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* Imports most common CAD formats (e.g. CATIA, SolidWorks, UG, IGES, STEP) as well as STL, OBJ and Nastran | * Imports most common CAD formats (e.g. CATIA, SolidWorks, UG, IGES, STEP) as well as STL, OBJ and Nastran | ||
* Extensive CAD Cleanup capability including state-of-the art wrapping technology and intelligent hole closing techniques | * Extensive CAD Cleanup capability including state-of-the art wrapping technology and intelligent hole closing techniques | ||
+ | * Does exports 3D meshes from Visual-Mesh Module to run in Visual-CFD | ||
* Fast and efficient handling of snappyHexMesh to generate complex meshes, including multi-domain/region meshing | * Fast and efficient handling of snappyHexMesh to generate complex meshes, including multi-domain/region meshing | ||
* Improved controls to get better mesh on close proximity parts and interactive mesh diagnostics at the highest professional level | * Improved controls to get better mesh on close proximity parts and interactive mesh diagnostics at the highest professional level | ||
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* Highly effective yet simple and easy-to-use tool | * Highly effective yet simple and easy-to-use tool | ||
* Easy mesh import from most popular commercial CFD tools | * Easy mesh import from most popular commercial CFD tools | ||
− | * It supports OpenFOAM | + | * It supports OpenFOAM 5.0 and OpenFOAM+ 1712 from ESI also upcoming version will support OpenFOAM+ 1812. |
+ | * The Overset Mesh support available now | ||
+ | * The VTK export supported in Visual-Viewer module | ||
+ | * Parametric studies - available using macros | ||
+ | * Extreme flexibility to create the customized automated process for any application | ||
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Revision as of 13:01, 9 January 2019
This is a growing list of Graphical User Interfaces (definition at Wikipedia) designed for operating OpenFOAM.
A separate list of preprocessors and post-processors is available here: Other Software
Contents
1 Commercial
1.1 Multidisciplinary CFD
Sorted by name:
Software | Company | Operating Systems | Availability | Notes |
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Ansa | Beta CAE | Linux, Mac OS X and Windows | Contact them for more information. | - |
Caedium | Symscape | Linux, Mac OS X and Windows | Free 30 day trial and for students. Available in monthly to annual subscription. | - |
CAESES | FRIENDSHIP-SYSTEMS | Linux and Windows | Free pro version for students and PhD students. Various trial versions available. | Focuses on simulation-ready CAD modeling incl. STL pre-processing capabilities and CFD automation. Suited for users that are interested in design explorations and shape optimization. Typically, the investigated geometries in CAESES are complex free-form surfaces. |
CastNet | DHCAE | Linux and Windows | Free 30 day trial. Annual or perpetual subscriptions. Discount for academic use. | Direct import of CAD files. |
cfFLOW | Creative Fields | Linux and Windows | Contact them for more information. | - |
DICE | DICEhub | Linux and Windows | Python + QML | See this post (#36) for more details. |
FEATool Multiphysics | Precise Simulation | (MATLAB/Octave) Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows | Visit homepage for more information. | MATLAB and GNU Octave CFD and Multiphysics Toolbox with fully integrated OpenFOAM GUI Interface. |
HELYX | Engys | Linux and Windows | Contact them for more information. | Has an open source variant named HELYX-OS. |
iconCFD | ICON | unknown | Contact them for more information. | - |
MantiumFlow | MantiumCAE | Linux and Windows (OSX is reported to work as well but is not supported) |
Free Demo, quarterly and annual licenses available. |
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simFlow | Atizar Limited | Linux and Windows | Free for evaluation without any time limit. Fixed annual subscription, with discount for academic use. | In addition to multiple solvers for fluid flow simulation, it includes solvers for: multiphase flows, heat transfer (including conjugate heat transfer), combustion, lagrangian particles and dynamic mesh. |
Visual-CFD | ESI | Linux and Windows | Free evaluation for 30 days. Fixed annual subscription, with discount for academic use |
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1.2 Specific fields of applied CFD
Sorted by field:
Software | Company | Field | Operating Systems | Availability | Notes |
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BIM HVACTool | TIAN Building Engineering | Building Simulation Software | Windows | Contact them for more information. | - |
blueCFD-AIR | blueCAPE | Building Simulation Software | Windows | Available for free. Paid support is available. | Development roadmap can be oriented by the needs of their clients. Linux and Mac OS X versions are possible. |
ODS Studio | ODS Engineering | Building Simulation Software | Linux, Mac OS X and Windows | Contact them for more information. | - |
Elements | Engys | Vehicle Design Applications | Linux and Windows | Contact them for more information. | - |
2 Open Source
Sorted by Name:
Software | Company/Author | Project page | Operating Systems | Coding Language | Notes |
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CfdOF | Several developers | Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) workbench for FreeCAD @ Github | Linux and Windows (Might work on Mac OS X) |
Python | It's an add-on for FreeCAD. In active development. |
Discretizer | Björn Bergqvist | Discretizer at SF.net | Linux and Windows (Might work on Mac OS X) |
Ruby | Not in active development. |
enGrid | enGits | enGrid at Github | Linux and Windows (Also works on Mac OS X) |
C++ | Development in function of contributions. |
HELYX-OS | Engys | HELYX-OS on GitHub | Linux | Java | Periodic development. Releases every 3 to 9 months. |
InsightCAE | silentdynamics | InsightCAE wiki on GitHub | Linux | C++ | Part GUI, part code toolkit, designed for Workflow Automation. |