ENKIDOU is a Java-based component library (API) for the development of customized, vertical graphic environments for CAE driven design and scientific computing. A vertical application is an organized sequence of CAE tasks leading to the solution of an engineering problem.
ENKIDOU provides the user with an easy-to-access data structure, which is optimized in terms of CPU and memory requirements.

The prominent features of ENKIDOU are:

• The « task » family of classes. They enable the user to translate the problem-solving methodology into a programming architecture.
• The « IoData » structure, optimized for scientific computing. These data integrate the basic operations of scientific data: display/edit, control and storage.
• The XML format integrated to task and IoData structure.

Using ENKIDOU classes, development is much quicker without any compromise on quality. ENKIDOU fully supports 3D OpenGL graphics and provides a collection of base components for menus and other interface features.

A certain number of high-level modules are integrated into ENKIDOU and ready to be used for application development, such as:

• Statistical analysis, time series analysis and optimization algorithmes.
• Link to commercial Finite Element codes, such as LSDYNA, NASTRAN, GENESIS, OPTISTRUCT.
• Morphing features for Finite Element models.

Using ENKIDOU, you can develop a complex application such as GENESIS environment in few weeks. Furthermore, a prototype takes only a few hours (not days ... just hours). Final users can thus validate specifications in real time.
ENKIDOU based development is carried out in Java, including OpenGL graphic programming. Dynamic link libraries originated from other languages can also be used. The speed of an ENKIDOU application is comparable to that of applications developed in compiled languages (C, C++, ...).

The end user is free to pick and choose any architecture for his application. No constraints come from the use of ENKIDOU.