{"id":44168,"date":"2021-03-22T13:54:22","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T13:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simscale.com\/?page_id=44168"},"modified":"2023-07-24T12:31:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T12:31:22","slug":"thornton-tomasetti-api","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.simscale.com\/customers\/thornton-tomasetti-api\/","title":{"rendered":"Thornton Tomasetti\u2019s\u00a0Digital Wind Tunnel app based on the SimScale API \u2014 enabling architects with simulation in the cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thornton Tomasetti\u2019s<\/strong> Digital Wind Tunnel app based on the SimScale API \u2014 enabling architects with simulation in the cloud.<\/h1> <\/div> <\/div>
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Thornton Tomasetti applies scientific and engineering principles to solve the world\u2019s challenges \u2014 starting with their customers. Whether they are focusing on the design, construction, and performance of buildings or expanding into new disciplines, Thornton Tomasetti never limits themselves, applying their expertise to all types of projects across a range of industries. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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Breaking The Mold of the Traditional Simulation Workflow <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Many AEC companies are following a traditional model where architects and designers request simulation studies from analysts and simulation experts, which can mean an inefficient process with communication overhead, long iteration cycles, and bottlenecks on both simulation experts and on-premise software licenses and hardware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thornton Tomasetti<\/a> started innovating years ago within their CORE Studio R&D Department by developing in-house tooling suited for smooth and easy workflows for architects and designers. While this was a big step forward, there was still potential in making CFD easier to set up and more robust, and with managing compute resources and data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thornton Tomasetti was an early adopter<\/a> of the Pacefish\u00ae LBM solver that powers the novel pedestrian wind comfort (PWC) offering in SimScale’s workbench available through standard web browsers. The PWC tool allows for quick evaluation of a building or masterplan\u2019s wind comfort and safety aspects, enabling transient CFD analyses an order of magnitude faster than traditional on-premises CFD software. This gave Thornton Tomasetti the capability to iterate their designs quicker and at earlier stages of the design process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While the PWC feature within the SimScale workbench addresses robustness and computational resource concerns, it still did not fully bridge the gap to the existing in-house workflows and tooling like CAD software used by architects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Learn more about our API integration capabilities, and how SimScale can automate and customize your workflow with scalable simulation.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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How They Solved It With SimScale<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Wind Analysis Through API Integration <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

SimScale offers robust simulation capabilities for wind studies in the cloud, with all the benefits in cost efficiency, scalability, and zero maintenance. Thornton Tomasetti was already a customer and using the SimScale PWC feature via SimScale\u2019s standard web browser interface, the workbench.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One requirement the workbench did not satisfy was a seamless integration into existing tooling and workflows. To that end, SimScale developed its API<\/a>: a programming interface that allows external software to leverage SimScale\u2019s software stack for geometry handling, meshing, simulation, and result processing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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