FloEFD is the ONLY computational fluid dynamics analysis tool that is truly embedded into major MCAD systems. These include Pro/ENGINEER, CATIA, Siemens NX and SolidWorks; and tight integration with Inventor and SolidEdge. FloEFD is a full-featured 3D fluid flow, heat transfer analysis package that is both fast to learn and to use because it doesn’t come with the numerical complexity and meshing overheads of traditional high-end CFD. Perhaps the most powerful feature of FloEFD is the ease with which you can conduct “what-if” analysis. Easily modify your models and immediately analyze them: FloEFD helps you create multiple variations of your designs by modifying your solid model without needing to reapply loads, boundary conditions, etc. Simply compare your many design options and choose the best one for your final design! In addition, FloEFD includes a Parametric Study tool which significantly increases the speed of parametric analyses such as varying boundary conditions or mesh settings. And using the Compare Tool, which makes identifying the best design variant faster, you can compare plots and numerical data across multiple projects to select the best possible option. Robust visualization Once you have analyzed your problem, viewing the results is a matter of point-and-click: simply choose the appropriate options from a menu and the system will quickly generate your desired plots. Use the unique Dynamic Streamlines consisting of “Line Integral Convolution” and “Evenly Spaced Lines” options dynamically to highlight flow structures that are difficult to see using standard visualization techniques. Multi-physics analysis Multi-physics simulation is now required for many products. FloEFD’s generic interface to NASTRAN structural analysis modules allows you to export pressure and temperature data from FloEFD for structural or thermal simulation. Thus analyses for stress, vibration, structural failure and heat transfer can help you develop safer and more reliable designs within shorter time-to-market timelines. 1D-3D CFD simulation Mentor Graphics offers a unique combination of 1D and 3D CFD software designed to natively work together providing an opportunity to increase digital prototyping information earlier in the product development process. With this unique combination, you can characterize the more complex components of a system in 3D (FloEFD) and easily insert those components into the 1D system-level model (Flowmaster) for simulation. Thus providing higher accuracy for the components while minimizing the computational resources and execution times at the system level.