Frustum

The American company Frustum develops the software (cloud and installed on computers) for generative (bionic) design — a method of design of different objects at which the person delegates a part of processes to computer technologies and platforms.

Unlike traditional tools of design and design, the generative systems poluavtonomno create and initially select versions of solutions that changes the nature of interaction of the person with a system: the program is perceived not as means, and as the full-fledged participant of creative process — some kind of partner.

History

2018: PTC purchased Frustum for $70 million

On November 20, 2018 PTC announced acquisition of Frustum for $70 million. Thanks to this transaction the technologies of generative design using artificial intelligence which are developed by Frustum will become reformative addition in PTC Creo portfolio, the press release says.

Expands with this purchase of PTC borders of innovations — the president and the CEO of PTC Jim Heppelmann says. — Creo is a basis of general strategy of PTC, and ability to integrate from Ansys and later from Frustum will lift Creo to the leading positions in the world of design and modeling. Due to the development of new disruptive technologies, such as the complemented and virtual realities, high-performance computing, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence and additive manufacturing, market of a CAD endures the Renaissance period, and PTC aims at leadership.

PTC purchased software developer for generative design

Thanks to Frustum and Ansys technologies the Creo system will recommend design methods using generative design, to direct the user to process of iterative design through Ansys Discovery Live and finally to check design of all product in scale, using a full range of Ansys Discovery. All this, according to in PTC, will allow engineers to develop quickly innovations in products.^[1]

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