics processing units, or GPUs. Coreform has used previous grants to develop IGA for use with MOOSE and to integrate the MFEM library with their IGA technology. 

The DOE’s Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and Simulation program developed MOOSE as an open-source framework for simulation, which is now used by researchers across the globe to drive innovative, safe nuclear energy designs. Coreform’s isogeometric analysis technology will significantly improve the accessibility of the MOOSE suite by radically improving the product testing and development workflow. Specifically, this project will allow engineers to use a computer-aided design (CAD) model directly in simulation. The other prong of the project will allow these IGA simulations to run on GPU, which will significantly speed up the processing time.

The work funded by this grant will dramatically increase the accessibility, effectiveness, and usability of government-funded nuclear simulation codes and promote the development of safe, clean nuclear energy. This new technology will make it much easier for nuclear energy engineers to access the advanced nuclear science embedded in MOOSE. It will also allow the developers of MOOSE to take advantage of GPU technology for more efficient computation. The mission of the Energy Department is to ensure America’s security and prosperity by addressing its energy, environmental, and nuclear challenges through transformative science and technology solutions. Learn more at energy.gov.

Join us at the IGA 2024 conference where we will host a Coreform Flex Short Course, Oct 29, 2024, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM. During the course, not only will you have an introduction to the Coreform Flex workflow from Dr. Michael Scott, Coreform co-founder and CEO, but also the opportunity to hear from Dr. Tom Hughes, inventor of IGA and professor at UT-Austin.

Introduction to Coreform Flex

During the course, you’ll see how Coreform Flex provides advantages over traditional FEA and how Coreform’s patent-pending isogeometric analysis technology eliminates the need for meshing and defeaturing. With the course, you will be provided access to Coreform IGA hosted on Coreform’s secure servers through a browser-hosted instance of Coreform Flex, plus continued access for 30 days after the event. The course also provides time to network with other IGA early adopters.

Join us at the IGA 2024 conference where we will host a Coreform Flex Short Course. During the course, not only will you have an introduction to the Coreform Flex workflow from Dr. Michael Scott, Coreform co-founder and CEO, but also the opportunity to hear from Dr. Tom Hughes, inventor of IGA and professor at UT-Austin.

Coreform Flex Short Course Agenda

9:00 AM – Opening

• Coreform’s Instantiation of the IGA Vision – Dr. Tom Hughes, inventor of IGA
• Coreform vision and overview – Dr. Michael Scott, Coreform co-founder and CEO
• Introduction to the Coreform Flex workflow – Greg Vernon, Coreform Director
  

12:00 PM – Lunch break

• Coreform IGA perspectives – Kurtis Ford, Aperi
• Tutorials: linear and nonlinear parts and assemblies with Coreform IGA – Greg Vernon, Coreform Director
  

5:00 PM – Course concludes

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Coreform Cubit imprint speed improvements: ‘Advanced test reactor’ benchmark.

Coreform Cubit imprint speed improvements: ‘Stacked’ benchmark.

Coreform Cubit imprint speed improvements: ‘Array’ benchmark.

Improved Python interface

A single script file can now support both Python statements and Coreform Cubit commands. Additionally, the script windows in the user interface have been consolidated into one, and the console version of Coreform Cubit now supports Python. Batch processing with scripts can now be done using Python syntax, Coreform Cubit syntax, or both. The command window in Coreform Cubit can be switched between a Python or Coreform Cubit mode either by pushing a GUI button, or by issuing #!python or #!cubit statements. Using the console version of Coreform Cubit is now recommended when running scripts in non-interactive batch processes. The following image illustrates the new Command window containing both Python and Coreform Cubit syntax.

Support for Windows 11

Coreform Cubit is now tested and supported for Windows 11.

Improved DAGMC documentation

Direct Accelerated Geometry Monte Carlo (DAGMC) is a software package that allows users to perform Monte Carlo radiation transport directly on CAD models. The DAGMC community previously developed a Coreform Cubit plugin, which was integrated into Coreform Cubit in 2023.11. In connection with the release of Coreform Cubit 2024.3, Coreform has collaborated with the DAGMC developers to improve the DAGMC documentation, which is available at the following link: DAGMC documentation.

Improved machine learning geometry preparation capabilities

The reduce bolt patch command aids in the structural dynamics idealization of fasteners for simulation. It converts fasteners into circular patches and corresponding sidesets centered on the bolt axis. In the 2024.3 release of Coreform Cubit, the command was enhanced on several fronts, including hole specification, explicit surface identification, radius factor, surface patch naming, incremental ID with start ID, and robustness improvements.

