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Ansys Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.) has announced that simulation product  features new AI-powered capabilities across the portfolio that accelerate simulation and expand accessibility. R2 also delivers enhanced solvers, streamlined workflows and improved engineering agility with expanded Python compatibility and on-demand cloud computing.

Ansys technology enables teams to scale models, explore more innovative design possibilities and make intelligent product decisions earlier. It bridges the “theoretical” with the “experimental,” with 2025 R2 pushing the envelope through AI-driven tools and feature enhancements that deliver smarter, faster and more complex simulations. 

Physics-based AI

Ansys 2025 R2 introduces Ansys Engineering Copilot — a secure, robust and reliable virtual assistant. It delivers AI-driven assistance directly within Ansys products with a consistent, seamless user experience and instant access to a vast knowledge base. This includes AnsysGPT — which integrates Microsoft Azure AI Foundry, including Azure OpenAI in Foundry Models — all Ansys websites, thousands of articles, more than 800 innovation courses, a global user forum and enables the creation and tracking of support cases.

The simulation update also adds AI capabilities across the Ansys portfolio to automatically create, validate and optimize high-fidelity simulation, speeding model creation, reducing manual effort and mitigating human error:

• Ansys Engineering Copilot is available in Ansys Mechanical, Ansys Discovery, Ansys Fluent, Ansys HFSS, Ansys Electronics Desktop (AEDT), Ansys Scade One, Ansys Speos, Ansys Maxwell, Ansys optiSLang and Ansys Lumerical products.
• It offers 17 times faster results for radiation pattern calculations and more precise phased array antenna beam steering simulations with HFSS, critical to applications like 5G/6G, radar sensors and satellite communications
• Seven Ansys products feature built-in AI functionality called AI+ that make simulations easy fast and more accessible, including the new Ansys Missions AI+ ODTK tool for orbital accuracy.
• Integrating optiSLang and the Ansys SimAI platform accelerates dataset creation and AI training.

According to the company, combining these capabilities with improved data handling and automation enables organizations to unlock new efficiencies and create streamlined, scalable workflows.

Improved data handling, automation

The latest release also advances digital engineering by simplifying data handling and management tasks. Robust data management strategies enable companies to unlock the full utility of their data throughout the product life cycle, train AI models and generate synthetic data with confidence. In addition, enhancements in model-based systems engineering (MBSE) enable teams to collaborate from a single source of truth, ensuring digital continuity and cross-team collaboration.

Expanded Python compatibility adds another layer of flexibility, allowing engineers to create customized automation that accelerates workflows, boosts data management and ensures project repeatability:

• More than 40 Python libraries within the  collection, now featuring PySTK and PyChemkin, which offers a Python interface to Ansys solutions to automate workflows and drives higher productivity and efficiency across applications.
• Reduce cybersecurity risks by automating threat analysis and vulnerability management in the web-based, fully cooperative solution Ansys medini Cybersecurity SE.
• Directly connect software, safety and simulation in one solution with the SysML v2 web-based platform Ansys System Architecture Modeler (SAM)™ Enterprise, delivering a comprehensive MBSE methodology​.

Replicating reality via advanced computation

Solving complex design challenges requires advanced physics models and simulations that replicate real-world conditions. To help customers drive innovation, Ansys continues to enhance its core technology:

• Faster performance on large transient models with the new mixed solver in Ansys Mechanical, now supporting efficient analysis of thermal changes over time.
• Eliminate manual setup and improve the speed, rendering and usability of meshing complex, stacked electronics systems with the new mesh flow in Mechanical.
• Ansys Rocky and Ansys FreeFlow provide advanced multiphysics capabilities, including thermal, fluid-structure and electromagnetic coupling for detailed simulations and performance optimization.
• Ansys PowerX debugging tool significantly reduces design time in semiconductor power devices by quickly identifying parasitic issues, streamlining setup tasks and enabling efficient 2D meshing.

This acceleration is further amplified by the flexibility of cloud-based simulation. By leveraging on-demand technologies, Ansys says, businesses can drive digital transformation with ease.

Drive digital change with cloud-based simulation

Additional highlights include maximizing computations with cloud technology, high-performance computing (HPC) and GPU-optimized infrastructure. These capabilities enable customers to explore more design possibilities in less time through faster, more scalable simulations. With expanded web-based and on-demand capabilities, engineers can seamlessly access tools, streamline workflows and push the boundaries of product development beyond the desktop.

• Ansys Icepak electronics cooling software gets a boost with GPU acceleration, delivering faster iterations, more simulations and deeper insights into challenging electrothermal applications.
• Improved meshing capabilities in Ansys Discovery enhance simulation reliability and quality, accelerating time-to-solution and enabling faster, more confident setup with new GPU capabilities
• The Ansys Cloud Burst Compute on-demand HPC capability is now available within six Ansys products, including Ansys Speos and Ansys Lumerical FDTD, eliminating the need for setup, IT support or HPC expertise.

Learn more about Ansys 2025 R2 .