Yup, the deal is done, though the integration of the two businesses is just getting underway. ANSYS acquired SpaceClaim yesterday (April 30).

SpaceClaim co-founder Danny Dean told customers in a blog post that SpaceClaim “with ANSYS’s resources behind us, will be better positioned to deliver industry changing products faster than we have been before”. ANSYS says it is committed to moving SpaceClaim forward, to “develop, support and innovate for SpaceClaim Engineer and its modules”. This sounds like an appreciation of a technology that has died - far from it. No matter how you see sequence and intent, SpaceClaim changed the conversation in CAD.

Coincidence or competitive pressure? You decide. Starting from scratch, SpaceClaim was also able to create a clean, lean UI to streamline the user experience, something all the other CAD vendors have also done. This message, directly or indirectly (hah!), led PTC to Creo Direct, NX to Synchronous Technology, DS to LiveShape and Autodesk to Fusion. What’s really got you buzzing is the second press release out of ANSYS this morning:įor those who follow simulation but not CAD, SpaceClaim has ruffled a lot of feathers since 2007 by saying that CAD software should be easy to use and history-free. Yes, yes, yes, ANSYS announced Q1 results today and we’ll get to that.

Spaceclaim to solidworks