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July 7, 2013, 10:14 |
CAD software for Turbomachinery
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Which software do you recommend for creating turbomachinery cad model?
1. I have two recommendeations a. Catia (But I am told it is complicate software) b. rhino3d and rhino3d with t-splines 2. They also told me that catia is feature based modeler and rhino is spline based modeller. I dont know what does it mean. Can any body explain whats differce between feature based and spline based modeller? 3. I am also told that Pro-E (creoelements) is the worst choice. 4. What about solid works and solid edge ? 5. Any idea about space-claim? 6. What are your views about ansys designmodeler and its limitations ? |
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July 8, 2013, 06:11 |
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Joern Beilke
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Have a look at ThinkDesign.
It can deal with solids, open solids and surfaces. You can also "parametrize" pure surface models with "Global Shape Modeling" (GSM), which is a real killer feature. ... and it is very easy and intuitive to use. |
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July 11, 2013, 06:39 |
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Lefteris
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Hello!!!
Well, I haven't worked with rhino3d but I have worked with Catia for quite some time... If you choose Catia you have to spend some time to learn how to use it but it's a fantastic software. Think of anything you want to design, no matter how complicated it might be, and you can design it easily in Catia! It's capabilities are innumerable...
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July 24, 2023, 17:26 |
BladeGen and CFTurbo
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xxx
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Hey Guys,
i think it is pretty difficult to generate Turbomachinery with 3d-freeform surface within a CAD-Modeler like SolidWorks, AutoCad etc. Especially if the machines you design differ from each other. I heard that CATIA is very powerful with complex geometry, but didnt saw any good example. Its possible, but IMO not really straight forward. My personal Chart: 1. BladeGen Integrated in Ansys Workbench, pain in the ass at the beginning, but suuuper powerfull when you know what to do. You need a meridional cut and the blade angles as a input. This is great for ALL types of machines. Fans, Blower, Compressors, radial Pumprunners, Hydroturbines etc. 2. CFTurbo Not only a geometry modeling software, but also a design software. Also really powerfull for a lot of turbomachinery applications. 3. Cases A parametric geometry modling software for optimization during CFD and FEA analyses. Its more like CATIA or SolidWorks But no OpenSource software so far, at least that i know. I hope i could help. |
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September 5, 2023, 08:40 |
CAD software for Turbomachinery
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Gulshan Negi
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Well, I can give my opinion on your first question and I will recommend to use Rhino3D as compare to CATIA as CATIA is costly.
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