Generative Design Software

Generative design is a broad and holistic design methodology. It includes all goal-driven and computational approaches to engineering that use software to generate and evaluate geometry based on a set of logical operations and user-defined rules. In other words, generative design augments your capabilities as an engineer and designer with digital tools that enable you to converge quickly to the best possible solution.

We intentionally make very few assumptions about your processes. Instead, we strive to give you the right tools that deliver the necessary precision and control at the right level of abstraction. This approach is quite different from the prevalent “black box” paradigm. Using nTopology, you can capture custom logic and unique design requirements in functional and fully customizable blocks. When and where each block gets used is entirely left to you. This way nTopology adapts to your engineering workflows — not the other way around.

nTopology offers a complete range of computational tools that enable you to rapidly generate and evaluate geometry based on user-defined design requirements and constraints. These include unbreakable modeling and latticing operations, state-of-the-art topology optimization, reusable design workflows, field-driven design capabilities, and mechanical and thermal FEA simulations. We also give you the option to create your own generative algorithms or integrate nTopology with external design and analysis software to further refine, automate, and optimize your outputs and processes.

A unique and powerful aspect of nTopology is the ability to configure user-defined workflows that are tailored to your specific design requirements and constraints. Users of nTopology have set up optimization processes to generate designs that take into account multiple design goals, including weight, acceptable stresses, operating temperature, resonant frequencies, material nonlinearities, buckling, manufacturing constraints, cost, and many other functional, aesthetic, or regulatory requirements.

Yes. nTopology integrates with all major CAD, PLM, and CAE software. You can import and export data in a variety of open engineering formats, including Parasolid, STEP, STL, 3MF, FE meshes, and 3D scanning data. Also, nTopology can connect via a command-line API to authoring tools, enterprise systems, and in-house software allowing you to leverage nTopology’s capabilities within your existing engineering software stack.

Little to none. The outputs of nTopology’s generative functions are smooth geometries that are immediately usable in downstream design, analysis, and manufacturing operations without the need for any manual post-processing. nTopology also allows you to incorporate a much broader set of design constraints compared to other generative software, maximizing the chances that the generated parts are as close to production-ready as possible.

Yes. nTopology offers you the unique capability to import experimental, material, or other engineering data and use them to drive geometry generation. This capability is enabled by nTopology’s unique Field-Driven Design technology.