On-demand CFD

When flow is understood early, better ideas follow.

FlowDeck puts Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in your browser, so anyone designing with air, water or heat can test early, prove faster, and move forward with confidence, not guesswork.

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Wind speed simulated over complex terrain in FlowDeck
On-demand CFD. Prove early. Get to better faster.
How it works

CFD on demand, the moment you need it.

From browser login to answers, FlowDeck takes the expertise out of the loop, so you can focus on the design question.

1

Open your browser.

No installs, no specialist hardware. Log in and start.

2

Set up in minutes.

Automatic meshing and guided workflows. Upload geometry or define your site, and go.

3

Let the platform do the hard part.

FlowDeck automates the settings that usually need an expert.

4

Get answers in minutes.

Accurate, GPU-accelerated simulation, early enough to actually change the design.

Flow shapes everything. Almost no one gets to see it.

Where air, water or heat play a role, flow decides what works. Yet understanding it has always been reserved for a few, specialist engineers, complex software, expensive hardware. Only the biggest projects could justify the cost.

So everyday designs went ahead on best guesses. Bold ideas got shelved because the risk of being wrong was too high.

We think that's backwards. When the ability to test and learn sits inside the design loop, close at hand, early, and affordable, people design with more confidence and more nerve. Maybes become definitelys. That's what FlowDeck is for.

Where it comes from

Proven where the margins are smallest.

FlowDeck was founded by Nick Hutchins, who spent 20+ years in high-performance fluid dynamics design, including at Team New Zealand, the most successful team in America's Cup history. There, flow was part of every decision, tested constantly inside a tight design loop. That edge on the water came from one thing: the freedom to try, test and learn quickly.

There's no reason that advantage should belong to a sailing team alone. FlowDeck exists to put it within reach of any team that designs with air, water or heat.

FlowDeck running a velocity simulation around a drone, in the browser
Who it's for

You don't need to be a CFD specialist.

FlowDeck controls the hard parts, the physics, the setup, the things that go wrong, so you can get the answer without becoming an expert. Here's where we're starting.

Terrain wind assessment
Available now in early access

Terrain wind assessment

Accurate wind speed for any point on your site, in any direction, over complex terrain. No CAD, no modelling, no guesswork from broad regional data, just the answer you need to plan, place and prove.

Built for site planners, project managers and anyone who needs to treat wind as data, not a risk.

External flow around a vehicle
Coming next

External flow

Wind loading on real geometry, bridges, structures, unusual shapes, as straightforward as your online structural tools.

Internal flow through pipes and ducts
Coming next

Internal flow

Pressure and flow through pipes, ducts and manifolds, without needing to understand turbulence models.

And that's the start. FlowDeck grows module by module toward full-capability CFD for any industry where air, water or heat flow.

“FlowDeck is fast, easy-to-use and cloud-based. It made all my uncertainties about using CFD disappear, which is timely given the uptake of CFD design in the structural market.”

Structural Engineer - Solar company
Your advantage

Test more. Risk less. Design braver.

Four reasons FlowDeck belongs inside your design loop, not at the end of it.

LOOP

Inside the design loop.

Prove ideas early and often, not at the end, when changing course is expensive.

AUTO

No expertise required.

Automatic meshing and setup, so the tool does the hard thinking.

LBM

Engineering Intelligence

A Lattice Boltzmann physics engine, built for turbulent, real-world flow, GPU accelerated compute for fast, reliable results.

EVERY

Made for the everyday, not just the marquee project.

Affordable enough to use on the designs that always missed out before.

FAQs about FlowDeck

Learn more about our cloud-based CFD tool.

FlowDeck is led by Nick Hutchins, who spent 20+ years in high-performance fluid dynamics design in America's Cup racing, including at Team New Zealand. The New Zealand-based founding team brings together business leaders, physicists, and computing and AI experts, united by a belief that fluid dynamics insight should be accessible to everyone who designs with air, water or heat.

No. FlowDeck is built for people who aren't CFD specialists. The platform automates the expert settings, meshing, turbulence models, solver setup, and is designed to stop you running an analysis that would give unreliable results. You bring the design question; FlowDeck handles the physics.

FlowDeck is built by CFD experts on the Lattice Boltzmann Method, an approach suited to real-world flow, delivered on modern cloud and GPU infrastructure. Every launch product starts with a deliberately constrained, validated scope so results are dependable. Get in touch if you'd like more detail.

Our first product, Terrain, gives accurate wind-speed assessment over complex terrain, available now in early access. External flow (wind loading) and Internal flow (pipes and ducts) are coming next, with more modules on the roadmap.

We're working directly with early adopters during this phase, so pricing is tailored to your use case rather than published. Join the early-access list and we'll talk through what fits.

We're onboarding early adopters now. Join the list and we'll be in touch.

More questions? Get in touch.

FlowDeck puts CFD where it belongs.

Inside the design loop. At your fingertips.

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