Autodesk Simulation CFD provides engineers with comprehensive tools to perform heat transfer and fluid flow analyses.

Autodesk® Simulation CFD software (formerly known as CFdesign®) provides a comprehensive, flexible set of tools for fluid flow simulation and thermal simulation. Autodesk Simulation CFD offers fast, accurate, and innovative analysis capabilities upfront in product development, where decision-making is critical. The Design Study Environment provides performance insight over a range of designs, allowing for greater product innovation and better product performance. Simulation CFD extends Digital Prototyping to electronics cooling, mechanical, AEC, industrial, and consumer product applications.

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Autodesk Simulation CFD covers a wide scope of fluid flow and heat transfer scenarios to perform reliable 3D simulations of high-speed turbulent and incompressible flows, along with conduction and convective heat transfer. Simulation CFD comes in three different offerings to meet your specific functionality and budget needs.  Learn which version is best for you in our Product Matrix.
Benefits:
  • Improve design quality with simulation that helps identify potential problems
  • Reduce product development time with digital prototyping
  • Easily simulate 3D models created in Autodesk® Inventor® with tight integration
  • Explore design alternatives earlier in the design process
  • Reduce cost by eliminating costly physical prototypes
  • Simulate in more conditions than are possible or practical with physical prototypes

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Design Study Environment
The CAD-driven design study environment in Autodesk® Simulation CFD addresses the flow simulation needs of design engineers...
Heat Transfer Analysis
Study changes in a product’s temperature profile to help reveal potential failure. Analyze linear and nonlinear thermal designs...
Fluid flow analysis
Analyze patterns in multiple, independent fluids by calculating velocity and pressure that occurs within incompressible, viscous 2D and 3D flows.
CAD Connection
Connect your CAD system to Autodesk Simulation CFD analysis software to create associative fluid flow and thermal simulations.
Intelligent Automatic Meshing
The meshing technology in Autodesk Simulation CFD quickly prepares complex geometry for accurate simulation.
Features
 		Simulation CFD
Simulation CFD Advanced
 		Simulation CFD Motion
Flow
Laminar flow


Turbulent flow


Incompressible flow


Subsonic and transonic flow


Steady state
 		     
2D and 3D Cartesian


2D axisymmetric


Velocity and pressure boundary conditions


Volume flow rate and mass flow rate boundary conditions


External fan curve with rotational speed and slip factor


Slip/symmetry and unknown (natural)


Spatially periodic boundary conditions


Velocity and pressure initial conditions


Supersonic compressible      
Transient (time varying)  

Two-phase flows
     
Height of fluid  

Two-fluid scalar mixing      
Compressible liquid
 

Cavitation  

Heat Transfer
Conduction


Convection (with automatic film coefficient calculation)


Forced convection (with automatic transition from flow to thermal)


Natural convection (buoyancy-driven with gravity vector)


Thermal comfort calculation


Conjugate heat transfer (simultaneous conduction and convection)


Temperature, film coefficient, and radiation boundary conditions


Area-based and total heat flux boundary conditions


Volume-based and total heat source boundary
Conditions
 		     
Temperature-dependent heat source boundary conditions



Temperature initial conditions


Internal radiation      
Radiation through transparent media  

Solar loading      
Temperature dependent emissivity  

Joule heating with temperature-dependent resistivity  

Turbulence Models
K-epsilon


Low Reynolds number K-epsilon


RNG


Mixing length


Automatic turbulence startup (for seamless integration of turbulence into the solution)


Laminar


Motion
Linear    
Angular    
Rotating/turbomachinery    
Combined linear and angular    
Combined orbital and angular    
Nutation    
Sliding vane    
Unconstrained motion    
Design Study Environment
Design study automation


Critical Value Decision Center


Multi-scenario design review center


Model-centric interface


Customizable material databases


Intelligent Meshing
Automatic mesh sizing


Local size adjustment


Geometry mesh diagnostics


Boundary layer mesh enhancement


Interactive mesh refinement regions


Extrusion


Volume mesh growth rate specification


Surface-based mesh distribution and refinement


Gap and thin solid refinement


Mesh generation flexibility


For a limited time, Autodesk is offering Autodesk Simulation Mechanical and Autodesk Simulation CFD Motion in a bundle for one low price.

Autodesk Simulation 360
Autodesk Simulation 360 is a comprehensive set of tools delivered securely in the cloud with a pay-as-you-go pricing model that enables any company to make simulation part of their everyday design and engineering processes. With the addition of cloud capabilities, simulations are completed faster, allowing you to simulate more options. Additionally, you can continue to work effectively on your machine while your simulations are completed elsewhere. You can even run simulations in parallel to rapidly complete several studies.

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The Autodesk Simulation Solutions in Sim 360 are easy to learn, providing CAD neutral, up-front simulation for both FEA & CFD simulation. With the purchase of Sim 360, users also get Advanced Support Access directly from Autodesk.

Cloud Benefits:
  • Run simulations in parallel
  • Increase simulation speed
  • Simulate in the cloud and continue working on your local machine

Product Autodesk SIM 360
 Autodesk SIM 360 Unlimited
Target Group
 User with minimal simulation needs
 Power User with interest in minimizing simulation costs
Capacity 120 jobs in 12 months
 Unlimited number of jobs in 12 months
Technology Cloud Cloud

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DescriptionType
The Autodesk® Simulation (formerly Autodesk® Algor® Simulation) product line provides a broad range of simulation tools that enable designers and engineers to bring product performance knowledge into early stages of the design cycle.
DataSheet (PDF)
Dave May of the Autodesk SIM Team will discuss the differences between Simulation Mechanical and Inventor Stress Analysis, helping you understand which product best suites your analysis needs.
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Derrek Cooper, Product Manager for Simulation CFD, discusses the new features in the 2013 release
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Short webcast describing the benefits of Autodesk Simulation CFD.
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Learn about Autodesk simulation technologies from the experts with Autodesk SimTV.
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