For engineering teams
A 30–45 day design-partner pilot with model setup, two iterations, a task guide for your team and a technical report.
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FEA simulation, right in the browser
Import CAD geometry in STEP, IGES or Parasolid — no heavy workstation software, no waiting on floating licenses.
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Use the web version in your browser. After registration, access the Windows and macOS desktop builds from your personal account.
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Test WebCAE on real CAD models, share feedback, and help shape the solver roadmap.
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Start with the workflow you actually need
Use WebCAE in a course or evaluate it on one real, non-critical engineering model.
For universities and colleges
A free 6–8 week founding pilot with teaching models, course-specific assignments and instructor support.
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WebCAE covers the full loop — from CAD import to a shareable report — inside a single browser tab.
Any CAD format
STEP, IGES, Parasolid and native exports from SolidWorks, Fusion 360 and Inventor.
Adaptive meshing
Automatic tetrahedral mesh with local refinement at fillets, holes and thin walls.
Linear & modal analysis
Static structural, modal frequency and thermal-stress studies out of the box.
Runs on your device
Simulations run right in your browser, on your own hardware — nothing to install, nothing to license.
How it works
From geometry to result in four steps
The same pipeline you just saw above — laid out plainly.
- 01
Import geometry
Drag in a CAD file — WebCAE reads dimensions and topology automatically.
- 02
Generate mesh
An adaptive finite-element mesh is built in the browser, no plugins required.
- 03
Set loads
Click on faces or edges to apply forces, pressures and fixed constraints.
- 04
Get results
Read stress, deformation and safety factor, then export a PDF report.
Available today
What WebCAE can do right now
The list below is shipped functionality, not promises — everything here can be tried today.
Linear analysis
Linear structural problems, solved end-to-end.
1st and 2nd order tetrahedra
1st and 2nd order hexahedra
Mesh refinement with spheres and cylinders of influence
Local element-order elevation
Increase the element order only in selected regions of a model.
Mixed hex–tet meshes
Combine hexahedral and tetrahedral regions on one body.
Semi-automatic result-driven refinement
Adaptive mesh refinement at stress hot spots found by the previous run.
Contacts
Nonlinear contact without friction
Remote forces and moments, RBE2
Web build and desktop build
Available in the browser and as a native desktop build for Windows and macOS.
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Roadmap
What we're building next
Built in the open — this is what's in progress right now and what comes next.
August 2026
In progressCAD improvements: sketches, extruding entities and sketches
Stress-testing solvers and preconditioners across problem types — assemblies with contacts and ties, up to 1M second-order tetrahedra; solver optimization and speed-ups
MCP improvements and a guide library (CAD, CAE) for Claude Code and Codex
WebCAE 101 — a training course, to be published on this site
September 2026
Beams and shells, linear analyses
Multi-layer laminates
Hex development and testing
possiblyTopology optimization development and testing
possibly
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News
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Product updates, roadmap plans and worked examples — as they happen.
NewsAugust 20, 2026
Nonlinear solve by increments: automatic step size and a Newton convergence chart
A nonlinear problem is not solved once. The load is applied in increments, the step size adapts to how hard each one turns out to be, and a new chart shows how many Newton iterations each increment cost — and where the solver had to back off and retry.
NewsAugust 19, 2026
Frictionless contact: surfaces that open, close and report their status
Contact pairs are rebuilt on the deformed shape at every load step, the results are kept step by step, and the viewport shows what each zone is doing — open, active or stuck — along with the contact pressure on it.
PlansAugust 19, 2026
A run that finishes is not an optimization that works: our own audit of the topology module
We reviewed our topology optimization against what it would take to call it verified, and published the gap: ten specific defects, a three-stage plan, and a rule for ourselves — until the re-analysis runs on the remeshed geometry, we do not call the result a CAD solid.
Start in the browser
Create an account to use WebCAE in the browser. Your personal account is also the place to access the Windows and macOS desktop builds.
Available now
Web access
$0
Browser access to the current WebCAE build.
- ✓Unlimited projects in the browser
- ✓Up to ~100k DoF in-browser
- ✓Community support
Coming later
Pro
TBD
For practicing engineers and small teams. Pricing will be published before paid plans launch.
- ✓Unlimited projects
- ✓Up to 2M mesh elements
- ✓Email support
Coming later
Enterprise
Custom
For engineering departments with compliance needs.
- ✓On-prem / VPC deployment
- ✓SSO & audit log
- ✓SLA & named engineer
Create your WebCAE account
The web version launches in the browser. After registration, use your personal account to launch WebCAE and access desktop builds for Windows and macOS.
Create accountJoin the WebCAE engineering community
We are looking for engineers to test browser-based FEA on real STEP, IGES, and Parasolid models. Bring your CAD files, edge cases, bug reports, and feature requests.
- ✓Get product updates
- ✓Share real simulation cases
- ✓Report bugs with reproducible models
- ✓Vote on solver and workflow priorities
FAQ
Questions engineers ask us
Which CAD formats can I import?+
STEP, IGES and Parasolid directly, plus native SolidWorks, Fusion 360 and Inventor files via our converters.
Do I need to install anything?+
No. Geometry import, meshing, solving and post-processing all run right in the browser, on your own device.
What analysis types are supported?+
Linear static structural, modal, linear buckling, steady-state thermal, thermoelasticity, contacts, RBE2 connections and nonlinear contact without friction. Plasticity, fatigue and transient analyses remain outside the current scope.
Is my model data secure?+
Projects are encrypted at rest and in transit and are only visible to your team. Enterprise plans support VPC or on-prem deployment.
Can I export results?+
Yes — export a PDF report, raw mesh/result files, or pull results into your pipeline via the API.
Create an account and start working
Registration gives you access to the WebCAE workspace. Run the web version in your browser and keep desktop access in the same personal account.
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The Windows and macOS desktop builds are available from your personal account after registration.