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Old   September 24, 2014, 03:12
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Hi,

I'm toying with the idea to use a meshing software for our CFD simulations. Right now we're using Phoenics and the meshing is done by Phoenics (only structured meshing without blocking). Now I'm looking for a more convenience program for meshing. The main fields we're dealing with are simulations of HVAC systems and external wind simulations. This is why the simulation should cover following topis:
1) block-structured meshing for internal duct flow
2) structured / unstructured meshing inside rooms
3) structured / unstructured meshing for wind simulations (air flow around buildings including exhaust dispersion)

In this forum ANSA, enGrid, GridPro and Pointwise/ Gridgen are listed. Are there any recommendations / comparisons concerning these software packages available? What are your experiences with the listed ones? Are there any other softwares available which would cover the mentioned tasks?

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Old   September 24, 2014, 03:34
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ANSA would be a convenient option, as u can control all the parameters of ur surface and volume mesh also it is easy to clean up geometry, maintain mesh quality for hybrid grids once u get familiar with the software.

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I forgot to mentioned that we use AutoCAD 2013 and Inventor to build our 3D models. So a good interface between the meshing programm and our CAD software is necessary.
Does ANSA offers this feature? Based on their homepage I would say yes, but is it a convenience way to import CAD files in ANSA or very tricky?
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Old   September 25, 2014, 03:47
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You can directly open IGES & STEP files in ANSA.......
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these are great news. Let's see if I can get a free trial version for testing purpose.
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You could also consider to test AutoMesh for this type of application.

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