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| [http://www.sim-flow.com 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. | | [http://www.sim-flow.com 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. | ||
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+ | ! [http://www.esi-group.com/software-solutions/virtual-environment/cfd-multiphysics/visual-cfd-openfoam Visual-CFD] | ||
+ | | [http://www.esi-group.com ESI] || Linux and Windows || Free evaluation for 30 days. Fixed annual subscription, with discount for academic use || | ||
+ | * 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 | ||
+ | * 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 | ||
+ | * User defined BCs, Profile, Simulation Controls and Solvers, suited for users those who are expert on OpenFOAM, it can handle Customized OpenFOAM/Boundary Conditions | ||
+ | * Temperature dependent Material properties supported | ||
+ | * Automatic selection of Simulation Control Parameters based on quality of mesh and modeling physics, inbuilt intelligence to converge cases of Aerodynamics, Multiphase Flows, CHT, HVAC, Mesh Motions and many more | ||
+ | * Access to wide range of monitoring and post-processing tools | ||
+ | * Macro recording, based on Python scripting and personalized templates, allowing reuse and customization for future use | ||
+ | * Simulation best practices for industrial applications to help Engineers make better decisions | ||
+ | * Highly effective yet simple and easy-to-use tool | ||
+ | * Easy mesh import from most popular commercial CFD tools | ||
+ | * It supports OpenFOAM 4.1 and OpenFOAM 1612+ from ESI also upcoming version will support OpenFOAM 5.0 and OpenFOAM 1712+ | ||
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=== Specific fields of applied CFD === | === Specific fields of applied CFD === |
Revision as of 23:13, 28 December 2017
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 | Access requires registration and invitation post-registration. Contact them for mode information. |
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. |