^{Posted 5 October 2009}

The South African ANSYS annual conference has been a huge success! This was the first time to host one conference in Gauteng and one in Cape Town. We would like to thank everyone whom attended and we hope to see you next year again

^{Posted 30 April 2009}

ANSYS 12.0 delivers innovative, dramatic simulation technology advances in every major physics discipline, along with improvements in computing speed and enhancements to enabling technologies such as geometry handling, meshing and post-processing. These advancements alone represent a major step forward on the path forward in Simulation Driven Product Development.For more information on What's new in ANSYS R12 or to see a demonstration contact us

^{Posted 20 April 2009}

The Autodesk® Inventor® product line provides a comprehensive and flexible set of software for 3D mechanical design, simulation, tooling creation, and design communication that help you cost-effectively take advantage of a Digital Prototyping workflow to design and build better products in less time. The new 2010 release offers new functionality on tooling design, Sheetmetal coutour wraps, Shrinkwrap and many more.For more information on What's new in Inventor 2010 or to see a demonstration contact Izak Vorster

^{Posted 12 February 2009}

Qfinsoft announced today that they have been granted an Autodesk Value Added Reseller (VAR) status for all Autodesk products in the manufacturing sector. Qfinsoft will be able to provide customers with the AutoCAD suite of solutions, Autodesk Inventor suite of solutions and InventorCAM range of Computer Aided Machining (CAM) solutions, which is a new addition to the Autodesk Inventor range of products. “With Izak as part of our team we have sound knowledge and experience in CAD/CAM solutions available today” says Danie de Kock, director of Qfinsoft. Qfinsoft will be the highest qualified VAR in South Africa with more than 5 graduate engineers to market and support AutoDesk range of products in South Africa. Qfinsoft team consists of 2 Phd level engineers and 3 Masters Degree level engineers in mechanical engineering as well as CAD/CAM application engineers. “I believe that our team of engineers will be able to advise and assist any company in making the right decisions when it comes to computer aided engineering tools” says Danie. For more information on Autodesk products contact Izak Vorster

^{Posted 2 February 2009}

It is with great excitement that Qfinsoft welcomes Izak Vorster as part of their team. Izak has been working in the Computer aided Engineering (CAE) industry for the past 7 years and joined the Qfinsoft team as Bussiness Develoment Manager on 2 February 2009. He will be responsible for the sales and marketing of the Qfinsoft portfolio of products. With his strong technical background and experience in a wide variety of software products, he will be able to help companies in the manufacturing industry to increase productivity by implementing the appropriate computer aided engineering tools. He has been working with all divisions of CAE over the past years including CAD, CAM, FEA and CFD products and has a sound knowledge of how these different tools should interact to increase your company's profitability. Please do not hesitate to contact him for more information.

^{Posted 28 November 2008}

In October earlier this year, two Qfinsoft engineers took an epic 11-hour plane journey into the unknown; Oxford, United Kingdom. Their mission; to compete in the ANSYS World Cup. The ANSYS World Cup is an event in which all ANSYS Channel Partners compete in to demonstrate their technical skills in ANSYS software. The result; Qfinsoft brought home two of the three prizes competing against more than twelve other channel partners; Marius Botha won the prize for “Best Technical Demonstration Skills” for his FEA demonstration and Danie de Kock won the prize for the “Most Creative Use of ANSYS technology” for his Fluid Structure Interaction demonstration, in both cases using ANSYS' intergrated Workbench environment. So next time you feel alone in a dark office with dirty CAD or diverging solutions, never fear as the fully ANSYS-Certified Qfinsoft support team is just a phone call or email away.

Dr Campbell Hope (ANSYS European Technical Services Director) hands over the prizes to Marius Botha (left) and Danie de Kock (right)

^{Posted 30 July 2008}

Qfinsoft is pleased to announce that we are now a channel partner for Flowmaster software. Qfinsoft will distribute and support the software as well as provide training in the use of the software. For more information about the training courses, see the Support page or click here.

Designed for analysts and design engineers, Flowmaster is CFD system simulation software that takes into account the complex internal flow and thermal effects within fluid systems.

A library of standard components and suite of generic building block components make it possible for engineers to quickly model and simulate, validate and optimise systems at the concept phase of development, before any 3D data is available.

Flowmaster enables expert users to capture their knowledge in the software allowing simulations to be performed safely in controlled conditions by a wider range of engineers, providing a higher quality of rapid system development.

