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Overview
Minimize the need for physical prototypes while providing deeper insight into fluid flow design performance: Autodesk CFD provides computational fluid dynamics software features and thermal simulation tools with improved reliability and performance. Compare design alternatives and better understand the implications of your choices before manufacturing.
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Highlights
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Design systems with fluid, thermal and motion insights
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Automate design studies for improved efficiency
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Key Features
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Flow control applications Optimize designs when you need to improve pressure drop or flow distribution |
Thermal prototyping Solve for all modes of heat transfer, from solid to solid or solid to fluid |
Architectural and MEP applications Improve building efficiency with optimized HVAC design |
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Free surface modeling Simulate interfaces between liquids and gases. Model flow phenomena like waves, sloshing, and spilling |
Motion simulation Analyze the interaction between solid objects in motion and surrounding fluid |
Humidity and condensation Model condensation of a liquid from a moist gas |
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Solar heating loads Identify effects of solar heating on energy performance and efficiency of a structure and its spaces |
Smoke visibility Determine smoke patterns as they fill a room to help identify design changes and exit sign placement |
Rotating (turbomachinery) Analyze rotating devices surrounded by a static (non-rotating) frame of reference |
Features
Import and Setup
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Launch from CAD Send CAD models to Autodesk CFD from Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD Architecture, and AutoCAD MEP. Simplified import of other third-party native CAD models. |
Surface Wrap Consolidate multiple bodies of a model using surface wrap, add an external volume, and generate a quality mesh for transfer into Autodesk CFD. |
Mesh import and adaptive mesh Import existing mesh such as I-deas (.unv) or Nastran (.nas or .dat). Apply adaptive mesh sizing, which utilizes a comprehensive topological interrogation of the analysis geometry to apply appropriate sizes throughout the design. |
Solving
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Solver manager Schedule, manage, and simulate multiple scenarios from a single dialog. |
Custom result calculations Set up custom result quantities to analyze and visualize quantities beyond the standard CFD results. |
Remote solving Run simulations on remote computers on your network, and schedule multiple solves across different computers. |
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High Performance Computing (HPC) Autodesk CFD supports running simulations on multi-core computers, as well as with clusters of computers. |
Cloud solving Autodesk CFD offers an Autodesk token cloud solve option for completing simulations without tying up local resources. |
Scalable Solver For simulations with over 10 million elements, the Scalable Solver enables each process to run on multiple threads as a process/thread hybrid and is designed to optimize cache performance. |
Result visualization
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Cross-sectional planes Visualize results through a 3D model on a cross-sectional colorized view. |
Particle tracing Virtually simulate injected dye streams to identify flow movement through particle tracing. |
Iso surfaces Review a constant value flow result with the predicted physical shape of the flow characteristics. |
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Iso volumes Visualize the range of result values of a volume of a model. |
Wall calculator Calculate flow-induced forces on solid and wall surfaces, including heat flux and wall temperature. |
Result Parts Result Parts can be assessed and designated as Summary Parts and used in the Decision Center to assess Critical values. |
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Result points Plot the time- or iteration-history at a specific location in the model, and designate Summary Points to assess Critical Values to compare results from multiple scenarios. |
Post-processing
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Export to FEA Autodesk CFD results can be applied as boundary conditions for FEA analyses using popular FEA tools. |
Autodesk CFD Viewer Collaborate across multiple engineering workgroups by presenting and sharing Autodesk CFD graphical results. |
Report generator Customize and expedite the way you communicate results with reports. |
Compare
Compare Autodesk CFD Premium and CFD Ultimate
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Design study environment |
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Direct modeling with SimStudio Tools |
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Defeaturing with SimStudio Tools |
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MultiCAD data exchange |
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Design study automation |
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Multi-scenario design review center |
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Model-centric interface |
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Customizable material databases |
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Heat sink, compact thermal, LED, and TEC models |
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Fan, porous media, HX, TIM, and PCB models |
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Non-Newtonian fluid materials |
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Point, wall, and bulk-flow data extraction |
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Pre- and post-processing API |
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Customizable report generator |
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Web and mobile storage, sharing, and viewing |
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FSI with Simulation Mechanical |
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Simulation Data Management with Vault |
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Export results to Showcase, 3ds max, VRED, Maya |
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Fluid flow |
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2D and 3D Cartesian |
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2D axisymmetric |
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Laminar flow |
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Turbulent flow |
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Incompressible flow |
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Subsonic flow |
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Compressible flow |
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Steady state (time-independent) |
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Transient (time-varying) |
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Lagrangian particle tracking |
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Two-fluid scalar mixing |
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Two-phase flows (humidity and steam) |
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Nucleate boiling |
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Height of fluid |
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Free surface (Volume of fluid) |
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Compressible liquid (water hammer) |
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Cavitation |
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Heat transfer |
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Conduction and conjugate heat transfer |
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Forced, natural, mixed convection |
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Thermal comfort calculation |
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Temperature-dependent heat source |
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Radiation heat transfer |
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Radiation through transparent media |
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Solar loading |
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Temperature-dependent emissivity |
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Joule heating |
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Intelligent meshing |
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Geometry mesh diagnostics |
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Automatic mesh sizing |
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Solution-adaptive mesh |
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Global and local size adjustment |
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Boundary-layer mesh enhancement |
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Interactive mesh-refinement regions |
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Extrusion meshing |
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Mesh growth-rate control |
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Fluid gap and thin solid refinement |
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Surface wrap meshing |
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K-epsilon |
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K-epsilon with intelligent wall formulation |
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Low Reynolds number K-epsilon |
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SST k-omega |
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SST k-omega SAS (Scale Adaptive Simulation) |
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SST k-omega DES (Detached Eddy Simulation) |
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SST K-omega RC (Smirnov Menter) |
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SST K-omega RC (Hellsten) |
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RNG |
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Eddy viscosity |
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Mixing length |
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Automatic turbulence startup |
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Laminar |
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Solid-body motion |
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User prescribed or fluid driven motion |
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Multiple rotating frame of reference |
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Linear |
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Angular |
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Combined linear and angular |
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Combined orbital and angular |
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Nutating |
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Sliding vane |
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Unconstrained (6 DOF) motion |
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High-performance solving |
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Multicore single machine |
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Microsoft HPC cluster |
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Cluster solving using Cloud Premium |
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Remote solving |
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CAD Standards ToolsParallel solving on multiple machines |
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Trial Download
CFD Trial Software Download
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Specs
Installation Requirements
In order to work properly, your copy of CFD requires CFD Design Study Environment.
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