Modern cars, planes and other high manufacturing objects require a complex, highly collaborative design process from engineers all over the world. Current CAD tools have struggled to adapt to this because of the traditional point & click interface, a large, complex CAD Kernel and reliance on powerful workstations.

Working with Kioko, a groundbreaking Franco-British startup, QuasiScience has revolutionised this process by developing an integrated CAD and testing system for engineers. The new platform, alleviates many of the current limitations of CAD to answer the needs of today’s engineers. The platform is the equivalent of Github and Visual Studio for 3D designs, enabling not only object visualisation, but also comprehensive testing.

This moves CAD into the 21st century

— London Tech Week, 2024

Evolving Industry Needs

All engineers are familiar with the traditional design cycle: defining user requirements, developing ideas, planning and creating a solution, and rigorous testing. But this step-by-step description is no longer effective. The highly collaborative, international, and complex process of modern design requires rapid, iterative feedback, and increasingly uses digital simulation rather than physical testing.

Our client, Kioko, was developing a next generation CAD platform, and wanted it to reflect these changes. They decided to enhance their tool by enabling users to evaluate the performance of components at the same time as designing them, using the latest CFD mathematics.

Pushing the Boundaries

QuasiScience developed a high-performance prototype, featuring:

• High-speed infrastructure: Built entirely in Rust, providing fast, memory-safe execution for simulation pipelines.
• Smooth integration: Connecting design points exported from the CAD tool directly to CFD software to evaluate component performance.
• Immediate feedback: using machine learning models to accelerate feedback, trading minimal accuracy when total precision was not required.

Next Steps

Kioko and QuasiScience are continuing their partnership to continue developing and refining this innovative platform to meet the needs of engineers across industries. The goal is to make it the go-to tool for engineers, enabling them to design and test in a single, seamless environment. This will not only speed up the design process but also lead to better, more innovative products in the market.