Flowmaster has a number of products aimed at specific industries including, Flowmaster V7 General Systems, Flowmaster V7 Aerospace, Flowmaster V7 Gas Turbine, Flowmaster V7 Automotive. Visit the Flowmaster Solutions Tour which will guide you through some of the many features and benefits of Flowmaster V7. Take the solutions tour.

For more information on Flowmaster Ltd., visit their website.

^{Posted 30 July 2008}

On the 18th June 2008, Qfinsoft co-hosted the ANSYS User Conference at The Cradle of Humankind in Maropeng. The theme of this year's UGM was The Evolution of CAE and with this in mind, the world heritage site at the Cradle of Humankind in Maropeng turned out to be the perfect venue. The unusual venue, as well as interesting and high-standard presentations all contributed to another successful UGM. Qfinsoft would sincerely like to thank the presenters for their time and effort. The conference was well attended with a record number of over 110 delegates, including three visitors from ANSYS.

During a longer than usual lunch break, participants had the opportunity of enjoying the Maropeng tour. To accommodate the diverse interests, the conference was divided after lunch into a Fluids Applications session and a Structural Applications session.

A business card draw at the end of the UGM sessions brought the UGM to an end on a lighter note and set the tone for the informal get-together with drinks and snacks at the Maropeng Hotel.

We thank you for your support and look forward to seeing you all again at the next UGM.

^{Posted 30 July 2008}

Qfinsoft will soon welcome a new addition to our staff as Marius Botha will be joining us from August 2008. Marius Botha has a strong modelling background with industrial experience in Finite Element Modelling and formal training in Computational Fluid Dynamics on a post-graduate level. We are really looking forward to welcoming Marius as part of the team.

Other news is that after months of organising, things have finally fallen into place for Gerard Scheepers as he is set to leave us for the Qfinsoft Inc. team in Canada, where we will continue his work on Qfin and Qled. We will miss Gerard and wish him everything of the best in the Canada office with Prof. Jan Visser.

^{Posted 20 February 2008}

After a long wait, we finally moved into the new offices on 29 January. Our new premises are only a stone throw from our old offices, so you will still find us without difficulty. Please see the Contact Us section for detailed directions to the new office.

A definite plus of the new offices is the planned boardroom/training room, which will ensure that future training sessions take place in a comfortable and favourable setting.

We look forward to meeting you at our new premises soon!

^{Posted 17 December 2007}

From the start of 2008, Qfinsoft will distribute and support the full ANSYS product portfolio. Thomas Kingsley, from the Qfinsoft office, recently attended a training workshop in the United Kingdom on the ANSYS structural software tools in preparation for this new venture.

“This is an exciting expansion to our current offering in the South African market, giving our clients access to the full spectrum of Computer Aided Engineering tools. We will continue to deliver the same high quality technical support for all the ANSYS software tools that our ANSYS Fluent customer-base have grown accustomed to”, says Danie de Kock, Director of Qfinsoft.

^{Posted 11 September 2007}

It is always a pleasure when one’s efforts are rewarded and we are proud of the fact that Qfinsoft (Pty) Ltd was awarded the “Exceptional Business Growth Achievement Award for 2006” by ANSYS Fluent. Qfinsoft were chosen from nine distributors for this prestigious award. We could, of course, not have done this without the support of all our clients and the commitment by our staff. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all who made this possible. Danie de Kock (Director)

^{Posted 8 May 2007}

On the 14th March 2007, Qfinsoft once again hosted the ANSYS Fluent UGM in the beautiful and tranquil setting of the Irene Country Lodge. Good food, lovely surroundings and interesting and high-standard presentations all contributed to the success of this year’s UGM. 54 participants from all over the country took part in the UGM and some of these participants gave us a taste of their field of expertise through their fascinating presentations. Furthermore, Microsoft South Africa, represented by Albie Bester, entertained us with a presentation of Microsoft in High Performance Computing. The UGM culminated in a cocktail party in the Gazebo overlooking the dam. Musical entertainment was provided by our own Stephan, who it turns out is also a talented musician.

As is tradition, Qfinsoft and ANSYS Fluent presented a prize to the best CFD project by a final–year student in South Africa. This year’s price went to Johan Bezuidenhout from the University of Stellenbosch for his CFD modeling of a waste-heat boiler in the copper flash smelting process. Well done, Johan.

We look forward to seeing you all again at next year’s UGM!