Altair has acquired OmniV
More expertise for digital engineering
Altair, a computational science and artificial intelligence (AI) company, has acquired OmniV, a technology from Michigan, USA-based software company XLDyn.
OmniV enables open, model-based system engineering (MBSE) in the areas of system, simulation, test, product development and control engineering by formalizing the development, integration and use of models and thus supporting decision-making in the company and in development projects.
Product developments are brought together
OmniV breaks down the silos that arise in system-level modeling and simulation as well as domain-specific modeling and simulation. OmniV is vendor agnostic and can access multiple enterprise data structures and verification and validation methodologies - including those from third parties - to support development goals. OmniV brings together cross-domain product development activities by leveraging the MBSE methodology in a fully integrated and user-friendly tool.
Development processes become simpler
By supporting the Systems Modeling Language (SysML) - a universal modeling language for systems engineering applications across a wide range of systems and systems-of-systems - OmniV's SysML-compliant diagrams, which capture the system architecture including requirements management, structures and system behavior, can be easily shared and reviewed between product development teams. In this way, various types of digital twins can be realized more easily and earlier in the product development process, even before CAD models are created.
No need to wait for the physical prototype
"In the past, companies always had to wait for a physical prototype before they could see how a product worked. OmniV provides a holistic understanding of product requirements and features much earlier in the process," said James R. Scapa, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Altair. "Our goal is to connect the dots across the organization through open, flexible and focused MBSE and Digital Twin integration. Regardless of the tools used, OmniV enables customers to have a real-world MBSE strategy with an open architecture that provides a transparent overall system for tracking product performance, cost and measurement."
The technology will be available through Altair Units. It is integrated into Altair's Digital Twin Solution Set and will be available via Altair One, Altair's Cloud Innovation Gateway.











