EMA3D Connect: Building Tomorrow's Engineering Platform for Electromagnetic Design

Electromagnetic engineering workflows are evolving rapidly as simulation fidelity increases and design timelines continue to compress. Engineers must coordinate complex tools and multidisciplinary processes while manually configuring simulations, running large numbers of design variants, and interpreting results to extract meaningful insight. Critical domain expertise is often distributed across individual experience, documentation, and prior projects, making it difficult to consistently set up and analyze simulations with confidence. Parametric studies and iterative design exploration can require significant computational time and manual effort, slowing feedback cycles and limiting the ability to fully explore design spaces. As a result, engineers spend substantial effort managing workflows rather than advancing understanding, increasing development risk and slowing innovation. EMA3D Connect addresses this challenge by introducing a unified engineering platform and set of tools that integrate electromagnetic simulation data, visualization, data management, and workflow automation into a cohesive environment. By connecting traditionally separate stages of the engineering process, EMA3D Connect enables engineers to move seamlessly from simulation execution to interactive analysis, comparison, and collaboration. Built to solve tomorrow’s problems, the platform supports scalable data pipelines, interactive 3D exploration, and emerging AI-driven approaches such as surrogate modeling and intelligent workflow automation. These capabilities reduce manual effort, accelerate design iteration, and improve traceability needed for validation and certification workflows. Beyond improving today’s processes, EMA3D Connect illustrates how physics-based simulation can be integrated with modern computing and intelligent engineering workflows to transform how electromagnetic analysis is performed. The platform lays the foundation for future workflows where simulation results become continuously explorable engineering assets, enabling faster innovation and deeper insight across electromagnetic design challenges. Attendees will gain an overview of the Connect vision, its technical approach, and how integrated engineering platforms are shaping the future of electromagnetic design and analysis.