What is the difference in solvers of ANSYS and Solidworks Flow Sim?

DavidL2016 · December 4, 2020, 16:57

I have searched for a while to find out what the actual differences in the solvers for Solidworks Flow Sim and ANSYS Fluent are, but so far I have only found people's opinions on which is better or which they prefer.

Clearly ANSYS is the better choice for capability and accuracy(if you can afford it), but how good is Solidworks? Will it yield results within say 5% of ANSYS for the same problem setup?

I bring up this question because I have used both and I frequently experience divergence issues with ANSYS where I have never experienced divergence in Solidworks. This leads me to ask, can I trust Solidworks to be accurate, assuming my input is good. I am well familiar with garbage in, garbage out.

karachun · December 5, 2020, 03:43

Here is some SolidWorks basic CFD methods.

https://www.solidworks.com/sw/docs/F...Whitepaper.pdf

December 4, 2020, 16:57	What is the difference in solvers of ANSYS and Solidworks Flow Sim?	#1
DavidL2016 New Member Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	I have searched for a while to find out what the actual differences in the solvers for Solidworks Flow Sim and ANSYS Fluent are, but so far I have only found people's opinions on which is better or which they prefer. Clearly ANSYS is the better choice for capability and accuracy(if you can afford it), but how good is Solidworks? Will it yield results within say 5% of ANSYS for the same problem setup? I bring up this question because I have used both and I frequently experience divergence issues with ANSYS where I have never experienced divergence in Solidworks. This leads me to ask, can I trust Solidworks to be accurate, assuming my input is good. I am well familiar with garbage in, garbage out.

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December 5, 2020, 03:43		#2
karachun Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 246 Rep Power: 12	Here is some SolidWorks basic CFD methods. https://www.solidworks.com/sw/docs/F...Whitepaper.pdf