The Intelligence Layer for Thermo-Fluid Engineering
Deterministic generative design for heat and flow. Set the objectives. Generate from physics. Export CAD.
Topology optimization for flow and heat
Topology optimization decides where material goes inside the design space, cell by cell. ToffeeX applies it to thermo-fluid problems, so channels, fins and branches form where the flow and the heat need them. It is multi-objective: temperature, pressure drop and weight are traded in the same run.
Physics-driven topology optimization
Starts from an empty design space and the governing equations, and finds new topologies, checked against the physics at every step.
Other approaches, and where they stop
Parametric optimization
Tunes a few dimensions of a shape an engineer already drew. The topology stays the one you started with.
Data-driven generative design
Learns from past designs and proposes variations. Results stay close to the data it was trained on.
From design space to CAD
Define the problem, let physics generate the design, export CAD.
Driven by physics, designed to be made.
- 01 / Deterministic
Repeatable design.
The design comes from the governing equations, not from past designs. Change the objectives or the constraints to discover different optima, each one repeatable.
- 02 / Manufacturable
Designed with manufacturing in mind.
Feature size, channel clearance and overhang angle are enforced while the design grows, per process. Less rework before production.
- 03 / Fast
Minutes to hours.
The engine optimizes while it simulates, so each run ends in a finished design. Run tens of variants in parallel, one per set of parameters, and compare them.
- Additive manufacturing
- Machining
- Stamping
- Chemical etching
- and more
Easy changes, big results
With ToffeeX
Engineers draw the shape, the solver checks it
Engineers set the targets, the solver draws the shape
Two or three design candidates, tuned by hand
Many design candidates and the trade-offs between them
A redesign cycle to make the design buildable
Standard CAD out, ready for your own CFD sign-off
Fits between your CAD and your CFD
Keep the tools you trust. ToffeeX takes the design space from your CAD and gives your CFD a design to sign off.
- Before
Your CAD
Draw the design space in the CAD tool you already use, then upload it.
- Generate
ToffeeX
Generates the geometry from the physics and your manufacturing constraints.
- After
Your CFD
Export standard CAD, validate it in your own CFD, then send it to CAM or the printer.
Ansys Discovery. A ToffeeX plug-in for Ansys Discovery, so you can use ToffeeX from inside it.
30+ peer-reviewed publications. Eleven are on our research page, with Rolls-Royce, Boeing, Toyota, Baker Hughes and Imperial College London among the partners.
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