Mark, in your speech 'Simulation at the Speed of Thought,' you talk about Ansys Discovery and the Ansys Live Solver. Can you give us a quick outline of what the value of this technology for engineers is?
When technology becomes much more accessible than it was before, much faster and much cheaper, we typically see a big change. Previously, simulation used to be the domain of an expert. I believe that the expert is going to be there forever, but now we have a solver that's easy to use for anyone.
Now you get answers in minutes, if not seconds, the Live Solver is very fast and interactive. And it's something that's come down in a price range where everyone who can afford to buy a laptop today, has access to the technology. So, similar to when we got spreadsheets on the computer, all of us could play with numbers in an interactive way. I think we're in the middle of seeing something similar for engineering.
In the last releases you made some enhancements in terms of collaboration for engineers working together. Can you tell us something about this?
Ansys Discovery is not all just about physics features. It’s definitely also about workflows. Cloud technology in general and the pandemic have taught us to change how we work and collaborate in different ways. We collaborate with people in multiple time zones across the world, so we want the engineering tools to be the same.
There's no doubt that engineering is a team sport. We're trying to make the engineering tools as collaborative as your spreadsheet or your virtual meeting tool, exactly oriented on the collaboration within the companies. You might be in Germany, I might be in the US, and when you get up, you can take a look at my comment and answer me. Enhancing collaboration across the globe is very important.
