Key Improvements in Ansys Embedded Software 2025 R2

Ansys SCADE solutions have enabled engineers across industries — such as automotive, aerospace and defense, rail, and energy — to develop safe, reliable, and certifiable embedded software for safety and mission-critical systems. With each release, Ansys continues to push the boundaries of innovation in embedded software development.

Ansys SCADE 2025 R2 and Ansys Scade One 2025 R2 bring many improvements designed to increase productivity, streamline certification, and support next-generation development workflows. The updates strengthen Ansys’ long-standing leadership in safety-critical software engineering, with expanded support for certification standards such as DO-178C, ISO 26262, IEC 61508, and EN 50128.

SCADE software introduces key upgrades for display and control applications, including ARINC 661 support and tighter integration with Scade One coupling. Developers also benefit from improved debugging flows, updated model-based testing capabilities, and better integration with application life cycle management (ALM) tools.

Scade One software continues to evolve as a modern, AI-enabled development platform. In Ansys 2025 R2, the software now offers intelligent assistance with the new Ansys Engineering Copilot feature, Python integration for simulation and testing workflows, and several user experience and continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) improvements.

Let’s take a closer look at the major innovations in Ansys Embedded Software 2025 R2 and how they power engineering teams to accelerate development while meeting the highest safety and reliability standards.

Key Goals and Improvements in Ansys 2025 R2

Ansys SCADE solutions are built to support the development of safe, reliable embedded software across a wide range of applications. With deep roots in safety-critical systems, SCADE has long been trusted in industries where certification and reliability are paramount.

The Scade One model-based development platform expands beyond safety-critical applications to serve a broader range of software development needs. Ansys’ goal is to deliver a comprehensive, intuitive, and scalable model-based solution that fully supports model-based systems engineering (MBSE) workflows.

“To boost productivity and usability, Ansys Engineering Copilot, our AI-powered assistant, is now integrated directly into the Scade One interface,” François Couadau, senior product manager for Ansys SCADE software, says. “This tool helps guide users through modeling tasks by providing intelligent, context-aware support.”

The Ansys System Architecture Modeler (SAM) Enterprise capability, a new Ansys offering for MBSE, now enables cross-tool interoperability and removes barriers to the complexity of modeling languages. The SAM tool includes connected workflows for embedded software prototyping, enabling customers to utilize the software requirements and software architectural information contained in the SAM to design and generate safety-critical embedded code. These capabilities for software prototyping powered by Scade One will help systems engineers move seamlessly from high-level architecture to executable software models.

At the same time, Ansys remains committed to supporting existing SCADE platform users with ongoing improvements, including user interface improvements that continue to streamline and modernize workflows.

“Our long-term strategy is built on a dual investment approach. Continuing to support and evolve our well-established SCADE solutions while steadily expanding adoption of the Scade One platform,” says Gunther Siegel, senior director of R&D at Ansys. “This ensures that existing critical programs remain fully supported while new development benefits from modern capabilities and workflows. For example, long-duration projects such as those in the nuclear power industry, which can span 60 years, require the stability and continuity that SCADE software provides, alongside a path to future innovation with Scade One software.”

Ansys Engineering Copilot also plays a key role in this vision. More than just an AI assistant, it serves as a gateway to the broader Ansys ecosystem, offering users direct access to technical articles, tutorials, tools, and practical examples right within the development environment.

Bridging Today and Tomorrow With Scade One Software and the SCADE Display Solution

To support a smooth transition between current and next-generation development tools, the coupling between Scade One software and the Ansys SCADE Display application provides a powerful gateway. “This interoperability allows teams to maintain continuity with existing projects while laying the groundwork for future human-machine interface (HMI) development using Scade One software,” says Couadau.

Scade One: Expanding Capabilities and Ecosystem Integration

The Scade One platform continues to grow as a modern, flexible solution for embedded software development. A major highlight in 2025 R2 is the Python wrapper, which enables users to execute Scade One models directly within Python scripts. “This feature unlocks a wide range of new use cases by tapping into Python’s rich ecosystem,” said Cedric Pasteur, Senior Product Manager for Ansys Scade One. “For example, as demonstrated in a recent technical blog on the Ansys Innovation Space, you can combine Scade One software with libraries like NumPy and SciPy to run frequency analysis on a filter model and visualize the results in a Jupyter notebook.”

The SAM Enterprise tool relies on Scade One software to offer software prototyping features, enabling users to create, simulate, debug, and generate code for software models. “These models can be stored and accessed via the Ansys Systems Engineering Portal, which integrates directly with the Scade One IDE for seamless model sharing and SysML import workflows,” says Vincent Rossignol, senior manager, product management for Ansys Embedded Software.

Scade One 2025 R2 also delivers multiple smaller but just as impactful improvements, including IDE and code generator updates, improvements to the PyScadeOne Python library, and stronger support for CI/CD workflows.

SCADE Continued Focus on Safety and Usability

Ansys remains committed to supporting SCADE software with ongoing updates focused on certification, usability, and display system capabilities. Ansys 2025 R2 includes updated Ansys SCADE Test certification for standards such as DO-178C, ISO 26262, IEC 61508, and EN 50716. Usability has also been improved, with a smoother flow from test results back to design.

In addition, Ansys continues to invest in ARINC 661 solutions, helping accelerate early-phase cockpit development in aerospace programs. This ensures that SCADE software remains a trusted solution for long-term, safety-critical projects.

Future-Ready Embedded Solutions With the SCADE Platform and Scade One Software

As Ansys continues to advance its embedded software solutions, the roadmap for both the SCADE platform and Scade One software remains focused on delivering greater efficiency, usability, and certification readiness for customers.

“For the SCADE platform, we are continuing to invest in the ARINC 661 standard, targeting improvements that will further reduce certification time and effort. Improvements such as automated display testing on target including integration with tools like VectorCast will help streamline testing processes,” says François-Xavier Dormoy, senior product manager for SCADE software. “Additional focus on improving verification and validation (V&V) capabilities aims to significantly cut down verification effort while ongoing user experience improvements ensure smoother workflows. We're also supporting our AUTOSAR customers with a new code generator tailored to their needs.”

Meanwhile, Scade One software is on a clear path toward becoming a complete, future-ready platform. Future releases will expand support for the full development life cycle, including comprehensive V&V capabilities such as model coverage and traceability to requirements. “We are also bringing collaboration innovations to the forefront, with planned difference and merge capabilities to support agile and distributed development workflows more effectively. The Scade One toolchain, including its code generator, will be qualified to the highest levels of safety standards,” says Pasteur.

With decades of experience in certification, Ansys has already initiated these qualification activities to ensure Scade One software meets the most stringent requirements across industries. Looking to the future, Ansys remains committed to helping engineering teams build safe, efficient, and innovative embedded systems faster and with greater confidence.

To see a live demo of the latest embedded software solutions, join us Sept. 16 for a deep-dive webinar session with Ansys experts.