We are happy to announce the start of the CAESES Student Award Competition 2020. Submit an article about your work with CAESES and enter the CAESES Student Award Competition 2020. The best articles will be featured in our blog giving…


We are happy to announce the start of the CAESES Student Award Competition 2020. Submit an article about your work with CAESES and enter the CAESES Student Award Competition 2020. The best articles will be featured in our blog giving…

Dear CAESES Community, Many of you are experiencing difficulties and restrictions as the new Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is spreading throughout the world. Despite these challenging circumstances, we at FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS are continuing our activities and remain committed to providing the same…

A new paper on “faster turn-around times for the design and optimization of functional surfaces” by FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS authors Stefan Harries and Claus Abt has been published on the Ocean Engineering journal. This paper details different strategies for a quicker…

Thanks a lot to all attendees of the CAESES® Users Meeting 2019 (September 18-20) for making this event such a huge success! Each and everyone from FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS fully enjoyed meeting up and chatting with you. As usual, your ideas and your…

We are happy to announce the preliminary agenda for the CAESES Users Meeting 2019! We’ll have leading companies with us, such as MTU, KSB, Suzlon, Aramco Services and Artemis Racing. See the event page for all details and registration. SEE…

FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS has been developing efficient 3D geometry modeling techniques for more than 15 years now. One of the most unique and a highly efficient surface types is called meta surface. It is integrated into CAESES and used mainly in…

Not registered yet for the CAESES Users Meeting in Berlin? You can still benefit from the early bird rates until May 31, 2019. Almost 2/3 of the available seats have been taken already, so register today and make sure you…

FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS has released a new version of CAESES that now can be downloaded from the product pages. Even though this is formally a maintenance release, there are new capabilities such as 3D sections from STL data, new sketching features, a…

DNV GL assisted with bulk carrier optimization services for hull and machinery for a new type design Ultramax-size vessel called Diamond 2. For the hydrodynamic hull design the well-known ECO-Lines services of DNV GL were used, which also incorporate CAESES…

FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS AG strives to reduce energy consumption and emissions by supporting its customers in improving their products, most notably ships as well as turbomachinery and engine components. Therefore, we have taken a look at the question how much CO2-emissions are saved from simulation-driven design with CAESES® every…