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Simcenter FLOEFD

Simcenter FLOEFD is an award-winning CAD-embedded CFD simulation tool for easy, fast, robust and accurate fluid flow and heat transfer analysis.


It helps shorten development by up to 65-75% compared to typical CFD approaches by frontloading fluid flow simulation and thermal analysis and using native CAD geometry.

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  • CAD-embedded CFD simulation
  • Automated meshing
  • Parametric studies
  • LED thermal simulation
  • Electronics thermal and thermo-mechanical analysis in CAD

Why Simcenter FLOEFD?

Frontload CFD simulation to shorten development
Simcenter FLOEFD enables design engineers to perform simulation earlier in the design process when it is more cost-effective to identify and fix problems or explore improvements. Integrated in CAD, it has shown improved productivity by a factor
of x2 to x40.

Leverage an intuitive CFD interface for designers
Put simulation in the hands of design engineers with the Simcenter FLOEFD CAD embedded interface, guided simulation set up and execution, intelligent automation technologies and straight forward viewing of results. Allow them to explore design performance earlier so they can make informed decisions without having to overcome traditional barriers.

Perform CFD directly on native CAD geometry and eliminate CFD overheads
Eliminate delays in geometry translation between tools and overcome complexity in preparing CAD geometry for CFD analysis. Simcenter FLOEFD uses native geometry directly: so as you explore performance or evaluate changes to a model, the CAD model is being changed concurrently.

It has key strengths in robust automatic meshing and unique SmartCell technology that enables handling of CAD geometry of any quality. These strengths help to handle small narrow gaps in assemblies and surface inconsistencies, which often cause long delays for healing in traditional CFD tools. This is complemented by intelligent automation for pre-processing, such as automatic sealing of CAD geometry and leak identification.

Use simulation driven design – explore, compare and optimize
Leverage parametric studies and design exploration functionality to evaluate more design options within the time available. Evaluate 'what if' scenarios to ensure product performance and reliability in different conditions. 

Using this software, you can easily compare designs using side-by-side with CFD result visualizations, plots and tabular results and generating reports in just a few clicks. When your design is optimized using simulation, you can directly communicate the CAD model to other engineering functions.

What's new?

Learn more about a new handling option for complex or low-quality CAD geometry; enhanced 1D Elements that help speed up analysis in 3D CFD; improvements to PCB thermal analysis fidelity options; updated EDA Bridge workflow; and cloud-based engineering collaboration with Xcelerator Share.

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Find out how others are successfully using Simcenter FLOEFD

Simcenter FLOEFD in combination with Creo

"The usage of Simcenter FLOEFD in combination with Creo has halved the lead time of the design process and ensured that one third less was spent on building physical prototypes."

Wouter Leus, Advanced R&D Expert Xeikon

Reduce development time with Simcenter FLOEFD

"With Simcenter FLOEFD the development time can be reduced up to 29%. I can see the result from a wood stove simulation in a section that makes it easy to understand how the air moves through the combustion process."

Morten Seljeskog, Sintef Energi

Predict transition to turbulence in flat plate channel flow.

"I appreciate the straightforward and fast simulations with Simcenter FLOEFD. We at APEX-Research successfully used Simcenter FLOEFD for many years and now we have increased confidence in its results through our own modeling experiment."

Dr.-ING. Jens Kitzhofer, APEX-Research B.V.

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