Sun and MSC Software

MSC Software is a pioneer and a leader in enterprise simulation solutions that improve time-to-market, ensure right-to-market, and deliver enterprise value. The company's solutions allow manufactures to accurately predict how their designs will behave in their intended environments, without having to build and test multiple physical prototypes. MSC Software has deep roots in the aerospace, automotive, and heavy machine industries, where leading companies rely on MSC Software to build their products.

In addition to application specific tools, MSC Software also offers integrated enterprise solutions (SimXpert, SimDesigner, and SimManager) to enable the extended enterprise to leverage the advantages of enterprise-level simulation.

Alliance Overview

MSC Software and Sun Microsystems have worked together for two decades to optimize MSC's major applications, including a special focus on its flagship product, Nastran on Sun systems. MD Nastran's Distributed Memory solutions, combined with Sun Grid Engine on a Solaris x86/64 cluster provides increased throughput with flexible job and compute resource management. This provides the ability to fine tune the grid resource to the most critical projects in real time. This synergy between Sun and MSC enables MSC clients to have a competitive edge through the powerful combination of Sun's servers and MSC's enterprise solutions (specifically optimized for peak performance on Sun systems).

Solutions At a Glance

MD Nastran — Delivering a comprehensive set of simulation and analysis technologies available anywhere, MD Nastran offers true multidiscipline simulation in one, fully-integrated system.
SimManager — SimManager is a world-class system that is designed to allow global businesses to greatly speed product design and development while providing the functionality that allows organizations to efficiently create, manage, and re-use simulation data and processes. Leveraging MSC's foundation of deep simulation domain expertise, SimManager provides scalable and secure access and controlled enterprise visibility to simulation methods and data including templates, models, results, audit trails and comparative analysis reports.
Marc — A nonlinear finite element analysis (FEA) program, Marc enables you to assess the structural integrity and performance of parts undergoing large permanent deformations as a result of thermal or structural load.
Dytran — Dytran is an explicit finite element analysis (FEA) solution for analyzing complex nonlinear behavior involving permanent deformation of material properties or the interaction of fluids and structures. Dytran enables you to study the structural integrity of designs to help ensure that final products stand a better chance of meeting customer safety, reliability, and regulatory requirements.