Additionally, several enhancements have been added to make J2G bolt reduction more robust, including capabilities for handling through-holes in the lower bolt hole volume, allowing splines in bolt holes curve specification, and allowing multiple curves in bolt hole loops.

Finally, hole feature recognition has been improved to find more cases. More accurate identification will assist in rapidly finding holes and removing them.

A full list of additional improvements and bug fixes is available on the 2024.3 release notes page

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The US Department of Energy has announced Coreform’s receipt of a competitive SBIR grant to facilitate the design of fusion energy reactors. The funded project will allow for more efficient simulation of fusion reactor parts than is possible with existing software.

Recent breakthroughs in fusion energy production fusion have focused public attention on the potential for viable, clean, fusion energy. However, many significant fusion engineering challenges remain unsolved. The ability to evaluate designs via engineering simulation will help overcome those challenges and further the development of fusion energy.

In this project, Coreform will transition the third-party Direct Accelerated Geometry Monte Carlo (DAGMC) model-export plugin for Coreform Cubit from research code into a fully supported and documented workflow in Coreform Cubit. Additionally, they will develop workflows in Coreform Cubit to enable a comprehensive preprocessing workflow for OpenMC, supporting not only DAGMC but also CSG geometry creation, as well as utilities to troubleshoot simulation setup.

If successful, this project will radically streamline and simplify the fusion reactor development process by enabling neutronics simulation to be performed directly on CAD geometry. Fusion reactor energy promises to be safe, environmentally friendly, and sustainable to a degree unmatched by any other potential energy source.

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The US Department of Energy has announced Coreform’s receipt of a competitive SBIR grant to improve modern car manufacturing. The funded project will develop software to allow engineering simulation of auto parts manufactured with modern Giga casting techniques.

Giga-casting refers to using a large aluminum die-casts part to replace complicated sheet-metal assemblies composed of dozens of individual parts. The process of giga-casting saves automotive manufacturers significant time and money, but existing engineering simulation software is unable to handle crash simulation for cars with giga-cast parts. Coreform’s proprietary isogeometric analysis software has the potential to solve this problem and allow for crash simulation of giga-cast parts.

Potential benefits of this project include improved automotive safety, accelerated time to market for new automobiles, and improved energy efficiency through lighter-weight cars. The developed technology will also help safer products get to market faster across other industries including aerospace, nuclear energy, and defense.

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Our most recent webinar is now available for viewing.

Doctoral candidate Alexander Berne uses Coreform Cubit at the California Institute of Technology to study the geodynamics of the planetary satellite Enceladus. In this webinar, he demonstrated how he uses Coreform Cubit’s powerful scripting tools in his research and showed how Coreform Cubit can be used for geodynamics.

The recording is available here.

The journal file demonstrated in the webinar is available on our forum.

For more details about using Coreform Cubit scripting for geodynamics, watch the webinar here.

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About Coreform LLC
Coreform develops next-generation computer-aided engineering software. Among Coreform’s founders are authorities in isogeometric analysis and widely cited researchers in the computer science field. The Coreform IGA solver is based on smooth CAD spline geometry, offering greater accuracy than the faceted meshes used in legacy CAE software. Coreform is also the exclusive commercial distributor of the Cubit meshing software. Coreform was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Utah, USA.

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Our most recent webinar is now available for viewing.

In this webinar, Dr. Patrick Shriwise demonstrated how to setup and run OpenMC simulations based on CAD using the Direct Accelerated Geometry Monte Carlo (DAGMC) functionality available in Coreform Cubit 2023.11. Dr. Shriwise showed example geometries from both nuclear fission and fusion and walked through how to use Coreform Cubit with OpenMC and MCNP.

A full transcript of the webinar Q&A, including questions that were asked but not answered during the webinar, is available here.

Previously available as a plugin to Coreform Cubit, DAGMC functionality is now natively available in Coreform Cubit, with improved meshing and export capabilities. DAGMC can be used to set up CAD-based neutronics simulations in OpenMC, MCNP, and other Monte Carlo solvers.

For more details about using the native DAGMC integration with Coreform Cubit watch the webinar here.

