which mesh program is not so expensive and useful?

spalartallmaras · April 17, 2020, 14:23

Hello,

till now I have only generated my grids with snappyHexMesh for my project, but I think it is more effective to pay a little bit of money only for the mesh generation program. Of course, ICED CFD, for example, is very expensive. I have tried a program from NUMECA, but I find that it is not very suitable for my simulations, and I cannot buy "only" the mesh generation program from NUMECA. So I mean I have to buy the whole package from the meshing to postprocessing.

Which program could I buy for mesh generation without buying the whole package?

kepler123 · April 17, 2020, 15:25

Pointwise is a meshing software and it is really good. I am not sure how much it costs though, we have a license at the uni I work at.

spalartallmaras · April 17, 2020, 15:32

I also used pointwise when I was student. Does anybody know how much is the annual license?

@kepler123 Do you study at TU BS?

kepler123 · April 17, 2020, 16:33

No, I do not, I'm at the FH in Hamburg. The price is based on some sort of contract as far as I know. You contact them and tell them for what you want it and if you are a single person they probably give it to you cheaper than if you were a company or a uni. That is my guess. If it was not varied, they would have a price on their website.

April 17, 2020, 14:23	which mesh program is not so expensive and useful?	#1
spalartallmaras Member niewiemnic Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Niemcy Posts: 80 Rep Power: 8	Hello, till now I have only generated my grids with snappyHexMesh for my project, but I think it is more effective to pay a little bit of money only for the mesh generation program. Of course, ICED CFD, for example, is very expensive. I have tried a program from NUMECA, but I find that it is not very suitable for my simulations, and I cannot buy "only" the mesh generation program from NUMECA. So I mean I have to buy the whole package from the meshing to postprocessing. Which program could I buy for mesh generation without buying the whole package? Last edited by spalartallmaras; April 17, 2020 at 15:46.

April 17, 2020, 15:25		#2
kepler123 Member Brandon Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: Germany Posts: 46 Rep Power: 7	Pointwise is a meshing software and it is really good. I am not sure how much it costs though, we have a license at the uni I work at.

April 17, 2020, 15:32		#3
spalartallmaras Member niewiemnic Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Niemcy Posts: 80 Rep Power: 8	I also used pointwise when I was student. Does anybody know how much is the annual license? @kepler123 Do you study at TU BS?

April 17, 2020, 16:33		#4
kepler123 Member Brandon Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: Germany Posts: 46 Rep Power: 7	No, I do not, I'm at the FH in Hamburg. The price is based on some sort of contract as far as I know. You contact them and tell them for what you want it and if you are a single person they probably give it to you cheaper than if you were a company or a uni. That is my guess. If it was not varied, they would have a price on their website.