Expedite engineering efficiency with advanced design optimization
modeFRONTIER is the vendor agnostic software solution for engineering simulation process automation and design optimization.
Master engineering complexity and speed up product development
Process automation and design optimization software’s usability is key, especially for users with tight deadlines. modeFRONTIER makes it easy for both experts and newcomers to perform design space exploration using AI-enabled methods that accelerate product development and streamline every step of your engineering design process.
modeFRONTIER benefits
modeFRONTIER delivers everything you need for parametric design optimization. It creates design configurations that are evaluated by integrating third-party CAD/CAE or in-house engineering solvers and automates the input/output integration between different software within a unified simulation workflow.
modeFRONTIER advanced data analysis and visualization tools empower you to gain deeper insight into design alternatives and make informed decisions.
Why choose modeFRONTIER?
modeFRONTIER is built from the ground up and maintained to solve any computational heavy multidisciplinary and multiobjective optimization problems.
modeFRONTIER adapts to various engineering disciplines, regardless of the industry you work in, meeting diverse needs.
Its intuitive interface enables fast setup of simulation workflows, making it easy to perform design exploration and AI-data driven modeling and optimization strategies.
modeFRONTIER helps to identify innovative design solutions that could be missed out with traditional engineering methods thanks to an all-inclusive set of DOE and optimization algorithms.
Harness powerful visualization and advanced data analytics to perform statistical assessment of complex datasets.
Work side-by-side with ESTECO engineers to apply the most appropriate design exploration and optimization strategy for your design challenge.
Is modeFRONTIER right for your business?
Engineers across industries use modeFRONTIER to enhance product design performance. They integrate domain-specific CAD/CAE models, automate simulation workflows, define design space boundaries, and conduct optimization studies — all in one tool.
modeFRONTIER is ideal if you need a smart, adaptive solution that combines process automation with an optimization-driven design approach.
Core features
- Single design point evaluation
- Model analysis and calibration: DOE algorithms and curve fitting
- Data modeling: RSM algorithms
- AI-data driven modeling: Reduced Order Models (ROM) + ML algorithms
- Numerical modeling and MDO: multi-objective optimization algorithms
- Uncertainty Quantification (UQ): robust and reliability-based algorithms
How modeFRONTIER benefits you
modeFRONTIER makes automating simulation workflows simple and reusable. With pre-configured scenarios, you can easily set up multiple design optimization strategies.
By connecting modeFRONTIER to the ESTECO VOLTA digital engineering platform for SPDM and MDO, you can further democratize the use of automated simulations and design optimization across your organization.
Set up the entire design simulation process into an automated workflow integrating CAD design with CAE simulation-driven product development.
Take a deep-dive into modeFRONTIER's open ecosystem for simulation process automation and design optimization. A pioneer in this field for over 20 years, modeFRONTIER provides egineers with a modern, intuitive optimization-driven design approach to help them elimnate endless simulation iterations and unleash product innovation.
Industry applications
modeFRONTEIR is used across a variety of engineering and industrial sectors to optimize design processes and drive innovation.
Enhance safety with Design Optimization
Honda’s Automobile R&D Center used modeFRONTIER to optimize vehicle design, reducing pedestrian head injuries in collisions with an aluminum hood configuration. This work supports their commitment to environmental conservation, safety, and quality.
Customer stories
"modeFRONTIER helped achieve five-star Euro NCAP for head protection. The overall optimization process allowed us to reduce 6% of the crash deformation compared to the conventional aluminum hood and satisfies Head Injury Criterion target values"
"modeFRONTIER has proven to be an effective tool for the design team, identifying feasible solutions and achieving a 2.5% enhancement of aerodynamic performance and a 4% wing weight reduction."
"We took advantage of modeFRONTIER software solution to automatically execute a huge number of simulations and evaluate thousands suspension system designs within a few weeks. The optimization process led us to achieve up to 10% reduction in cab vibration compared to the baseline."
"Bombardier reduces aerodynamic drag by 20% and saves about 10% of energy consumption with modeFRONTIER."
"modeFRONTIER has been widely used in the engine modeling phase, in combination with GT-SUITE. There is great potential for further accuracy improvement by using optimization results as continuous feedback between design and testing phase."
"modeFRONTIER is one of the essential work tools of our Team, because it supports us in optimizing the hydrodynamic profiles that will form the basis for a wider 3D analysis in the wing and rudder design of the AC75."
