CFD package boasts easy CAD integration

An ESI product story

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Apr 3, 2006

CFD-CADalyzer is billed as the perfect tool for both CAD engineers and CFD analysts to perform design-level analysis for various industries with a simple, intuitive simulation interface.

ESI Group has released the 2006 version of CFD-CADalyzer, billed as the perfect tool for both CAD engineers and CFD analysts to perform design-level analysis for various industries with a simple, intuitive simulation interface.

A complete package in itself with built-in pre- and post-processors, it simulates heat and flow transfer and allows the comparison of results over a range of varying geometries and operational conditions.

This version includes a new "intelligent" boundary-layer meshing sequence that suppresses tiny features to build a better quality mesh foundation for complex geometry problems during preprocessing.

The software's design environment easily integrates into the leading CAD packages such as SolidWorks, Pro/Engineer, Unigraphics, Inventor, Solid Edge and Mechanical Desktop.

Users can choose the same mouse behaviour and colour schemes as their favourite CAD packages, making the entire process more manageable, thus reducing design time.

The software eliminates the pitfalls associated with translation between different geometry representations, which also reduces design time and ultimately leads to faster time to market and improved product quality.

"CFD-CADalyzer 2006 is an excellent analytical tool in our product development process", says Kedar Sangam, a member of the technical staff at Applied Materials, in Santa Clara, California.

"[The software] has a major impact on our pre-processing time as it gives a first-order estimate in a matter of minutes".

"It takes only about one-fourth of the time as the other preprocessors we have in our facility".

"CADalyzer quickly eliminates surprises and takes care of all the practical issues in geometry and meshing".

After CADalyzer is integrated, mathematical functions can be used as input for boundary condition values in addition to the structural and deformation modelling capabilities of CFD-ACE+, an ESI Group software package available separately.

Users can visualise their post-processing results quickly with a one-button-click animation feature.

Other new features for this version include a strip chart, carpet plot, and a larger memory capacity of 3Gbyte.