Roadmap
What exists now, and what is still platform work.
SHD Sim is one application with nine priced modules. This page shows the module catalogue with the solver behind each one named, then the platform work still ahead.
The module catalogue is available now.
Available
9Priced as modules, with the backend for each module named.
- FluidsAvailableGeometry import, meshing, physics setup, solving and reporting for computational fluid dynamics — including conjugate heat transfer and aeroacoustic sources.OpenFOAM · OCCT · snappyHexMesh
- SHD Sim FEAAvailableSeventeen analysis types on one solver — code_aster, the research code EDF assesses nuclear plant with, built natively for Windows.code_aster
- SHD Sim ThermalAvailableThermal does not get a solver of its own. It belongs to whichever solver is already in the case — which is a design decision, not a limitation.code_aster / Elmer · OpenFOAM · Elmer
- SHD Sim EMAvailableOne Elmer integration covers electromagnetics, thermal, elasticity and acoustics — with coupled-field solution built in rather than bolted on.Elmer · openEMS / Palace
- SHD Sim StudiesAvailableNo new solver, no new mesh path, no new results reader. The whole family is a loop over the existing case model, which is why it is the cheapest capability on the roadmap and the one that changes how the product is used.Native · NLopt / pagmo · Dakota
- SHD Sim AcousticsAvailableStructure-borne and air-borne noise on the same mesh path as everything else — and the aeroacoustic half already exists inside the CFD module.Elmer · code_aster · OpenFOAM
- SHD Sim MultiphysicsAvailableA coupled case is its own case type, not a checkbox on an existing one. The cheap half answers most of the question and needs no coupling library at all.MEDCoupling · preCICE · OpenFOAM + code_aster
- SHD Sim ShapeAvailableJustified by one thing only — the adjoint. Shape sensitivities across many design variables at roughly the cost of a single run, which a parameter sweep cannot match.SU2 · OpenFOAM
- SHD Sim ExplicitAvailableThe right tool for events no implicit solver can touch — milliseconds, large deformation, contact everywhere, and no equilibrium to iterate towards.OpenRadioss
Beyond the modules
Code signing. Installers are checksummed but not yet Authenticode-signed, so Windows warns on download. In progress, and tracked openly on the security page.
SSO and SAML. Signing in with the company account you already have — Entra ID, Okta, Google Workspace — instead of a separate password here, so access is revoked centrally when somebody leaves and your own MFA policy applies. Not built. Enterprise administrators assign and remove seats from the organisation dashboard in the meantime, which covers the same ground by hand. First on the list when an Enterprise customer names it as a requirement.
Platforms. Windows today; Linux and macOS builds are coming. The solver stack already runs on all three, so what is left is packaging, signing and a release channel per platform rather than a port. No date — but which one lands first is decided by who asks.
Validation. The published benchmark set grows with each release — see the validation cases.
Start with what ships
Every module is free to try — fluids to 250,000 cells, mesh-based modules to 100,000 nodes, plus the workflow caps shown on the pricing page. The geometry, meshing and reporting are the same ones used by paid seats.