[Commercial meshers] Pointwise users: Worth purchasing?

pbachant · March 5, 2014, 14:52

We are considering purchasing Pointwise for creating meshes for OpenFOAM--turbomachinery, airfoils, etc. I am about to start evaluating for a month, but would also like to hear Pointwise users' opinions on the value of the product.

vasava · March 10, 2014, 04:42

What other codes have you tried for mesh generation?

pbachant · March 10, 2014, 14:47

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Originally Posted by vasava

What other codes have you tried for mesh generation?

I've used blockMesh, snappyHexMesh, and spent a little time with SALOME and enGrid.

vasava · March 11, 2014, 03:29

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Originally Posted by pbachant

I've used blockMesh, snappyHexMesh, and spent a little time with SALOME and enGrid.

I asked because I am also exploring opensource codes for hexahedral meshes. I have also tried hand on SALOME few times and it looked ok to me. I am not using it much because we have several Ansys licenses.

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pbachant Senior Member Pete Bachant Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 173 Rep Power: 14	We are considering purchasing Pointwise for creating meshes for OpenFOAM--turbomachinery, airfoils, etc. I am about to start evaluating for a month, but would also like to hear Pointwise users' opinions on the value of the product.

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vasava Senior Member Paritosh Vasava Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Lappeenranta, Finland Posts: 732 Rep Power: 23	What other codes have you tried for mesh generation?