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In the world of computational simulations, efficiency and flexibility are crucial. Kitware's open source platform, Computation Model Builder (CMB), is designed to streamline every step of the simulation process, from setting up models to analyzing results. As an example, while OpenFOAM remains a powerful tool for computational fluid dynamics (CFD), integrating it with CMB elevates productivity by providing an intuitive, flexible workflow. With CMB,...

As technology advances, it is essential to stay current with industry-standard tools and methodologies. Kitware’s training courses provide developers, researchers, and engineers with hands-on, expert-led instruction in our popular open source platforms. Whether you’re looking to grow your skillset or efficiently leverage new tools, Kitware’s winter courses offer valuable insights and practical experience. And by signing up early, you can save more than $200...

This security release addresses a vulnerability discovered in Laravel. For more information on the full contents of this release, see the release notes.

This security release addresses a vulnerability discovered in Laravel. For more information on the full contents of this release, see the release notes.

Following a recent CC-FR webinar High fidelity simulations with OpenRadioss™ & ParaView by Altair and Kitware, this blog post describes an example of workflow to post-process OpenRadioss results with ParaView. OpenRadioss is a free, publicly available FEA software for simulation of impact, shock and highly dynamic events, actively developed by Altair.  The example data is […]

This release contains fixes for issues discovered after the release of CDash 3.6.0. For more information on the full contents of this release, see the release notes.

The Chief Digital and AI Office (CDAO) helps to accelerate the adoption of data, analytics, and AI across the Department of Defense (DoD), enabling decision advantage from the boardroom to the battlefield. One of CDAO’s first outputs was a Data, Analytics, and AI Adoption Strategy, which helped set a vision for the responsible use of AI across the DoD, in accordance with the DoD’s...

Kitware, a leader in advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision, is proud to announce the award of a $2.2 million contract for Phase II of the Chief Digital and AI Office’s (CDAO) Joint AI Test Infrastructure Capability (JATIC) program. The new contract extends Kitware's work on developing and enhancing tools that support responsible AI adoption across the Department of Defense (DoD).

We have recently published our SlicerSALT 5.0 release. One of the main updates to SlicerSALT is the addition of tools and functionalities for the visualization and analysis of 4D shapes that are composed of sequences of 3D geometries. As part of this release, we have created a new module named Hierarchical Geodesic Modeling that is […]

Simulation workflows are inherently complex, often involving a variety of computational tools that each play a crucial role in modeling, analyzing, and interpreting physical systems. From geometric kernel operations to mesh generation, numerical solvers, and post-processing analysis tools, these workflows require a high level of coordination and integration. Unfortunately, most simulation environments fall short of providing all the necessary tools in one cohesive package,...

GeoWATCH is a powerful tool designed to train, predict, and evaluate AI models on complex heterogeneous sequences of imagery. While initial development focused on geospatial satellite imagery, it is designed for any sequence of rasters. Unlike traditional tools, it’s built to handle diverse sensor data, accommodating variations in band type, resolution, and revisit rates. This flexibility empowers GeoWATCH to provide valuable insights across domains,...

LidarView: One software to read and process them all!  We’ve added to LidarView several new LiDARs from different manufacturers. They can be used in the same way, regardless of the model, to visualize live streams, replay .pcap records and running algorithms. You can even open two different LiDARs at the same time! Here is a […]

High-performance computing (HPC) is the perfect platform for AI and machine learning (AI/ML) research. This is because modern leadership class supercomputers rely on the massive parallelism of GPUs to perform scientific computation at exascale. Those same GPUs are the bedrock that the proliferation of AI/ML technologies are built upon. Therefore, these machines make it possible to combine traditional simulation workflows with AI/ML techniques and...

As the demand for analyzing vast amounts of geospatial data continues to grow, artificial intelligence (AI) plays a critical role in accelerating this process. Developing AI capabilities requires tools to visualize and validate results, as well as to create annotations that further improve AI models. RDWATCH is one of the latest technological developments in this area—an advanced cloud-ready system designed to streamline machine learning...

In a previous blog post, we introduced VESPA, a VTK module and ParaView plugin designed for advanced meshing capabilities. Today, we are happy to announce that you can now use VESPA by simply by downloading the binary version of the plugin for Linux! To do this, go to the release page of VESPA: https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/meshing/vespa/-/releases and […]

This release adds FreeIPA LDAP integration, many new GraphQL fields, a variety of performance enhancements, and a handful of usability improvements. This release also contains many bug fixes and internal refactoring changes. For more information on the full contents of this release, see the release notes.

This release contains fixes for issues discovered after the release of CDash v3.6.0-rc1. For more information on the full contents of this release, see the release notes.

Open source software has become a vital part of technological innovation across industries, from scientific research to commercial applications. However, maintaining these projects long-term can be challenging, especially as they grow in complexity and scope. To address this, Kitware co-founders Bill Hoffman and Will Schroeder recently presented the Kitware Software Sustainability Matrix (SSM), a strategic framework designed to evaluate and improve the sustainability of...

The Visualization Toolkit (VTK) is a widely used open-source solution for desktop post-processing analysis. Even though the library is written in C++, its sophisticated wrapping infrastructure allows developers to build entire visualization applications in Python and Java. Until recently, the python wrapper naively exposed the C++ functions to Python. For example, a C++ member function […]

Creating highly interactive or data-intensive web applications can be challenging, but trame simplifies this process. trame was designed to help developers create rich, desktop-like experiences on the web. It leverages Python, allowing you to build beautiful user interfaces without needing extensive web development knowledge.

VTK and ParaView have a huge library of visualization tools built on a data model that progressively adds conceptual assumptions based on how the data can be represented; the more information you can provide about your data, the more efficient the tools can be. We are adding a new data representation – called a cell grid – to address a large range of novel...