
Yes. This is correct: CFD is free!
Each seat of SolidWorks has a seat of COSMOSFloXpress. You can be a CFD person right now and amaze your friends! The software will allow you to conduct what is known as an "internal" analysis. If you have a box that houses electrical components that need air cooling, you can track how the air flows over components or even misses some of them - thus you will be designing where to best locate the inlet fan for optimum cooling, for example. You need to build a lid on the inlet opening, and you need to build a lid on the exit opening in the box. A wizard walks you through the entire process. This is a cake-walk. I mean it.
Menu: Tools/COSMOSFloXpress.
You can view a demonstration video of the entire proces (free) at our hosting site www.screencast.com/tonysmicrotutors and navigate to the LunchWorks folder for the video.
You may be thinking: "What about airflow over a body, such as a car or a wing?". You can do these too - if you don't mind the "wind tunnel" approach. Just locate your model inside a box with an inlet and an outlet. Remember to put lids on the inlet and outlet. You can position the wing or other body such that it appears to float inside the box.
-Anthony Botting
Jun 2, 2008
CFD for Free! What?
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