FloEFD was developed for engineers by engineers. Therefore, it is extremely easy to use – as a matter of fact, most users report that they can use FloEFD with less than 8 hours of training. FloEFD co-exists quite easily alongside your traditional CFD programs and will increase your overall productivity. By enabling design engineers to conduct first-level CFD analyses directly from CAD models to remove unreasonable options with FloEFD, you’ll be able to focus your time and energy on research and conceptual design. With FloEFD you can take advantage of our advanced meshing technology which makes analysis of real-world problems even faster and more accurate. Also, as the resident analysis expert, you will be able to use your extensive knowledge to help guide the design engineering team at your organization. FloEFD supports your “lean engineering” efforts directly by reducing the burden on your budget and saving thousands of man- hours. FloEFD enables broad-based mechanical design engineers to perform fluid-flow and heat transfer simulations directly from their 3D CAD models, in a fraction of the time taken by other CFD codes, and with very little training: • Reduce prototyping costs drastically by replacing physical tests with virtual tests • Increase product quality while reducing production costs by helping your team reduce errors and create better products • Shorten the development cycle by enabling your team to conduct “what-if” tests quickly FloEFD takes away the complexity of mathematical schemes and methodologies by using an advanced set of knowledge- based automated processes. As a result, you can focus on your engineering tasks instead of worrying about identifying the most appropriate CFD algorithm or mesh. The following key technologies set FloEFD apart from all other CFD codes: Direct CAD-to-CFD Concept FloEFD is based on CAD. Offering a fully-integrated solid modeler, with FloEFD you can create your geometry or, use existing 3D CAD geometry and solid model information including features and parameters to help you simulate your designs in real-world conditions. Either way, you will find FloEFD extremely intuitive and easy-to-use as it offers functionality not available in other CFD programs. For example, most CFD programs require you to create phantom objects to represent the fluid (empty) regions - an extremely time-consuming process since you need to identify each region manually and then create geometry to fill it. FloEFD automatically differentiates between the solid and fluid regions and automatically creates the fluid domain. As a result, FloEFD frees you from the hassle of creating unnecessary geometry just to prepare a solid model for analysis. Intelligent Rectangular Adaptive Mesh While some vendors offer only a black-box approach, the meshing process with FloEFD is completely transparent and you retain as much or as little control as you need. As every CFD user knows, finding an optimum mesh can be extremely time-consuming. Mentor Graphics has developed a robust automatic mesher that can mesh real-world geometry – not just academic or theoretical ones. FloEFD features automatic meshing for fluid and solid regions including automatic mesh refinement/unrefinement due to geometrical and/or physical (solution adaptive) requirements. With FloEFD, your model will be meshed in the shortest time possible and with a high level of accuracy. Modified Wall Functions FloEFD features grid-independent near-wall modeling using Partial Cell technology. This technology enables you to simulate the boundary layer phenomena for fluid flow and heat transfer effects without needing a specifically designed mesh or a lot of time to solve the problem. Engineering vs. Analysis User Interface FloEFD features an extremely easy-to-use user interface. Instead of dealing with technical jargon such as y+ value and Dirichlet Boundary Conditions, you deal with terms such as walls, inlets or outlets. In addition, FloEFD features a powerful analysis wizard that guides you through the set-up process. Therefore, you can focus on solving your problems as opposed to figuring how to use the software. As a matter of fact, FloEFD is so intuitive that most engineers report that they can use the software with less than eight hours of training. Laminar-Transitional-Turbulent Modeling FloEFD does not require specific user input in order to simulate transitional flow characteristics since it supports laminar, transitional and turbulent flow regimes … all automatically and within the same model. Therefore you don’t need to worry about identifying when and where the flow characteristics change within your model. FloEFD will automatically do it for you. Design Variant Analysis Perhaps the most powerful feature of FloEFD is the ease with which you can conduct “what-if” analyses. FloEFD makes it easy to modify your models and then immediately analyze them. The process is quite simple: FloEFD helps you create multiple variations of your designs by modifying your solid model and without having to reapply loads, boundary conditions, material properties etc., you can analyze them. Simply compare the results among the many design options to choose the best possible design. It really is that easy. Automatic Convergence Control There is nothing more aggravating than setting up an analysis session and returning hours later to find that the software has failed to provide a solution due to numerical convergence problems. With FloEFD, you get real-time feedback about the solution progress such as the convergence of the solution, residual errors, monitor point values etc. Cutting-edge numerical methods with multi-grid schemes and robust convergence behavior in FloEFD ensure that you get engineering results in a timely manner.