Surface Repair for Meshing

Andy R

Folks, We normally run classes of problems with tractable bottom up geometry which we mesh in a straightforward fashion using Gridgen, ICEM or Gambit as appropriate.

We are now running into problems where we get cad geometry which is simply not going to work out of the box. These are underhood, external aero type problems but they are not automotive. Cant say more.

As an ex-adapco Prostar user, I would have used ProAm or whatever its called now and wrapped the surface to get a contiguous surface for meshing.

Whats the state of third party tools that perform these sort of functions? I see that ANSA is still a playere here. Any other tools that can do this? Any that are cheap or free ;-)

Thanks - Andy