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About Coreform LLC
Coreform develops next-generation computer-aided engineering software. Among Coreform’s founders are authorities in isogeometric analysis and widely cited researchers in the computer science field. The Coreform IGA solver is based on smooth CAD spline geometry, offering greater accuracy than the faceted meshes used in legacy CAE software. Coreform is also the exclusive commercial distributor of the Cubit meshing software. Coreform was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Utah, USA.

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The first webinar, IGA model preparation in Coreform Cubit, will be hosted at 9:00 AM (MT) November 18, 2021. Coreform Director of Product Development Greg Vernon will show how to create U-spline IGA models in Coreform Cubit and prepare them for simulation in IGA-enabled solvers such as LS-DYNA and Coreform IGA. Additionally, he will show how to use U-splines to generate smooth, geometry-compliant lattice structures for 3D printing and slicing.

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The second webinar, Coreform Lattice GC: Precise Lattice Creation for 3D Printing, will be hosted at 9:00 AM (MT) December 2, 2021. In this webinar, Coreform Director of Product Management Greg Vernon will introduce the Coreform Lattice GC module and demonstrate its unique features, including: meshing-driven lattice control, unlimited lattice types, unique smoothness, and super-fast slicing.

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The third webinar, U-splines for IGA model prep in Coreform Cubit, will be hosted at 9:00 AM (MT) December 9, 2021. In this webinar, Coreform Director of Product Management Greg Vernon will introduce U-splines, show how to generate U-spline surface and solid models using Cubit’s meshing schemes, and demonstrate how to export U-spline models for use in LS-DYNA and Coreform IGA.

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The offical release of Coreform Cubit 2023.11 can now be downloaded at Coreform.com. The complete release notes can be found on our website. A free webinar is available to demonstrate the new DAGMC integration.

Introducing DAGMC integration

Coreform is pleased to announce Coreform Cubit 2023.11, which features many new capabilities and improvements improving support for nuclear energy applications. Enhancements include an exporter to the DAGMC radiation transport code, improvements to the ABAQUS export to support the MCNP radiation transport code, as well as an MCNP importer that reconstructs MCNP models within Coreform Cubit. A new coarse trimesher setting was added to support producing meshes for radiation transport codes used within the nuclear energy industry.

Previously available as a plugin to Coreform Cubit, DAGMC functionality is now natively available in Coreform Cubit, with improved meshing and export capabilities. DAGMC can be used to set up CAD-based neutronics simulations in OpenMC, MCNP, and other Monte Carlo solvers.

Free webinar

Coreform is sponsoring a free webinar in which Dr. Patrick Shriwise will demonstrate how to set up and run OpenMC simulations based on CAD using the Direct Accelerated Geometry Monte Carlo (DAGMC) functionality now available in Coreform Cubit 2023.11. Dr. Shriwise will show example geometries from both nuclear fission and fusion.

Dr. Shriwise is a computational scientist at Argonne National Laboratory. He develops and performs research with OpenMC, an open-source continuous energy Monte Carlo particle transport code and DAGMC, an open-source toolkit for performing particle transport on CAD-based tessellation geometry.

Register for the webinar here.

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MountainWest Capital Network (MWCN) announced its 2023 winners at an event on October 12th, and Orem-based Coreform was, for the third year in a row, the highest-ranking computer-aided engineering (CAE) software company in Utah. The Utah 100 Companies are ranked according to a weighted average calculation of percentage and dollar growth between 2018 and 2022.

“We are proud to be recognized for our hard work in developing next-generation engineering simulation software,” said Michael Scott, CEO of Coreform. “Our team has embraced the challenges of developing disruptive technology and is ready to grow even more in the coming years .”

Earlier this year, Coreform was also recognized as one of the top fastest-growing companies in the United States by Inc. 5000. Coreform ranked #4043 overall nationwide, and was the top CAE company.

Coreform software accelerates product development by enabling engineers to predict real-world behavior with higher accuracy, faster solution time, and faster model preparation than traditional finite element analysis. “None of this happens in a vacuum,” adds Matthew Sederberg, Chief Strategy Office at Coreform. “We appreciate the efforts of the state of Utah and the MWCN to foster a great environment for business growth.”

“We congratulate all of this year’s Utah 100 companies for building outstanding businesses and making strong contributions to Utah’s economy,” said Jason Roberts, Chairman of the MWCN Utah 100 committee. “These companies further advance Utah’s standing as an excellent place to do business.”

MWCN is Utah’s first and largest business networking organization devoted to supporting entrepreneurial success and dedicated to the flow of financial, entrepreneurial and intellectual capital. Learn more at www.mwcn.org.

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