[jayyeahhkay]

Hi,
I used Gambit for meshing during my college days (4 years back) and it has been a while since I moved out of CFD. Now I am getting back into CFD and I could use some guidance on meshing softwares.

I know that ANSYS Meshing and ICEM CFD are two options but, could anyone advise which would be better off to start with? I have found few odd threads which discuss this but, they are specific to some scenario and I would like to know this in terms of the current learning and future working aspects.

FYI, I would be simulating hypersonic external/internal flows for simple 2D and 3D geometries.

And, as always, your help is much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[adunne304]

If you're only starting back into it, then I'd definitely recommend ANSYS Meshing. It's relatively simple, straightforward and you can still get a good quality mesh.
ICEM, while more powerful, requires a lot more experience to get going.

[PSYMN]

Yup, I agree. As a general question, ANSYS Meshing is the right answer. It actually includes much of the ICEM CFD technology under the hood (along with great technology from other sources), it is just presented in a way that is generally easier to use.

[Stabum]

Originally Posted by PSYMN

Yup, I agree. As a general question, ANSYS Meshing is the right answer. It actually includes much of the ICEM CFD technology under the hood (along with great technology from other sources), it is just presented in a way that is generally easier to use.

I would like to start using ICEM CFD too. I've obtained from the university I've studied at the manual (78pages) and the tutorial guide (more than 300 pages) but I understand that only with the files of the exercises the manual is worth studying.
Can anyone provide the exercises files? My biggest thanks to anyone who can help me

[showyourpas]

Originally Posted by Stabum

I would like to start using ICEM CFD too. I've obtained from the university I've studied at the manual (78pages) and the tutorial guide (more than 300 pages) but I understand that only with the files of the exercises the manual is worth studying.
Can anyone provide the exercises files? My biggest thanks to anyone who can help me

Exercises files?
I think you can find them under your ICEM installation directory, like:
C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v130\icemcfd\Samples\CFD_Tutorial_Files

[Stabum]

Originally Posted by showyourpas

Exercises files?
I think you can find them under your ICEM installation directory, like:
C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v130\icemcfd\Samples\CFD_Tutorial_Files

You're absolutely right! Thanks so much, you're advice will be extremely precious!!!

[jayyeahhkay]

Thanks guys. Just wanted to know where to start.