Dutton Simulation provides Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) software for simulation of product performance and manufacturing processes. With our support, these software tools are used to create optimised designs at minimum cost, saving time and money in the product design and manufacturing cycle.  

We work in partnership with our clients to allow you to gain maximum benefit from the best value analysis and simulation software. Our services will benefit all involved in part design and manufacture, including part designers, process & tooling engineers and manufacturers.  Industries served include automotive, aerospace, white goods, electronics and all forms of precision engineering.

We supply simulation software from leading developers in North America, notably the Forming Suite products from Forming Technologies Inc (FTI) in Ontario; and the DYNAFORM system, based on LS-DYNA, from Engineering Technology Associates (ETA) in Michigan.  Our team has more than twenty years' experience in supplying and using these systems for metal forming analysis.

Read how Honda of the UK Manufacturing have benefited from using FTI's COSTOPTIMIZER, achieving significant savings in both material and tooling costs.

Dutton Simulation also offer the linear and non-linear stress and thermal analysis software from NEi, based on the NASTRAN finite element solver. More details of the wide range or powerful tools from NEi will be available on our new website, to be launched later this year.

To compliment these systems we also provide the range of CAD translators from Datakit

For more information on XFLOW, our CFD solution from Next Limit Technologies, please see the website for our sister company FlowHD

In addition to software supply and support, Dutton Simulation provides:

• consultancy services in product feasibility and tool design
• blank development and forming simulation
• metal formability and assembly training courses
• introductory and advanced software training
• research & development projects