Cadence acquires Pointwise as it expands system analysis offerings Cadence Design Systems has acquired Pointwise, a specialist in mesh generation for computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Pointwiseâs mesh generation technology addresses the high-growth pre-processing CFD market sub-segment and the acquisition builds on Cadences' recent acquisition of NUMECA and extends its multiphysics product portfolio, which includes the Clarity 3D Solver for electromagnetic (EM) simulation, the Clarity 3D Transient Solver for finite difference time domain (FDTD) system-level EM simulation and the Celsius Thermal Solver for electrothermal co-simulation. Pointwiseâs technology adds mesh generation and pre-processing capabilities that read data from all of the leading CAD formats and export data to over 40 CAE formats. The company's core competency in robust grid generation addresses the aerospace industryâs demand for high-fidelity discretization of aircraft geometries.