Who we are
Open CASCADE is an Information Technology Company, providing services in the domain of scientific and technical computing, particularly in the integration of simulation tools.
For its customers, Open CASCADE develops specific solutions integrating their know-how with its own Open Source tools or proprietary IT tools.
The company relies on an international team of highly skilled engineers with proven competence in many areas: 3D modeling, data exchange, numerical simulation, visualization and graphic user interface, cross-platform environment, etc.
These skills allow Open CASCADE to be a major player in the field of simulation integration.
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Cargo ship stress calculation in LH3D
Courtesy of RINA
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What we offer
For its customers, Open CASCADE provides:
- custom development based on its own technologies or on other platforms
- support services, including training and consulting
Open CASCADE develops and supports two Open Source technological platforms:
- Open Cascade Technology, a set of 3D modeling components
- SALOMÉ, an integration platform.
Open Cascade Technology provides advanced and robust 3D modeling components and libraries that have been developed, tested and used for more that 10 years.
SALOMÉ development has engaged more than 20 partners - industrial and research companies, accumulating and sharing their experience and know-how.
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Creator of the "Industrial Open Source" concept
The rapid growth of traditional Open Source models, such as Linux or Apache, has shown the advantage of sources availability: the ability to freely use, modify or adapt them, while being able to check their quality, reliability and safety.
As a major contributor to Open Source software, Open CASCADE has adopted this model to make it in an economic industrial reality.
With a standard business approach, Open CASCADE identifies its customers' projects which can profit from its Open Source libraries and platforms. When choosing a solution based on these technologies, Open CASCADE customers have a technological advantage by using hightly reliable software, but also a financial advantage, paying only customization and specific development, keeping the full freedom to distribute their software without licences and runtime fees, on as many stations as they need, even with the possibility to sell it!
Moreover, Open CASCADE helps to create new communities inside or between companies having similar problems to solve. In the framework of industrial agreements and contracts, Open CASCADE organizes and integrates its customers common needs developments through dedicated platforms based on its Open Source software.
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Our Strategy
Numerical simulation is now clearly identified by the industry as one of the corner stones of design cycles improvement. Hence, the most important line of Open CASCADE activity is development and integration of numerical simulation tools.
Open CASCADE is ready to provide such multi-physical, multi-scale, coupled and integrated simulation tools that will ensure cooperative interaction of CAD, mesh, data persistence, calculations, visualization and "in house" tools of our customers.
Open CASCADE has the ambition to become the leader of Simulation Integration, providing industry and research with advanced and user friendly integrated tools.
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Our customers
Since its creation, Open CASCADE S.A.S. has provided successful solutions to its numerous customers worldwide.
Among them, we are especially proud to mention:
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Our Share Holders
Inside Areva Group, Open CASCADE is a subsidiary of PRINCIPIA RD which is a company specialized in Modeling, Simulation and Expertise for offshore gas and oil, ship building, space and nuclear industries.
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