TROY – Altair plans to acquire Visual Solutions, makers of VisSim, an innovative visual language for mathematical modeling, simulation, and model-based embedded system development used by scientists and engineers around the world. The transaction is expected to close by the end of July. Terms were not announced.
“Product innovation is increasingly driven by embedded systems, prompting higher demand for powerful development and testing tools,” said Michael Hoffmann, Senior Vice President, Math and Systems at Altair. “Visual Solutions has been at the forefront of this domain for over twenty years. Altair is in the business of helping customers drive innovation by the use of computer-aided engineering in the product development process. A move to expand our portfolio in the direction of embedded systems is a logical extension of the company’s commitment to simulation-driven design.”
VisSim is known for its ease of use, attractive user interface, efficient simulation engine, high-quality C-code generation and responsive customer service team. VisSim’s simple block diagram notation combined with OMG 2.0 compliant UML State Charts make it easy to create high-fidelity nonlinear dynamic simulations. VisSim supports continuous, discrete and multi-rate systems. VisSim simulations with built-in optimization methods let you experiment without risk to tune controllers, optimize parameters and perform what-if scenarios for critical large-scale projects. VisSim has an extensive library of hydraulic, electro mechanical, digital power and communication blocks to speed simulation creation.
