CFD software package

October 13, 2005, 13:33

Hi, I'm looking at different CFD package for electronics enclosure cfd simulation. Which one of Floworks, CFdesign, Flowtherm or CFX are the more practical to use with Solidworks.

Thanks for giving your opinion.

October 19, 2005, 11:00

FloWorks is very tightly integrated with Solidworks and uses a hex meshing scheme. You could also look at EFD.Lab which comes with Solidworks. Both products can handle bad CAD without user repair.

Cfdesign is also is integrated but k-eps models are tough to converge, result in large tet meshes and doesn't handle bad CAD very well.

I don't think CFX or Flotherm are Solidworks integrated at all.

October 13, 2005, 13:33	CFD software package	#1
sidim Guest Posts: n/a	Hi, I'm looking at different CFD package for electronics enclosure cfd simulation. Which one of Floworks, CFdesign, Flowtherm or CFX are the more practical to use with Solidworks. Thanks for giving your opinion.

October 19, 2005, 11:00	Re: CFD software package	#2
CFD1 Guest Posts: n/a	FloWorks is very tightly integrated with Solidworks and uses a hex meshing scheme. You could also look at EFD.Lab which comes with Solidworks. Both products can handle bad CAD without user repair. Cfdesign is also is integrated but k-eps models are tough to converge, result in large tet meshes and doesn't handle bad CAD very well. I don't think CFX or Flotherm are Solidworks integrated at all.

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